1 Petulu
1 Ame Petulu omu apositolu wa Sesusi Kilisitu, nahonekela onongendi mbeliyandyana mo Pondu, no mo Galasia, no mo Kapadosia, no mo Asia, no mo Bitinia, onwe vokuaholovonwa na Huku, 2 Tate keulu, ngetyi muene ankho apanga. Ngwe wemuavela ononkhono mbae opo mukale ovasukuki. Walinga ngotyo opo mutavele kwe, iya amukala ovasukuki mokonda yohonde ya Sesusi Kilisitu:
Huku atualeko okumuavela vali unene okankhenda kae okanene nombembwa.
3 Huku, Tate ya Tatekulu yetu Sesusi Kilisitu ahilivikwe, mokonda mokankhenda kae okanene wetuavela omphitilo yokutyitwa vali pala ekevelo liapama, mokonda ya Sesusi Kilisitu watutilisua po vokuankhia, 4 na tukale nepingo lihavolo, lihapondola okuhanyaunwa ine okunyimwa-ko. Epingo olio onwe muelipakelwa nawa keulu, 5 vokukahi nokuyungwa nawa nononkhono mba Huku, mokonda yekolelo meyovo maliholololwa momuvo wonthyulilo. 6 Moluotyo, onwe muna ehambu enene, namphila tyesukisa mumone ononkhumbi momuvo uhehi mokonda yovitateka ovinyingi, 7 opo ekolelo lienyi lialolwa limukalese nomunkhima, amuhilivikwa, nokulingilwa onthilo momuvo wehololoko lya Sesusi Kilisitu. Ekolelo olio liakolela vali tyipona oolu ipondola okuhanyuka, namphila yakangulwa notupia. 8 Namphila muhenemumone, onwe mumuhole. Namphila muhemueete pahetyino, muna ekolelo mwe iya muahambukwa unene, nehambu limwe enene lina omunkhima, 9 tyetyi onwe mutyii okuti mokonda yekolelo lienyi mamukapewa eyovo liomienyo vienyi.*
10 Ovauli vana vokuapopile konthele yokankhenda okanene ka Huku kana onwe muapewa, vaovolele nombili okunoñgonoka nokuovolola nawa konthele yeyovo olio. 11 Huku kononkhono mbae, wevepopila okuti Kilisitu makamona ononkhumbi iya konyima ankhimanekwa. Moluotyo, avatualako okuovololola opo vanoñgonoka oityi matyikamoneka na Kilisitu iya onalupi otyo matyikamoneka. 12 Huku waholololele kovauli okuti ankho kavekahi nokuliundapela ovo muene, mahi vaundapela onwe. Iya ovauli avahoneka konthele yetyi muapopilwa iya onwe mueiva ovipuka ovio ku vana vemupopila onondaka onongwa nekuateso liononkhono mba Huku mbutunda keulu. Ovipuka ovio, ovio onoandyu mbuhanda unene okunoñgonoka nawa.
13 Moluotyo, pongiyei omitima vienyi na mulinge ovilinga; lingei ovipuka aviho nonondunge; kalei nekevelelo mokankhenda okanene ka Huku mamukalingilwa pehololoko lya Sesusi Kilisitu. 14 Onwe pahe muvana va Huku vokutavela kwe. Ngotyo, yekei-po ovipuka vielikuata nomahando enyi apenga ankho muna puetyi muhanoñgonokele Huku. 15 Mahi ngo Musukuki Una wemuihana, no onwe kalei ovasukuki movituwa vienyi aviho. 16 Tyetyi tyahonekwa okuti: “Muna okukala ovasukuki, mokonda ame ndyimusukuki.”
17 Iya inkha onwe mulikuambela ku Tate una ukoyesa tyihena okapungulula kese umwe ngetyi tyata movilinga viae, no onwe kalei nonthilo mokueenda kuomuvo mukahi ngatyina munongendi. 18 Mokonda onwe mutyii okuti kamuayovolelwe novipuka vihanyauka ngopalata, noolu monkhalelo yomuenyo uhasilivila muapola kovakuaukulu* venyi. 19 Mahi muayovolwa nohonde yakolela, ngo yongi ihena apa yalemana ihasilile, ya Kilisitu. 20 Tyotyili, Huku wemuholovona puetyi nkhele kuhenekale ouye,* mahi waholololua konthyulilo yomivo mokonda yenyi. 21 Iya mokonda yae onwe mutavela ku Huku, una wemupindulapo po vokuankhia emuavela omunkhima, opo mukale nekolelo nonthumbi mu Huku.
22 Tyetyi pahe muelisukukisa onwe muene* mokonda yokutavela otyili amukala nohole ihena omaandambeyo novakuatate, kalei nohole onene na vakuenyi ituka komutima. 23 Mokonda onwe muatyitwa otyivali, ha nombuto yokuvola, mahi onombuto ihavolo,* nondaka ya Huku wokuna omuenyo, una ukala-ko apeho. 24 Mokonda “ovanthu aveho vekahi ngeholi, omunkhima wavo auho ukahi ngo wononthemo mbo mohika; eholi likukuta, iya ononthemo ambutoko, 25 mahi ondaka ya Siovaa ikala-ko apeho.” Iya “ondaka” oyo onondaka onongwa onwe muapopilwa.