Kodi Udzabwerera kwa Ine?
Isiraeli ndi Yuda akufaniziridwa ndi alongo awiri osakhulupirika, ndipo Yuda ndiye woipa koposa chifukwa anaona koma sanaphunzirepo kanthu. Komabe Atate wathu akuitana osakhulupirikawo kubwerera kwawo, akungopempha kuti avomereze choonadi, ndipo akulonjeza abusa amene adzawadyetsadi.
3 1Iwo amati: Ngati munthu asudzula mkazi wake, ndipo iye namusiya, nakakwatiwa ndi mwamuna wina, kodi iye adzabwerera kwa iye kachiwiri? Kodi dziko limenelo silingadetsedwe kotheratu? Iwe wachita zachiwerewere ndi zibwenzi zambiri— koma ukufuna kubwerera kwa Ine? atero Atate wako.
2Kweza maso ako ku zitunda zopanda kanthu uone: kodi ndi pati pamene sunachititsidwepo chiwerewere? M'mbali mwa misewu unakhala pansi, kudikira zibwenzi zako, ngati woyendayenda m'chipululu. Wadetsa dziko ndi zachiwerewere zako ndi kuipa kwako. 3Choncho mvula yaletsedwa, ndipo mvula yotsiriza sinabwere. Komabe iwe uli ndi nkhope yopanda manyazi ya mkazi wadama; wakana kuchita manyazi. 4Kodi posachedwapa iwe sunandiitana kuti, ‘Atate wanga, Inu ndinu bwenzi langa la ubwana wanga’? 5“Kodi adzakhala wokwiya mpaka muyaya? Kodi adzasunga mkwiyo wake mpaka mapeto?” Umo ndi mmene umayankhulira, koma umachita zoipa zonse zimene ungathe.
Alongo Awiri Amene Anaiwala Atate Wawo
6Atate wathu anati kwa ine m'masiku a Mfumu Yosiya: “Kodi waona zimene Israyeli wosakhulupirika anachita? Iye anakwera pa phiri lililonse lalitali, napita pansi pa mtengo uliwonse wobiriwira, nachita zachiwerewere komweko. 7Ndinaganiza kuti atachita zonsezi adzabwerera kwa Ine, koma sanabwerere, ndipo mlongo wake wachinyengo, Yuda, anaona zimenezi. 8Iye anaona kuti chifukwa cha zigololo zonse za Israyeli wosakhulupirika, Ine ndinamuthamangitsa, namupatsa kalata ya chisudzulo. Komabe mlongo wake wachinyengo, Yuda, sanaope; iyenso anapita, nachita zachiwerewere. 9Chifukwa chakuti chiwerewere chake sanachiyese kanthu, anadetsa dziko, nachita chigololo ndi miyala ndi mitengo. 10Ngakhale zili choncho, mlongo wake Yuda wosakhulupirika sanabwerere kwa Ine ndi mtima wake wonse, koma ndi chinyengo chabe, atero Atate wako.”
11Atate wathu anati kwa ine: Israyeli wosakhulupirika waonetsa kuti ndi wolungama kuposa Yuda wonyenga.
12Pita, ukalengeze cha kumpoto, kuti: Bwerera, iwe Israyeli wosakhulupirika, atero Atate wako. Sindidzakuyang'ana mwaukali, pakuti Ine ndine wachifundo, atero Atate wako; sindidzakhala wokwiya mpaka muyaya. 13Ungovomereza kulakwa kwako— kuti unawukira Atate wako, napereka chikondi chako kwa alendo pansi pa mtengo uliwonse wobiriwira, ndipo sunamvere mau anga, atero Atate wako. 14Bwererani, inu ana osakhulupirika, atero Atate wanu, pakuti Ine ndine mwamuna wanu. Ndidzakutengani—mmodzi kuchokera mu mzinda ndi awiri kuchokera mu banja— ndipo ndidzakubweretsani ku Ziyoni. 15Ndipo ndidzakupatsani abusa ofanana ndi mtima wanga, amene adzakudyetsani ndi chidziwitso ndi nzeru.
16Pamene mudzachuluka ndi kuwanda m'dziko, m'masiku amenewo, atero Atate wanu, palibe amene adzanenanso kuti, ‘Likasa la pangano la Atate wathu.’ Silidzafika m'maganizo, kapena kukumbukiridwa, kapena kusowedwa, ndipo silidzapangidwanso lina.
17“Pa nthawi imeneyo adzatcha Yerusalemu kuti Mpando Wachifumu wa Atate wathu, ndipo mitundu yonse ya anthu idzasonkhana kumeneko kulemekeza dzina la Atate wathu. Sadzatsatanso mitima yawo yosamvera ndi yoipa. 18M'masiku amenewo nyumba ya Yuda idzaphatikana ndi nyumba ya Israyeli, ndipo pamodzi adzachokera ku dziko la kumpoto kudza ku dziko limene ndinalipatsa makolo anu kukhala cholowa. 19Ine ndinati, ‘Taonani mmene ndikanakondwera kukuyika pakati pa ana anga, ndi kukupatsa dziko labwino, cholowa chokongola kwambiri kuposa cha mtundu wina uliwonse!’ Ndipo ndinaganiza kuti udzanditcha kuti, ‘Atate wanga,’ ndipo sudzasiya kunditsatira. 20Koma monga mkazi wosakhulupirika kwa mwamuna wake, momwemonso iwe wakhala wosakhulupirika kwa Ine, iwe nyumba ya Israyeli, atero Atate wako.
21Liwu likumveka pa zitunda zopanda kanthu— kulira ndi kupempha kwa ana a Israyeli—chifukwa apotoza njira yawo, naiwala Atate wawo.
22“Bwererani, inu ana osakhulupirika; ndidzachiritsa kusakhulupirika kwanu.” “Taonani ife, tabwera kwa Inu, pakuti Inu ndinu Atate wathu. 23Zoonadi, phokoso la pa zitunda ndi mapiri ndi lachabe; zoonadi, mwa Atate wathu muli chipulumutso cha Israyeli. 24Kuyambira ubwana wathu, chinthu chochititsa manyazi chija chadya zipatso za ntchito ya makolo athu—nkhosa zawo ndi ng'ombe zawo, ana awo aamuna ndi aakazi. 25Tigone pansi mu manyazi athu, ndipo kunyozeka kwathu kutiphimbe. Pakuti tachimwira Atate wathu—ife ndi makolo athu—kuyambira ubwana wathu mpaka lero, ndipo sitinamvere mau a Atate wathu.”