Chimene Chikhulupiriro Chili
Chikhulupiriro ndi kutsimikiza za zinthu zosaoneka — mawu a Atate wathu analenga chilengedwe chonse — kenako chikuonetsedwa ndi mndandanda wautali: Abele, Nowa, Abrahamu wonyamuka osadziwa kumene akupita, Mose wosankha kuzunzidwa, Rahabi. Sichikutha ndi chigonjetso. Ambiri anazunzidwa, anachekedwa pakati, ndipo anafa asanalandire lonjezo.
11 1Tsopano chikhulupiriro ndi chitsimikizo cha zinthu zimene tikuziyembekezera, ndi umboni wa zinthu zimene sitizionera. 2Pakuti mwa icho anthu akale anayamikidwa. 3Mwa chikhulupiriro timazindikira kuti mau a Atate wathu anapanga chilengedwe, kotero zimene zikuoneka sizinachokera ku zinthu zooneka.
4Mwa chikhulupiriro Abele anabweretsa kwa Atate wathu nsembe yabwino koposa ya Kaini, imene mwa iyo anatsimikizidwa kukhala wolungama, Atate wathu namuyamika polandira mphatso zake. Ngakhale anafa, mwa chikhulupiriro chake akulankhulabe.
5Mwa chikhulupiriro Enoki anatengedwa kumwamba, osaona imfa, ndipo sanapezeke, chifukwa Atate wathu anamutenga. Asanatengedwe, anayamikidwa kuti anali wokondweretsa Atate wathu. 6Popanda chikhulupiriro nkosatheka kumukondweretsa Iye: aliyense amene amadza kwa Atate wathu ayenera kukhulupirira kuti alipodi, ndi kuti amapereka mphotho kwa amene amamufunafuna moona mtima.
7Mwa chikhulupiriro Nowa, atachenjezedwa za zinthu zimene zinali zisanaoneke, anamanga chombo mwaulemu kuti apulumutse a m'banja lake. Mwa ichi anatsutsa dziko lapansi, nakhala wolandira cholowa cha chilungamo chimene chimadza mwa chikhulupiriro.
8Mwa chikhulupiriro Abrahamu anamvera pamene anaitanidwa kuti apite ku malo amene adzawalandira kukhala cholowa, nanyamuka osadziwa kumene amapita. 9Mwa chikhulupiriro anakhala m'dziko la lonjezo ngati mlendo m'dziko lachilendo, nakhala m'matenti pamodzi ndi Isake ndi Yakobo, olandira nao cholowa cha lonjezo lomwelo. 10Pakuti anali kuyembekezera mzinda wokhala ndi maziko, umene wopanga ndi womanga wake ndiye Atate wathu.
11Mwa chikhulupiriro Sara mwiniyo analandira mphamvu yotengera pathupi, ngakhale nthawi yake inali itadutsa, popeza anamuona wokhulupirika amene analonjeza. 12Kotero kuchokera kwa munthu mmodzi—amene anali ngati wakufa kale—anabadwa zidzukulu zochuluka ngati nyenyezi za kumwamba, zosawerengeka ngati mchenga wa m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
13Onsewa anafa ali ndi chikhulupiriro, osalandire zimene zinalonjezedwa—koma anaziona zili patali nazilandira mokondwa, nadzivomereza kuti anali alendo ndi osochera pa dziko lapansi. 14Pakuti amene amanena zimenezi akuonetsa kuti akufunafuna dziko lawolawo. 15Akanakumbukira dziko limene anasiya, akanapeza mpata wobwerera. 16Koma tsopano akulakalaka dziko labwino koposa—limene lili lakumwamba. Chifukwa chake Atate wathu sachita manyazi kutchedwa Atate wawo: pakuti wawakonzera mzinda. a a v16 Buku la Ahebri likubwereza mau a pangano a m'Chipangano Chakale—akuti, “Ndidzakhala Mulungu wawo, ndipo iwo adzakhala anthu anga”—amene Atate wathu nthawi zonse ankatanthauza mwa chibale kuti, “Ndidzakhala Atate wawo, ndipo iwo adzakhala ana anga.” Iye sachita manyazi ndi dzina la banja.
