Machitidwe 7 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

7 ¹Ndipo mkulu wa ansembe anafunsa kuti, “Kodi zinthu izi ndi zoona?”

²Stefano anati, “Abale ndi atate, imvani: Atate wathu wa ulemerero anaonekera kwa atate wathu Abrahamu ku Mesopotamiya, asanakhale ku Harani,

³nati kwa iye, ‘Choka m'dziko lako ndi kwa abale ako, nupite ku dziko limene ndidzakuonetsa.’

⁴Anachoka m'dziko la Ababuloni nakakhala ku Harani. Atate wake atamwalira, Atate wathu anamsamutsa kuchokera kumeneko kupita m'dziko lino limene inu mukukhalamo tsopano. ⁵Sanampatse cholowa mmenemo, ngakhale malo oponda phazi—koma analonjeza kumpatsa iye ndi mbewu yake pambuyo pake kuti akhale ake, ngakhale analibe mwana. ⁶Ndipo Atate wathu anati mbewu yake idzakhala alendo m'dziko losati lawo, adzayisandutsa kapolo nayizunza zaka mazana anayi.

⁷Atate wathu anati, ‘Ine ndidzaweruza mtundu umene adzawutumikira,’ anatero Atate wathu, ‘ndipo pambuyo pake adzatuluka nalambira Ine pa malo pano.’

⁸Anampatsa pangano la mdulidwe. Abrahamu anabereka Isake namdula pa tsiku lachisanu ndi chitatu; Isake anabereka Yakobo, ndipo Yakobo anabereka makolo khumi ndi awiri.

⁹Makolo, pochitira Yosefe nsanje, anamgulitsa ku Iguputo, koma Atate wathu anali naye, ¹⁰namlanditsa ku masautso ake onse, nampatsa chisomo ndi nzeru pamaso pa Farao mfumu ya Iguputo, amene anamuika kukhala wolamulira Iguputo ndi nyumba yonse ya Farao. ¹¹Ndipo njala ndi masautso aakulu zinagwera dziko lonse la Iguputo ndi Kanani, ndipo atate wathu sanapeze chakudya. ¹²Yakobo atamva kuti ku Iguputo kunali tirigu, anatuma atate wathu kuti apiteko poyamba. ¹³Pa ulendo wachiwiri, Yosefe anadziwululira kwa abale ake, ndipo Farao anadziwa za banja la Yosefe. ¹⁴Ndipo Yosefe anatuma kukaitana atate wake Yakobo ndi abale ake onse, anthu makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu asanu onse pamodzi.

¹⁵Ndipo Yakobo anatsikira ku Iguputo, ndipo anamwalira, iye ndi atate wathu. ¹⁶Anawabwezera ku Sekemu, nawaika m'manda amene Abrahamu anagula ndi siliva kwa ana a Hamori ku Sekemu.

¹⁷Pamene nthawi ya lonjezo limene Atate wathu anapatsa Abrahamu inkayandikira, anthu anakula nachuluka ku Iguputo, ¹⁸kufikira pamene panauka mfumu ina yolamulira Iguputo imene sinamdziwe Yosefe. ¹⁹Mfumu iyi inachenjerera mtundu wathu nizunza atate wathu, nawakakamiza kutaya ana awo akhanda kuti afe.

²⁰Pa nthawi imeneyo Mose anabadwa, wokongola pamaso pa Atate wathu. Analeredwa miyezi itatu m'nyumba ya atate wake. ²¹Ndipo atamtaya, mwana wamkazi wa Farao anamtenga namlera ngati mwana wake. ²²Mose anaphunzitsidwa nzeru zonse za Aiguputo, ndipo anali wamphamvu m'mau ndi m'zochita ake.

²³Atakwanitsa zaka makumi anayi, anaganiza zokacheza abale ake, ana a Israeli. ²⁴Ataona mmodzi wa iwo akulakwiridwa, anamtchinjiriza munthu wozunzidwayo, nambwezera pomkantha Mwiguputoyo. ²⁵Anayesa kuti abale ake adzazindikira kuti Atate wathu akuwapatsa chipulumutso kudzera m'dzanja lake, koma iwo sanazindikire.

²⁶Mmawa mwake anawapeza akumenyana, nayesa kuwayanjanitsa, nati, ‘Anthu inu, ndinu abale. Chifukwa chiyani mukulakwirana wina ndi mnzake?’ ²⁷Koma munthu wolakwira mnzakeyo anamkankhira Mose pambali, nati, ‘Ndani anakuika iwe kukhala wolamulira ndi woweruza wathu? ²⁸Kodi ukufuna kundipha monga momwe unaphera Mwiguputo dzulo?’ ²⁹Pa mau awa, Mose anathawa nakakhala mlendo m'dziko la Midiyani, kumene anabereka ana aamuna awiri.

³⁰Patapita zaka makumi anayi, mngelo anaonekera kwa iye m'chipululu cha phiri la Sinai, m'malawi a moto a chitsamba choyaka. ³¹Mose ataona anadabwa; pamene ankayandikira kuti aone bwino, liwu la Atate wathu linabwera, kuti:

³²‘Ine ndine Mulungu wa makolo ako—Mulungu wa Abrahamu, Isake, ndi Yakobo.’ Mose ananjenjemera, osalimba mtima kuyang'ana. ³³Ndipo Atate wathu anati kwa iye, ‘Vula nsapato kumapazi ako, pakuti malo amene waima ndi malo oyera.’ ³⁴Ndaona ndithu masautso a anthu anga ku Iguputo, ndamva kubuula kwawo, ndipo ndatsika kudzawalanditsa. Tsopano pita—Ine ndikukutuma ku Iguputo.

