Atate Wathu Azenga Mlandu wa Isiraeli
Kusankhidwa kukutanthauza kuyankha mlandu, osati kumasulidwa. Mafunso angapo akutsimikiza kuti zotsatira zili ndi zifukwa zake: mkango umabangula chifukwa uli ndi nyama, ndipo Ambuye Atate sachita kanthu popanda kuuza aneneri ake — choncho nyumba za minyanga za Samariya zidzagwetsedwa.
3 1Imvani mau awa amene Atate wathu wayankhula pa inu, ana a Isiraeli—pa banja lonse limene ndinalitulutsa m'dziko la Igupto:
2Pa mabanja onse a dziko lapansi, ndakudziwani inu nokha; chifukwa chake ndidzakulangani chifukwa cha machimo anu onse.
3Kodi awiri angayende pamodzi, pokhapokha atagwirizana kuti akumane? 4Kodi mkango umabangula m'nkhalango pamene ulibe nyama yogwira? Kodi mwana wa mkango umalira mu phanga mwake ngati sunagwire kanthu? 5Kodi mbalame imagwa mu msampha pansi pamene palibe diwa la iyo? Kodi msampha umatuka pansi pamene sunakole kanthu? 6Ngati lipenga liliziridwa mu mzinda, kodi anthu sadzanjenjemera? Ngati tsoka lifikira mzinda, kodi si Atate wathu amene wachita? 7Zoonadi Ambuye Atate sachita kanthu popanda kuwulula chinsinsi chake kwa atumiki ake aneneri. 8Mkango wabangula—ndani sadzaopa? Ambuye Atate wayankhula—ndani angaleke kunenera?
9Lengezani pa malinga a Asidodi ndi pa malinga a m'dziko la Igupto, nati: “Sonkhanani pa mapiri a Samariya, ndipo onani chipwirikiti chachikulu mkati mwake, ndi kupondereza kumene kuli pakati pake.” 10Sadziwa kuchita zabwino, ati Atate wathu—iwo amene amaunjika chiwawa ndi zofunkha m'malinga awo.
11Choncho Ambuye Atate akuti: Mdani adzazinga dziko, nagwetsa zotchinga zanu, nafunkha malinga anu.
12Atate wathu akuti: Monga m'busa amapulumutsa miyendo iwiri kapena chidutswa cha khutu mkamwa mwa mkango, momwemo ana a Isiraeli okhala mu Samariya adzapulumutsidwa—ndi ngodya ya mpando, chidutswa cha bedi. 13Imvani, ndipo chitirani umboni pa nyumba ya Yakobo, ati Ambuye Atate, Atate wa magulu ankhondo a kumwamba: 14Pa tsiku limene ndidzalanga Isiraeli chifukwa cha kuwukira kwake, ndidzalanganso maguwa a Beteli; nyanga za guwa zidzadulidwa nagwera pansi. 15Ndidzakantha nyumba ya m'nyengo yozizira pamodzi ndi nyumba ya m'nyengo yotentha; nyumba za minyanga ya njovu zidzawonongeka, ndipo nyumba zazikulu zidzatheratu, ati Atate wathu.