Mafano Akufa, Atate Wamoyo
Mafano akuikidwa pambali pa Atate wamoyo: mtengo wodulidwa ndi kukhomeredwa woimirira kuti usagwe, wonyamulidwa chifukwa sungathe kuyenda. Iye analenga dziko lapansi ndipo amagunda ngati bingu pamwamba pake. Kenako mzindawo ukumanga katundu wake kupita ku ukapolo, ndipo Yeremiya akupempha kuti alangidwe mwachilungamo, osati mwaukali.
10 1Imvani mau amene Atate wathu akuyankhula kwa inu, nyumba ya Israeli.
2Atate wathu akuti: Musaphunzire njira ya mitundu ya anthu, kapena kuopa zizindikiro za kumwamba, ngakhale mitundu ya anthu imaziopa.
3Pakuti miyambo ya anthu ndi yachabe: wina amadula mtengo m'nkhalango, ndipo mmisiri amausema ndi chosemera chake. 4Amaukongoletsa ndi siliva ndi golidi; amaukhomerera ndi nyundo ndi misomali kuti usagwe. 5Ngati choopsezera mbalame m'munda wa minkhaka, mafano awo sangathe kuyankhula; ayenera kunyamulidwa, pakuti sangathe kuyenda. Musawaope, pakuti sangathe kuchita choipa, ndiponso alibe mphamvu yochita chabwino chilichonse.
6Palibe wofanana ndi Inu, Atate wathu; ndinu wamkulu, ndipo dzina lanu ndi lalikulu mwa mphamvu. 7Ndani sangakuopeni Inu, Mfumu ya mitundu ya anthu? Izi ndi zoyenera Inu, pakuti pakati pa anzeru onse a mitundu ya anthu ndi mu maufumu awo onse palibe wofanana ndi Inu. 8Onse ndi opanda nzeru ndi opusa; chiphunzitso chawo chichokera ku mafano achabe—mtengo wokhawokha. 9Siliva wosula amabweretsedwa kuchokera ku Tarsisi, ndi golidi kuchokera ku Ufazi, zopangidwa ndi amisiri ndi osula golidi; zovala zawo ndi za buluu ndi zofiirira—zonse ndi ntchito ya manja aluso. 10Koma Atate wathu ndiye woona; Iye ndi Atate wamoyo ndi Mfumu yamuyaya. Ndi mkwiyo wake dziko limagwedezeka, ndipo mitundu ya anthu singathe kupirira ukali wake.
11Auzeni kuti: “Milungu imene sinalenge kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi idzawonongedwa pa dziko lapansi ndi pansi pa kumwamba.” 12Iye ndiye analenga dziko lapansi ndi mphamvu zake, amene anakhazikitsa dziko ndi nzeru zake, ndi kutambasula kumwamba ndi kuzindikira kwake. 13Pamene Iye agwetsa bingu, madzi a kumwamba amakokoma; amakweza nkhungu kuchokera kumalekezero a dziko lapansi. Amapanga mphenzi ya mvula ndi kutulutsa mphepo kuchokera m'nyumba zake zosungiramo. 14Munthu aliyense ndi wopanda nzeru ndi wopanda chidziwitso; wosula golidi aliyense amachititsidwa manyazi ndi mafano ake, pakuti zifaniziro zake zowumba ndi zabodza, ndipo mulibe mpweya mwa izo. 15Ndi zachabe, zinthu zonyozeka; pa nthawi ya chilango chawo adzawonongeka. 16Gawo la Yakobo silili ngati izi, pakuti Iye ndiye anawumba zinthu zonse, ndipo Israeli ndi fuko la cholowa chake; Atate wa makamu a kumwamba ndilo dzina lake. a a v16 “Gawo la Yakobo” ndi dzina la ulemu la Mulungu, lomutchula Iye kukhala chuma chenicheni ndi cholowa cha anthu ake.
Ukapolo Ukubwera
17Sonkhanitsani mtolo wanu pansi, inu amene mukukhala mozingidwa.
18Pakuti Atate wathu akuti: Taonani, nthawi ino ndikuponya kunja anthu okhala m'dziko, ndipo ndidzabweretsa masautso pa iwo kuti awamve.
19Tsoka ine chifukwa cha chilonda changa! Bala langa ndi lowawa kwambiri. Koma ndinati, “Zoonadi ichi ndi matenda anga, ndipo ndiyenera kupirira.” 20Hema wanga wawonongeka, ndipo zingwe zanga zonse zaduka. Ana anga andisiya ndipo kulibenso; palibe wotsala woti amange hema wanga kachiwiri kapena kuyimika nsalu zanga. 21Pakuti abusa akhala opanda nzeru ndipo sanafunefune Atate wathu; chifukwa chake sanapindule, ndipo gulu lawo lonse lamwazikana. 22Tcherani khutu! Mphekesera ikubwera— phokoso lalikulu kuchokera kudziko la kumpoto—kuti lisandutse mizinda ya Yuda kukhala bwinja, malo okhala nkhandwe. 23Ndikudziwa, Atate wathu, kuti njira ya munthu si yake; palibe woyenda angathe kuwongolera mapazi ake.
Pemphero la Yeremiya Lopempha Chifundo
24Ndilangeni, Atate wathu, koma mwa chilungamo—osati mu mkwiyo wanu, kuopera kuti Inu mungandisandutse chabechabe. 25Khuthulirani mkwiyo wanu pa mitundu ya anthu amene sakudziwani Inu, ndi pa anthu amene saitana dzina lanu; pakuti adya Yakobo—adamudya ndi kumuwononga—ndipo anasakaza msipu wake.