Inu Ndinu Atate Wanga
Wopulumuka akuimbira Atate amene anagwetsa pansi mzinda wankhanza umene unkamuopsa, ndipo anabisa osauka mumkuntho. Chimene akukonza pambuyo pake ndi phwando la anthu onse, kumeza imfa yeniyeniyo, ndi kupukuta misozi pankhope iliyonse.
25 1Inu ndinu Atate wanga; ndidzakukwezani, ndidzatamanda dzina lanu, pakuti mwachita zinthu zodabwitsa—zolinga zimene munazikonza kalekale, zokhulupirika ndi zotsimikizika. 2Pakuti mwasandutsa mzinda kukhala mulu wa mabwinja, tauni yotetezedwa kukhala bwinja; nyumba yachifumu ya alendo sili mzindanso— sidzamangidwanso konse. 3Chifukwa chake anthu amphamvu adzakulemekezani; mzinda wa mitundu yankhanza udzakuopani. 4Pakuti mwakhala pothawira pa osauka, pothawira pa osowa m'masautso awo, pobisalira ku mphepo yamkuntho ndi mthunzi ku kutentha; pakuti mpweya wa anthu ankhanza uli ngati mphepo yamkuntho yokantha khoma. 5Ngati kutentha m'dziko lowuma, mumagonjetsa phokoso la alendo; monga kutentha kumachepetsedwa ndi mthunzi wa mtambo, momwemonso nyimbo ya anthu ankhanza imakhalitsidwa chete. 6Pa phiri ili Atate wa magulu ankhondo a Kumwamba adzakonzera anthu a mitundu yonse phwando la zakudya zonona, phwando la vinyo wokhwima—nyama zokoma koposa ndi vinyo wabwino kwambiri wokhwima. 7Ndipo pa phiri ili adzameza chophimba chimene chikuphimba anthu a mitundu yonse, nsalu yophimba imene yayalidwa pa mitundu yonse. 8Adzameza imfa kwamuyaya; ndipo Atate Wolamulira adzapukuta misozi pa nkhope iliyonse, ndipo adzachotsa chitonzo cha anthu ake pa dziko lonse lapansi—pakuti Atate wathu wayankhula. a a v8 Paulo akugwiritsa ntchito vesili pa chigonjetso cha kuuka kwa Yesu—“Imfa yamezedwa m'chigonjetso” (1 Akorinto 15:54). Lonjezo la Atate pano likukwaniritsidwa m'manda opanda kanthu; tsiku limene Atate wathu adzapukuta msozi uliwonse likutsegulidwa ndi Mwana amene anagonjetsa imfa.
9Ndipo tsiku limenelo kudzanenedwa kuti, “Taonani, uyu ndiye Atate wathu; tinamuyembekezera Iye, ndipo anatipulumutsa. Uyu ndiye Atate; tinamuyembekezera Iye— tiyeni tikondwere ndi kusangalala mu chipulumutso chake.” 10Pakuti dzanja la Atate wathu lidzakhazikika pa phiri ili, koma Mowabu adzaponderezedwa pamalo pake, monga udzu umaponderezedwa m'dzenje la ndowe. b b v10 Mowabu unali mtundu wakale kum'mawa kwa mtsinje wa Yorodani, mdani wanthawi yaitali wa Israeli, wogwiritsidwa ntchito pano ngati chizindikiro cha onse otsutsana ndi Mulungu. 11Adzatambasula manja ake mkati mwa Mowabu monga wosambira amatambasula manja ake kuti asambire, koma adzatsitsa kunyada kwawo pamodzi ndi kuchenjera kwa manja awo. 12Malinga aatali a linga lako adzawagwetsa, adzawatsitsa pansi, nawaponya m'nthaka, mpaka m'fumbi.