Kumbukirani Atate wanu Amene Amapereka
Zaka makumi anayi za njala ndi mana zinali maphunziro: anthu sakhala ndi moyo ndi mkate wokha. Monga munthu amalangiza mwana wake, Atate wako amakulangiza iwe. Choopsa chenicheni ndi dziko labwino — mimba zokhuta, ziweto zochuluka, ndi mtima wonena kuti dzanja langa ndilo linachita izi.
8 1Samalani kumvera lamulo lililonse limene ndikukupatsani lero, kuti mukhale ndi moyo, muchuluke, mulowe, ndi kulandira dziko limene Atate wathu analumbira kwa makolo anu. 2Kumbukirani njira yonse imene Atate wanu anakutsogolerani zaka makumi anayi izi m'chipululu, kuti akuchepetseni ndi kukuyesani, kuti adziwe chimene chinali mu mtima wanu—ngati mungasunge malamulo ake kapena ayi. 3Iye anakuchepetsani, nakumvetsani njala, ndipo anakudyetsani mana amene inu ngakhale makolo anu simunawadziwa, kuti akuphunzitseni kuti munthu sakhala ndi moyo ndi chakudya chokha, koma ndi mau onse ochokera m'kamwa mwa Atate wathu. 4Zovala zanu sizinatheretu, ndipo mapazi anu sanatupe, zaka makumi anayi izi. 5Dziwani tsono mu mtima wanu kuti, monga munthu amalanga mwana wake, momwemonso Atate wanu amakulangani. 6Choncho sungani malamulo a Atate wanu, muziyenda m'njira zake ndi kumuopa Iye. 7Pakuti Atate wanu akukulowetsani m'dziko labwino—dziko la mitsinje, akasupe, ndi madzi akuya oyenda m'zigwa ndi m'mapiri, 8dziko la tirigu ndi balere, mipesa, nkhuyu, ndi makangadza; dziko la mafuta a maolivi ndi uchi. 9Dziko limene mudzadya chakudya popanda kusowa, osasowa kanthu—dziko la miyala yachitsulo, ndipo m'mapiri ake mudzakumba mkuwa. 10Pamene mwadya nakhuta, muyenera kutamanda Atate wanu chifukwa cha dziko labwino limene anakupatsani.
11Samalani kuti musaiwale Atate wanu, mulephere kusunga malamulo ake, maweruzo ake, ndi malangizo ake amene ndikukulamulani lero, 12chifukwa pamene mwadya nakhuta, ndipo mwamanga nyumba zokongola nakhalamo, 13ndipo ng'ombe zanu ndi nkhosa zanu zachuluka, siliva ndi golide wanu zachuluka, ndi zonse zimene muli nazo zachuluka, 14pamenepo mtima wanu udzanyada, ndipo mudzaiwala Atate wanu, amene anakutulutsani m'dziko la Igupto, m'nyumba ya ukapolo, 15amene anakutsogolerani kudutsa m'chipululu chachikulu ndi choopsa cha njoka zaululu ndi zinkhanira, cha chilala ndi chopanda madzi, amene anakutulutsirani madzi m'thanthwe lolimba, 16amene anakudyetsani mana m'chipululu, amene makolo anu sanawadziwa, kuti akuchepetseni ndi kukuyesani, ndipo potsiriza akuchitireni zabwino. 17Chenjerani—musanene mu mtima wanu kuti, “Mphamvu zanga, ndi nyonga za dzanja langa, ndi zimene zandipezera chuma ichi.” 18Kumbukirani Atate wanu, pakuti Iye amakupatsani mphamvu zopezera chuma, kuti akwaniritse pangano lake limene analumbira kwa makolo anu, monga liliri lero.
19Koma ngati mudzaiwala Atate wanu, ndi kutsatira milungu ina, kuitumikira ndi kuiweramira, ndikuchitirani umboni lero kuti: mudzawonongeka ndithu. 20Monga mitundu imene Atate wathu akuiwononga pamaso panu, inunso mudzawonongeka, chifukwa simunamvere mau a Atate wanu.
