Pamene kuli kwakuti, pansi pa chitsenderezo cha chizunzo chopitirizabe kwanthaŵi yaitali, ena analolera kusiya chikhulupiriro chawo, akumalola pang’onopang’ono mapulinsipulo ake apadera, ena anagwiritsitsa chowonadi. M’mibadwo yamdima ndi yampatuko, panali Awadensi amene anakana ukulu wa Roma, amene anakana kulambira mafano monga kupembedza mafano, ndi amene anasunga Sabata lowona. 
While, under the pressure of long-continued persecution, some compromised their faith, little by little yielding its distinctive principles, others held fast the truth.