Atate Akumbukira Wokondedwa Wake
Atate wathu akubweretsa mlandu wovomerezeka pa Yuda: iye anawatsogolera m'chipululu ndipo iwo anamusiya natsata milungu imene singapulumutse. Chithunzi chake ndi mkwatibwi amene anaiwala tsiku la ukwati wake, ndi anthu amene anakumba zitsime zong'aluka m'malo momwa pa kasupe wamoyo.
2 1Mau a Atate wathu anadza kwa ine, nati:
2Pita, ukalengeze m'makutu a Yerusalemu, kuti: Atate wathu akuti: Ndikukumbukira kudzipereka kwako kwa unyamata, chikondi chako cha ukwati, momwe unanditsatira m'chipululu, m'dziko losadzalidwa. a a v2 Atate wathu akukumbukira mwachikondi chikondi choyambirira cha Israyeli monga mkwati wokumbukira mkwatibwi wake—chifundo chomwecho cha pangano chimene akulakalaka kuchibwezeretsa. 3Israyeli anali woyera kwa Atate wathu, zipatso zoyambirira za zokolola zake. Onse amene anamudya anapezeka olakwa; tsoka linawagwera, ati Atate wathu.
4Imvani mau a Atate wathu, inu a nyumba ya Yakobo, ndi mabanja onse a nyumba ya Israyeli.
5Atate wathu akuti: Kodi makolo anu anapeza cholakwa chanji mwa Ine, kuti anandichokera patali, nkutsata mafano achabe, nasanduka opanda pake?
6Iwo sanafunse kuti, ‘Ali kuti Atate wathu, amene anatitulutsa m'dziko la Igupto, amene anatitsogolera m'chipululu, m'dziko la zipululu ndi maenje, dziko la chilala ndi mdima wandiweyani, dziko limene palibe munthu adutsamo ndipo mulibe wokhalamo?’ 7Ndipo Ine ndinakulowetsani m'dziko lachonde kuti mudye zipatso zake ndi zokoma zake. Koma inu munabwera nadetsa dziko langa, nasandutsa cholowa changa chinthu chonyansa. 8Ansembe sanafunse kuti, ‘Ali kuti Atate wathu?’ Amene amagwira malamulo sanandidziwa; abusa anawukira Ine; aneneri ananenera mwa Baala natsata zinthu zopanda phindu. 9Choncho Ine ndikupitirizabe kukudzudzulani, ati Atate wathu, ndipo ndidzatsutsanso ana a ana anu. 10Wolokerani ku magombe a Kupro ndipo yang'anani; tumizani ku Kedara, muonetsetse; onani ngati panalipo kale chinthu chonga ichi: 11Kodi mtundu wa anthu unasinthapo milungu yake, ngakhale kuti si milungu n'komwe? Koma anthu anga asinthanitsa ulemerero wawo ndi chinthu chopanda pake. 12Dabwani ndi zimenezi, inu miyamba; chitani mantha, njenjemerani kwambiri, ati Atate wathu. 13Pakuti anthu anga achita zoipa ziwiri: andisiya Ine, kasupe wa madzi amoyo, nadzikumbira zitsime zawozawo—zitsime zosweka zimene sizingasunge madzi. b b v13 Atate wathu akudzitcha yekha kasupe wa madzi amoyo; Yesu pambuyo pake anapereka madzi amoyo omwewa kwa onse amene amabwera kwa Iye (Yohane 4:14; 7:38).
14Kodi Israyeli ndi kapolo? Kodi anabadwa wantchito? Nanga chifukwa chiyani wasanduka chofunkha? 15Mikango yamisinkhu inabangula pa iye; inaomba kwambiri. Inasandutsa dziko lake bwinja; mizinda yake yatenthedwa ndipo mulibe anthu. 16Komanso, anthu a ku Mefisi ndi a ku Tahipanesi akumeta msonga ya mutu wako. c c v16 Kumetedwa mutu kapena kuvulidwa kunali chizindikiro cha kugonjetsedwa kotheratu ndi kunyozedwa m'dziko lakale. 17Kodi sunadzibweretsere wekha zimenezi pakusiya Atate wako, amene anali kukutsogolera pa njira? 18Ndipo tsopano, ukupita ku Igupto chifukwa chiyani kuti umwe madzi a Nailo? Kapena ukupita ku Asiriya chifukwa chiyani kuti umwe madzi a Yufurate? 19Kuipa kwako komwe kudzakulanga iwe; kubwerera m'mbuyo kwako kudzakudzudzula. Tsono dziwa ndipo uone kuipa ndi kuwawa kwake kwa kusiya Atate wako; iwe sumandiopa Ine, ati Atate wa makamu akumwamba. 20Kalekale Ine ndinathyola goli lako ndi kudula maunyolo ako, koma iwe unati, ‘Sindidzatumikira.’ Zoonadi, pa phiri lililonse lalitali ndi pansi pa mtengo uliwonse wa masamba ambiri iwe unagona ngati wachiwerewere. 21Ine ndinakudzala ngati mpesa wabwino, wochokera ku mbewu yodalirika kwenikweni. Nanga bwanji unatembenukira kwa Ine ndi kusanduka mpesa wowonongeka, wakutchire? 22Ngakhale udzisambe ndi mankhwala owengera ndi kugwiritsa ntchito sopo wochuluka, banga la kulakwa kwako likanalibe pamaso panga, ati Ambuye Atate.
