Thamangani Mpikisano, Tikuyang'ana kwa Yesu
Gulu limenelo likuonerera, thamangani. Mavuto akuonedwa mwatsopano ngati chilango cha Atate wathu, chowawa tsopano ndi chobala zipatso pambuyo pake. Esau, amene anagulitsa ukulu wake ndi chakudya chimodzi ndipo sanathe kubweza, ndiye chenjezo. Iwo sanafike ku phiri loopsa koma ku phiri la Ziyoni.
12 1Chifukwa chake, popeza tazunguliridwa ndi mtambo waukulu wotere wa mboni, tivule cholemetsa chilichonse ndi uchimo umene umakakamira kwambiri, ndipo tithamange mpikisano umene unaikidwa patsogolo pathu mopirira. 2Tikuyang'ana kwa Yesu, woyambitsa ndi wokwaniritsa chikhulupiriro chathu, amene chifukwa cha chimwemwe chimene chinaikidwa patsogolo pake, anapirira mtanda, nanyoza manyazi ake, ndipo wakhala pansi kudzanja lamanja la mpando wachifumu wa Atate wathu. 3Lingalirani mmene Iye anapirira udani wotere kuchokera kwa ochimwa pa Iye yekha, kuti inu musafowoke kapena kutaya mtima.
4Pakulimbana kwanu ndi uchimo, simunakanebe mpaka kukhetsa mwazi wanu. 5Kodi mwaiwala mawu olimbikitsa amene amalankhula kwa inu ngati ana? “Mwana wanga, usanyoze chilango cha Atate wathu, kapena kutaya mtima pamene Iye akukudzudzula. a a v5 Ahebri akugwira mawu a Miyambo kusonyeza kuti chilango cha Atate wathu ndi chizindikiro chosakayikitsa cha chikondi chake — amaphunzitsa ana ake aamuna ndi aakazi ngati Atate, osati ngati woweruza wakutali. 6Pakuti Atate wathu amalanga amene amamukonda, ndipo amakwapula mwana aliyense amene amamulandira.”
7Mukupirira chifukwa cha chilango. Atate wathu akukuchitirani ngati ana; pakuti kodi mwana wotani alipo amene atate wake samulanga? 8Ngati mulibe chilango chimene ana onse amagawana, ndinu ana achigololo, osati ana enieni. 9Komanso, tinali ndi abambo athu a thupi amene anatilanga, ndipo tinawalemekeza. Kodi sitiyenera kugonjera koposa kwa Atate wa mizimu, ndi kukhala ndi moyo? 10Iwo anatilanga kwa kanthawi kochepa monga anaona kuti nkoyenera; koma Iye amatilanga kuti zitipindulire, kuti tigawane chiyero chake. 11Pakadali pano chilango chilichonse chimaoneka chowawa osati chosangalatsa, koma pambuyo pake chimabala chipatso cha mtendere cha chilungamo kwa iwo amene aphunzitsidwa ndi icho. 12Chifukwa chake kwezani manja anu olefuka ndipo limbitsani mawondo anu ofooka, 13ndipo wongolani njira za mapazi anu, kuti chiwalo cholumala chisapunduke koma chichiritsidwe.
Funafunani Mtendere ndi Chiyero
14Funafunani mtendere ndi anthu onse, ndi chiyero chimene popanda icho palibe munthu adzaona Atate wathu. 15Yang'anirani kuti pasakhale wina amene aphonya chisomo cha Atate wathu, kuti pasamere muzu wowawa woyambitsa mavuto ndi kudetsa ambiri, 16kuti pasakhale wachigololo kapena wosayera ngati Esau, amene anagulitsa ukulu wake wa ubadwidwe chifukwa cha chakudya chimodzi. 17Mukudziwa kuti pambuyo pake, pofuna kulandira mdalitso, anakanidwa, pakuti sanapeze mpata wosintha chigamulo, ngakhale anafunafuna mdalitsowo ndi misozi. b b v17 Esau anasinthanitsa ukulu wake wa ubadwidwe ndi chakudya chimodzi (Gen 25), ndipo pambuyo pake sanathe kubwezeretsa mdalitso wa atate wake, ngakhale analirira (Gen 27:34–38).
18Pakuti simunafike ku chinthu chimene chingakhudzidwe, ndi moto woyaka, ndi mdima, ndi mdima wandiweyani, ndi mkuntho, 19ndi kulira kwa lipenga, ndi mawu a liwu, amene omva ake anapempha kuti pasanenedwenso mawu kwa iwo. 20Pakuti sanathe kupirira lamulo loti: “Ngakhale nyama ikakhudza phirilo, iyenera kuponyedwa miyala.” 21Ndithudi, chithunzicho chinali choopsa kwambiri mwakuti Mose anati, “Ndikunjenjemera ndi mantha.”
22Koma inu mwafika ku Phiri la Ziyoni, mzinda wa Atate wamoyo, Yerusalemu wa Kumwamba, ndi kwa angelo osawerengeka a mu msonkhano wachimwemwe, 23ndi ku msonkhano wa oyamba kubadwa amene alembedwa Kumwamba, ndi kwa Atate wathu, woweruza wa onse, ndi ku mizimu ya olungama amene anapangidwa angwiro, 24ndi kwa Yesu, mkhalapakati wa pangano latsopano, ndi ku mwazi wowazidwa umene umalankhula mawu abwino koposa mwazi wa Abele.
25Onetsetsani kuti musakane Iye amene akulankhula. Pakuti ngati iwo amene anakana Iye amene anawachenjeza pa dziko lapansi sanathawe, nanga ife tidzathawa bwanji, ngati tifulatira Iye amene akuchenjeza kuchokera Kumwamba.
26Pa nthawi imeneyo liwu lake linagwedeza dziko lapansi; koma tsopano Iye walonjeza kuti: “Kamodzinso ndidzagwedeza osati dziko lapansi lokha komanso Kumwamba.” c c v26 Kuchokera mu Hagai 2:6 — lonjezo la Atate wathu la kugwedeza komaliza, kwakukulu kwa cholengedwa chonse.
27Mawu akuti “Kamodzinso” akusonyeza kuchotsedwa kwa zinthu zogwedezeka—ndiko kuti, zinthu zolengedwa—kuti zinthu zosagwedezeka zikhalebe. 28Chifukwa chake, polandira ufumu wosagwedezeka, tigwiritsitse kuyamika ndipo tipereke kwa Atate wathu kupembedza kovomerezeka, ndi ulemu ndi mantha, 29pakuti Atate wathu ndiye moto wonyeketsa.