Atate Achiritsa Kudzera M'manja mwa Petro

Munthu wopempha pachipata cha kachisi wakhala akunyamulidwa kupita kumeneko tsiku lililonse la moyo wake. Petro alibe ndalama, m'malo mwake akumugwira dzanja, ndipo munthuyo akulowa akudumpha. Kwa gulu la anthu lodabwa, Petro akuumirira kuti mphamvuyo si yake koma ya Atate wathu.

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Petro ndi Yohane anali kupita ku Nyumba ya Mulungu nthawi ya pafupifupi koloko zitatu masana, nthawi ya pemphero. Panali munthu wolumala kuyambira pa kubadwa, amene tsiku ndi tsiku ankamunyamula namuyika pa chipata cha Nyumba ya Mulungu chotchedwa Chokongola, kuti azipempha kwa iwo amene amalowa m'Nyumba ya Mulungu. Ataona Petro ndi Yohane ali pafupi kulowa m'Nyumba ya Mulungu, anawapempha ndalama. Ndipo Petro, atamuyang'anitsitsa pamodzi ndi Yohane, anati, “Tiyang'aneni ife.” Ndipo iye anawayang'anitsitsa, akuyembekezera kulandira kanthu kuchokera kwa iwo. Petro anati, “Ndiribe siliva kapena golide, koma ndikupatsa chimene ndili nacho: m'dzina la Yesu Khristu wa ku Nazareti, imirira uyende.” Atagwira dzanja lake lamanja, anamuimiritsa; nthawi yomweyo mapazi ake ndi mafundo ake analimba. Anadumphira, naimirira, nayamba kuyenda, nalowa m'Nyumba ya Mulungu pamodzi ndi iwo, akuyenda, akudumpha, ndi kutamanda Atate wathu. Ndipo anthu onse anamuona akuyenda ndi kutamanda Atate wathu. Anamuzindikira kuti ndi amene ankakhala akupempha pa Chipata Chokongola cha Nyumba ya Mulungu, ndipo anadzala ndi kudabwa ndi kuthedwa nzeru pa zimene zinamuchitikira.

Petro Alalikira za Mtumiki wa Atate

Pamene iye anali atagwiritsitsa Petro ndi Yohane, anthu onse anathamangira kwa iwo ku khonde lotchedwa la Solomoni, atadabwa kwambiri. Ataona izi, Petro anati kwa anthuwo, “Inu Aisraeli, chifukwa chiyani mukudabwa ndi zimenezi? Chifukwa chiyani mukutiyang'anitsitsa ife, ngati kuti ndi mphamvu yathuyathu kapena chipembedzo chathu tamuyendetsa iye? Mulungu wa Abrahamu, Isake, ndi Yakobo, Mulungu wa makolo athu, analemekeza Mtumiki wake Yesu, amene inu munampereka nmukana pamaso pa Pilato, pamene Pilato anatsimikiza kumumasula Iye. Koma inu munakana Woyera ndi Wolungama, napempha kuti wakupha munthu aperekedwe kwa inu. Munapha Mwini wa moyo; Atate wathu anamuukitsa kwa akufa. Ife ndife mboni za zimenezi. Dzina lake, kudzera mu chikhulupiriro mu dzina lake, lalimbitsa munthu uyu—munthu yemwe inu mukumuona ndi kumudziwa. Ndipo chikhulupiriro mwa Yesu chamupatsa iye thanzi labwino lonseli pamaso panu.

“Ndipo tsopano, abale, ndikudziwa kuti munachita mosadziwa, monga momwe anachitiranso atsogoleri anu. Koma Atate wathu anakwaniritsa zimene ananeneratu kudzera mwa aneneri onse: kuti Khristu wake adzazunzika. Chotero lapani, mutembenuke, kuti machimo anu afafanizidwe, kuti nthawi za kutsitsimutsidwa zidze zochokera pamaso pa Atate wathu, ndi kuti Iye atumize Khristu amene anasankhidwa chifukwa cha inu, Yesu, amene kumwamba kuyenera kumulandira Iye kufikira zinthu zonse zitabwezeretsedwa, zimene Atate wathu ananena kudzera mwa aneneri ake oyera kalekale. Mose anati, ‘Atate wanu adzakuukitsirani mneneri wofanana ndi ine, wochokera mwa abale anu. Mumumvere Iye pa zonse zimene adzakuuzani.’ Munthu aliyense amene sadzamvera mneneri ameneyo adzawonongedwa kotheratu pakati pa anthu.’ Aneneri onse amene anayankhula, kuyambira Samueli kupita m'tsogolo, analengezanso za masiku ano. Inu ndinu ana a aneneri ndi a pangano limene Atate wathu anapangana ndi makolo anu, pamene anati kwa Abrahamu, ‘Mwa mbewu yako mabanja onse a dziko lapansi adzadalitsidwa.’ Atate wathu anaukitsa Mtumiki wake namutuma Iye kwa inu poyamba, kuti akudalitseni mwa kutembenuza aliyense wa inu kuchoka ku zoipa zanu.”