1 Timoti 3
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Badiyi be gubungano
1Ndebo iyeyi malebeswa: Ha mmwe eyemula kube nlingi we gubungano#3:1 nlingi we gubungano: Kene “ntungamili we gubungano” kene “bhishopo.” unoyemula nshingo nkulu. 2#Tito 1:6-9Ngono nlingi we gubungano wakafanila kube akatambunuka, ali nlume we nkadzi nng'ompela, akadzikama, akatitja, ana ntutshi, ana buthu, etubula diya, 3asingalaladze, asina ngwa, koga ana moyo nnyolo, asina zhoba, asingade mari. 4Wakafanila tubula kuyendisa nsha uwe zubuyanana, ediya bana babe kunhwa, benteta kwakafanila. 5Ha nlume asingazibe kuyendisa nsha uwe, apa ungatjengeta gubungano le Ndzimu tjini kene? 6Azofanila kube ali nthu wakashanduka ngwenu, ngobe ungadwa ezwikudza ndizo kasumikilisiwa sekwa Satani akasumikilisiwa. 7Wakafanila kube ana zina buyanana muna bakuzhe, kuti ndizo asitobokiwe kawila mu dati la Satani.
Batiyakoni be gubungano
8Batiyakoni na ibobo bakafanila kube balume banofanigwa nge kutetiwa, bana malebeswa, basingagale ngolaladza kakale basina bugovu gwe fumwa. 9Bakafanila bhatilila mu malebeswa e kugalamoyo bana hana mbuyanana. 10Bakafanila lingisisiwa kutanga, ngono ha kusina tjimwe tjisakalingisana nge kwabo, ngabashinge bali batiyakoni. 11Sa ikoko, bakadzi#3:11 bakadzi: Kene “bakadzi be batiyakoni.” bakafanila kube bakadzi bakafanigwa ngotetiwa, basi banotjinya bamwe mazina, koga bali gedzikane, begalikabgwe mu tjimwe ne tjimwe. 12Ntiyakoni wakafanila kube nlume we nkadzi nng'ompela, kakale wakafanila kulela bana babe ne nsha uwe zubuyanana. 13Ibabo banoshinga zubuyanana banowana tjimo tjakanaka nenge ganyo mu bugalimoyo gwabo muna Kirisiti Jesu.
Masazibgwe makulu
14Nenguba ndigalabgwe kuzha ku kuli tjinyolotjo, ndokukwalila milayo iyeyi kuti ndizo 15ha ndinonoka, unowoziba bathu sekwa bakafanila kuzwibhata mu ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ilo gubungano le Ndzimu unotjila, phanda ne luswingo gwe malebeswa. 16Nge malebeswa akuna ungalamba masazibgwe e bugalimoyo gwedu:
Wakazha ali nthu,
Meya ikalakidza kuti unolebesa,
kabong'wa nge batumwa be kudzimu.
Kasumikigwa pakati kwe zwitjaba,
kukagagwamoyo munli mu shango yose
katolegwa kudzimu mu gudzo.
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