Atate Amabwezeretsa Mkulu wa Ansembe
Yoswa mkulu wa ansembe ayimirira atavala zovala zauve, Woneneza ali pambali pake. Mlanduwo suyankhidwa ndi mkangano: Atate wathu akulamula kuti amuvule zovala zauvezo, amupatse mikanjo yoyera, kulakwa kwa dziko kuchotsedwe tsiku limodzi, ndipo Nthambi ikulengezedwa.
3 1Ndipo anandionetsa Yoswa mkulu wa ansembe atayimirira pamaso pa mthenga wa Atate wathu, ndipo Woneneza anayima ku dzanja lake lamanja kuti amneneze.
2Ndipo Atate wathu anati kwa Woneneza, “Akudzudzule iwe, Woneneza! Iye amene wasankha Yerusalemu akudzudzule iwe! Kodi munthu uyu si chikuni choyaka chochotsedwa pamoto?”
3Tsono Yoswa anali atavala zovala zauve pamene anayima pamaso pa mthenga. 4Iye anati kwa amene anayima pamaso pake, “Muchotseni zovala zake zauve.” Ndipo kwa Yoswa anati, “Taona, ndachotsa kulakwa kwako, ndipo ndidzakuveka zovala zokongola.”
5Ndipo ine ndinati, “Amuvekere nduwira yoyera pamutu pake.” Choncho anamuvekera nduwira pamutu pake, namuvekanso zovala, pamene mthenga wa Atate wathu anayima pafupi.
6Ndipo mthenga wa Atate wathu anamlangiza Yoswa mwamphamvu, nati,
7“Atate wa makamu a kumwamba akuti: Ngati udzayenda m'njira zanga nasunga zimene ndikufuna, ndiye udzalamulira nyumba yanga ndi kuyang'anira mabwalo anga, ndipo ndidzakupatsa malo pakati pa amene ayima pano. 8Tamvera tsopano, Yoswa mkulu wa ansembe, iwe ndi anzako amene akhala pamaso pako, pakuti iwo ndi anthu amene ali chizindikiro: Ndatsala pang'ono kubweretsa mtumiki wanga, Nthambi. a a v8 Nthambi ndi limodzi mwa mayina omveka bwino kwambiri a m'Chipangano Chakale a Mesiya amene akudza, amene anakwaniritsidwa mwa Yesu, Mtumiki amene Atate wathu anamtuma (Yeremiya 23:5; Yesaya 11:1). 9Taona mwala umene ndaika pamaso pa Yoswa: pa mwala umodzi umenewu pali maso asanu ndi awiri. Ndidzasema zolembedwa zake, ati Atate wa makamu a kumwamba, ndipo ndidzachotsa kulakwa kwa dziko lino tsiku limodzi. b b v9 Maso asanu ndi awiri pa mwalawo akuyimira chisamaliro changwiro, chosatha cha Mulungu pa dziko lonse lapansi. 10Tsiku limenelo, ati Atate wa makamu a kumwamba, aliyense adzayitana mnansi wake pansi pa mpesa wake ndi pansi pa mkuyu wake.”
