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Wakusala wa Ijirayeri
1 Ndipo nin'bvundza kuti: Kodi Mulungu adalamba mbumba yace? Ni tenepoyo lini! Inembo ndine muIjirayeri, dzindza la Abrahamu, mtundu wa Benjami. 2 Mulungu alibe kulamba mbumba yace, yomwe akhadaisankhula kale. Ayai imwepo mun'dziwa lini momwe Eriya adadandaulira Mulungu thangwe ra Ijirayeri, ninga momwe Bzakunemba bzimbalewa? 3 “Mbuya, iwo adapha apolofita wanu ndipo adapfundza maguwa yanu. Ndasala ndine ndekha ndipo tsapano alikunyang'ana kupha ine”.* 4 Tsono Mulungu adamutawira tani? “Ndabzikoyera amuna bzulu bzinomwe (7.000) omwe alibe kugodamira Bahali”† 5 Tenepoyo tsapano lino alipombo wanthu wakusala omwe adasankhulidwa mwa nkhombo. 6 Ndipo penu kusankhulidwako kudacokera mwa nkhombo, ni mwa mabasa lini pomwe. Bzingadakhala terepoyo, nkhombo zingadakhala lini pomwe nkhombo.
7 Tsapano tinirewanyi? Ijirayeri alibe kukwanisa bzomwe akhanyang'ana, tsono wakusankhulidwa adabzikwanisa. Anango adaumisidwa mitima, 8 ninga momwe bzidanembedwa kuti:
“Mulungu adawapasa mitima
yakusaya kubvesesa bzinthu,
maso kuti aleke kuwona,
makutu kuti aleke kubva,
mpaka lero”‡
9 Ndipo David adati:
“Uzokoto bwawo
busanduke
nyambo na diwa,
cakugwegwedusa ndipo nyathwa kwa iwo.
10 Maso yawo yakhale na mdima
kuti aleke kuwona
ndipo misana yawo ikhale yakukotama
nthawe zentse”§.
Cipulumuso ca omwe ni aJuda lini
11 Nin'bvundza pomwe kuti: Kodi adagwegweduka kuti agwe acisaya kulamuka pomwe? Ni tenepoyo lini! Tsono thangwe ra kuchola M'temo kwawo, cipulumuso cidabwera kuna omwe ni aJuda lini, kuti cibwerese njiru kuna aIjirayeri. 12 Tsono penu kuchola M'temo kwawo kwabweresa udali kuna dziko, ndipo kusaya kukwanisa kwawo kwabweresa udali kuna omwe ni aJuda lini, ni cadidi kuti kubwerera kwa aJuda wentse kun'dzabweresa bzakuposa kwene-kwene!
13 Ndiri kulewa kuna imwe, omwe ndimwe lini aJuda. Pakuwona kuti ndine m'tumiki wa omwe ni aJuda lini, nin'tumbiza basa langu, 14 na cidikhiro cakuti pinango ndinyose njiru kuna mbumba yangu caiyo ndipo ndipulumuse anango mwa iwo. 15 Pakuti penu kulambiwa kwawo kudabweresa ciyanjano kuna dziko, n'ciyani cin'dzacitika pakubvumiwa kwawo, ni moyo lini pakati pa wakufa? 16 Ndipo penu cipande ca cakumunya comwe cin'perekedwa kwa Mulungu ni cakucena, cakumunya centse ni cakucenambo. Penu muzi ni wakucena, mithambi ni yakucenambo.
17 Penu mithambi inango idagwatidwa, ndipo iwepo omwe ndiwe m'Juda lini pakukhala olivera wa m'thengo udalumikidzidwa pakati pa winango ndipo tsapano un'cita mbali ya madzi yabwino yomwe yan'coka kumuzi wa olivera wakubzalidwa, 18 leka kunyozera mithambi imweyo. Ukabzicita, dziwa kuti ndiwepo lini omwe uli kudyesa muzi, tsono muzi uli kudyesa iwepo. 19 Ndipo iwepo ungadzalewe kuti: “Mithambi idagwatidwa, kuti ine ndirumikidzidwe”. 20 Ni cadidi. Tsono iwo adagwatidwa thangwe ra kusaya kukhulupirira, ndipo iwepo un'pitiriza kuima thangwe ra cikhulupiriro. Leka kubzikuza, tsono gopa. 21 Pakuti penu Mulungu alibe kulekerera aJuda omwe ali ninga mithambi yacibalidwe, an'dzalekererambo lini iwepo.
