Atate Akonzanso Paskha
Paska ikusungidwa m'chipululu, ndipo anthu amene adetsedwa ndi mtembo sakungotsekeredwa kunja — Atate wathu akuwapatsa tsiku lina patatha mwezi umodzi. Kenako mtambo wa pamwamba pa chihema ndiwo ukuyendetsa ulendo: Israeli akunyamuka ndi kumanga misasa pokhapokha iye akasuntha.
9 1Atate wathu anayankhula ndi Mose m'chipululu cha Sinai, mwezi woyamba wa chaka chachiwiri atachoka ku Igupto, nati:
2“Ana a Israeli achite Paskha pa nthawi yake yoikidwa. 3Pa tsiku la khumi ndi chinayi la mweziwu, madzulo, muichite pa nthawi yake yoikidwa, molingana ndi malamulo ake onse ndi miyambo yake yonse.”
4Choncho Mose anauza ana a Israeli kuti achite Paskha. 5M'chipululu cha Sinai, anachita Paskha pa tsiku la khumi ndi chinayi la mwezi woyamba, madzulo, monga Atate wathu anamlamula Mose; motero ana a Israeli anachita. 6Koma anthu ena anali odetsedwa chifukwa chokhudza mtembo, moti sanathe kuchita Paskha tsiku limenelo, kotero anabwera pamaso pa Mose ndi Aroni tsiku limenelo. 7Anthu amenewo anati kwa iye, “Ife ndife odetsedwa chifukwa cha mtembo. Chifukwa chiyani tiletsedwe kupereka nsembe ya Atate wathu pa nthawi yake yoikidwa pakati pa ana a Israeli?”
8Ndipo Mose anati kwa iwo, “Dikirani pano kufikira nditamva zimene Atate wathu adzalamula pa zimenezi.”
9Atate wathu anayankhula ndi Mose, nati,
10“Uza ana a Israeli: Ngati wina wa inu kapena wa mbadwa zanu ali wodetsedwa chifukwa cha mtembo, kapena ali paulendo wautali, akhozabe kuchita Paskha wa Atate wathu. 11Mwezi wachiwiri, pa tsiku la khumi ndi chinayi, madzulo, achite Paskha, nadya pamodzi ndi mkate wopanda chofufumitsa ndi masamba owawa. 12Asasiye kanthu mpaka m'mawa, asathyole fupa lake lililonse, ndipo achite monga mwa malamulo onse a Paskha. 13Koma munthu akakhala woyera ndipo sali paulendo, komabe wosachita Paskha, munthu ameneyo achotsedwe pakati pa anthu ake, chifukwa sanapereke nsembe ya Atate wathu pa nthawi yake yoikidwa; munthu ameneyo adzasenza tchimo lake. a a v13 Kukhala ‘wochotsedwa pakati pa anthu ake’ kunkatanthauza kuthamangitsidwa kwenikweni mu gulu la pangano la Israeli.
14“Ngati mlendo wokhala pakati panu afuna kuchita Paskha wa Atate wathu, atsatire lamulo ndi mwambo wa Paskha. Lamulo limodzi likhudza mlendo ndi mbadwa ya m'dziko momwemo.”
Mtambo Umatsogolera Njira
15Pamene chihema—tenti ya umboni—chinaimikidwa, mtambo unachiphimba; kuyambira madzulo mpaka m'mawa unkaoneka ngati moto pamwamba pa chihema. 16Zinkakhala motero nthawi zonse: mtambo unkachiphimba masana, ndipo maonekedwe a moto usiku. 17Nthawi iliyonse mtambo ukakwera kuchoka pamwamba pa tenti, ana a Israeli ankanyamuka; kulikonse umene ukakhazikika, ana a Israeli ankamanga misasa. 18Mwa lamulo la Atate wathu ana a Israeli ankanyamuka; mwa lamulo la Atate wathu ankamanga misasa. Nthawi yonse imene mtambo unkakhala pamwamba pa chihema, ankakhalabe m'misasa. 19Pamene mtambo unkakhalitsa pamwamba pa chihema masiku ambiri, ana a Israeli ankasunga lamulo la Atate wathu ndipo sankanyamuka. 20Nthawi zina mtambo unkakhala pa chihema masiku owerengeka okha: mwa lamulo la Atate wathu ankamanga misasa, mwa lamulo la Atate wathu ankanyamuka. 21Nthawi zina mtambo unkakhala kuyambira madzulo mpaka m'mawa; ukakwera m'mawa, ankanyamuka. Kaya masana kapena usiku, mtambo ukakwera, ankanyamuka. 22Kaya masiku awiri, mwezi umodzi, kapena kupitirira apo, pamene mtambo unkakhala pamwamba pa chihema, Israeli ankakhala m'misasa ndipo sankanyamuka; ukakwera, ankanyamuka. 23Mwa lamulo la Atate wathu ankamanga misasa; mwa lamulo lake ankanyamuka. Ankasunga lamulo lake, mwa lamulo la Atate wathu kudzera mwa Mose.
