Kugwa kwa Efuraimu Kuchoka pa Ulemerero
Efraimu kale ankaopedwa ndipo tsopano akufa, ndi mafano opangidwa ndi amisiri ndi kulemera kumene kunabala kuiwala. Atate wathu akuti adzakumana nawo ngati chimbalangondo cholandidwa ana ake. Mawu onena za kuwombola kumanda akudutsa mofulumira, kenako kumatha ndi chiwawa choopsa kwambiri.
13 1Pamene Efuraimu analankhula, panali kunjenjemera; iye anakwezedwa mu Isiraeli. Koma anapalamula chifukwa cha Baala, nafa.
2Ndipo tsopano akuchimwa kwambiri, nadzipangira mafano owumba—mafano asiliva opangidwa ndi luso lawo, onse ndi ntchito ya amisiri. Kwa awa amati, “Amene amapereka nsembe apsompsone ana a ng'ombe!” 3Chifukwa chake adzakhala ngati nkhungu ya m'mawa, ngati mame amene amazimirira msanga, ngati mungu wa mbewu uuluka pa malo opunthira, ndi ngati utsi wochokera pa zenera.
4Koma Ine ndine Atate wako, amene ndinakutulutsa m'dziko la Igupto; iwe suzindikira Atate wina koma Ine, ndipo kupatula Ine palibe mpulumutsi. 5Ndine Ine amene ndinakudziwa iwe m'chipululu, m'dziko la chilala choyaka. 6Pamene ndinawadyetsa anakhuta; anakhuta, ndipo mtima wawo unadzikuza; chifukwa chake anandiiwala Ine. 7Choncho ndakhala ngati mkango kwa iwo; ngati kambuku ndikubisalira m'mbali mwa njira. 8Ndidzawagwera ngati chimbalangondo cholandidwa ana ake; ndidzang'amba chophimba cha mtima wawo. Pamenepo ndidzawadya ngati mkango, monga chirombo cha kuthengo chingadzawang'amba.
9Isiraeli, iwe ukudziwononga wekha pokhala wotsutsana ndi Ine—wotsutsana ndi mthandizi wako. 10Ali kuti tsopano mfumu yako, kuti ikupulumutse m'mizinda yako yonse? Ali kuti olamulira ako, amene unanena za iwo kuti, “Undipatse mfumu ndi akalonga”? 11Ndinakupatsa mfumu m'mkwiyo wanga, ndipo m'ukali wanga ndinaichotsa.
12Kupalamula kwa Efuraimu kwasungidwa motsekedwa; machimo ake asungidwa. 13Zowawa za pobereka zikumufikira, koma iye ndi mwana wopanda nzeru; pakuti pamene nthawi yafika, satuluka pa pakhomo pa mimba. a a v13 Chithunzi chake ndi cha mwana amene akukana kutuluka pobadwa — Efuraimu ndi wopusa kwambiri kotero kuti sangathe kuyankha pa mavuto amene akuyitana kulapa.
14Ku mphamvu ya manda ndidzawawombola; ku imfa ndidzawaombola. Ali kuti, iwe Imfa, miliri yako? Chili kuti, iwe manda, chiwonongeko chako? Kusintha maganizo kwabisika pamaso panga. b b v14 Pamene Yesu anauka kwa akufa, Atate wathu anasandutsa mau omwewa kukhala mfuu ya chigonjetso — Paulo akubwereza mau awa kuti, “Imfa, kuluma kwako kuli kuti?” Manda sanathe kugwira ana amene Atate wathu anadza kudzawawombola.
15Ngakhale iye akukula bwino pakati pa mabango, mphepo ya kummawa idzadza— mphepo ya Atate wathu ikukwera kuchokera m'chipululu. Kasupe wake adzauma ndipo chitsime chake chidzaphwa; mphepo ya kummawa idzafunkha chuma chake cha chinthu chilichonse chamtengo wapatali. 16Samariya adzasenza kupalamula kwake, chifukwa iye wawukira Atate wake. Iwo adzagwa ndi lupanga; ana awo aang'ono adzaphwanyidwa, ndipo akazi awo oyembekezera adzang'ambidwa.
