Atate Achoka kwa Mwana Wake Wosakhulupirika
Mdima kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka pamapeto. Zikondwerero sizidzabweretsa chitonthozo, ukapolo ukutanthauza chakudya chodetsedwa ku Asuri, ndipo mneneri akutchedwa wamisala. Mawu owawa koposa akupempha Atate wathu kuti apatse Efraimu mimba yopita padera. Kumatha ndi oyendayenda pakati pa mitundu, popanda lonjezo lililonse.
9 1Musakondwere, inu Israeli; musasangalale monga mitundu ya anthu. Pakuti mwakhala osakhulupirika, posiya Atate wanu; mwakonda malipiro a mkazi wachiwerewere pa malo onse opunthira.
2Malo opunthira ndi mopsinyira mphesa sizidzawadyetsa iwo, ndipo vinyo watsopano adzawasowa. 3Iwo sadzakhala m'dziko la Atate wathu; Efraimu adzabwerera ku Igupto, ndipo ku Asuri adzadya chakudya chodetsedwa. 4Sadzathira nsembe za vinyo kwa Atate wathu, ndipo nsembe zawo sizidzamkondweretsa Iye. Mkate wawo adzakhala ngati mkate wa anthu olira maliro; onse amene adzaudya adzadetsedwa. Pakuti mkate wawo adzangodyetsa njala yawo yokha; sudzalowa m'nyumba ya Atate wathu.
5Kodi mudzachita chiyani pa tsiku la phwando loikidwiratu, pa tsiku la chikondwerero cha Atate wathu? 6Pakuti taonani—iwo akuthawa chiwonongeko, koma Igupto adzawasonkhanitsa iwo ndipo Mefisi adzawaika m'manda. Mphiwi zidzamera pa chuma chawo cha siliva; minga idzadzaza m'matenti awo.
7Masiku a chilango afika; masiku a kuwerengera mlandu afika—Israeli adziwe zimenezi! Mneneri ndi chitsiru, munthu wouziridwa ndi mzimu ndi wamisala, chifukwa tchimo lanu ndi lalikulu ndipo udani wanu ngaukulu. 8Mneneri ndi mlonda wa Efraimu, pamodzi ndi Atate wanga; komabe msampha wa mbalame uli pa njira zake zonse, ndipo udani uli m'nyumba ya Atate wake. 9Adziononga kwambiri, monga m'masiku a Gibeya. Iye adzakumbukira zolakwa zawo; adzalanga machimo awo. a a v9 Gibeya ndiye malo amene munachitika kugwiriridwa koopsa kwa mkazi ndi gulu la amuna, zimene zinayambitsa nkhondo yapachiweniweni pakati pa mafuko — nthawi yamdima koposa m'mbiri ya Israeli (Oweruza 19–20).
10Monga mphesa m'chipululu ndinapeza Israeli; monga zipatso zoyamba za mkuyu pa nyengo yake yoyamba ndinaona makolo anu. Koma iwo anafika ku Baala-peori nadzipereka okha ku manyazi, ndipo anakhala onyansa ngati chinthu chimene anachikonda. b b v10 Ku Baala-peori, Israeli anapembedza mulungu wachikunja nagwa m'chigololo chachikulu — kuwukira kwawo koyamba kwakukulu m'dziko lolonjezedwa (Numeri 25). 11Ulemerero wa Efraimu udzawuluka ngati mbalame—palibe kubala, palibe pakati, palibe kutenga mimba. 12Ngakhale alere ana awo, Ine ndidzawalanda ana mpaka palibe munthu adzatsalira. Inde, tsoka kwa iwo pamene Ine ndidzawafulatira! 13Efraimu, monga ndaonera, anadzalidwa ngati Turo pa msipu wobiriwira; komabe Efraimu ayenera kutulutsa ana ake kuti akaphedwe.
14Apatseni iwo, Atate wathu—kodi mudzawapatsa chiyani? Apatseni iwo mimba yopita padera ndi mawere owuma.
15“Zoyipa zawo zonse zili ku Giligala; kumeneko ndinawakana chifukwa cha ntchito zawo zoyipa; ndidzawathamangitsa m'nyumba yanga; sindidzawaonetsanso chikondi changa; akuluakulu awo onse ndi owukira. 16Efraimu wakanthidwa; muzu wawo wauma; sadzabala zipatso. Ngakhale abala, Ine ndidzapereka ana awo okondedwa ku imfa.”
17Atate wanga adzawakana iwo chifukwa sanamvere Iye; adzakhala oyendayenda pakati pa mitundu ya anthu.