³⁵Mose ameneyu, amene anamkana, nati, ‘Ndani anakuika kukhala wolamulira ndi woweruza?’—ameneyu ndiye amene Atate wathu anamtuma kukhala wolamulira ndiponso womwombola, kudzera m'dzanja la mngelo amene anaonekera kwa iye m'chitsamba. ³⁶Munthu ameneyu anawatulutsa, nachita zodabwitsa ndi zizindikiro m'dziko la Iguputo, pa Nyanja Yofiira, ndi m'chipululu kwa zaka makumi anayi. ³⁷Uyu ndiye Mose amene anati kwa ana a Israeli, ‘Atate wathu adzakuutsirani mneneri wofanana ndi ine, wochokera mwa abale anu.’ ³⁸Uyu ndiye amene anali mu msonkhano m'chipululu pamodzi ndi mngelo amene ankalankhula naye pa phiri la Sinai, ndi atate wathu—analandira mau amoyo kuti atipatse.

³⁹Atate wathu anakana kumumvera; anamkana, ndipo m'mitima yawo anabwerera ku Iguputo, ⁴⁰nati kwa Aroni, ‘Tipangire milungu yoti itsogolere ife. Koma za Mose ameneyu amene anatitulutsa m'dziko la Iguputo, sitikudziwa chimene chamuchitikira.’ ⁴¹Masiku amenewo anapanga mwana wa ng'ombe, napereka nsembe kwa fano, nakondwerera ntchito ya manja awo. ⁴²Koma Atate wathu anatembenuka, nawapereka kuti alambire nyenyezi zakumwamba, monga zinalembedwa m'buku la aneneri, kuti: “Kodi munandibweretsera nyama zophedwa ndi nsembe kwa zaka makumi anayi m'chipululu, inu a nyumba ya Israeli? ⁴³Munanyamula tenti ya Moloki ndi nyenyezi ya mulungu wanu Refani, mafano amene munawapanga kuti muwalambire; kotero Ine ndidzakupirikitsirani kutali kupitirira Babulo.”

⁴⁴Makolo athu anali ndi tenti ya umboni m'chipululu, monga momwe amene analankhula ndi Mose anamlangiza kuti aipange, molingana ndi chitsanzo chimene anachiona. ⁴⁵Atate wathu, nawonso, anaibweretsa pamodzi ndi Yoswa pamene analanda mitundu imene Atate wathu anaipirikitsa pamaso pawo. Ndipo zinakhala motero mpaka masiku a Davide, ⁴⁶amene anapeza chisomo pamaso pa Atate wathu, napempha kuti apeze malo okhalamo a Atate wathu. ⁴⁷Koma Solomo ndiye anamumangira nyumba. ⁴⁸Komatu Wammwambamwamba sakhala m'nyumba zopangidwa ndi manja a anthu, monga mneneri akunenera kuti:

⁴⁹“Kumwamba ndiye mpando wanga waufumu, ndipo dziko lapansi ndiye choponda mapazi anga. Kodi mudzandimangira nyumba yotani, akutero Atate wathu, kapena malo anga opumulira ali kuti? ⁵⁰Kodi dzanja langa silinapange zinthu zonse izi?”

⁵¹“Inu anthu owuma khosi, osadulidwa mtima ndi makutu, nthawi zonse mumatsutsa Mzimu Woyera—monga momwe analili atate anu, inunso ndi momwemo. ⁵²Kodi ndi mneneri uti amene atate anu sanamzunze? Anapha iwo amene analengeza kale za kudza kwa Wolungama ameneyo—amene tsopano inu mwamupereka namupha. ⁵³Inu amene munalandira lamulo kudzera mwa angelo, komatu simunalisunge.”

⁵⁴Tsopano atamva zinthu izi anapsa mtima kwambiri, ndipo anamkukutira mano. ⁵⁵Koma Stefano, wodzala ndi Mzimu Woyera, anayang'ana kumwamba, naona ulemerero wa Atate wathu, ndi Yesu ataimirira kudzanja lamanja la Atate wathu. ^a a v55 Stefano akuona Yesu ataimirira pambali pa Atate wathu kumwamba—Mwana walemekezedwa kudzanja lamanja la Atate, wosiyana ndi Atate komabe wogawana ulemerero wake.

⁵⁶Ndipo anati, “Taonani, ndikuona miyamba itatsegulidwa, ndi Mwana wa Munthu ataimirira kudzanja lamanja la Atate wathu.”

⁵⁷Koma anafuula ndi mau okweza, natseka makutu awo, namthamangira. ⁵⁸Anamtulutsa kunja kwa mzinda, namgenda ndi miyala. Ndipo mboni zinayika zovala zawo kumapazi a mnyamata wina dzina lake Saulo.

⁵⁹Ndipo pamene ankamgenda ndi miyala, Stefano anafuula kuti, “Ambuye Yesu, landirani mzimu wanga.” ^b b v59 Pofa, Stefano akupereka mzimu wake kwa Yesu—pemphero lomwelo limene Yesu anapemphera kwa Atate pamtanda (Luka 23:46). Kupemphera motero kwa Yesu ndi kuvomereza kuti Iye ndi Ambuye.

⁶⁰Nagwada, anafuula ndi mau okweza kuti, “Ambuye, musawawerengere tchimo ili.” Ndipo anagona tulo.