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Krixtu ni ntsembe yakukhalilatu
1 Mtemo una cithundzi-thundzi ca bzabwino bzomwe bzin'dzabwera, tsono ulibe bzabwino bzacaibzo. Ndipopo umbakwanisa lini kuwakhalisa wakukwana wale omwe ambafendera kuna Mulungu kuti amupembe, napo acimbabwerezera ntsembe zibodzi-bodzizo gole na gole. 2 Ungadakwanisa bzimwebzo, ntsembezo zingadalekezedwa lini kuperekedwa? Nakuti wakutumbiza, angadakhala kuti adacenesedwa mwakukhaliratu, angadaneseka lini pomwe mum'tima thangwe ra bzitazo bzawo. 3 Tsono, ntsembe zimwezi ni cikumbuso ca bzitazo pa magole yentse, 4 nakuti bzin'kwanisika lini kuti mulopa wa mikono na atonde ucose bzitazo.
5 Ndipopo, Krixtu pomwe adabwera padziko, adati:
“Ntsembe na cakupereka
mulibe kubzifuna,
tsono thupi mudandikondzera.
6 Ntsembe zakutentha na bzakupereka
thangwe ra bzitazo
mulibe kukomedwa nabzo.
7 Tsono Ine ndidati:
‘Ndiri pano,
mulivu la Mtemo bzidanembedwa
cipande ca Ine.
Ndabwera kudzacita kufuna kwanu, imwe Mulungu’ ”.*
8 Pakuyamba Iye adati: “Ntsembe, bzakupereka, ntsembe zakutentha na bzakupereka thangwe ra bzitazo mulibe kubzifuna, ngakhale kukomedwa nazo” (Ntsembezo zikhaperekedwa malinge na Mtemo). 9 Ndipo adalewa pomwe kuti: “Ndiri pano. Ndabwera kudzacita kufuna kwanu”. Iye adamalisa cakuyamba kuti apase mphambvu caciwiri. 10 Na thangwe ra cifuniro cimweci tidacenesedwa, kudzera mwa ntsembe ya thupi ra Jezu Krixtu, adaperekedwa kabodzi kokha.
11 Ntsiku na ntsiku, anyantsembe wentse ambawonekera acicita mabasa yawo kuna Mulungu. Kubwerezera na kubwerezera ambapereka ntsembe zibodzi-bodzizo, zakuti zin'kwanisa lini kucosa bzitazo cipo. 12 Tsono, pomwe Jezu adamaliza kupereka kwakukhaliratu ntsembe ibodzi yokha thangwe ra bzitazo, adakakhala kuboko ladidi la Mulungu. 13 Kuyambira pamwepo kuyenda kutsogolo, Iye alikudikhira mpaka anyamadulanthaka wace aikhidwe pantsi ninga bzakupondera minyendo yace. 14 Thangwe, kudzera mwa ntsembe ibodzi yokha, Iye adakhalisa wakukwana kwakukhaliratu omwe alikucenesedwa.
15 Mzimu Wakucena umbaticitira umboni bwa nkhani imweyi. Cakuyamba iwo udati:
16 “Mbuya alikulewa kuti
ici ni cipangano comwe nin'dzacita na iwo,
zikadzapita ntsiku zimwezire.
Nin'dzaikha mitemo yangu
m'mitima mwawo,
ndipo nin'dzainemba
mundzeru zawo”†,
17 Ndipo udathimizira uciti:
“Bzitazo bzawo
na kuphonya,
nin'dzabzikumbukira lini pomwe”‡.
