5 Anthu onsewo anasangalala ndi mawu amenewa moti anasankha Sitefano, munthu wa chikhulupiriro cholimba ndiponso wodzaza ndi mzimu woyera. Anasankhanso Filipo,+ Purokoro, Nikanora, Timoni, Paremena ndi Nikolao wa ku Antiokeya amene analowa Chiyuda. 6 Ndiyeno anawabweretsa kwa atumwi, ndipo atapemphera, atumwiwo anawagwira pamutu* posonyeza kuti awapatsa udindo.+

23 Anasankhanso akulu mumpingo uliwonse,+ ndipo atapemphera komanso kusala kudya,+ anawapereka kwa Yehova* yemwe anamukhulupirira.

2 Choncho woyangʼanira ayenera kukhala wopanda chifukwa chomunenezera, mwamuna wa mkazi mmodzi, wosachita zinthu mopitirira malire, woganiza bwino,+ wochita zinthu mwadongosolo, wochereza alendo+ ndiponso wodziwa kuphunzitsa.+

6 Asakhale woti wangobatizidwa kumene,*+ kuopera kuti angayambe kudzitukumula chifukwa cha kunyada nʼkulandira chiweruzo chofanana ndi chimene Mdyerekezi analandira.

14 Usamanyalanyaze mphatso yomwe unapatsidwa mwaulosi pamene bungwe la akulu linaika manja pa iwe.+