1 Ananga, ndisakulemberani tsamba iyi toera mukhonde kugwa n'kudawa. Mbwenye munthu m'bodzi angadawa, tinaye munthu wa kutibvunulira patsogolo pana Baba. Ndiye Yezu Kirixtu, Wakulungama. 2 Iye ndi ntsembe inafudza madawi athu. Pontho si yakufudza madawi athu basi tayu, mbwenye na madawimbo a anthu onsene.
3 Tingabvera matongero ace, tisapangiza kuti tisan'dziwadi Mulungu. 4 Ule analonga kuti: “Ine ndisan'dziwa”, mbwenye mbakhonda kubvera matongero ace, unowu ndi nyauthambi. Pontho nkhabemo pya ndimo mwene muna iye. 5 Mbwenye munthu anabvera mafala ace, kufuna kwa Mulungu kwadzala muna iye. Na tenepo, tisadziwa kuti tiri muna Iye. 6 Ule analonga kuti ali kukhala muna Iye, asatongwa kuti afambe ninga Iye. 7 Axamwali anga akufunika, matongero awa anakulemberani ine, si mapsa tayu, mbwenye ndi matongero akale ali na imwe kutomera pakutoma. Ndizo Mphangwa zidabva imwe. 8 Mbwenye ipi pinakulemberani ine, ndi matongero mapsa. Matongero enewa mba ndimo mwene muna Iye na muna imwe. Thangwi cidima ciri kumala, cieza cakukwana ciri kuyetimira.
9 Munthu analonga kuti ali kukhala mu cieza, mbwenye mbaida m'bale wace, unowu adzati kubuluka n'cidima. 10 Mphapo ule anafuna m'bale wace, unowu ali mu cieza. Na tenepo, muna iye nkhabe cinthu ca kun'gwegwedusa. 11 Mbwenye ule anaida m'bale wace, ali n'cidima, pontho asafamba n'cidima. Na tenepo, nkhabe dziwako kunaenda iye, thangwi cidima campasa udzimola.
20 Mbwenye imwe mwadzobza na Mulungu, pontho monsene musadziwa. 21 Sirikukulemberani na thangwi ya kukhonda dziwa kwanu pinthu pya ndimo mwene tayu, mbwenye thangwi musapidziwa, pontho thangwi musadziwa kuti pinthu pyonsene pya ndimo mwene nkhabe kubala uthambi.
22 Mbani nyauthambi? Ndi ule anakhonda kuti Yezu si Kirixtu tayu. Unowu ndiye nyamalwa wa Kirixtu, ule anakhonda Baba na Mwana ene. 23 Onsene anakhonda Mwana, unowu nkhabembo Baba. Mbwenye ule anamulonga pakweca, unowu ana Baba.
24 Imwembo koyani m'mitima mwanu pyonsene pidabva imwe kutomera pakutoma. Pire pyonsene pidabva imwe kutomera pa kutoma mungakhala napyo m'mitima mwanu, imwe munati mukhalembo pabodzi na Mwana pontho na Baba. 25 Pidatipikirira Iye ndi ipi: Upulumuki wakukhonda kumala.
26 Ine ndisakulemberani pinthu ipi, na thangwi ya ale anafuna kukunyengererani. 27 Pa thangwi yanu, kudzobza kudatambira imwe kuna iye kuli muna imwe, pontho nkhabe funika munthu akupfundziseni. Mbwenye ninga kudzobza kwace kudatambira imwe muna Iye nkhwa ndimo mwene si kwa uthambi tayu, kunakupfundzisani pa thangwi ya pinthu pyonsene. Khalani muna Iye ninga mudakupfundzisirani Iye.