Kuwawidwa Mtima kwa Paulo chifukwa cha Anthu Ake
Paulo akuyamba ndi chisoni, osati mkangano: akanalolera kutembereredwa iye mwini chifukwa cha anthu a mtundu wake. Kenako funso lovuta — kodi mawu a Atate wathu alephera? — likuyankhidwa ndi Isake, Yakobo, Farao ndi woumba mbiya. Isiraeli anapunthwa pofunafuna chilungamo mwa khama m'malo mwa kudalira.
9 1Ndinena choonadi mwa Khristu, osati kunama—chikumbumtima changa chikundichitira umboni mwa Mzimu Woyera, 2kuti ndili ndi chisoni chachikulu ndi kuwawidwa mtima kosalekeza mu mtima mwanga. 3Ndikanakhumba kuti ine mwini nditembereredwe, nichotsedwe kwa Khristu, chifukwa cha abale anga, anthu a mtundu wanga, a magazi omwe. 4Iwo ndi Aisraeli: ali nao umwana wathunthu, ulemerero, mapangano, kupatsidwa kwa lamulo, kupembedza, ndi malonjezo. 5Makolo ndi awo; ndipo kuchokera kwa iwo, mwa kubadwa kwa umunthu, anadza Khristu, amene ndi Mulungu wa zonse, wodalitsika kwamuyaya. Ameni. a a v5 Paulo akumutcha Khristu kuti “Mulungu wa zonse, wodalitsika kwamuyaya” — chimodzi mwa mau omveka bwino kwambiri a m'Chipangano Chatsopano akuti Yesu ndi Mulungu kwenikweni.
6Izi sizitanthauza kuti mau a Atate wathu alephera, pakuti si onse obadwa kuchokera kwa Israeli ali Israeli.
7Si onse mbewu ya Abrahamu ali ana ake; koma, “Mbewu yako idzatchedwa mwa Isake.”
8Ndiko kuti, ana a thupi si ana a Atate wathu, koma ana a lonjezo ndiwo awerengedwa kukhala mbewu.
9Pakuti lonjezo limati: “Pa nthawi ino chaka chamawa Ine ndidzabwera, ndipo Sara adzakhala ndi mwana wamwamuna.”
10Osati zokhazo, komanso Rabeka anatenga pakati ndi mwamuna mmodzi, atate wathu Isake, 11ngakhale asanabadwe, asanachite kanthu kalikonse kabwino kapena koipa—kuti cholinga cha Atate wathu cha kusankha chikhazikike,
12osati kuchokera ku ntchito, koma kuchokera kwa Iye amene aitana, anawuzidwa kuti: “wamkulu adzatumikira wamng'ono.” 13Monga kwalembedwa, “Yakobo ndinamkonda, koma Esau ndinamuda.” b b v13 “Kuda” ndi mau a Chihebri otanthauza kusankha wina kuposa wina — kusankha kwaufulu kwa Atate wathu kwa Yakobo, osati udani kwa Esau.
14Nanga tinene chiyani? Kodi pali chosalungama kwa Atate wathu? Ayi konse!
15Pakuti akuwuza Mose kuti, “Ndidzachitira chifundo amene ndimchitira chifundo, ndipo ndidzamvera chisoni amene ndimamvera chisoni.”
16Choncho sizitengera pa kufuna kwa munthu kapena kuyesetsa kwake, koma pa Atate wathu, amene amachita chifundo.
17Pakuti Malemba akuti kwa Farao: “Ndinakuukitsa pa chifukwa chimenechi, kuti ndionetse mphamvu yanga mwa iwe, ndi kuti dzina langa lilengezedwe pa dziko lonse lapansi.”
18Choncho amachitira chifundo aliyense amene afuna, ndipo amawumitsa mtima wa aliyense amene afuna.
19Choncho udzandifunsa kuti, “Nanga chifukwa chiyani akupezabe cholakwa? Ndani angakane chifuniro chake?” 20Koma iwe ndiwe yani, munthu chabe, kuti utsutsane ndi Atate wathu? Kodi chowumbidwa chinganene kwa wochiwumba kuti, “Nanga unandipangiranji motere?” 21Kodi wowumba mbiya alibe ulamuliro pa dongo, kuti apange kuchokera ku chidutswa chimodzi chotengera cha ulemu, china chosalemekezeka? 22Nanga bwanji ngati Atate wathu, pofuna kuonetsa ukali wake ndi kudziwitsa mphamvu yake, anapirira moleza mtima zotengera za ukali zokonzedwera chiwonongeko, 23kuti aonetse chuma cha ulemerero wake pa zotengera za chifundo zimene anakonzeratu chakale kuti zilandire ulemerero, 24ngakhale ife amene anatiitana, osati kuchokera kwa Ayuda okha komanso kuchokera kwa amitundu?
25Monga akunena mu Hoseya, “Ndidzawatcha amene si ana anga kuti ana anga, ndi iye amene sanali wokondedwa kuti wokondedwa.”
26“Ndipo pa malo pomwepo pamene kunanenedwa kwa iwo kuti, ‘Inu si anthu anga,’ pomwepo adzatchedwa kuti ‘ana a Atate wamoyo.’”
27Yesaya akufuwula za Israeli kuti: “Ngakhale ana a Israeli achuluke ngati mchenga wa m'nyanja, otsalira okha ndiwo adzapulumutsidwa, 28pakuti Atate wathu adzachita chiweruzo chake pa dziko lapansi, mokwanira ndi mosachedwa.”
29Ndipo monga Yesaya ananeneratu kuti: “Atate wa makamu akumwamba akanapanda kutisiyira mbewu, tikanakhala ngati Sodomu, nitifanane ndi Gomora.”
Israeli Anapunthwa pa Mwala
30Nanga tinene chiyani? Amitundu amene sanathamangire chilungamo anapeza chilungamo, chilungamo chochokera ku chikhulupiriro; 31koma Israeli, amene anathamangira lamulo la chilungamo, sanafike pa lamulo limenelo. 32Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa anachithamangira osati mwa chikhulupiriro koma ngati mwa ntchito. Anapunthwa pa mwala wopunthwitsa,
33monga kwalembedwa, “Taonani, Ine ndikuika mu Ziyoni mwala wopunthwitsa, thanthwe lokhumudwitsa; ndipo aliyense amene amamkhulupirira Iye sadzachititsidwa manyazi.”