¹ Basi mpemu hayanena hazalani yukugilango iwakati wamwisho abhandi bhalitenga niimani, habhategezana mpemu zubhubheshi, namafundisho yamashetani; ² Kubhunafiki bwabhantu abhaganga ubhubheshi, habhatuligwa umulilo idhamili zabha bheneyene; ³ Kubhunafiki bwabhantu ntibhende, nukubhamulu bhihepushe nibhilibwa, kiko Mungu yabhabhuvye vyakwigwe kwishikrani na bhabhanye iimani bhene ukumenya ubhukweli. ⁴ Kwakuwa kila ikiumbe cha Mungu nigisole, wala ntakiliho chukwankigwa, kabha kitakiwe kwi shukrani. ⁵ Kuko kitakasijwe kwizina dya Mungu nukusenga. ⁶ Ubhibhuse bhandugu amagambo aya, nawe ulobha umutumishi wusole wa kristo Yesu, numzoefu wamagambo yiimana, namafundisho yasole yaya yiko wakulikiye. ⁷ Bali ihadisi zikizehe, izitabhaye zikidini, uzanke; nawe wizoweze ugufata alafa. ⁸ Kukugilango ukwimenyeza ukulonka inguvu zumubhili nigusole kidogo, lakini ulicha kumagambo yose; yaani, yiko hawahidi yubhuzima bwasasa, nawuya bhulobhaho baadaye. ⁹ Nineema yukwaminiwa, tena igombegwa ukwaminika kabsa; ¹⁰ Kukugilango hatwitabisha nukwitaidi kwikusudi ili, kukugilango hatumkolela Mungu ali hai, aliumwokozi wa abhantu bhose, hasa abhamini. ¹¹ Amagambo aya uyatume nukuyafundisha. ¹² Umuntu uwo wowose ntawudhalau ubhujana bwage, basi ubhe ikibhonekano kubhaminiwa, kubhusemo numwenendo, nakubhupendo ni imani nubhusafi. ¹³ Naho ndoza, ukole ibii kukusoma nukuonya nugufundisha. ¹⁴ Huleke kuitumiya ingabhile yawe yiya yilimo munzu yawe, yiko wahawe mubhunabii nugusigwako amabhoko yabhazehe. ¹⁵ Uyisalize ayo; wichale mwayo; ili ukwendeleya kwawe ukubha idhahili kubhantu bhawe. ¹⁶ Itunze nafsi yako, namafundisho yawe. Bha mmumagambo ayo; mana kukukola ityo uliyokoya inafsi yawe na bhaya bhakutegeza kandi.