Atsogoleri Amene Amadya Anthu Awo
Mlanduwu uli ndi zithunzi za kudya anthu: atsogoleri amene asenda khungu la anthu awo ndi kuwadula tizidutswa kuti aphike mumphika. Aneneri alalikira mtendere kwa aliyense amene awadyetsa; Atate wathu sadzayankha. Chifukwa cha amuna amenewa, Ziyoni adzalimidwa ngati munda ndipo phiri la Kachisi lidzasanduka nkhalango.
3 1Ndipo ndinati: Tamverani, inu atsogoleri a Yakobo, olamulira a nyumba ya Israeli! Kodi kudziwa chilungamo si udindo wanu? 2Inu amene mumadana ndi zabwino nimukonda zoipa, amene mumasenda khungu la anthu anga, ndi mnofu wawo pa mafupa awo; 3amene mumadya mnofu wa anthu anga, musenda khungu lawo, ndi kuthyola mafupa awo zidutswazidutswa; amene mumawaduladula ngati nyama ya mu mphika, ngati mnofu wa mkati mwa mphika waukulu. 4Pamenepo adzalirira kwa Atate wathu, koma Iye sadzawayankha; adzawabisira nkhope yake pa nthawi imeneyo, chifukwa cha zoipa zimene anachita.
5Atate wathu akunena izi za aneneri amene amasocheretsa anthu anga: akadyetsedwa, amafuwula kuti “Mtendere,” koma amalengeza nkhondo kwa aliyense amene sayika kanthu m'kamwa mwawo. 6Choncho usiku udzakugwerani, wopanda masomphenya; mdima udzakhala pa inu, wopanda kuwombeza. Dzuwa lidzalowa pa aneneri, ndipo usana udzada pa iwo. 7Alosi adzachita manyazi ndipo owombeza adzanyozedwa; onse adzaphimba pakamwa pawo ndi manyazi, pakuti palibe yankho lochokera kwa Atate wathu.
8Koma ine, ndadzazidwa ndi mphamvu—ndi Mzimu wa Atate wathu—ndiponso ndi chilungamo ndi nyonga, kuti ndilengeze kwa Yakobo kuwukira kwake ndi kwa Israeli tchimo lake. 9Imvani izi, inu atsogoleri a nyumba ya Yakobo ndi olamulira a nyumba ya Israeli, amene mumanyoza chilungamo ndi kupotoza zonse zolungama, 10amene mumamanga Ziyoni ndi magazi, ndi Yerusalemu ndi zoipa. 11Atsogoleri ake amaweruza chifukwa cha ziphuphu, ansembe ake amaphunzitsa chifukwa cha malipiro, ndipo aneneri ake amawombeza chifukwa cha siliva; komatu amatsamira Atate wathu nati, “Kodi Atate wathu sali pakati pathu? Palibe tsoka lingatigwere.” 12Choncho chifukwa cha inu Ziyoni adzalimidwa ngati munda, Yerusalemu adzasanduka mulu wa bwinja, ndipo phiri la Nyumba ya Mulungu lidzakhala chitunda cha nkhalango.
