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Jezu, mkulu wa anyantsembe wathu
1 Cakufunika-letu ca bzomwe tirikulewa, ni cakuti tina mkulu wa anyantsembe umweyu, omwe adakhala kuboko ladidi pampando wa umambo wa Mulungu Wamphambvu-zentse kudzulu, 2 ndipo ambatumikira pambuto yakucena, pacikumbi ca mapembo caico comwe Mbuya adamanga, sikuti munthu.
3 Mkulu wa anyantsembe wentse ambaikhidwa kuti akapereke bzakupereka na ntsembe, na tenepo bzikhafunika kuti Mkulu wathu wa anyantsembe akhalembo na cinthu cakupereka. 4 Iye angadati ali pantsi pano, angadakhala lini mkulu wa anyantsembe, nakuti alipo kale omwe ambapereka bzakupereka bzakunembedwa na Mtemo. 5 Basa lomwe iwo ambaphata liri ninga cifanikizo ndipo cithundzi-thundzi ca basa lomwe liri kudzulu. Bzibodzi-bodzibzi bzidacitikambo kuna Mozeji, pomwe akhafuna kumanga cikumbi ca mapembo, adadziwisidwa kuti: “Khala na cheru kuti ucite bzentse mwakulinganiza na bzomwe udawonesedwa paphiri”*. 6 Tsapano, basa lomwe Jezu adatambira ni likulu kuposa lawo, tenepayu ninga cipangano comwe Iye ni Mkhala-pakati ni cikulu kuposa cakale, nakuti cimweci cidakhazikidwa pa bzipiciro bzakuposa.
7 Nakuti cipangano cakale cingadakhala cakukwana, bzingadafunika lini kucita cinango. 8 Tsono Mulungu atawona kuti mbumba ina mulandu adati:
“Ntsiku zirikubwera, alikulewa Mbuya,
pomwe nin'dzacita cipangano cipsa
na mbumba ya Ijirayeriyi
na mbumba ya Juda.
9 Cin'dzakhala lini ninga cipangano
comwe ndidacita na makolo yanu,
pomwe ndidawatenga na boko
kuti ndiwacose kuIjipito.
Nakuti iwo
alibe kupitiriza kukhala wakukhulupirika
pa cipangano cangu,
ndipo Ine ndidafundukira kuna iwo”,
alikulewa Mbuya.
10 “Cimweci ni cipangano comwe nin'dzacita
na mbumba ya Ijirayeri
zatapita ntsiku zimwezo”,
alikulewa Mbuya.
“Nin'dzaikha mitemo yangu
mundzeru zawo
ndipo nin'dzainemba
m'mitima mwawo.
Nin'dzakhala Mulungu wawo,
ndipo iwo an'dzakhala mbumba yangu.
11 Palibe omwe an'dzapfundzisa
mwandzace
ngakhale m'bale wace, aciti:
‘Dziwa Mbuya’.
Thangwe wentsenewo
an'dzandidziwa,
kuyambira mung'ono mpaka mkulu.
12 Thangwe Ine nin'dzawalekerera
bzakuipa bzawo,
ndipo nin'dzakumbukira lini pomwe
bzitazo bzawo”†.
13 Pakucemera cipangano cimweci kuti “cipsa”, Iye adalewa kuti comwe cidayamba ciribe basa. Ndipo comwe ciribe basa cicikhala cakale ciri pafupi kumala.
* 8:5 Eks 25.40 † 8:12 Jer 31.31-34