Imba, Iwe Amene Kale Unali Wachumba
Mkazi wosabala, wosiyidwa, akuuzidwa kuti aimbe ndi kugula hema wokulirapo. Atate wathu sakukana kuti anabisa nkhope yake, koma akuti zinangotenga kamphindi; mapiri adzasunthika chikondi chake chokhulupirika chisanasunthike. Makoma ake akumangidwanso ndi miyala ya safiro, ndipo ana ake akuphunzitsidwa ndi Iye.
54 1Imba, iwe mkazi wachumba amene sunabalepo mwana; imba mokweza ndi kufuula ndi chimwemwe, iwe amene sunamvepo zowawa zobereka! Pakuti ana a mkazi wosiyidwa adzakhala ochuluka koposa ana a mkazi wokwatiwa, ati Atate wathu.
2Kulitsa chihema chako, ndipo nsalu za malo ako okhala zitambasuke; usamane. Talikitsa zingwe zako nukhomerera zikhomo zako mozama, 3pakuti udzatambalala kumanja ndi kumanzere; ana ako adzalandira mitundu ya anthu nakhalanso m'mizinda yosiyidwa. 4Usaope, pakuti sudzachita manyazi; usataye mtima, pakuti sudzanyozedwa. Udzaiwala manyazi a unyamata wako ndipo sudzakumbukiranso chitonzo cha umasiye wako. 5Pakuti Mlengi wako ndiye mwamuna wako—Atate wa magulu ankhondo akumwamba ndilo dzina lake; Woyera wa Israeli ndiye Mwomboli wako, amatchedwa Atate wathu wa dziko lonse lapansi. a a v5 Atate wathu amadzimanga kwa anthu ake m'chikondi cha pangano — fanizo la ukwati limene Paulo pambuyo pake analigwiritsa ntchito pa Khristu ndi Mkwatibwi wake (Aefeso 5:25-27). 6Pakuti Atate wathu wakuitananso ngati mkazi wosiyidwa ndi wophwanyika mtima, ngati mkazi wa unyamata pamene wasiyidwa, ati Atate wako.
7Pakuti kwa kanthawi kochepa ndinakusiya, koma ndi chifundo chachikulu ndidzakusonkhanitsanso. 8Mu mkokomo wa mkwiyo ndinakubisira nkhope yanga kwa kanthawi, koma ndi chikondi chamuyaya mtima wanga umakumverera chifundo, ati Atate wathu, Mwomboli wako. 9Kwa Ine izi zili ngati masiku a Nowa, pamene ndinalumbira kuti madzi a Nowa sadzasefukiranso dziko lapansi; momwemonso tsopano ndalumbira kuti sindidzakwiya nawe kapena kukudzudzula. 10Ngakhale mapiri angachoke ndipo zitunda zingagwedezeke, chikondi changa chokhulupirika sichidzachoka pa iwe, ndipo pangano langa la mtendere silidzagwedezeka, ati Atate wathu, amene amakuchitira chifundo. 11“Iwe wozunzika, wokanthidwa ndi mkuntho ndi wopanda chitonthozo, taona: Ndidzayika miyala yako mu antimoni ndipo ndidzayala maziko ako ndi miyala ya safiro. b b v11 Antimoni: mchere wakuda wonga phala umene ankagwiritsa ntchito pomanga kalekale poyika ndi kuonetsa miyala yamtengo wapatali, kuti iwale. 12Ndidzapanga nsanja zako ndi miyala ya rubi, zipata zako ndi miyala yonyezimira, ndipo mipanda yako yonse ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali. 13Ana ako onse adzaphunzitsidwa ndi Atate wathu, ndipo mtendere wa ana ako udzakhala waukulu. c c v13 Yesu anagwira mawu a vesi ili pofotokoza za aliyense amene Atate amamkokera kwa Iye (Yohane 6:45). 14Udzakhazikika mu chilungamo; udzakhala kutali ndi chizunzo, pakuti sudzaopa kanthu, ndi kutali ndi zoopsa, pakuti sizidzakuyandikira. 15Ngati wina aliyense akuutsira mkangano, sizochokera kwa Ine; aliyense amene adzakuthira nkhondo adzagwa pamaso pako. 16Taona, ndine amene ndinalenga mmisiri wosula amene amauzira makala kuti ayake moto ndipo amasula chida choyenera ntchito yake; ndiponso ndine amene ndinalenga wowononga kuti awononge.” 17Palibe chida chosuliridwa kuti chilimbane nawe chidzapambana, ndipo udzatsutsa lilime lililonse lokuneneza pa bwalo la milandu. Ichi ndiye cholowa cha atumiki a Atate wathu, ndipo chilungamitso chawo chimachokera kwa Ine, atero Atate wathu.
