Mpesa Wopanda Phindu Koma wa Moto Wokha
Chithunzi chachifupi ndi chomvetsa chisoni. Mtengo wa mpesa ndi wopanda ntchito pomanga ngakhale usanapse, ndipo utapsa ndi wopanda ntchito kawiri. Atate wathu akuti ndi zimene anthu a Yerusalemu ali kwa iye: osungidwira moto, osayenera ntchito iliyonse.
15 1Ndipo mau a Atate wathu anafika kwa ine, nati:
2“Mwana wa munthu, kodi mtengo wa mpesa uli bwino motani kuposa mtengo wina uliwonse—nthambi ya mpesa pakati pa mitengo ya m'nkhalango? 3Kodi mtengo wake ungagwiritsidwe ntchito pa chinthu chothandiza chilichonse? Kodi chingapangidwe chikhomo kuchokera mu mtengowo chokolekapo zinthu? 4Taonani—waponyedwa pamoto kuti ukhale nkhuni. Moto wadya mbali zake zonse ziwiri, ndipo pakati pake patenthedwa. Kodi ungayenerere ntchito iliyonse? 5Ngati wopanda ntchito uli wathunthu, nanga kuposa potani pamene moto wawudya ndipo watenthedwa—kodi ungapangidwe kukhala kanthu?”
6Chifukwa chake Ambuye Atate akunena kuti: “Monga mtengo wa mpesa pakati pa mitengo ya m'nkhalango, umene ndinawupereka kumoto kuti ukhale nkhuni, momwemonso ndawasiya iwo okhala mu Yerusalemu. 7Ndidzatembenezera nkhope yanga kwa iwo. Anathawa moto umodzi, koma wina udzawadya; ndipo mudzadziwa kuti Ine ndine Atate wanu, pamene ndidzatembenezera nkhope yanga kwa iwo. 8Ndidzasandutsa dziko kukhala bwinja, chifukwa akhala osakhulupirika kwambiri, ati Ambuye Atate.”