Tsoka kwa Odekha ndi Osasamala
Tsoka kwa iwo ogona pa mabedi a minyanga, akudya ana a nkhosa osankhidwa, akupeka nyimbo, ndi osavutika ndi chiwonongeko cha Yosefe. Kumasuka kwawo ndiko mlandu. Atate wathu walumbira pa iye mwini: adzapita ku ukapolo patsogolo pa mzere, ndipo adzautsa mtundu wina kuti uwapondereze.
6 1Tsoka kwa iwo amene akhala modekha mu Ziyoni, ndi kwa iwo amene akudziona otetezeka pa phiri la Samariya— anthu otchuka a mtundu woyamba, amene nyumba ya Isiraeli imadza kwa iwo! 2Wolokani kupita ku Kaline mukaone; kuchokera kumeneko pitirizani ku Hamati wamkulu; ndipo tsikani kupita ku Gati wa Afilisti. Kodi inu ndinu abwino kuposa maufumu awa? Kapena dziko lawo ndi lalikulu kuposa lanu? 3Inu mukukankhira kutali tsiku la tsoka, koma mukusendeza pafupi ulamuliro wa chiwawa. 4Iwo amagona pa mabedi a mnyanga wa njovu natambalala pa mipando yawo, akudya ana a nkhosa ochokera mu gulu ndi ana a ng'ombe ochokera mu khola la konenepetsera. 5Amaimba zeze mosasamala, ndipo monga Davide, amadzipangira okha zoimbira. 6Amamwa vinyo m'mbale zazikulu nadzola okha mafuta abwino kwambiri, koma sadandaula chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa Yosefe. 7Choncho tsopano adzapita ku ukapolo patsogolo pa a ukapolo, ndipo phwando la iwo otambalala modekha lidzatha.
8Atate Ambuye walumbira pa Iye yekha—awa ndi mau a Atate wa makamu a kumwamba: Ine ndimanyansidwa ndi kunyada kwa Yakobo, ndipo ndimadana ndi malinga ake, ndipo ndidzapereka mzinda ndi zonse zili m'menemo.
9Ndipo ngati anthu khumi atsala mu nyumba imodzi, nawonso adzafa.
10Ndipo pamene m'bale wa munthu, amene amatentha mitembo, adzamnyamula kuti atulutse mafupa m'nyumba, nadzafuula kwa aliyense amene ali m'chipinda chamkati, “Kodi alipo wina akadali ndi iwe?” ndipo iye adzayankha, “Palibe,” pamenepo adzati, “Khalani chete! Tisatchule dzina la Atate wathu.”
11Pakuti taonani, Atate wathu akupereka lamulo, ndipo nyumba yayikulu idzaphwanyidwa zidutswazidutswa, ndi nyumba yaying'ono idzasweka tizidutswa. 12Kodi akavalo amathamanga pa thanthwe? Kodi munthu angalime m'nyanja ndi ng'ombe? Komabe inu mwasandutsa chiweruzo kukhala ndulu, ndi chipatso cha chilungamo kukhala poizoni wowawa. 13Inu amene mukukondwera chifukwa cha Lo-debara ndipo mukunena, “Kodi ndi mphamvu yathu sitinadzitengere Karinaimu ife tokha?” a a v13 Mizinda iwiri imene Isiraeli akunyadira kuti anaigonjetsa ili ndi matanthauzo onyoza: Lo-debara limamveka ngati “chinthu chopanda pake,” ndipo Karinaimu limatanthauza “nyanga” — chizindikiro cha mphamvu. Kunyada kwawo kodzitamandira kumangokhala kunyadira chinthu chopanda pake.
14Koma taonani—Ine ndikukuwutsirani mtundu wa anthu, inu nyumba ya Isiraeli, ati Atate wa makamu a kumwamba, ndipo adzakuponderezani kuchokera ku Lebo-hamati mpaka ku Mtsinje wa Araba.