18 Ndipo bzitazo bzingalekereredwa, bzin'funika lini pomwe kupereka ntsembe thangwe la bzitazobzo.
Kukhulupirira mwakupirira
19 Na tenepo abale, tina cikhulupiriro cathunthu ca kudzapita m'Mbuto Yakucena Kwene-kwene thangwe ra mulopa wa Jezu, 20 mwa njira ipsa ndipo yamoyo yomwe Iye adatifungulira yakupita na panguwo yakugawa ire, yomwe ni thupi lace. 21 Tsapano, tina nyantsembe mkulu wakunyang'anira nyumba ya Mulungu. 22 Na tenepo, mbatiyendeni kuna Mulungu na mtima wa cadidi ndipo na kukhulupirira kwathunthu, ticikhala na mitima yakucenesedwa kwa ndzeru zakuipa, ndipo mathupi yanthu yacikhala yakutsukidwa na madzi yakucena. 23 Mbatiphate mwakulimbika cidikhiro ca cikhulupiriro comwe timbapupula, pakuti Mulungu omwe adatipicirira ni wakukhulupirika. 24 Ndipo tikumbukirane wina na mwandzace kuti tingalimbisane tani kuti tikhale na lufoi na mabasa yabwino. 25 Mbatireke kusaya kutsonkhana, mwacizolowezi ninga momwe ambacita anango, tsono mbatinyang'ane kulimbikisana wina na mwandzace, maka-maka pomwe muniwona kuti Ntsiku ya Mbuya irikufendera.
26 Tikapitiriza kutaza utowa tatatambira kudziwa kwa cadidi, pacalibe pomwe ntsembe yakuperekera bzitazo. 27 Candosala cokha ni kudikhira mwa mantha kutongedwa ndipo na moto wakugosva, omwe un'dzamala anyamadulanthaka wa Mulungu. 28 Ule omwe akhachola Mtemo wa Mozeji akhafa mwakusaya kubveredwa ntsisi mwakubva mboni ziwiri ayai zitatu. 29 Kumbukanimbo imwepo, kodi ni nyathwa yakugosva tani yomwe idathemera kupasidwa ule omwe adanyoza Mwana wa Mulungu, adayesa wakusaya basa mulopa wa cipangano omwe iye adacenesedwa nawo, ndipo adatukwana Mzimu wa nkhombo? 30 Pakuti timbamudziwa Ule omwe adati: “Ine ndine wakupasa nyathwa, Ine nin'dzabwezera”§, ndipo adalewa pomwe kuti: “Mbuya an'dzatonga mbumba yace”**. 31 Cinthu cakugosva ni kugwera m'manja mwa Mulungu wamoyo!
32 Kumbukirani ntsiku zakuyamba, pomwe imwe mudabvunikiriwa, pomwe mudapirira pankhondo ikulu na kubonera kwene-kwene. 33 Nthawe zinango imwepo mukhatukanidwa na kucitidwa bzakuipa pamaso pa wanthu. Ndipo nthawe zinango mukhabziyesa ninga wakubonera pabodzi na wale omwe akhaboneresedwa tenepoyo. 34 Imwepo mukhabvutika pabodzi na omwe akhali m'kawoko ndipo mudabvuma mwakukondwera kutengeredwa bzinthu bzanu, nakuti mukhadziwa kuti mukhana bzinthu bzakuposa ndipo bzakusaya kumala.
35 Na tenepo, lekani kusiya kulimbikira komwe munako, thangwe kulimbikirako kun'dzabweresa phindu likulu. 36 Bzin'funika kuti imwepo mupirire, mwakuti mwatacita cifuniro ca Mulungu, mudzatambire bzomwe Iye adapicira. 37 Nakuti, yandosala nthawe pang'ono,
“Ule omwe alikubwera an'dzabwera,
ndipo an'dzacedwa lini.
38 Wakulungama wangu††
an'dzakhala na moyo thangwe ra cikhulupiriro cace.
Tsono akadzabwerera m'mbuyo,
nin'dzakomedwa lini naye”‡‡.
39 Tsono ife, ndife rini wale omwe ambabwerera m'mbuyo acidzongedwa, koma ife tin'khulupirira ticipulumusidwa.
* 10:7 Mas 40.6-8 † 10:16 Jer 31.33 ‡ 10:17 Jer 31.34 § 10:30 Deu 32.35 ** 10:30 Deu 32.36, Mas 135.14 †† 10:38 Wakulungama wangu: Bzakunembedwa na manja bzakale bzizinji bzidanemba kuti: “Wakulungama” basi. ‡‡ 10:38 Aba 2.3, 4, malingana na Septuaginta.