17Mwa chikhulupiriro Abrahamu, poyesedwa, anapereka Isake; iye amene analandira malonjezo anali kupereka mwana wake yekhayo,
18amene za iye zinanenedwa kuti, “Mwa Isake mbadwa zako zidzatchulidwa.”
19Iye anaganiza kuti Atate wathu akhoza kumuukitsa ngakhale kwa akufa—ndipo, mophiphiritsa, anamulandiranso kuchokera kumeneko.
20Mwa chikhulupiriro Isake anadalitsa Yakobo ndi Esau za zinthu zimene zinali zisanadze.
21Mwa chikhulupiriro Yakobo, pamene anali kufa, anadalitsa ana a Yosefe aliyense, nalambira atatsamira ku msonga ya ndodo yake.
22Mwa chikhulupiriro Yosefe, pamene anali kufa, anatchula za kutuluka kwa ana a Israeli, nalamula za mafupa ake.
23Mwa chikhulupiriro makolo a Mose anamubisa miyezi itatu atabadwa, poona kuti anali mwana wokongola, osaopa lamulo la mfumu.
24Mwa chikhulupiriro Mose, atakula, anakana kutchedwa mwana wa mwana wamkazi wa Farao, 25nasankha kuzunzidwa pamodzi ndi anthu a Atate wathu kuposa zokondweretsa za uchimo zosakhalitsa. 26Iye anaona kuti kunyozedwa chifukwa cha Khristu kunali chuma chachikulu kuposa chuma cha Iguputo, popeza anayang'ana ku mphotho. 27Mwa chikhulupiriro anasiya Iguputo, osaopa mkwiyo wa mfumu, napirira ngati akuona Atate wathu, amene sawoneka. 28Mwa chikhulupiriro anasunga Paseka ndi kuwaza mwazi, kuti wowononga ana oyamba kubadwa asawakhudze.
29Mwa chikhulupiriro anawoloka Nyanja Yofiira ngati pa mtunda wowuma; koma Aiguputo, poyesa kuchita chimodzimodzi, anamizidwa.
30Mwa chikhulupiriro makoma a Yeriko anagwa, atawazungulira masiku asanu ndi awiri.
31Mwa chikhulupiriro Rahabe hule uja sanafe pamodzi ndi amene sanamvere, popeza analandira azondi mwamtendere.
32Kodi ndinenenso chiyani? Nthawi ikundichepera kufotokoza za Gideoni, Baraki, Samsoni, Yefita, Davide ndi Samueli ndi aneneri, 33amene mwa chikhulupiriro anagonjetsa maufumu, anachita chilungamo, analandira malonjezo, anatseka pakamwa pa mikango, 34anazimitsa mphamvu ya moto, anapulumuka ku lupanga, anasanduka amphamvu kuchokera ku kufooka, anakhala amphamvu pa nkhondo, nathamangitsa magulu ankhondo a alendo. 35Akazi analandira anthu awo akufa ataukitsidwa; ena anazunzidwa, nakana kumasulidwa, kuti alandire kuuka kwabwino koposa. 36Enanso anamva zowawa za kunyozedwa ndi kukwapulidwa, ngakhalenso maunyolo ndi kuikidwa m'ndende. 37Anaponyedwa miyala, anadulidwa pakati, anaphedwa ndi lupanga. Anayendayenda atavala zikopa za nkhosa ndi zikopa za mbuzi—osauka, ozunzika, ovutitsidwa. 38Dziko lapansi linali losayenera iwo—anayendayenda m'zipululu, m'mapiri, m'mphanga, ndi m'maenje a m'nthaka.
39Ndipo onsewa, ngakhale anayamikidwa chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chawo, sanalandire chimene chinalonjezedwa, 40popeza Atate wathu anatikonzera ife chinthu chabwino koposa, kuti iwo asayesedwe angwiro popanda ife.