Kuunika kwa Atate Sikungaletsedwe

Choyikapo nyale chagolide chodyetsedwa ndi mitengo iwiri ya olivi chikuyankha kufooka mtima kwa Zerubabeli pa kachisi wamng'ono wosamalizidwa. Mawu a Atate wathu kwa iye: si ndi mphamvu, kapena ndi nyonga, koma ndi Mzimu wanga. Manja amene anayala maziko adzaumaliza; palibe ayenera kunyoza zinthu zazing'ono.

Chaputala 4.

Ndipo mngelo amene anayankhula ndi ine anabwerera nandidzutsa, monga munthu wodzutsidwa ku tulo. Anafunsa nati, “Ukuona chiyani?” Ine ndinati, “Ndaona choikapo nyale chagolide, mbale pamwamba pake, nyale zisanu ndi ziwiri, ndi matubo asanu ndi awiri a nyale iliyonse ya pamwamba.

Mitengo iwiri ya maolivi ili pafupi nacho, umodzi kudzanja lamanja la mbale, ndi unzake kudzanja lamanzere.”

Ndipo ndinati kwa mngelo amene anayankhula ndi ine, “Zinthu izi nchiyani, mbuye wanga?”

Ndipo mngelo amene anayankhula ndi ine anati, “Kodi sudziwa zimenezi n'chiyani?” Ine ndinati, “Ayi, mbuye wanga.”

Anati kwa ine, “Awa ndi mau a Atate wathu kwa Zerubabeli: Osati mwa mphamvu, kapena mwa nyonga, koma mwa Mzimu wanga, ati Atate wa makamu a kumwamba. Ndiwe yani, iwe phiri lalikulu? Pamaso pa Zerubabeli udzasanduka malo osalala. Adzatulutsa mwala wapamwamba akufuula kuti, ‘Chisomo, chisomo pa iwo!’

Ndipo mau a Atate wathu anadza kwa ine, nati,

Manja a Zerubabeli anayala maziko a nyumba iyi; manja ake adzamaliza nyumbayo. Ndipo mudzadziwa kuti Atate wa makamu a kumwamba anandituma kwa inu. Ndani wanyoza tsiku la zinthu zazing'ono? Adzasangalala, poona chingwe choyezera m'manja mwa Zerubabeli. Izi zisanu ndi ziwiri ndi maso a Atate wathu, amene ayang'anayang'ana dziko lonse lapansi.”

Ndipo ndinamfunsa, nati, “Kodi mitengo iwiri ya maolivi iyi, ya kudzanja lamanja ndi lamanzere la choikapo nyale, nchiyani?” Ndinafunsanso, nati, “Kodi nthambi ziwiri za maolivi izi, zomwe zili pambali pa matubo awiri agolide amene akuthira mafuta agolide, nchiyani?”

Anati kwa ine, “Kodi sudziwa zimenezi n'chiyani?” Ine ndinati, “Ayi, mbuye wanga.”

Anati, “Awa ndi odzozedwa awiri amene aimirira pafupi ndi Ambuye wa dziko lonse lapansi.”