Mzimu Wanga pa Ana Anu
Atate akulonjeza madzi ndi Mzimu wotsanulidwa pa ana a Israeli. Kenako kuyang'anitsitsa kwautali munthu amene amatentha theka la chipika kuti aotche chakudya chake ndi kugwadira theka lina, nalipempha kuti limupulumutse. Motsutsana ndi zimenezo, machimo akuchotsedwa ngati nkhungu ya m'mawa.
44 1Koma tsopano tamvera, Yakobo mtumiki wanga, Isiraeli amene ndakusankha. 2Atate wathu akunena izi—Iye amene anakupanga, amene anakuwumba kuchokera m'mimba ndipo adzakuthandiza: Usaope, Yakobo mtumiki wanga, Yesuruni amene ndakusankha. a a v2 Yesuruni ndi dzina lachikondi, la ndakatulo, la Isiraeli, lotanthauza “wolungama” — dzina la chikondi loperekedwa kwa anthu amene Atate wathu anawasankha. 3Pakuti ndidzathira madzi pa nthaka yanyota, ndi mitsinje pa nthaka youma; ndidzatsanulira Mzimu wanga pa ana anu ndi madalitso anga pa zidzukulu zanu. 4Adzamera pakati pa udzu ngati misondozi m'mbali mwa mitsinje yoyenda. 5Uyu adzati, “Ine ndine wa Atate”; wina adzadzitcha dzina la Yakobo; winanso adzalemba padzanja lake, “Wa Atate,” ndipo adzatenga dzina la Isiraeli.
Woyamba ndi Wotsiriza
6Atate wathu akunena izi—Mfumu ya Isiraeli ndi Muomboli wake, Atate wa makamu a kumwamba: Ine ndine woyamba ndipo Ine ndine wotsiriza; kupatula Ine kulibe mulungu. 7Ndani ali ngati Ine? Alengeze. Afotokoze ndi kuzika izo pamaso panga, chiyambire tsiku limene ndinakhazikitsa mtundu wakale wa anthu. Anenerere zimene zikubwera, ndi zimene zikadzafika. 8Musanjenjemere, musaope. Kodi sindinakuuzani kalekale ndi kulengeza? Inu ndinu mboni zanga. Kodi kuli Atate wina kupatula Ine? Kulibe Thanthwe; Ine sindidziwa lina.
9Onse amene amapanga mafano ngati chabe, ndipo zinthu zimene amaziyamikira nzopanda phindu. Mboni zawozo sizipenya ndipo sizidziwa kanthu, kotero achititsidwa manyazi. 10Ndani amapanga mulungu kapena kuwumba fano losamthandiza munthu amene analipanga? 11Taonani—anzake onse adzachititsidwa manyazi, pakuti amisiri aja ndi anthu chabe. Asonkhane onse nayimirire; adzachita mantha ndipo adzachititsidwa manyazi pamodzi.
12Mmisiri wachitsulo amapanga chida chachitsulo, nachiwotcha pamakala; amachiwumba ndi nyundo, nachipanga ndi dzanja lake lamphamvu. Komabe amamva njala ndipo mphamvu zake zimatha; samwa madzi ndipo amakomoka. 13Mmisiri wamatabwa amatambasula chingwe choyezera, nawulembera chizindikiro ndi cholembera; amawusema ndi zosemera, nawujambula ndi kampasi. Amawupanga kukhala chithunzi cha munthu, cha kukongola kwa munthu, kuti chikhale m'kachisi. 14Amagwetsa mikungudza, kapena amasankha mtengo wa sipuresi kapena mtengo wa thundu, nauleka kuti ukule wolimba pakati pa mitengo ya m'nkhalango. Amabzala mkungudza, ndipo mvula imawukulitsa. 15Amawugwiritsa ntchito ngati nkhuni. Amatenga wina wake nadzotha moto; amakoleza moto naphika buledi. Koma amapanganso mulungu nawupembedza wo; amapanga fano nawugwadira. 16Amatentha theka la mtengowo pamoto; pamenepo amawotcha nyama, nadya nakhuta, nadzotha moto. Amati, “Haa, ndikumva kutentha; ndikuona moto.” 17Ndipo kuchokera ku zotsala amapanga mulungu, fano lake; amaligwadira nalilambira, amalipempha nati, “Ndipulumutse, pakuti ndiwe mulungu wanga!”
18Sadziwa kanthu, samvetsa kanthu; maso awo adamatidwa kotero kuti sangaone, ndi mitima yawonso, kotero kuti sangamvetse. 19Palibe amene amayima nalingalira, palibe amene ali ndi nzeru kapena chidziwitso choti anene, “Theka lake ndinalitentha pamoto; ndinaphikanso buledi pamakala ake, ndinawotcha nyama ndipo ndinadya. Kodi zotsala ndidzazipanga kukhala chonyansa? Kodi ndidzagwadira chida cha mtengo?” 20Amadya phulusa; mtima wonyengedwa wamsocheretsa. Sangathe kudzipulumutsa yekha kapena kunena kuti, “Kodi sindigwira bodza m'dzanja langa lamanja?”
21Kumbukira zinthu izi, Yakobo, ndipo iwe, Isiraeli, pakuti ndiwe mtumiki wanga. Ine ndinakuwumba; ndiwe mtumiki wanga. Isiraeli, sindidzakuyiwala. 22Ndapukuta zoukira zako ngati mtambo, machimo ako ngati nkhungu ya m'mawa. Bwerera kwa Ine, pakuti ndakuwombola.
23Imbani, miyamba, pakuti Atate wathu wachita zimenezi! Fuwulani mokweza, inu zozama za dziko lapansi. Yambani kuimba, inu mapiri, nkhalango, ndi mtengo uliwonse wa m'menemo! Pakuti Atate wathu wawombola Yakobo, ndipo akuonetsa ulemerero wake mu Isiraeli.
24Atate wathu akunena izi—Muomboli wako, amene anakuwumba kuchokera m'mimba: Ine ndine Atate wako, Wopanga zinthu zonse, amene ndekha ndinatambasula miyamba, amene ndinayala dziko lapansi ndekha, 25amene ndimalepheretsa zizindikiro za aneneri onama ndi kupusitsa owombeza, amene ndimagwetsa nzeru za anzeru ndi kusandutsa chidziwitso chawo kukhala chopusa, 26amene amatsimikiza mau a mtumiki wake nakwaniritsa uphungu wa amithenga ake, amene amanena za Yerusalemu kuti, “Anthu adzakhalamo,” ndi za mizinda ya Yuda kuti, “Idzamangidwanso, ndipo ndidzabwezeretsa mabwinja ake,” 27amene amawuza nyanja yakuya kuti, “Uma; ndidzawumitsa mitsinje yako,” 28amene amanena za Koresi kuti, “Iye ndi m'busa wanga, ndipo adzakwaniritsa zonse zimene ndikufuna”; amene amanena za Yerusalemu kuti, “Idzamangidwanso,” ndi za Nyumba yopatulika kuti, “Maziko ako adzayikidwa.”