Atate Abweretsa Mlandu Wawo
Atate wathu atengera anthu ake kubwalo lamilandu pamaso pa mapiri, nawafunsa chimene anawachita kuti awatopetse. Yankho la chimene iye afuna ndi lodziwika bwino ndi lomveka: chitani chilungamo, kondani chifundo, yendani modzichepetsa ndi Atate wanu. Kenako chilango: kudya osakhuta, ndi kufesa osakolola.
6 1Imvani zimene Atate wathu akunena: Imirira, nena mlandu wako pamaso pa mapiri; zitunda zimve liwu lako.
2Imvani, inu mapiri, mlandu wa Atate wathu, ndi inu maziko okhazikika a dziko lapansi; pakuti Atate wathu ali ndi mlandu ndi anthu ake, ndipo adzatsutsana ndi Israeli.
3Ana anga, ndachita chiyani kwa inu? Ndakutopetsani bwanji? Ndiyankheni! 4Pakuti ndinakutulutsani m'dziko la Igupto ndi kukuwombolani kuchokera m'nyumba ya ukapolo; ndinatuma patsogolo panu Mose, Aroni, ndi Miriamu. 5Ana anga, kumbukirani zimene Balaki mfumu ya Mowabu anakonza, ndi zimene Balaamu mwana wa Beori anayankha iye, kuchokera ku Sitimu mpaka ku Giligala, kuti mudziwe ntchito zolungama za Atate wanu. a a v5 Balaki analemba ganyu Balaamu kuti atemberere Israeli (Numeri 22–25); ulendo wochokera ku Sitimu mpaka ku Giligala ukumbutsa kukhulupirika kwa Atate wathu mpaka pa kulowa m'Dziko Lolonjezedwa (Yoswa 3–4).
6Kodi ndidzabweretse chiyani ndikadza pamaso pa Atate wathu? Kodi ndidzagwade bwanji pamaso pa Atate wathu wa Kumwamba? Kodi ndidzabwera kwa Iye ndi nsembe zopsereza, ndi ana a ng'ombe a chaka chimodzi? 7Kodi Atate wathu adzakondwera ndi nkhosa zazimuna zikwizikwi, ndi mitsinje ya mafuta 10,000? Kodi ndidzapereka mwana wanga woyamba kubadwa chifukwa cha kuwukira kwanga, mwana wa m'thupi mwanga chifukwa cha tchimo la moyo wanga? 8Iye wakuuzani chimene chili chabwino; ndipo kodi Atate wathu afuna chiyani kwa inu koma kuchita chilungamo, kukonda chifundo, ndi kuyenda modzichepetsa pamodzi ndi Atate wanu? b b v8 Pamene matanthauzidwe akale amati “yenda modzichepetsa pamodzi ndi Mulungu wako,” FHB imamva kuyandikana kumene mauwa akutanthauza: Atate wathu akuyitana ana ake kuti ayende pafupi ndi Iye, osati kungomvera chabe mulungu wakutali.
Chilango cha Atate Chagwa
9Liwu la Atate wathu likuyitana mzinda— ndipo ndi nzeru kuopa dzina lanu—“Imvani, inu fuko, ndi amene analiyika! 10Kodi padakali chuma cha kuipa m'nyumba ya anthu oipa, ndi muyeso wochepa wotembereredwa? 11Kodi ndingamutenge ngati wosalakwa munthu amene ali ndi sikelo zachinyengo, wokhala ndi thumba la miyala yonyenga? 12Anthu ako olemera ndi odzaza ndi chiwawa, okhalamo mwako amanena mabodza, ndipo malilime awo ndi odzaza ndi chinyengo. 13Choncho Ine ndayamba kukukantha, kukusandutsa bwinja chifukwa cha machimo ako. 14Udzadya koma sudzakhuta, ndipo njala yako idzakhala mkati mwako; udzasunga koma sudzapulumutsa, ndipo chimene udzasunga ndidzachipereka ku lupanga. 15Udzafesa koma sudzakolola; udzayenga maolivi koma sudzakhala ndi mafuta oti udzagwiritse ntchito, ndipo udzapsinya mphesa koma sudzamwa vinyo. 16Pakuti wasunga malamulo a Omuri ndi ntchito zonse za nyumba ya Ahabu, ndipo watsatira njira zawo; choncho ndidzakusandutsa bwinja ndi okhalamo mwako chinyozo, ndipo udzasenza chipongwe cha ana anga.” c c v16 Omuri ndi Ahabu anali ena mwa mafumu oyipa kwambiri a Israeli, odziwika chifukwa cha kutsogolera mtunduwo m'kupembedza mafano kwakukulu (1 Mafumu 16–21).