22 Na tenepo, wona cifundo na kuuma m'tima kwa Mulungu: Kuuma m'tima kuna wale omwe adagwa, tsono cifundo kuna iwe, ukapitiriza kuteweza cifundo cace. Ukasaya kuteweza bzimwebzi, iwepo un'dzagwatidwambo. 23 Ndipo kuna iwo angaleka kupitiriza kusaya kukhulupirira an'dzalumikidzidwa, pakuti Mulungu an'kwanisa kuwalumikidza pomwe. 24 Penu iwepo udagwatidwa kwa olivera wa m'thengo mwacikhalidwe ndipo mwakusaya kuteweza cikhalidwe udalumikidzidwa kuna olivera wakubzalidwa, ni cadidi-retu kuti mithambi yace yacikhalidwe in'dzalumikidzidwa pa olivera wace caiye!
AIjirayeri wentse an'dzapulumusidwa
25 Abale, nin'funa lini kuti musaye kudziwa cintsintsi cimweci, kuti muleke kubziyesa adziwi. Cipande cibodzi ca aIjirayeri cidauma mitima mpaka kukwana mbogo yentse ya omwe ni aJuda lini. 26 Pamwepo, aIjirayeri wentse an'dzapulumuka, ninga bzidanembedwa kuti:
“M'pulumusi an'dzabwera kucokera kuSiyau,
omwe an'dzacosa bzakuipa
kuna dzindza la Jakobo
27 Ndipo cimweci ndico** cipangano cangu
na iwo
pomwe nin'dzacosa
bzakuphonya bzawo”††.
28 Thangwe ra kulamba Mafala Yabwino, aJuda ni anyamadulanthaka wa Mulungu kuti imwe omwe ndimwe aJuda lini mupindule. Tsono thangwe ra kusankhuliwa na Mulungu, iwo ni wakufunika wace thangwe ra makolo yakutoma, 29 nakuti mphatso na kucemera kwa Mulungu ambacosa lini. 30 Pakuti tenepoyo ninga imwepo omwe kale mukhali wakusaya kubvera Mulungu tsapano mwatambira cifundo kudzera mwa kusaya kubvera kwawo, 31 ni tenepoyombo tsapano iwo asanduka wakusaya kubvera kuti atambirembo cifundo tsapano, kudzera mwa cifundo ca Mulungu kwa imwe. 32 Pakuti Mulungu adasandusa wentse kuti akhale anyam'kawoko wa kusaya kubvera, kuti alatize cifundo kuna wentse.
Nyimbo yakutumbiza Mulungu
33 Cuma ca Mulungu ni cikulu kwene-kwene
ndzeru zace
na kudziwa kwace ni bzikulu cadidi!
Mbani angafokotoze
kutonga kwace
mbani angadziwe
njira zace?
34 “Mbani tsono adadziwa ndzeru
za Mbuya?
Ayai mbani akhali wakumuyeruza?”‡‡
35 “Ayai mbani omwe adayamba kum'pasa
kuti adzabwezeredwe?”§§
36 Thangwe kucokera kwa Iye na kudzera mwa Iye na kuna Iye ni bzinthu bwentse.
Kwa Iye ukhale ulemerero
wakusaya kumala! Ameni.
* 11:3 1Az 19.10, 14 † 11:4 1Az 19.18 ‡ 11:8 Deu 29.4, Iza 29.10 § 11:10 Mas 69.22, Mas 69.23 ** 11:27 Ayai cin'dzakhala. †† 11:27 Iza 27.9, 59.20-21, Jer 31.24, 33 ‡‡ 11:34 Iza 40.13 §§ 11:35 Job 41.11