Baba Asafungula Njira

Izarayeli asapangwa kuti aphwanye maguwa a madzindza mbakhonda kumanga nawo banja, thangwi ngozi ndi mtima kupitikirwa. Na iwo nee adasankhulwa thangwi ya kukhala akupambulika: iwo akhali akucepa kakamwe kupiringana mbumba zonsene. Baba wathu aikha ufuni wace pa iwo mbakoya phangano lace. Ineyo ndiyo thangwi.

Kapitulu 7.

Baba wanu angakupitisani m'dziko munapita imwe toera kuutambira, mbathamangisa madzindza mazinji patsogolo panu—Ahiti, Agirigaxi, Aamori, Akanani, Aperizi, Ahivi, na Ajebusi—madzindza manomwe makulu na amphambvu kupita imwe. Baba wanu angakuperekerani iwo, mbamuakunda, musafunika kuafudza kwene kwene. Lekani kucita cibverano na iwo, nee kuabvera ntsisi. Lekani kumanga ukwati na iwo—lekani kupereka ananu akazi kuna ana awo amuna, nee kutambira ana awo akazi toera ana anu amuna. Thangwi iwo anadzagwesa ana anu toera aleke kunditowera Ine mbatumikira milungu inango; ukali wa Baba wathu unadzakuserani, mbakufudzani mwakucimbiza. Mbwenye, citani tenepa kuna iwo: gwesani maguwa awo, phwanyani miyala yawo yakucenwa, gwandani mitengo yawo ya Axera, mbamupisa pifanikiso pyawo pyakusema na moto. Imwe ndimwe mbumba yakucena kuna Baba wanu; Baba wanu akusankhulani pakati pa mbumba zonsene za pantsi pano toera mukhale mbumba yace, cuma cace cakufunika. Baba wanu akufunani mbakusankhulani, tayu thangwi mukhali azinji kupita mbumba zinango—imwe mukhali akucepa kakamwe pa mbumba zonsene. Mbwenye thangwi Baba wanu asakufunani mbakwanirisa pidadumbira Iye kuna ambuya anu, Iye akubulusani na djanja ikulu, mbakuomborani kubuluka n'nyumba ya ubitcu, m'djanja mwa Farao mambo wa Edjitu. Dziwani: Baba wanu ndi Baba wathu, Ule wakukhulupirika anakoya cibverano na kufuna kwakukhulupirika m'mibadwo cikwi, kuna ale anamufuna mbakoya matongero ace, mbwenye asabwezera anyamalwa ace pa nkhope pawo, mbaafudza; Iye nkhabe kucedwa kubwezera nyamalwa pa nkhope pace. Na tenepo, koyani matongero—mitemo na mianyewo—ndinakupangani Ine lero, mbamuacita.

Thangwi munabvera mianyewo iyi, mbamuikoya na kuicita, Baba wanu anadzakukoyerani cibverano na kufuna kwakukhulupirika kudadumbirwa kuna ambuya anu. Iye anadzakufunani, mbakupasani nkhombo, mbakuthimizirani—anadzapasa nkhombo misapo ya m'mimba mwanu na misapo ya munda wanu: tirigu, vinyu ipsa, mafuta, kuthimizirika kwa ng'ombe zanu, na ana a mabira anu—m'dziko idadumbira Iye kuna ambuya anu toera kukupasani. Imwe munadzasimbwa kupita mbumba zonsene; nkhabe m'bodzi pakati panu, mamuna peno nkazi, anadzasowa ana, nee pifuyo pyanu. Baba wanu anadzakubulusirani matenda onsene, mbakhonda kuikha pa imwe utenda uipa wa Edjitu udadziwa imwe, mbwenye anadzauikha pa onsene anakuidani. Fudzani mbumba zonsene zinakupasani Baba wanu. Lekani kuabvera ntsisi nee kutumikira milungu yawo—pyenepi pinadzakutejerani. Munganyerezera kuti: ‘Madzindza awa ndi makulu kupita ine; ndinakwanisa tani kuathamangisa?’ lekani kuagopa. Kumbukani mwadidi pidacita Baba wanu kuna Farao na kuna Edjitu yonsene: mayesero makulu adaona maso anu, pidzindikiro na pirengo, djanja yamphambvu na boko yakutambalaliswa udakubulusani nawo Baba wanu. Baba wanu anadzacita pibodzi-bodzi kuna mbumba zonsene zinagopa imwe. Baba wanu anadzatumiza mavu pakati pawo mpaka ale adasala mbabisala kuna imwe afe. Lekani kuatcamwa, thangwi Baba wanu ali pakati panu, Baba wathu wankulu na wakugopswa. Baba wanu anadzathamangisa madzindza awa patsogolo panu mwapang'ono-pang'ono. Nkhabe kukwanisa kuamalisa mwakucimbiza, thangwi pinyama pya n'thengo pinadzathimizirika kakamwe kuna imwe. Baba wanu anadzakuperekerani iwo, mbaacitisa adzudzumike kakamwe mpaka afudzwe. Iye anadzapereka amambo awo m'djanja mwanu, mbamufudza dzina yawo pantsi pa kudzulu. Nkhabe munthu anadzakwanisa kulimira patsogolo panu mpaka muafudze. Pisani pifanikiso pyakusema pya milungu yawo na moto. Lekani kusirira parata peno oro iri pa iwo, nee kuyitambira toera ikhale yanu, toera mukhonde kutejerwa nayo—iyo ndi yakunyanyasa kuna Baba wanu. Lekani kubweresa cinthu cakunyanyasa n'nyumba mwanu, toera mukhonde kuperekwa ku kufudzwa ninga iyo. Nyanyaswani naco, cisezani, thangwi ciri cakuperekwa ku kufudzwa.