23Ukhoza bwanji kunena kuti, ‘Sindinadetsedwe; sindinatsate aBaala’? Yang'ana njira yako m'chigwa; ganizira zimene wachita—ngamira yaing'ono yosakhazikika, yothamanga uku ndi uku, 24bulu wakutchire wozolowera m'chipululu, wonusa mphepo chifukwa cha chilakolako chake—angamuletse ndani pamene ali ndi kutentha? Amene amamufuna safunika kudzitopetsa kufunafuna; nyengo ikafika, adzamupeza. 25Leka mapazi ako asanavule ndi mmero wako usanaume. Koma iwe unati, ‘Palibe chiyembekezo! Ayi, pakuti ndimakonda alendo, ndipo ndidzawatsatira.’ 26Monga mbala imachititsidwa manyazi pamene yagwidwa, momwemo nyumba ya Israyeli yachititsidwa manyazi—iwo, mafumu awo, akuluakulu awo, ansembe awo, ndi aneneri awo, 27amene amanena kwa mtengo kuti, ‘Ndiwe atate wanga,’ ndi kwa mwala kuti, ‘Ndiwe unandibala.’ Pakuti anatembenuza misana yawo kwa Ine, osati nkhope zawo kwa Ine. Koma pa nthawi ya mavuto awo amafuula kuti, ‘Dzukani mudzatipulumutse!’ d d v27 Kutcha mtengo wosema kuti 'atate wanga' ndi chinyengo chomvetsa chisoni cha ubale weniweni—kutembenukira kutali ndi Atate weniweni amene anawalenga, kupita ku zinthu zopanda moyo zomwe sizingathe. 28Koma ili kuti milungu imene unadzipangira wekha? Iyo iuke, ngati ingakupulumutse pa nthawi ya mavuto ako; pakuti milungu yako njochuluka ngati mizinda yako, iwe Yuda. 29Chifukwa chiyani mukubweretsa mlandu pa Ine? Nonse mwandiwukira Ine, ati Atate wathu. 30Pachabe Ine ndinakantha ana ako; iwo sanalandire chilango. Lupanga lako lomwe linadya aneneri ako ngati mkango wolusa. 31Inu m'badwo uno, lingalirani mau a Atate wathu: Kodi ndakhala chipululu kwa Israyeli, kapena dziko la mdima wandiweyani? Nanga chifukwa chiyani anthu anga akunena kuti, ‘Ndife omasuka kuyendayenda; sitidzabweranso kwa Inu’? 32Kodi mtsikana angaiwale zodzikongoletsera zake, kapena mkwatibwi angaiwale lamba wake wa ukwati? Koma anthu anga andiiwala Ine masiku osawerengeka. 33Ndi mwaluso lotani mmene umakonzekera kutsata chikondi! Wayamba kuphunzitsa njira zako kwa akazi oipa. 34Pa zovala zako pali magazi a moyo a osauka osalakwa—ngakhale sunawapeze akubowola kulowa. Komabe pamwamba pa zonsezi, 35iwe umati, ‘Ndine wosalakwa; ndithudi mkwiyo wake wachoka pa ine.’ Koma Ine ndidzakuzenga mlandu chifukwa cha kunena kuti, ‘Sindinachimwe.’ 36Umasintha njira yako mosasamala kwambiri! Udzachititsidwa manyazi ndi Igupto monga momwe unachititsidwira manyazi ndi Asiriya. 37Kuchokera komweko udzatulukanso utayika manja ako pamutu pako, pakuti Atate wathu wakana amene umawadalira, ndipo sadzakuthandiza ndi pang'ono pomwe.