Choonadi ndi Umboni Wolungama
Chilungamo sichiyenera kupindika chifukwa cha khamu, chiphuphu, kapena ngakhale chifundo, ndipo bulu wogwa wa mdani wako akuyenerabe thandizo lako. Dziko likupuma chaka chachisanu ndi chiwiri chilichonse kuti osauka adye, maphwando atatu akulemba chaka, ndipo mthenga wonyamula dzina la Atate wathu akutsogola patsogolo pawo.
23 1“Usamafalitse mphekesera yabodza, kapena kugwirizana ndi oipa kukhala mboni yachiwembu.
2“Usatsate gulu la anthu ambiri pochita zoipa, kapena kupereka umboni pa mlandu motsamira ambiri kuti upotoze chiweruzo cholungama, 3ndipo usakondere munthu wosauka pa mlandu wake.
4“Ngati upeza ng’ombe ya mdani wako kapena bulu wake atasochera, uyibwezere kwa iye ndithu. 5Ngati uona bulu wa mdani wako atagwa pansi ndi katundu wake, usamusiye—umuthandize kumumasula.
6“Usakanize chilungamo kwa osauka ako pa milandu yawo. 7Khala kutali ndi mlandu wabodza; usaphe wosalakwa ndi wolungama, pakuti Ine sindidzalungamitsa wolakwa.
8“Usalandire chiphuphu—pakuti chimachititsa khungu amene amapenya, nchipotoza mau a olungama.
9“Usapondereze mlendo—pakuti iwe umadziwa mtima wa mlendo, popeza inu munali alendo m’dziko la Igupto.
Mpumulo wa Dziko
10“Zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi uzidzala mbewu m’dziko lako ndi kututa zokolola zake, 11koma chaka cha chisanu ndi chiwiri, ulisiye lipumule losalimidwa, kuti osauka a anthu ako adye; ndipo chotsala, nyama zakutchire zidye. Uchitenso chimodzimodzi ndi munda wako wampesa ndi wa maolivi.
12“Ugwire ntchito masiku asanu ndi limodzi; upumule tsiku lachisanu ndi chiwiri, kuti ng’ombe yako ndi bulu wako zipumule, ndipo mwana wa mdzakazi wako ndi mlendo apumetse.
13“Samala zonse zimene ndakuuza. Usatchule mayina a milungu ina; asamveke pakamwa pako.
Zikondwerero Zitatu Pamaso pa Atate Wanu
14“Katatu pa chaka uzindichitira chikondwerero Ine. 15Usunge Chikondwerero cha Buledi Wopanda Yisiti: udye buledi wopanda yisiti masiku asanu ndi awiri, monga ndinakulamulira, pa nthawi yokhazikitsidwa mwezi wa Abibu—pakuti pa nthawi imeneyo unatuluka ku Igupto. Palibe amene adzaonekere pamaso panga wopanda kanthu m’manja. a a v15 Abibu ndi mwezi wa masika pamene tirigu amapsa—pambuyo pake anatchedwa Nisani. Aisrayeli anatuluka ku Igupto mwezi umenewu. 16Usunge Chikondwerero cha Zokolola—zipatso zoyamba za zokolola zako zimene unadzala m’munda—ndi Chikondwerero cha Kututa pa mapeto a chaka, pamene umasonkhanitsa zokolola zako kuchoka m’munda. 17Katatu pa chaka amuna anu onse adzaonekere pamaso pa Atate Ambuye.
18“Usapereke mwazi wa nsembe yanga pamodzi ndi chinthu chilichonse cha yisiti, kapena kusiya mafuta a nsembe ya chikondwerero changa mpaka m’mawa.
19“Ubweretse zabwino koposa za zipatso zoyamba za nthaka yako ku nyumba ya Atate wanu. Usaphike mwana wambuzi mu mkaka wa mai wake.
Mthenga Wotumidwa Patsogolo
20“Taona, Ine ndikutumiza mthenga patsogolo pako kuti akusunge pa njira ndi kukufikitsa ku malo amene ndakukonzera. 21Samala pamaso pake ndi kumvera mau ake. Usamuwukire—pakuti sadzakhululukira kuwukira kwako, chifukwa dzina langa lili mwa iye. b b v21 ‘Dzina langa lili mwa iye’ kutanthauza kuti mthengayo anyamula ulamuliro wonse ndi kukhalapo kwa Mulungu. 22Koma ngati umvera ndithu mau ake ndi kuchita zonse zimene ndinena, Ine ndidzakhala mdani wa adani ako, wotsutsana ndi otsutsana nawe. 23Mthenga wanga adzapita patsogolo pako, adzakufikitsa kwa Aamori, Ahiti, Aperezi, Akanaani, Ahivi, ndi Ayebusi, ndipo Ine ndidzawawononga. 24Usagwadire milungu yawo, kuyitumikira, kapena kutsatira machitidwe awo. Uyigwetse yonse ndi kuphwanya zipilala zawo zopatulika. 25Muzitumikira Atate wanu, ndipo Iye adzadalitsa buledi wanu ndi madzi anu; Ine ndidzachotsa matenda pakati panu. 26Palibe amene adzapita padera kapena kukhala wosabereka m’dziko lako; Ine ndidzakwaniritsa masiku ako. 27Ine ndidzatumiza mantha anga patsogolo pako, ndidzasokoneza mtundu uliwonse umene udzakumana nawo, ndi kuchititsa adani ako onse kukufulatira. 28Ine ndidzatumiza mavu patsogolo pako, kuthamangitsa Ahivi, Akanaani, ndi Ahiti pamaso pako. c c v28 ‘Mavu’ angatanthauze mavu enieni kapena mantha ndi chisokonezo chimene Mulungu amatumiza patsogolo pa Aisrayeli. 29Ine sindidzawathamangitsa pamaso pako mu chaka chimodzi, kuopera kuti dziko lingasanduke bwinja ndipo nyama zakutchire zichuluke zokulimbana nawe. 30Pang’onopang’ono ndidzawathamangitsa pamaso pako, mpaka utachuluka ndi kulandira dziko. 31Ndidzakhazikitsa malire ako kuchokera ku Nyanja Yofiira mpaka ku Nyanja ya Afilisti, ndi kuchokera ku chipululu mpaka ku Mtsinje, pakuti ndidzapereka anthu a dzikolo m’manja mwako, ndipo udzawathamangitsa pamaso pako. d d v31 “Nyanja Yofiira” ikumasulira Chihebri Yamu Sufu (“Nyanja ya Bango”); “Nyanja ya Afilisti” = Nyanja ya Mediteraniya; “Mtsinje” = Yufurate. 32Usachite pangano nawo kapena ndi milungu yawo. 33Asakhale m’dziko lako, kuopera kuti angakuchimwitse kwa Ine—ngati utumikira milungu yawo, zidzakutchera msampha ndithu.”