Aisrayeli Afika ku Sinai
Ku Sinai Atate wathu akuti anawanyamula pa mapiko a ziwombankhanga ndi kuwabweretsa kwa iye mwini, ndipo akuwapatsa pangano: chuma chake chapadera, ufumu wa ansembe. Anthu akusamba ndi kudikira masiku atatu, ndipo phiri likugwedezeka ndi moto, utsi ndi lipenga limene likumveka mokulirakulira.
19 1M'mwezi wachitatu atachoka Aisrayeli ku Iguputo, tsiku lomwelo, anafika ku chipululu cha Sinai. 2Anachoka ku Refidimu, nafika ku chipululu cha Sinai, namanga misasa kumeneko; Aisrayeli anamanga misasa moyang'anizana ndi phiri.
3Mose anakwera kumka kwa Atate wathu, ndipo Atate wathu anamuyitana kuchokera m'phiri, nati, “Unene izi kwa nyumba ya Yakobo, uwauze Aisrayeli kuti: 4Mwaona zimene ndinachita kwa Iguputo, mmene ndinakunyamulirani pa mapiko a ziwombankhanga, ndi kukubweretsani kwa Ine. 5Tsopano, ngati mumvera ndithu mau anga, nasunga pangano langa, mudzakhala chuma changa chapadera pakati pa mitundu yonse ya anthu—pakuti dziko lonse lapansi ndi langa. a a v5 Atate wathu amawatcha anthu ake “chuma chake chapadera”—mawu a chikondi chachikulu, monga mmene atate amakondera mwana wokondedwa. 6Mudzakhala ufumu wanga wa ansembe, mtundu woyera. Awa ndi mau amene uyenera kuwawuza Aisrayeli.”
7Mose anabwera, nayitana akuluakulu a anthu, nawayika pamaso pawo mau onse amene Atate wathu anamulamula. 8Anthu onse anayankha pamodzi, nati, “Tidzachita zonse zimene Atate wathu wanena.” Ndipo Mose anabwezera mau awo kwa Atate wathu.
9Atate wathu anati kwa Mose, “Ine ndikudza kwa iwe mu mtambo wandiweyani, kuti anthu amve pamene ndikulankhula ndi iwe, ndi kuti akukhulupirire iwe nthawi zonse.” Ndipo Mose anawuza Atate wathu mau a anthu. 10Atate wathu anati kwa Mose, “Pita kwa anthu, uwapatule lero ndi mawa; uwawuze achape zovala zawo. 11Mukhale okonzeka pofika tsiku lachitatu, pakuti tsiku limenelo ndidzatsika pa phiri la Sinai pamaso pa anthu onse. 12Uwalembere anthu malire kuzungulira, nati, ‘Samalani kuti musakwere phiri kapena kukhudza m'mphepete mwake. Aliyense wokhudza phiri adzaphedwa ndithu.’ 13Palibe dzanja lingamkhudze—ayenera kuphedwa ndi miyala kapena kuponyedwa ndi muvi. Kaya nyama kapena munthu, ayenera kufa. Pamene lipenga la nyanga ya nkhosa lirira motalika, angakwere phiri.”
14Mose anatsika m'phiri kumka kwa anthu, nawapatula, ndipo iwo anachapa zovala zawo. 15Ndipo anati kwa anthu, “Mukhale okonzeka kufikira tsiku lachitatu; musayandikire akazi.”
16M'mawa wa tsiku lachitatu, kunabwera mabingu ndi mphezi, mtambo wandiweyani unaphimba phiri, ndipo kulira kwakukulu kwa lipenga kunachititsa anthu onse a mu misasa kunjenjemera. 17Mose anatsogolera anthu kutuluka mu misasa kukakumana ndi Atate wathu, ndipo anayima m'munsi mwa phiri. 18Phiri la Sinai linali lodzala ndi utsi wonse, chifukwa Atate wathu anatsika pamenepo mu moto. Utsi unakwera ngati utsi wa ng'anjo, ndipo phiri lonse linagwedezeka kwambiri. 19Pamene liwu la lipenga linkakula ndi kukula, Mose analankhula, ndipo Atate wathu anamuyankha ndi liwu la bingu. 20Atate wathu anatsika pa phiri la Sinai, pamwamba pa phiri, ndipo Atate wathu anayitana Mose kuti akwere pamwamba pa phiri; ndipo Mose anakwera.
21Ndipo Atate wathu anati kwa Mose, “Tsika ukachenjeze anthu kuti asadutse malire kudzandiona Ine, kuopa kuti ambiri angafe. 22Ansembe amene amandiyandikira nawonso adzipatule, kuopa kuti ndingawathire mkwiyo.”
23Mose anati kwa Atate wathu, “Anthu sangathe kukwera pa phiri la Sinai, pakuti Inu mwini munatichenjeza, nati, ‘Ika malire kuzungulira phiri, nulipatule.’”
24Ndipo Atate wathu anati kwa iye, “Tsika, kenaka ukwere pamodzi ndi Aroni. Usalole ansembe ndi anthu kudutsa malire kudzakwera kwa Ine, kuopa kuti ndingawathire mkwiyo.”
25Choncho Mose anatsika kumka kwa anthu, nawawuza.