Bwererani Kuna Ine

Pyakuona pya kubwezeresa kwa akutengwa adabwerera, pyakulatiza kutsogolo Mambo anadza, wakuti anapita mwakupfava pa bulu. Pipikiso pyace pinazungulira pa mafala mabodzi a phangano: iwo anadzakhala anthu anga, Ine Baba wawo.

Kapitulu 1.

Mu caka caciwiri ca Dhariyo, mu mwezi wacisere, fala ya Baba wathu yabwera kuna Zakariya, mwana wa Berekiya, mwana wa Idho, mprofeta: Baba wathu aipirwa kakamwe na ambuya anu.

Na tenepo apange kuti: Baba wa anyankhondo a kudzulu asalonga tenepa: Bwererani kuna Ine, asalonga Baba wa anyankhondo a kudzulu, penepo Ine ndinadzabwerera kuna imwe. Asalonga tenepo Baba wa anyankhondo a kudzulu. Lekani kukhala ninga ambuya anu. Aprofeta akutoma adaalonga kuna iwo kuti: Baba wa anyankhondo a kudzulu asalonga tenepa: Bwerukani cincino kubuluka m'njira zanu zakuipa na m'macitiro anu akuipa. Mbwenye iwo akhonda kundibvesera peno kusamala mafala anga, asalonga Baba wathu.

Ambuya anu—ali kupi cincino? Na aprofeta, iwo asakhala maso mpaka muyaya?

Mbwenye mafala anga na mitemo yanga, adapangwa na Ine kuna atumiki anga aprofeta—kodi nee adaafikira ambuya anu? Penepo iwo abwerera mbalonga kuti: “Ninga Baba wa anyankhondo a kudzulu adanyerezera kuticitira, mwakulandana na njira zathu na macitiro athu, ndi momwe Iye aticitira.”

Baba Asatuma Akwereri Ace

Pa ntsiku ya makumi mawiri na manai ya mwezi wa khumi na ubodzi, wakucemerwa Xebati, mu caka caciwiri ca Dhariyo, fala ya Baba wathu yabwera kuna Zakariya, mwana wa Berekiya, mwana wa Idho, mprofeta: Mu masiku ndaona masomphenya—patsogolo panga pakhali na mamuna akhakwira kavalo wakufwira, adalimira pakati pa miti ya mirto mu cigwa, na kunduli kwace kukhali na makavalo akufwira, akupswipa, na akucena. Ndabvundza tenepa: “Pyenepi ndi pyanji, mbuya wanga?” Anju akhalonga na ine antawira tenepa: “Ndinakupangiza kuti pyenepi ndi pyanji.”

Mamuna adalimira pakati pa miti ya mirto atawira tenepa: “Awa ndi ale adatumwa na Baba wathu toera kuzungulira dziko yonsene.”

Iwo apereka mphangwa kuna mthenga wa Baba wathu adalimira pakati pa miti ya mirto, mbalonga: “Tazungulira kale dziko yonsene; dziko yonsene iri pa kupuma na ntendere.”

Penepo mthenga wa Baba wathu alonga tenepa: “Baba wa anyankhondo a kudzulu, mpaka lini munadzakhonda kubvera ntsisi Yerusalemi na mizinda ya Yuda, mwakuaipirwa pyaka pino makumi manomwe?”

Na tenepo Baba wathu alonga mafala adidi akubalangaza kuna anju akhalonga na ine.

Penepo anju akhalonga na ine andipanga tenepa: “Longa kuti: Baba wa anyankhondo a kudzulu asalonga tenepa: Ine ndiri na bibvu bikulu thangwi ya Yerusalemi na Siyoni,” mbwenye ndaipirwa kakamwe na mitundu ya anthu yakukhala mwadeko; Ine ndaipirwa pang'ono basi, mbwenye iwo athimizira kuonongeka. Na tenepo Baba wathu asalonga: Ine ndinadzabwerera ku Yerusalemi na ntsisi; penepo nyumba yanga inadzamangwa pontho, asalonga Baba wa anyankhondo a kudzulu, na cingwe cakuyesera cinadzatambanudzwa pa Yerusalemi.

Longa pontho kuti: Asalonga tenepo Baba wa anyankhondo a kudzulu: Mizinda yanga inadzadzala pontho na upfumi; Baba wathu anadzabalangaza pontho Siyoni mbasankhula pontho Yerusalemi.

Nyanga na Amisiri

Penepo ndayang'ana padzulu, mbaona nyanga zinai patsogolo panga. Ndabvundza anju akhalonga na ine tenepa: “Pyenepi ndi pyanji?” Iye atawira tenepa: “Izi ndi nyanga zidamwaza Yuda, Izarayeli, na Yerusalemi.”

Penepo Baba wathu andipangiza amisiri anai. Ndabvundza tenepa: “Awa asabwera kudzacitanji?” Iye atawira tenepa: “Nyanga izi zidamwaza Yuda mwakuti nkhabe munthu akhakwanisa kulamusa nsolo wace; mbwenye amisiri awa abwera toera kuagopesa na kugwisa pantsi nyanga zidalamuswa na mitundu ya anthu kutsutsana na dziko ya Yuda toera kuimwaza.”