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Tito 1
1 Mine Pawlu, nandzra wa Xikwembu ni mupostola wa Yesu Kriste, hi kutwanana ni lipfumelo dzra vahlawuliwa va Xikwembu ni wutivi bza kuhetiseka bza ntiyiso, lebzitwananaka ni kuhanya hi kuchava Xikwembu,
2 ni lebziseketeliwiki akulaviseleni ka wutomi lebzingahelikiki lebzi Xikwembu, lexingeke na kuhemba, xibzidumbisiki khale ka khaleni,
3 lexi funtsrhi, hi nkama wa xone, xipfuleteliki zritu dzra xone hi ntizro wa kuzrezra lowu ningazrwexiwa wone hi kulandzra xileleto xa Muhuluxi wezru, anga Xikwembu;
4 nitsralela wene Tito, n’wananga wa ntiyiso hi kulandzra lipfumelo ledzri hinga nadzru: Nikunavelela wumbilu ni kuzrula lesvipfaka ka Xikwembu ni Tatana wezru na Kriste Yesu, Muhuluxi wezru.
5 Lexi nikusiyeliki xone Kreta i kuva ululamisa minchumu leyi ayahakiyela ni kubeka vakulu adoropeni dzrin’wana ni dzrin’wana, hi la nikuleletiki ha kone:
6 loko ku ni mhunu lwangeke na xisandzru, nuna wa nsati mun’we ntsena, lwanga ni vana lavanga vapfumeli, lavakalaka vangalumbetiwi kuva ni mahanyela ya futa kumbe xiyalisu.
7 Hikusa svajuleka akuva mulaviseli, svanga mutameli wa yindlu ya Xikwembu, ava lwangeke na xisandzru, lwangeke na nkanu, angavi lwewa kukahlula ahlundzruka, angavi wa kuzrandzra kunwa, angavi wa kubanana, angavi lwewa kuzrandzra mali ya kuyikuma hi kukanganyisa,
8 kambe ava lwazrandzraka kuyamukela vayeni, lwazrandzraka lesvinene, lwayencaka minchumu ya kutwisiseka, lwalulamiki, lwabasiki, lwatikhomaka,
9 lwanamazrelaka azritwini ledzra kudumbeka loko adondzrisa, akuva atakota kukuca hi dondzro leyinene ni kutshinya lavakanetaka.
10 Hikusa ku na vanyingi vakalaka vangasvizrandzri kuyingiseta, vazrandzraka kuvulavula sva kukala ndlela, vahanyaka hi kukanganyisa vambeni, ngopfungopfu va lixaka dzra lavangasoka,
11 lava kujulekaka lesvaku vapfaliwa minomu, hikusa vafamba vahohlota mindangu hinkwayu hi kudondzrisa minchumu leyi vangafanelikiki kuyidondzrisa, hi kufela mali ya kukanganyisa.
12 Aze mun’we wa vone, anga muprofeta wavu, aku: “Vakreta vazrandzra kuhemba minkama hinkwayu, i svihazri sva nhova lesva kulebza ni van’wamagolo va kuzrandzra kuda na vetsrhama hi mavoko.”
13 Wumboni lebzo bzitiyile. Xilesvo, vakhwavele svinene akuva vatakota kuhanya ha hombe alipfumelweni,
14 vangayingiseti svihitana sva xijuda ni svileleto sva vhanu lavafulazrelaka ntiyiso.
15 Minchumu hinkwayu yibasile ka lavabasiki; kambe ka lavanyamiki ni lavangeke na lipfumelo, aku na lexibihiki, hikusa miyanakanyu yavu ni lipfalu dzravu svinyamile.
16 Vali vaxitiva Xikwembu, kambe vaxihlaneka hi mintizro yavu, hikusa vanyenyentsa nakone va ni nkanu, xilesvo avafaneleki kuyenca ntizro ni wun’we lowunene.