Wo Tete wa Petulu
1 Ame Petulu, omutumwa+ wa* Sesusi Kilisitu, nahonekela onongendi vahahana mo Pondu, no mo Ngalasiya, no mo Kapandosiya,+ no mo Asiya, no mo Mbitinia, ovaholovonwa, 2 tyilava kweetyi tyatolelwe na Huku, Tate,+ vakohwa nomphepo ikola,+ mokwahanda mulinge ovanthu vokutavela, vanyanywa ohonde ya Sesusi Kilisitu:+
Okankhenda okanene kekulile mwoonwe, atyiho nombembwa.
3 Huku ahilivikwe, Huku Tate ya Tatekulu yetu Sesusi Kilisitu, mokonda mokankhenda kae okanene wetwiikulila ombundi tutyitwe otyivali,+ tumone ekevelelo lina omwenyo,+ liaikulwa na Sesusi Kilisitu pokwatutiliswa kovokwankhia,+ 4 na tukapiñgane etyi tyahavolo, tyehena onkhako, tyahanyimi.+ Ngwe otyo yatyo mwetyipakelwa nawa keulu,+ 5 onwe vokuli nokuyungilwa meyumba-nthumbi nononkhono mba Huku tyilava keyovo litai-ale maliholololwa momuvo wonthyulilo. 6 Otyo, otyo onwe mwahambukilwa unene, namphila nkhele apa katutu, ine tyina umwe okulingwa, onwe mamumonena emone movitateka ovinyingi,+ 7 opo eyumba-nthumbi lienyi liakangulwa*+ lipona poolu ipwa na apa umwe yakangulwa yakwata motupia, livahiwe umwe lihiwa okupandulwa, okunkhimanekwa nokuhilivikwa pehololoko lya Sesusi Kilisitu.+ 8 Mwahula okuti kamunemumone, mahi mumuhole. Mwahula okuti pahetyino kamumweete, mahi mumuyumba onthumbi, mwahambukwa unene, muna ehambu liehelifwe pano, ehambu liomunkhima, 9 tyeetyi muli nokuvasa etyi tyahandelwa eyumba-nthumbi lienyi, eyovo lienyi.*+
10 Eyovo olio, olio ovauli vokwapopile okankhenda okanene ankho kehungi mwoonwe, vataindyile otyinene, avelipilika umwe natyo tyokulioovola.+ 11 Ankho vesuka umwe nokunoñgonoka omuvo watyo wa Kilisitu,+ ononthiki mbatyo omphepo ili muvo ankho ili nokuyulika, pweetyi omphepo ankho ili nokupa ovanthu oumbangi pokupopia ononkhumbi Kilisitu ankho mamono,+ nomunkhima maukwame-ko. 12 Vetyiholololelelwe okuti havo-ko ankho veli nokuundapela, onwe ankho vaundapela, tyilava kweetyi pahe mwatolelwa naava vemupopila oviwa ovipe nomphepo ikola yatumwa yatunda keulu.+ Ovipuka ovio, ovio umwe onoandyu mbahanda okunoñgonoka.*
13 Pahe onwe, onondunge mbenyi mbumaneke umwe mulinge ovilinga;+ pakei umwe nawa-nawa onondunge pomphangu;+ pamenei mokankhenda okanene mamukalingwa pehololoko lya Sesusi Kilisitu. 14 Mokonda pahe muvana vetavela, tyiyekei-po tyokuvolongwa novipepe* mwali navio pweetyi ankho nkhele mwehena etyi mwii, 15 mahi lingei Ngomusukuki wemwiihana, noonwe lingei ovasukuki movipuka aviho mulinga,+ 16 Tyeetyi tyahonekwa tyatiwa: “Lingei ovasukuki, mokonda ame ndyimusukuki.”+
17 Ine onwe muli nokukalavandya Tate una wahalingi okapungulula+ movilinga munthu na munthu alinga, opo noonwe lingei vowoma+ momuvo ou nkhele munongendi. 18 Mokonda onwe mutyii umwe okuti havievi vivola viemuyovola, opalata, oolu, havio-ko viemuyovola*+ komukalelo omuvi womwenyo, ou mwahilwa nonombwale mbenyi.* 19 Mahi mwayovolwa nohonde ikola,+ ngo yongi yehena apa yalemana, yehena otyinthembia,+ ohonde ya Kilisitu.+ 20 Otyili, ngwe wiiwe-ale pweetyi nkhele kweheneye ouye,+ mahi waholololwa konthyulilo yomivo, onwe tyalingilwa.+ 21 Onwe oe wemupa ombundi mutavele Huku,+ ou wemupindula-po kovokwankhia,+ emupe omunkhima,+ opo onwe muyumbe-ko onthumbi, amukevela vala ku Huku.
22 Mokonda onwe pahe mwelikoha* mokwetavela otyili, ngwe otyo atyeeta umwe okulihole lwa ava velikwai+ tyehena-le omaandambeyo, olwembia lwenyi poyenyi lutuke umwe komutima.+ 23 Onwe pahe mwatyitwa otyivali,+ kamwatundile mombuto ivola, mahi o mombuto yahavolo,*+ mondaka ya Huku una omwenyo, ukala-ko apeho.+ 24 Mokonda “ohitu aiho yakala* vala lweholi litalala, omunkhima wayo auho wakala vala lwononthemo mepia; eholi likukuta, ombu ononthemo mbulaumuka, 25 mahi etyi tyipopia* Siovaa* tyikala-kala-ko vala apeho.”+ Ngwe etyi “apopia,”* oviwa ovipe onwe mwapopilwa.+