Kasupe wa Misozi
Yeremiya akulakalaka akanatha kulira kosaleka, kapena kuchoka kotheratu, chifukwa anansi ndi abale asandutsa bodza kukhala luso. Atate wathu akuti dziko lidzakhala lopanda anthu ndi kubalalitsidwa. Chinthu chokhacho choyenera kudzitamandira nacho ndi kumudziwa iye — chikondi chokhulupirika, chilungamo, chilungamo cholungama, zimene iye amakondweradi nazo.
9 1Ndikanakhala ndi mutu wokhala kasupe wa madzi, ndi maso anga kukhala kasupe wa misozi, kuti ndikhale ndikulira usana ndi usiku chifukwa cha ophedwa a mwana wamkazi wa anthu anga! 2Ndikanakhala ndi malo ogona a apaulendo m'chipululu, kuti ndisiye anthu anga ndipo ndichoke kwa iwo! Pakuti onse ndi achigololo, gulu la anthu achinyengo.
3Amakoka lilime lawo ngati uta; bodza, osati choonadi, chalimba m'dziko. Amachoka ku choipa kupita ku choipa china, ndipo sandidziwa Ine, ati Atate wathu.
4Aliyense achenjere ndi mnansi wake, ndipo asadalire m'bale wina aliyense; pakuti m'bale aliyense ndi wachinyengo, ndipo mnansi aliyense amayendayenda akusinjirira.
5Aliyense amanamiza mnansi wake, ndipo palibe amene amanena choonadi; aphunzitsa malilime awo kunena bodza, nadzitopetsa ndi kuchita zoipa. 6Iwe umakhala pakati pa chinyengo; chifukwa cha chinyengo chawo akukana kundidziwa Ine, ati Atate wathu.
7Chifukwa chake Atate wa magulu ankhondo a Kumwamba akuti: Ndili pafupi kuwayenga ndi kuwayesa, pakuti kodi ndingachite chiyani china, chifukwa cha mwana wamkazi wa anthu anga? 8Lilime lawo ndi muvi wakupha; limanena chinyengo. Ndi pakamwa pake aliyense amanena za mtendere kwa mnansi wake, koma mu mtima mwake amamubisalira. 9Kodi ndisawalange chifukwa cha zinthu izi? ati Atate wathu. Kodi mtima wanga usabwezere pa mtundu wa anthu ngati uwu? 10“Ndidzalira ndi kubuma chifukwa cha mapiri, ndipo ndidzayimba nyimbo yamaliro chifukwa cha msipu wa m'chipululu, pakuti wasanduka bwinja kotero kuti palibe amene amadutsamo, ndipo kubuma kwa ng'ombe sikumvekanso. Kuyambira mbalame za mlengalenga kufikira nyama, zonse zathawa nazipita. 11Ndidzasandutsa Yerusalemu mulu wa mabwinja, phanga la nkhandwe; ndipo ndidzasandutsa mizinda ya Yuda bwinja, yopanda wokhalamo.”
12Ndani ali wanzeru mokwanira kuti azindikire izi? Kodi pakamwa pa Atate wathu palankhula ndi yani, kuti afotokoze chifukwa chake dziko lawonongedwa, lopseredwa ngati chipululu, lopanda wodutsamo?
13Ndipo Atate wathu akuti: Chifukwa anasiya chilangizo changa, chimene ndinawapatsa, ndipo sanamvere mau anga kapena kuyenda mmenemo, 14koma mwa khani anatsatira mitima yawoyawo ndipo anatsatira a Baala, monga momwe atate awo anawaphunzitsira. 15Chifukwa chake Atate wa magulu ankhondo a Kumwamba, Atate wathu wa Israeli, akuti: Ndidzadyetsa anthu awa chakudya chowawa ndipo ndidzawapatsa madzi a ululu kuti amwe. 16Ndidzawabalalitsa pakati pa mitundu ya anthu imene iwo ndi atate awo sanayidziwe, ndipo ndidzatuma lupanga kuwatsata iwo kufikira nditawawononga.
17Atate wa magulu ankhondo a Kumwamba akuti: Lingalirani! Itanani akazi odziwa kulira maliro; tumizani kukaitana akatswiri a nyimbo zamaliro. 18Afulumire ndipo atuluke mawu akulira chifukwa cha ife, kuti maso athu atsike misozi ndipo zikope zathu zitsike madzi.
19Pakuti mawu akulira akumveka kuchokera ku Ziyoni: Kalanga ife, tawonongeka! Tachita manyazi kwambiri, pakuti tasiya dziko, pakuti agwetsa nyumba zathu. 20Tsopano imvani mau a Atate wathu, inu akazi; makutu anu alandire mau a pakamwa pake. Phunzitsani ana anu aakazi kulira maliro, ndipo aliyense mnansi wake nyimbo yamaliro. 21Pakuti imfa yakwera kulowa m'mazenera athu; yalowa m'nyumba zathu zaufumu, kudula ana kuwachotsa m'misewu ndi anyamata kuwachotsa m'mabwalo.
22Nena kuti: Atate wathu akuti: Mitembo ya anthu idzagwa ngati ndowe pa munda wotseguka, ngati mitolo ya tirigu yotsalira kumbuyo kwa wokolola, popanda wina woyisonkhanitsa.
23Atate wathu akuti: Wanzeru asanyadire nzeru zake, wamphamvu asanyadire mphamvu zake, wolemera asanyadire chuma chake; 24koma amene amanyadira anyadire ndi ichi: kuti amandizindikira ndi kundidziwa Ine—kuti Ine ndine Atate wanu, amene amachita ndi chikondi chokhulupirika, chiweruzo cholungama, ndi chilungamo pa dziko lapansi; pakuti mu zinthu izi ndikondwera, ati Atate wathu.
25Taonani, masiku akubwera, ati Atate wathu, pamene ndidzalanga onse amene anachita mdulidwe wa m'thupi lokha. 26Igupto, Yuda, Edomu, ana a Amoni, Mowabu, ndi onse amene amameta tsitsi la m'mbali mwa mutu ndipo amakhala m'chipululu. Pakuti mitundu yonseyi ndi yosachita mdulidwe, ndipo nyumba yonse ya Israeli ndi yolimba mtima.