Yang'anani ku Thanthwe
Kwa anthu oopa kuti ndi ochepa kwambiri, Atate wathu akuloza m'mbuyo kwa mwamuna mmodzi ndi mkazi mmodzi, Abrahamu ndi Sara. Kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi zimatha; chipulumutso chake sichitha. Yerusalemu wagugudiza chikho chake chodzandiritsa popanda mwana wotsala womugwiriziza. Iye akuchotsa chikhocho.
51 1“Ndimvereni Ine, inu amene mutsatira chilungamo, inu amene mufunafuna Atate wathu: yang'anani ku thanthwe limene munasemedwa, ndi ku dzenje la miyala kumene munakumbidwa. 2Yang'anani kwa Abrahamu atate wanu, ndi kwa Sara amene anakubalani; pakuti pamene anali yekha ndinamuitana, ndipo ndinamdalitsa namuchulukitsa. 3Pakuti Atate wathu akutonthoza Ziyoni; akutonthoza mabwinja ake onse. Akusandutsa chipululu chake kukhala ngati Edene, dziko lake lowuma ngati munda wa Atate wathu. Chimwemwe ndi chisangalalo zikupezeka mwa iye, kuyamika ndi liwu la nyimbo.
4“Ndimvereni Ine, anthu anga; tcherani khutu, mtundu wanga: pakuti chiphunzitso chidzatuluka mwa Ine, ndipo ndidzayika chiweruzo changa kukhala kuwala kwa mitundu ya anthu. 5Chilungamo changa chayandikira, chipulumutso changa chatuluka, ndipo manja anga adzaweruza mitundu ya anthu molungama; mphepete mwa nyanja akundiyembekezera, ndipo akuyika chiyembekezo chawo pa dzanja langa. 6Kwezani maso anu kumwamba, ndipo yang'anani dziko lapansi kunsi: miyamba idzazimirira ngati utsi, dziko lapansi lidzatha ngati chovala, ndipo okhalamo adzafa ngati tizilombo; koma chipulumutso changa chidzakhala kosatha, ndipo chilungamo changa sichidzathyoledwa konse. 7Ndimvereni Ine, inu amene mumadziwa chilungamo, anthu amene musunga chiphunzitso changa m'mitima mwanu: musaope chitonzo cha anthu, ndipo musathyoledwe ndi chipongwe chawo. 8Pakuti njenjete idzawadya ngati chovala, ndipo mphutsi idzawadya ngati ubweya; koma chilungamo changa chidzakhala kosatha, ndipo chipulumutso changa ku mibadwo yonse.”
9Dzuka, dzuka, dzivale mphamvu, iwe dzanja la Atate wathu! Dzuka monga masiku akale, mu mibadwo yakalekale. Kodi si iwe amene unadula Rahabi chilombo cha m'nyanja nthulinthuli, amene unabaya chinjoka? a a v9 Mu masomphenya a Yesaya, dzanja lotambasuka la Atate wathu ndilo mphamvu yake yopulumutsa m'mbiri yonse — kuyambira pa chilengedwe, kupita ku kutuluka mu Iguputo, mpaka ku chiwombolo chimene chikubwera. 10Kodi si iwe amene unawumitsa nyanja, madzi a nyanja yakuya kwambiri, amene unapanga kuya kwa nyanja kukhala msewu woti owomboledwa awoloke? 11Motero owomboledwa a Atate wathu adzabwerera nadzafika ku Ziyoni akuimba; chimwemwe chosatha chidzakhala pamutu pawo ngati chipewa. Chisangalalo ndi chimwemwe zidzawapeza iwo, ndipo chisoni ndi kubuula zidzathawa.
12“Ine, Ine ndine amene ndimakutonthozani inu. Kodi ndinu yani kuti muope anthu wamba amene amafa, anthu amene amazimirira ngati udzu, 13kuti muyiwale Ine, Mlengi wanu, amene ndinatambasula miyamba ndi kuyika maziko a dziko lapansi? Mumakhala muli ndi mantha nthawi zonse tsiku lonse chifukwa cha ukali wa wopondereza, amene wakonzeka kuwononga. Koma ukali wa wopondereza uli kuti? 14Wogwidwa ndi maunyolo wopindika posachedwa adzamasulidwa; sadzafa ndi kutsikira ku dzenje, ngakhale sadzamva njala. 15Pakuti Ine ndine Atate wanu, amene ndimavundula nyanja kuti mafunde ake akokome— Atate wa magulu ankhondo akumwamba ndilo dzina lake. 16Ndipo ndayika mau anga m'kamwa mwanu ndi kukuphimbani ndi mthunzi wa dzanja langa, kudzala miyamba ndi kuyika maziko a dziko lapansi, ndi kunena kwa Ziyoni, ‘Inu ndinu anthu anga.’”
17Dzuka, dzuka! Imirira, iwe Yerusalemu, iwe amene wamwa kuchokera m'dzanja la Atate wathu chikho cha mkwiyo wake, amene wamwetsa mbale mpaka kumalekezero, chikho chimene chimakuchititsa kudzandira. 18Pakati pa ana onse amene anabereka palibe woti amutsogolere iye; pakati pa ana onse amene analera palibe woti amugwire dzanja. 19Zinthu ziwiri izi zakugwera iwe—adzakulirira ndani?—chiwonongeko ndi kupasuka, njala ndi lupanga. Ndani angakutonthoze? 20Ana ako akomoka; agona pa ngodya iliyonse ya msewu ngati gwape wokodwa mu ukonde, odzazidwa ndi mkwiyo wa Atate wathu, chidzudzulo cha Atate wanu.
21Chifukwa chake imva izi, iwe amene wazunzika, waledzera, koma osati ndi vinyo:
22Atate wanu Wolamulira, amene ateteza mlandu wa anthu ake, akunena motere: ‘Taona, ndachotsa m'dzanja lako chikho chimene chimakuchititsa kudzandira, mbale ya mkwiyo wanga; sudzamwanso konse.’ 23Ndidzachiyika m'dzanja la ozunza ako, amene anati kwa iwe, ‘Werama kuti tidutse pamwamba pako,’ kotero kuti unasandutsa msana wako ngati nthaka, ngati msewu woti iwo awoloke.
