[1] Mawu woona ndi awa: Ngati munthu akufunitsitsa atakhala woyangʼanira, ndiye kuti akufuna ntchito yabwino.
[2] Tsono woyangʼanira ayenera kukhala munthu wopanda chotsutsika nacho, mwamuna wa mkazi mmodzi yekha, woganiza bwino, wodziretsa, waulemu, wosamala bwino alendo, wodziwa kuphunzitsa.
[3] Asakhale chidakwa, asakhale wandewu, koma wofatsa, asakhale wokonda mikangano, kapena wokonda ndalama.
[4] Akhale wodziwa kusamala bwino banja lake ndi kulera ana ake bwino, kuti akhale omvera ndi aulemu weniweni.
[5] (Ngati munthu sadziwa kusamala banja lake lomwe, angathe bwanji kusamala mpingo wa Mulungu?)
[6] Asakhale wongotembenuka mtima kumene kuopa kuti angadzitukumule napezeka pa chilango monga Satana.
[7] Ayeneranso kukhala munthu wambiri yabwino ndi akunja, kuti anthu asamutonze nagwa mu msampha wa Satana.
[8] Momwemonso atumiki, akhale anthu oyenera ulemu, woona mtima, osakhala okonda zoledzeretsa, osakonda kupeza zinthu mwachinyengo.
[9] Ayenera kugwiritsa mozama choonadi cha chikhulupiriro ndi kukhala ndi chikumbumtima chabwino.
[10] Ayambe ayesedwa kaye, ndipo ngati palibe kanthu kowatsutsa, aloleni akhale atumiki.
[11] Momwemonso, akazi akhale olemekezeka, osasinjirira koma oganiza bwino ndi odalirika pa chilichonse.
[12] Mtumiki akhale wokhulupirika kwa mkazi wake ndipo ayenera kukhala wosamalira bwino ana ake ndi onse a pa khomo pake.
[13] Iwo amene atumikira bwino amakhala ndi mbiri yabwino ndipo amakhala chitsimikizo chachikulu cha chikhulupiriro chawo mwa Khristu Yesu.
[14] Ngakhale ndili ndi chiyembekezo choti ndifika komweko posachedwapa, ndikukulemberani malangizo awa.
[15] Ine zina zikandichedwetsa kubwera, mudziwe za mmene anthu ayenera kukhalira mʼNyumba ya Mulungu, imene ndi mpingo wa Mulungu wamoyo, mzati ndi maziko achoonadi.
[16] Mosakayikira, chinsinsi cha chikhulupiriro chathu chachikulu: Khristu anaonekera ali ndi thupi la munthu, Mzimu anamuchitira umboni, angelo anamuona, analalikidwa pakati pa mitundu yonse, dziko lapansi linamukhulupirira, anatengedwa kupita kumwamba mwa ulemerero.
