Kumbukani Baba Wanu Anakupasani Pyonsene
Pyaka makumanai pya njala na mana pikhali kupfundzisa: anthu nee asakhala na umaso na pao basi. Ninga munthu anasandika mwana wace, Baba wanu asakusandikani. Ngozi yandimomwene ndi dziko ladidi — mimba zakukhuta, mafuyo akuthimizirika, na mtima unalonga kuti dzanja langa ndalo lidacita pyenepi.
8 1Bverani mwadidi matongero onsene anakupangani Ine lero, toera mukhale maso, muthimizike, mupite, mbamutambira dziko idadumbira Baba wathu kuna ambuya anu. 2Kumbukani njira yonsene idakutsogolerani Baba wanu mu pyaka makumanai mu thando, toera kukucepesani na kukuyeserani, toera kudziwa pikhali muntima mwanu—khala mbamubvera matongero ace peno nkhabe. 3Iye akucepesani, akuphatisani njala, buluka penepo akudyesani mana ikhadadziwa imwe tayu, nee ambuya anu, toera kukupfundzisani kuti munthu nkhabe kukhala maso na nkate basi, mbwenye na fala yonsene inabuluka mu mulomo mwa Baba wathu. 4Nguwo zanu nkhazikalamba tayu, miyendo yanu nkhaifufumuka tayu, mu pyaka makumanai anewa. 5Dziwani tenepo muntima mwanu kuti, ninga mamuna anasandika mwanace, ndi tenepo Baba wanu anakusandikani. 6Na tenepo bverani matongero a Baba wanu, mbamufamba munjira zace, mbamun'gopa Iye. 7Thangwi Baba wanu ali kukupitisani mu dziko yadidi—dziko ya mikulo, masulo, na madzi akuzika anadonga nkati mwa maguwa na mapiri, 8dziko ya tirigu na sevada, uva, maonde, na miromano; dziko ya mafuta a oliva na uci. 9Dziko munadya imwe nkate mwakukhonda kuperewera, mwakusowa cinthu—dziko ya mwala wa utale, mapiri ace munakumba imwe toera kugumana koporo. 10Mungamala kudya mbamukhuta, musafunika kusimba Baba wanu thangwi ya dziko yadidi idakupasani Iye.
11Samalani toera lekani kuduwala Baba wanu, mbamukhonda kubvera matongero ace, mautongi ace, na mitemo yace inakupangani Ine lero, 12thangwi mungamala kudya mbamukhuta, mbamumanga nyumba zadidi mbamukhala mwenemo, 13pontho ng'ombe zanu na mabira anu mbazithimizika, parata yanu na oro mbazithimizika, na pyonsene piri na imwe mbapithimizika, 14penepo ntima wanu mbaudzikuza, mbamuduwala Baba wanu, ule adakubulusani mu dziko ya Edjipitu, mu nyumba ya ubitcu, 15ule adakutsogolerani kupita mu thando ikulu yakugopswa, ya nyoka zakupha na zinkhanyi, ya kuuma kwa dziko na kusowa kwa madzi, ule adakubulusirani madzi mu mwala wakuwuma, 16ule adakudyesani mana mu thando, ikhadadziwa ambuya anu tayu, toera kukucepesani na kukuyeserani, toera pakumalisa akucitireni pyadidi. 17Samalani—lekani kulonga muntima mwanu: “Mphambvu yanga, na nyongo wa manja anga, ndizo zidandipasa upfumi uyu.” 18Kumbukani Baba wanu, thangwi Iye asakupasani mphambvu toera kugumana upfumi, toera kuwangisa cibverano cace cidadumbira Iye kuna ambuya anu, ninga pyiri lero.
19Mbwenye mungaduwala Baba wanu, mbamuenda kuna milungu inango, mbamuitumikira na kuigodamira, Ine ndisapereka umboni wakutsutsana na imwe lero: imwe munadzafudzika kwenesa. 20Ninga madzindza anafudza Baba wathu patsogolo panu, imwe-mbo munadzafudzika, thangwi nee mwabvera fala ya Baba wanu.
