Yobu 18 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

18 ¹Ndipo Bilidadi Mshuhi anayankha nati: ²“Kodi udzasaka mawu mpaka liti? Khala ndi nzeru, ndipo pamenepo titha kukambirana. ³N'chifukwa chiyani timachitidwa ngati ng'ombe, kuwerengedwa opusa pamaso pako? ⁴Iwe amene umadzing'amba wekha ndi mkwiyo wako—kodi dziko lapansi lisiyidwe chifukwa cha iwe, kapena thanthwe lichotsedwe pamalo pake? ⁵Inde, kuwala kwa oyipa kumazimitsidwa, ndipo lawi la moto wake limazima. ⁶Kuwala kumasanduka mdima m'chihema chake, ndipo nyale ya pamwamba pake imazima. ⁷Mapazi ake amphamvu amadulidwa, ndipo machenjera ake amamgwetsa. ⁸Mapazi ake amamuponya mu ukonde, ndipo amayenda kulowa m'maukonde ake. ⁹Msampha umamgwira pa chidendene; diwa limamugwiritsa kolimba. ¹⁰Chingwe chamsampha chabisidwa pansi chomuyembekezera, ndipo msampha ukumudikirira panjira yake. ¹¹Zoopsa zimamuopseza mbali zonse ndi kumuthamangitsa kumbuyo kwake. ¹²Mphamvu zake zimatha ndi njala, ndipo tsoka likudikira kugwa kwake. ¹³Limadya zidutswa za khungu lake; mwana woyamba wa imfa amadya ziwalo zake. ^a a v13 “Mwana woyamba wa imfa” ndi mawu andakatulo osonyeza matenda akupha, owondetsa—mthenga wakupha koposa wa imfa. ¹⁴Amachotsedwa pa chitetezo cha chihema chake ndi kutengedwa kupita kwa mfumu ya zoopsa. ¹⁵Moto umakhazikika m'chihema chake, chomwe sichili chake; sulufule woyaka umamwazidwa pa nyumba yake. ¹⁶Mizu yake imauma pansi, ndipo nthambi zake zimafota pamwamba. ¹⁷Kukumbukiridwa kwake kumatha pa dziko lapansi, ndipo alibe dzina m'misewu. ¹⁸Amachotsedwa pa kuwala kupita ku mdima ndi kuthamangitsidwa kunja kwa dziko lapansi. ¹⁹Alibe mwana kapena mdzukulu pakati pa anthu ake, palibe wotsala kumene anakhalako. ²⁰Anthu a kumadzulo amadabwa ndi tsoka lake, ndipo a kum'mawa amagwidwa ndi mantha. ²¹Zoonadi, umu ndi mmene zimakhalira malo okhala a oyipa, malo a munthu amene sadziwa Mulungu.”