1 Chifukwa ndikhumba muziŵe mlimbalimba weni ukuru wo nde nawo chifukwa chinu, ndi chifukwa chaku wo ŵamu Laodikea, ndi chifukwa chaku wo wose ŵalive kuwona chisku changu,
Sono ndikondwere mu malikomwa ghangu ghapa chifukwa chinu, ndipo mu liŵavu langu ndifiskiyamo vyakupere vya suzgu yaku Kristu pa chifukwa cha liŵavu lake, lenilo ndi eklesiya lo.
Chifukwa nanga nde kunyake muliŵavu, ndikweni mu mzimu nde namwe pamoza, ndipo ndikondwa kuthoŵa umoyo winu wamampha ndi kukhoma kwa chivwanu chinu mwaku Kristu.
Mweniyo mu mazuŵa ghake ghaliŵavu, wanguti wapereke, ndi Mubobotu wanthazi ndi masozi, maniniziku, maŵeyerero, kwaku yo wenga ndi nthazi kumtaska kunyifwa, ndipo wanguvwika pa chifwa cha uwopa Chiuta wake.
ghakuti, “Cho uwona lemba mu buku, ndi utume ku mipingu yinkhonde ndi yiŵi; ku Efeso, ku Smurna, ku Pergamo, ku Thiatira, ku Sardisi, ku Filadelfia, ndi ku Laodikea.”