Tsoka kwa Wowononga
Wopereka amene sanaperekedwepo akukumana ndi nthawi yake. Misewu ili yopanda anthu, mapangano aphwanyidwa, ndipo ngakhale osapembedza a m'Ziyoni akufunsa kuti ndani angakhale ndi moto wonyeketsa. Yankho ndi kuona mtima wamba: kana chiphuphu, tseka maso ako kuti usaone kukhetsa magazi. Atate wawo ndiye woweruza ndi mfumu.
33 1Tsoka kwa iwe, wowononga, amene sunawonongedwe; iwe wachinyengo, amene palibe anakunyenga! Ukadzatha kuwononga, iweyo udzawonongedwa; ukadzaleka kunyenga, iweyo udzanyengedwa.
2Atate wathu, chitirani chisomo kwa ife; tikudikira Inu. Khalani mphamvu yathu m'mawa uliwonse, chipulumutso chathu m'nthawi ya mavuto. 3Pakugunda kwa mawu anu mitundu ya anthu imathawa; pamene mudzauka, mitundu imamwazika. 4Zofunkha zanu zimasonkhanitsidwa monga dzombe limasonkhanitsira; ngati magulu a dzombe, anthu amathamangira pa izo.
5Atate wathu ndi wokwezeka, pakuti amakhala kumwamba; Iye wadzaza Ziyoni ndi chiweruzo ndi chilungamo. 6Iye adzakhala maziko okhazikika a nthawi zanu, chuma cha chipulumutso, nzeru, ndi chidziwitso; kuopa Atate wathu ndiye chuma cha Ziyoni.
7Taonani, anthu awo olimba mtima akulira m'misewu; amithenga a mtendere akulira kwambiri. 8Misewu ikuluikulu yasanduka bwinja; apaulendo asowa pa njira. Pangano laswedwa, mizinda yake yanyozedwa, palibe amene akulemekezedwa. 9Dziko likulira ndipo likuwonongeka; Lebanoni lachititsidwa manyazi ndipo lafota; Saroni wasanduka ngati chipululu, ndipo Basani ndi Karimeli akugwetsa masamba awo.
10“Tsopano ndidzauka,” atero Atate wathu, “tsopano ndidzakwezedwa, tsopano ndidzadzikweza. 11Mumatenga pakati wa mungu, mubereka mapesi; mpweya wanu ndi moto umene udzakupserezani. 12Mitundu ya anthu idzatenthedwa kukhala phulusa, ngati minga yodulidwa ndi kuyatsidwa moto. 13Imvani, inu amene muli kutali, zomwe ndachita; ndipo inu amene muli pafupi, vomerezani mphamvu zanga.”
14Ochimwa a ku Ziyoni achita mantha; kunjenjemera kwagwira osapembedza: “Ndani wa ife angakhale ndi moto wonyeketsa? Ndani wa ife angakhale ndi malawi a moto osatha?” 15Iye amene amayenda mwachilungamo ndipo amanena zoyenera, amene amakana phindu la chinyengo ndipo amaletsa dzanja lake kulandira chiphuphu, amene amatseka makutu ake ku ziwembu zokhetsa magazi ndipo amatseka maso ake ku zoipa, 16uyu ndiye amene adzakhala pamwamba pa mapiri, amene pothawira pake padzakhala malinga a m'mapiri; chakudya chake adzapatsidwa kwa iye, ndipo madzi ake sadzatha.
17Maso anu adzaona mfumu mu kukongola kwake; adzaona dziko lotambalala kutali. 18Mtima wanu udzalingalira za mantha a kale: “Ali kuti amene ankawerenga? Ali kuti amene ankayeza msonkho? Ali kuti amene ankawerenga nsanja?” 19Simudzaonanso anthu amwano aja, anthu amene chiyankhulo chawo ndi chachilendo kwambiri kuti simungachimvetse, oyankhula mododomeza mu chinenero chimene simungachimvetse.
20Yang'anani Ziyoni, mzinda wa madyerero athu oikidwa! Maso anu adzaona Yerusalemu, nyumba ya mtendere, tenti imene sidzasunthika, imene zikhomo zake sizidzazulidwa ndipo zingwe zake sizidzaduka. 21Koma kumeneko Atate wathu mu ulemerero wawo adzakhala kwa ife malo a mitsinje ikuluikulu ndi tinthambo, kumene ngalawa ya nkhafi singayende ndipo chombo chachikulu sichingadutse. 22Pakuti Atate wathu ndiye woweruza wathu, Atate wathu ndiye wopereka malamulo athu, Atate wathu ndiye mfumu yathu; Iye adzatipulumutsa.
23Zingwe za ngalawa yanu zamasuka: sizingagwiritsitse mlongoti pa malo ake kapena kutambasula nsalu ya ngalawa. Pamenepo zofunkha zambiri zidzagawidwa, ndipo ngakhale olumala adzatenga zolanda. 24Ndipo palibe wokhala mu Ziyoni amene adzati, “Ndikudwala”; anthu okhala kumeneko adzakhululukidwa machimo awo.