Yeremiya Afunsa za Chilungamo cha Atate Wake
Yeremiya akufunsa Atate wake mosabisa chifukwa chake achinyengo akukhala mwamtendere. Yankho silipereka kufotokozera, koma likuchenjeza za nthaka yovuta kwambiri mtsogolo: ngati oyenda pansi akutopetsa, nanga akavalo? Ndipo banja lako lomwe lakuukira. Atate wathu akumva chisoni ndi dziko limene anapereka.
12 1Inu ndinu wolungama, Atate wanga, nthawi zonse pamene ndibweretsa mlandu wanga pamaso panu; komabe ndikufuna kuyankhula ndi Inu za maweruzo anu. Chifukwa chiyani njira ya oyipa imayenda bwino? Chifukwa chiyani onse achinyengo amakhala mwamtendere? 2Inu munawadzala, ndipo anazika mizu; amakula ndi kubala zipatso. Inu muli pafupi m'pakamwa pawo koma kutali ndi mitima yawo. 3Koma Inu, Atate wanga, mumandidziwa; mumandiona, ndipo mumayesa mtima wanga kwa Inu. Akokereni ngati nkhosa zopita kukaphedwa, ndipo muwapatule kukonzekera tsiku lophedwa. 4Mpaka liti dziko lidzalira ndi udzu wa munda uliwonse kufota? Chifukwa cha kuyipa kwa amene amakhala mmenemo, nyama ndi mbalame zasesedwa—pakuti anthu amati, “Iye sadzaona zimene zidzatichitikira.”
Atate Ayankha Yeremiya
5Ngati wathamanga ndi anthu othamanga pansi ndipo akutopetsa, nanga udzapikisana bwanji ndi akavalo? Ngati upunthwa m'dziko la mtendere, udzatani m'matchire a Yorodano? 6Pakuti ngakhale abale ako ndi a m'nyumba ya abambo ako—ngakhale iwo akusandukira iwe; ngakhale iwo akufuwulira mokweza kutsutsana ndi iwe. Usakhulupirire iwo, ngakhale akuyankhula mawu abwino kwa iwe. 7Ndasiya nyumba yanga, ndataya cholowa changa; ndapereka wokondedwa wa mtima wanga m'manja mwa adani ake. a a v7 Ngakhale pomwe akupereka anthu ake, Atate wathu amamva chisoni ngati munthu wopereka chikondi cha mtima wake—chiweruzo chimene chimamuonongera Atate zonse. 8Cholowa changa chasanduka kwa Ine ngati mkango wa m'nkhalango; chabangula kutsutsana ndi Ine, kotero ndachisandukira. 9Kodi cholowa changa chili ngati mbalame yodya zinzake ya mawanga kwa Ine, pomwe mbalame zodya zinzake zimazungulira kutsutsana ndi icho mbali zonse? Pitani, sonkhanitsani nyama zonse zakutchire; zibweretseni kuti zidye. 10Abusa ambiri aononga munda wanga wa mpesa; aponda gawo langa pansi pa mapazi awo; asandutsa gawo langa lokoma kukhala chipululu chowonongeka. 11Alisandutsa chipululu; lili bwinja, likulira pamaso panga. Dziko lonse lasanduka bwinja, koma palibe amene akulabadira. 12Pa zitunda zonse zopanda kanthu za m'chipululu owononga afika, pakuti lupanga langa limadya kuchokera mbali ina ya dziko mpaka inzake; palibe amene ali pa chitetezo. 13Afesa tirigu koma akolola minga; adzitopetsa pachabe. Khalani ndi manyazi ndi zokolola zanu, chifukwa cha mkwiyo wanga woyaka.
14Atate wathu akuti: Za anansi anga onse oyipa amene akulanda cholowa chimene ndinapatsa anthu anga a Isiraeli—ndidzawazula m'dziko lawo, ndipo ndidzazula nyumba ya Yuda pakati pawo. 15Nditawazula, ndidzabwerera, ndidzawachitira chifundo, ndipo ndidzabwezera aliyense ku cholowa chake, aliyense ku dziko lake.
16Ngati iwo adzaphunziradi njira za anthu anga—kulumbira m'dzina langa, ‘Pali Atate wanu wamoyo,’ monga momwe anaphunzitsira anthu anga kulumbira mwa Baala—adzamangidwa pakati pa anthu anga. 17Koma mtundu uliwonse umene sudzamvera, ndidzauzula kotheratu ndi kuuwononga, ati Atate wanu.
