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Cirombo cakucoka m'nyandza
1 Ndidawona cirombo* cikhacoka m'nyandza comwe cikhana nyanga khumi (10), misolo minomwe (7), na ntsinga-msolo za umambo khumi (10) zomwe ibodzi na ibodzi ikhali panyanga, ndipo pa misolopo pakhana dzina lakutukwana Mulungu. 2 Cirombo comwe ndidawonaco, cikhana mawonekedwe ya nyalugwe, tsono minyendo yacene ikhali mikulu ninga ya cirombo cimbacemeredwa urso, ndipo mulomo ukhali ninga wa mphondolo. Ndipo Nyangumi adapasa cirombo mphambvu zace, mpando wa umambo bwace na utongi bukulu. 3 Msolo ubodzi wa ciromboco ukhadakhala ninga udapwetekedwa kwakufa nako, tsono kupwetekedwa kwakufa nako kule kudapolesedwa. Dziko la pantsi lentse lidadabwisika ndipo lidatewera cirombo. 4 Adapemba Nyangumi ule, omwe adapasa cirombo utongi, ndipombo adapemba cirombo acimbati: “Mbani omwe ali ninga cirombo? Mbani omwe angacite nkhondo naco?”
5 Cirombo cidapasidwa mulomo wakuti cirewe mafala yakusamwa na yakutukwana Mulungu, ndipo cidapasidwa mphambvu za kucita basa mkati mwa minyezi makumi manai na miwiri† (42). 6 Ciromboco cidafungula mulomo kuti citukwane Mulungu, ndipo citemberere dzina lace na cikumbi ca mapembo cace, comwe ni wale omwe an'khala kudzulu‡. 7 Cidapasidwa mphambvu kuti cimenyane na wakucena§ ndipo ciwakunde. Cidapasidwa utongi kwa madzindza yentse, mbumba zentse, bzirewedwe bzentse na madziko yentse. 8 Wentse wakukhala padziko la pantsi an'dzapemba ciromboco, omwe ni wentse wale omwe madzina yawo yalibe kunembedwa muLivu la Moyo** la Bira, omwe adaphedwa kuyambira pakulengedwa kwa dziko.
9 Wale omwe ana makutu abve mafalaya yakuti:
10 Ule omwe an'themera kuyenda
kukafungiridwa mkawoko,
an'dzayenda kukafungiridwako.
Ule omwe an'themera kuphedwa
na cisenga,
an'dzaphedwa na cisenga.
Pamwepo ndipo pan'funika kuti wanthu wa Mulungu awonese cipiriro na kukhulupirika.
Cirombo cakucoka pantsi pa mataka
11 Ndipo ndidawona cirombo cinango cikhacoka pantsi pa mataka, cikhana nyanga ziwiri (2) ninga bira m'bodzi, tsono cikhalewa-lewa ninga nyangumi m'bodzi. 12 Cikhawonesa utongi bwentse bwa cirombo cakuyamba mudzina la cakuyambaco, ndipo cikhacitisa dziko la pantsi na wakukhala mumwemo kuti apembe cirombo cakuyamba, comwe cikhadapolesedwa kupwetekedwa kwakufa nako. 13 Ndipo cikhambawonesa bzizindikiro bzikulu, mpaka kudzafika pakubulusa moto kucokera kudzulu kubwera padziko la pantsi, patsogolo pa wanthu wentse. 14 Ciromboco cikhambanyengeza wentse wakukhala padziko la pantsi kudzera mwa bzizindikiro bzomwe cidabvumizidwa kucita mudzina la cirombo cidacoka munyandza cire. Cidawauza kuti acite cifanikizo cakuti alemekeze cirombo comwe cidapwetekedwa na cisenga cicisaya kufa cire. 15 Cidapasidwa mphambvu zakupereka mphuwe ya moyo kwa cifanikizo ca cirombo cakuyamba, mwakuti cingadakwanisa kulewa-lewa ndipo kucitisa kuti wentse omwe angadalamba kutumbiza cifanikizo aphedwe. 16 Ndipombo adangingimiza wentse, ang'ono na akulu, nyakudala na wakusauka, ampfulu na anyagirinya, kuti atambire cizindikiro kuboko la madidi ayai pamkuma, 17 kuti paleke kuwoneka wakugula napo wakugulisa, pokha-pokha ule omwe ana cizindikiro, comwe ni dzina la cirombo ayai mulewengo wa dzina la ciromboco.
18 Pano pan'funika udziwi. Ule omwe an'dziwisisa, alewenge mulewengo wa cirombo, nakuti ni mulewengo ya munthu. Mbogo yace ni madzana matanthatu na makumi matanthatu na zitanthatu (666).
* 13:1 Dan 7.3, 7, Cid 17.3, 7-12 † 13:5 Cid 11.2 ‡ 13:6 Dan 7.8, 25, 11.36 § 13:7 Dan 7.21, Cid 11.7 ** 13:8 Mas 69.28