MakalataaYesuKhristundiAbgarusMfumuyaEdessa
WolembawoyambaameneamatchulaMakalataomweadadutsapakatipaYesuKhristundiAbgarus,ndiEusebius, BishopuwakuKaisareya,kuPalestine,yemweadakulakwambirikumayambirirokwazakazam'ma400Chifukwa chakuwonakwawo,akupemphamakalatandizolembazaMzindawaEdessakuMesopotamia,komweAbgarus ankalamulira,akutsimikizakutiadawapezaatalembedwa,m'chinenerochaChisiriyaAnafalitsakumasulirakwa Chigirikikwaiwo,m'bukulakelaMbiriyaAkatolikaDzikolaanthuophunziralagawanikakwambiripankhaniyi; koma,ngakhalekutiGrabewaluso,pamodzindiArchbishopCave,DrParker,ndiansembeena,atsutsa mwamphamvukutialowem'mabukuovomerezekaaMalemba,amaonedwakutindiosakhulupiriraRevJeremiah Jonesakunenakuti,anthuwambakuEnglandalindiKalataiyim'nyumbazawo,m'maloambiri,yokhazikikamu chimango,yokhalandichithunzichaKhristupatsogolopake;ndiponthawizambiri,moonamtimakomanso modzipereka,amaionangatimawuaMulungu,ndiKalatayeniyeniyaKhristu
CHAPUTALA1
KopiyakalatayolembedwandiMfumuAbgaruskwaYesu,ndipoinatumizidwakwaiyendiAnaniya,woyendapansi wake,kuYerusalemu,kumuitanakuEdessa
1Abgarus,mfumuyaEdessa,kwaYesuMpulumutsiwabwino,ameneaonekerakuYerusalemu,moni
2Ndauzidwazainundimachiritsoanu,omweamachitidwapopandakugwiritsantchitomankhwalandizitsamba.
3Pakutizanenedwakutimumawapangitsaakhungukuona,olumalakuyenda,mumawayeretsaakhate,ndikutulutsa mizimuyonyansandiziwanda,ndikuwachiritsaomweakhalaakudwalakwanthawiyayitali,ndikuukitsaakufa; 4Zonsezimenendinamva,ndinatsimikizamtimazammodziwaawiriwa,ndikokuti:kapenandinuMulungu mwiniwakewochokerakumwamba,amenemumachitaizi,kapenaMwanawaMulungu.
5Pachifukwaichi,ndakulemberanikalatayi,ndikukhumbakutimuvutikendiulendowopitakuno,ndikuchiritsa matendaomwendilinawo.
6PakutindikumvaAyudaakukuseka,ndipoakukukonzeranichoipa.
7Mzindawangandiwaung'onondithu,komandiwokonzedwabwino,komansowaukulumokwanirakwatonsefe.
CHAPUTALA2
YankholaYesundiHananiyawapaulendokwamfumuAbgarusi,3kukanakupitakuEdessa.
1Abgaru,uliwodala,chifukwawandikhulupiriraIne,amenesimunamuone.
2Pakutikwalembedwazaine,kutiameneandionaasakhulupirireIne,kutiamenesanaoneakhulupirirendikukhala ndimoyo.
3Ponenazagawolakalatayanu,lomwelikukhudzanandikukuyenderanikwanga,ndiyenerakukudziwitsani,kuti ndiyenerakukwaniritsazonsezomwendakwaniritsam'dzikolino,ndipopambuyopakendidzalandiridwansokwaIye ameneanandituma.
4Komandikadzakwerakumwambandidzatumizammodziwaophunziraanga,ameneadzachiritsamatendaako, nadzakupatsamoyoiwendionseameneulinawo