Atate Adzudzula Ansembe Ake
Ansembe akuyankhulidwa mwachindunji ndi mwaukali — chiphunzitso chawo chapunthwitsa anthu, choncho ulemu ukuchotsedwa. Kenako kusakhulupirika komweko m'nyumba: kodi tonse sitili ndi Atate mmodzi? Atate wathu anali mboni ya lumbiro la ukwati, ndipo amadana ndi kung'ambika kwake.
2 1Tsopano, inu ansembe, lamulo ili ndi lanu.
2Ngati simumvera, kapena kuika mumtima mwanu kulemekeza dzina langa, ati Atate wa makamu akumwamba, Ine ndidzatumiza temberero pa inu, ndi kutemberera madalitso anu. Ndawatemberera kale, chifukwa simuika izi mumtima mwanu. 3Ndidzadzudzula mbewu yanu, ndi kupaka ndowe pa nkhope zanu—ndowe ya zikondwerero zanu—ndipo mudzanyamulidwa pamodzi nayo. 4Pamenepo mudzadziwa kuti Ine ndinatumiza lamulo ili kwa inu, kuti pangano langa ndi Levi likhalebe, ati Atate wa makamu akumwamba. 5“Pangano langa ndi iye linali la moyo ndi mtendere; ndinampatsa izo kuti akhale nazo mwaulemu, ndipo anandiopa Ine nanjenjemera pamaso pa dzina langa. 6Chiphunzitso choona chinali mkamwa mwake, choyipa chinalibe pa milomo yake. Anayenda ndi Ine mu mtendere ndi mu ungwiro, nabweza ambiri ku uchimo. 7Milomo ya wansembe imasunga chidziwitso, ndipo anthu amafunafuna chiphunzitso mkamwa mwake, pakuti iye ndiye mthenga wa Atate wa makamu akumwamba. 8Koma inu munapatuka ku njira, ndipo munapunthwitsa ambiri ndi chiphunzitso chanu; munawononga pangano la Levi, ati Atate wa makamu akumwamba. 9Choncho Ine ndinakusandutsani onyozedwa ndi otsika pamaso pa anthu onse, chifukwa simunasunge njira zanga koma munakondera anthu mu chiphunzitso chanu.”
Osakhulupirika Kwa Wina ndi Mnzake ndi Kwa Atate
10Kodi tonsefe tilibe Atate mmodzi? Kodi si Atate mmodzi anatilenga? Chifukwa chiyani timachitirana chinyengo wina ndi mnzake, ndi kudetsa pangano la makolo athu? 11Yuda ndi wosakhulupirika; chinthu chonyansa chachitika mu Isiraeli ndi mu Yerusalemu. Yuda wadetsa malo oyera a Atate wathu, amene Iye amawakonda, ndipo wakwatira mwana wamkazi wa mulungu wachilendo. 12Atate wathu amuchotse mu mahema a Yakobo munthu amene achita ichi—aliyense ameneyo—ngakhale amene abweretsa nsembe kwa Atate wa makamu akumwamba.
13Ndipo chinthu chachiwiri mumachita ndi ichi: mumaphimba guwa la nsembe la Atate wathu ndi misozi, kulira ndi kubuula, chifukwa Iye sayang'ananso nsembe kapena kuilandira mosangalala kuchokera m'dzanja lanu. 14Inu mumafunsa, “Chifukwa chiyani?” Chifukwa Atate wathu anali mboni pakati pa iwe ndi mkazi wa ubwana wako, amene unamuchitira chinyengo—ngakhale anali mnzako, mkazi wako mwa pangano. 15Kodi Atate sanakupange kukhala mmodzi ndi mkazi wako? Mthupi ndi mzimu, ndiwe wake. Nanga Iye afuna chiyani? Ana aumulungu ochokera mu mgwirizano wako. Choncho usamalire mzimu wako; wina asamuchitire chinyengo mkazi wa ubwana wake.
16“Pakuti Ine ndimadana ndi kulekana muukwati,” ati Atate wathu, Atate wa Isiraeli, “ndi aliyense amene aphimba chovala chake ndi chiwawa,” ati Atate wa makamu akumwamba. Choncho usamalire mzimu wako; usakhale wosakhulupirika.
17Mwamutopetsa Atate wathu ndi mawu anu. Komabe mumafunsa, “Kodi tamutopetsa bwanji?” Mwa kunena kuti, “Onse amene amachita zoyipa ndi abwino pamaso pake, ndipo Iye amakondwera nawo”—kapena, “Ali kuti Atate wa chilungamo?”