Kubwerera kwa Atate wathu
Nyimbo ya anthu yobwerera ndiyo ikuyamba, popeza iye anatikadzula ndipo adzatichiritsa, koma Atate wathu akuyankha kuti chikondi chawo ndi mtambo wa m'mawa umene umatha pofika masana. Chimene akufuna ndi chikondi cha pangano ndi kumudziwa iye, osati nsembe. Kenako ansembe amene akupha apaulendo.
6 1Bwerani, tibwerere kwa Atate wathu, pakuti anatikhadzula kuti atichiritse; anatikantha, ndipo adzamanga mabala athu. a a v1 Kuvulaza kwa Atate wathu sikukhala mawu otsiriza — amakhadzula kuti achiritse, amakantha kuti amange mabala. Cholinga cha chilango chake ndi kubweza ana ake kwawo. 2Patapita masiku awiri adzatitsitsimutsa; tsiku lachitatu adzatiukitsa kuti tikhale ndi moyo pamaso pake. b b v2 Kuukitsidwa kwa tsiku lachitatu kukuloza patsogolo kwa Yesu, amene anaukitsidwa tsiku lachitatu kuti tikhale ndi moyo pamaso pa Atate wathu (1 Akorinto 15:4). 3Tidziwe, tilimbikire kudziwa Atate wathu. Amatuluka motsimikizika ngati mbandakucha; adzadza kwa ife ngati mvula, ngati mvula yamasika yothirira nthaka.
4“Kodi ndikuchite nawe chiyani, Efuraimu? Kodi ndikuchite nawe chiyani, Yuda? Chikondi chako chili ngati mtambo wa m'mawa, ngati mame amene amatha msanga. 5Chifukwa chake ndawadula ndi aneneri; ndawapha ndi mawu a pakamwa panga, ndipo chiweruzo changa chituluka ngati kuwala. 6Pakuti ndifuna chikondi cha pangano osati nsembe, kudziwa Atate wathu koposa nsembe zopsereza. c c v6 Yesu anatchula vesi ili kawiri — “Ndifuna chifundo, osati nsembe” (Mateyu 9:13; 12:7) — kusonyeza kuti Atate wathu amalakalaka kudziwika ndi kukondedwa, osati kungotumikiridwa ndi nsembe. 7Koma ngati Adamu anaswa pangano; kumeneko anandichitira zachinyengo. 8Giliyadi ndi mzinda wa anthu ochita zoipa, wodzala ndi mapazi a magazi. 9Monga achifwamba amabisalira munthu, momwemonso gulu la ansembe limapha anthu pa njira yopita ku Sekemu; inde, amachita zoipa zochititsa manyazi. 10M'nyumba ya Isiraeli ndaona chinthu choopsa: uhule wa Efuraimu uli komweko; Isiraeli wadetsedwa.
11“Kwa iwenso, Yuda, nthawi yokolola yakhazikitsidwa, pamene ndidzabwezeretsa chuma cha ana anga.”
