Oyitanidwa ndi Dzina Langa
Atate wathu akuuza anthu amene amawatcha ouma ngati chitsulo kuti analengeza zonse pasadakhale kuti asadzanene kuti mafano awo ndiwo anachita. Anawayenga m'masautso, ndipo akumva chisoni ndi mtendere umene akanakhala nawo. Komabe mawu ndi akuti: tulukani m'Babulo, ndipo nenani kuti Iye wawawombola.
48 1Imva zimenezi, iwe nyumba ya Yakobo, iwe amene umatchedwa ndi dzina la Israeli ndipo unachokera mu mbadwa ya Yuda; iwe amene umalumbira m'dzina la Atate wathu ndi kuyitana Atate wathu—koma osati mwachoonadi kapena mwachilungamo. 2Pakuti amadzitcha okha anthu a mzinda woyera ndipo amatsamira pa Atate wathu—Atate wa magulu ankhondo a Kumwamba ndiye dzina lake.
3“Ndinalengeza zinthu zakale kalekale; zinachoka pakamwa panga, ndipo ndinazidziwitsa. Kenaka mwadzidzidzi ndinachitapo kanthu, ndipo zinachitikadi. 4Chifukwa ndinadziwa kuti ndiwe wowuma mtima—mnofu wa khosi lako wowuma ngati chitsulo, mphumi yako yowuma ngati mkuwa.’ 5Ndinakuwuza zinthu izi kalekale; zisanachitike ndinakulengezera, kuti usanene konse kuti, ‘Fano langa ndilo linazichita; chosema changa ndi chifanizo changa chosungunula ndizo zinalamula.” 6Wazimva; tsopano yang'ana zonse zimenezi. Kodi sudzavomereza? Kuyambira tsopano ndidzakuwuza zinthu zatsopano, zinthu zobisika zomwe sunazidziwe.’ 7Zalengedwa tsopano, osati kalekale; lero lisanafike iwe sunamvepo za izo, kuti usanene kuti, ‘Ndinazidziwa kale.’ 8Sunamvepo, sunadziwepo; kalekale khutu lako silinatsegulidwe. Pakuti ndinadziwa kuti udzachita mwachinyengo chotani—iwe wakhala ukutchedwa wowukira kuyambira pobadwa. 9Chifukwa cha dzina langa ndikuletsa mkwiyo wanga; chifukwa cha matamando anga ndikuwuletsa kwa iwe, kuti ndisakudule. 10Taona, ndakuyenga, koma osati ngati siliva; ndakuyesa m'ng'anjo ya masautso. 11Chifukwa cha Ine mwini, chifukwa cha Ine mwini, ndikuchita izi—pakuti nanga dzina langa lidetsedwe bwanji? Ulemerero wanga sindidzaupereka kwa wina.
Ine Ndine Woyamba ndi Wotsiriza
12“Ndimvere, iwe Yakobo, ndi Israeli, amene ndinamuyitana: Ine ndine Iye; Ine ndine Woyamba, ndipo Ine ndine Wotsiriza. 13Dzanja langa linayika maziko a dziko lapansi, ndipo dzanja langa lamanja linatambasula miyamba; pamene ndiziyitana, zimayimirira pamodzi.”
14Sonkhanani pamodzi, nonsenu, ndipo mvetserani: ndani pakati pawo amene analengeza zinthu izi? Amene ndimamukonda adzakwaniritsa cholinga changa pa Babulo, ndipo dzanja lake lidzatsutsana ndi Ababulo. a a v14 “Amene ndimamukonda” akunena za Koresi, mfumu ya Perisiya imene Mulungu anali kumuukitsa kuti agonjetse Babulo ndi kumasula Israeli.
15Ine, Ine mwini, ndayankhula; inde, ndamuyitana iye. Ndamubweretsa iye, ndipo adzapambana pa njira yake.
16Bwerani pafupi ndi Ine, imvani izi: kuyambira pachiyambi sindinayankhule mobisa; kuchokera pamene zinachitika, Ine ndinalipo. Ndipo tsopano Atate Wolamulira wandituma Ine—ndi Mzimu wake. b b v16 Ambiri amamva Yesu akuyankhula m'mawu awa — Mtumiki amene Atate wathu ali pafupi kumuwulula m'machaputala otsatira, wotumidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera ali naye limodzi.
17Atate wathu akuti—Muomboli wako, Woyera wa Israeli: Ine ndine Atate wako, amene ndimakuphunzitsa kuti upindule, amene ndimakutsogolera m'njira yoyenera kuyenda. 18“Ukanangomvera malamulo anga! Pamenepo mtendere wako ukadayenda ngati mtsinje, ndipo chilungamo chako ngati mafunde a nyanja. 19Ana ako akadakhala ngati mchenga, ndipo zidzukulu zako ngati tinthu take ta mchenga; dzina lawo silikadadulidwa kapena kuwonongedwa pamaso panga.”
20Tulukani mu Babulo! Thawani Ababulo! Ndi mfuwu wachimwemwe lengezani, falitsani; tumizani kumalekezero a dziko lapansi. Nenani kuti, ‘Atate wathu wamuombola mtumiki wake Yakobo!’ 21Sanamve ludzu pamene anawatsogolera kudutsa m'zipululu; anawatulutsira madzi kuchokera m'thanthwe. Anang'amba thanthwe, ndipo madzi anatuluka ambiri.
22“Palibe mtendere,” akutero Atate wathu, “kwa anthu oyipa.”