1 Vikara wakathi arihokala ye Apolo a ko Korintho, P'aulo wagwira ngira ya ndani-ndani muhaka ko mudzi wa Efeso. Bai kuko Efeso wathekeza anafundzi kuko,
Bai mubomu mumwenga wa ro sinagogi aifwaye K'irisipo wamukuluhira Bwana Jesu, iye hamwenga na nyumbaye, na kidza Akorintho anji marihomusikira P'aulo, makuluhira na makibat'izwa.
Na vikara amba munaona na munasikira vino, yuno bwana aifwaye P'aulo arizho anaavuha at'u anji a Efeso na kuagaluza, kwa kuambira kukala milungu ya kuhenda kutengezwa ni at'u si milungu bule. Na ut'u uu k'auhenda haha Efeso h'akeye, anauhenda kahi za jimbo rosi ra Asia.
Vikara P'aulo kahi za charo kiki akikala lengore ni ahavunge ho Efeso, mana were k'endzi kungamiza wakathi kahi za ro jimbo ra Asia, kwani were anawania, ngaa afike ko Jerusalemu siku ya Pentekote.
Vikara marihokala o azee a kanisa madzire, P'aulo wanena nao akiamba, “At'u ninwi munamanya viryahu ambazho nakala nanwi kula iryahu siku ya kwandza nirihozhoga Asia.
(O at'u manena vizho kwa kukala were madzamona T'erofimo ariye ni mut'u wa Efeso, ko kahi za wo mudzi na were yu hamwenga na P'aulo, kwa vizho makiona kukala P'aulo adzakwenda naye kahi za wo muhala wa ro Hekalu.)
Kala lengo rangu ni ra kidamu, mino be tha ningapata faidha yani kwa kupigana na nyama a tsakani kuno Efeso? Kala at'u k'amafufulwa, “Nahurye, na hunwe mana machero hundafwa.”
Kuhusu ndugu yehu Apolo, mimi namwambira kamare kukala agwirane na o ndugu angine adze ko kwenu adze amulole, ela kwa wakathi uu k'ahendzeze bule. Kwa vizho akipata nafasi, andakudzamulola.
Ndugu zangu, mifano ii nidziyoimboza dzulu za mimi na Apolo, ni kwa faidha yenu ninwi. Mifano ii dzailazha ili mudzifundishe kuhenda here Maoro gaambazho bila kungeza, p'ore mut'u akadzionyera mut'u mumwenga, ela mungine ye akamuv̱udhya.
Mimi P'aulo niriyetsagulwa ni Mulungu nikale muhumwi wa Masihi Jesu, ninamwandhikira baruwa ii ninwi at'u a Mulungu murio kuko Efeso, at'u murio mu aaminifu kahi za kumuthuwa Masihi.