17 Nakone ni kombela ku Xikwembu Nkulukumba akuva Kriste atrhamisa atimbilwini tenu hi kupfumela, ni kuva n'wisimekiwa swinene n'witrhukutrhela alirandrwini,
afana ni mhunu lweyi ayakiki a yindlu, akeliki aribyeni kuyeta swinene, abeka kone a masungulu ya yindlu. A ntita yi tlhasa, a nambu wukukumuka, a mavimbi maba a yindlu leyo hi ntamu, kambe amakotanga kuyitrekatrekisa hikusa afa yiyakiwi swinene.
Mine ku vone na Wene ku mine, akuva lava vahetisekiki, vava mun'we, kutani misava mitativa leswaku hi Wene unirumiki, ni leswaku uvarandrile swanga hi leswi unirandrisiki xiswone.
Mayelano ni mintxhumu leyi miphahleliwiki a swikwembu swakuka-ndlela, haswitiva leswaku hinkweru hini vutivi. A vutivi byiyentxa leswaku a mhunu atikukumuxa, kambe a lirandru drayaka.
Tikambani lipfalwini kutani n'wivona leswaku mehe kupfumeleni, tiyanakanyani; kumbe an'wiswitivi leswaku Yesu Kriste ale ku n'wine? Kambe loko swinge tanu, an'wina kuyamukeliwa!
Kuni ntlhanganu muni amakari ka yindlu ya Xikwembu Nkulukumba ni swikwembu swakuka ndlela xana? Hileswaku hine hi tiyindlu ta Xikwembu Nkulukumba lweyi a hanyaka, swanga hi kuhlaya kwake: ni ta yaka makari kwavu ni famba na vone. Nitava Xikwembu Nkulukumba wavu vone va tava tiko dranga.
Hikolahu, ni vambiwile kun'we na Kriste, ana ha hanyi, kambe Kriste a hanya ku mine, akuhanya loku ni hanyaka kone swoswi anyameni, ni hanya hi kupfumela, loku kunga ku N'wana wa Xikwembu Nkulukumba, lweyi anirandriki ava atinyiketa hinkonta yanga.
Loko kunene, n'witrhamile kupfumeleni, n'wisimekiwa n'witiya, n'winga titrhindreti kule ni kulavisela ka Ivangeli, leyi n'wiyiyingeliki yihlayiwa ku vhanu hinkwavu vahansi ka misava, leyi mine Pawulosi, ni ndrulukiki murumiwa wa yone.
Lava Xikwembu Nkulukumba avanyiki kutiva a nhlengwe dra lidrumu dra kungu amakari ka va-Matiko, hileswaku, ku n'wine kuna Kriste lweyi anga kulavisela kwenu ka lidrumu;
n'widzima mitru na n'witiseketela ku yene, n'witiya kupfumeleni kwenu, hi laha n'widondrisiwiki ha kone n'winyika kutlangela Xikwembu Nkulukumba minkama hinkwayu.
Na hine haswitiva, mfuri ha pfumela alirandro ledri Xikwembu Nkulukumba anganadrone ha hine: Xikwembu Nkulukumba i lirandru, kutani lweyi atrhamaka alirandrwini atrhami ku Xikwembu Nkulukumba, na Yene Xikwembu Nkulukumba trhami ku yene.
Vona, niyimi nyangweni, nagongondra; loko a mhunu ayingela ritu dranga ava anipfulela a xipfalu, nitanhingena andlwini yake, nitalalela na yene, na yene alalela na mine.