M'mawu a Mulungu, timawerenga momwe Iye amatilimbikitsira kuthandiza osauka ndi kusamalira ofooka. Mtima wake umagunda chifukwa cha osowa, ndipo akutiuza kuti tichitepo kanthu powateteza!
Tili anthu a Mulungu, tiyenera kukumbukira kuti malemba ndi chisonyezero cha nzeru, chilango, ndi chikondi chosatha cha Mulungu, ndipo mmenemo Ambuye amalankhula nafe tonse kuti titonthoze ndikuthandiza osauka ndi osoŵa a dziko lino.
M’buku la Miyambo 3:27-28 (Buku Lopatulika) limati: “Usakana kuchitira zabwino munthu woyenera, pamene uli ndi mphamvu yochitira zimenezo. Usanene ndi mnzako, Pita, nubwerenso, ndipo mawa ndidzakupatsa, pamene uli nazo tsopano.” Kuyambira m’chipangano chakale mpaka chatsopano, tikuona chikhumbo cha Mulungu kuti ana ake achitire chifundo osauka ndi osoŵa.
Yesu anati osauka adzakhala nafe nthawi zonse, anatinso amene achitira chifundo osauka, odwala, ndi osoŵa, kwenikweni amatumikira Yesu mwiniwake (Mateyu 25:35-40) ndipo chifukwa chake, adzalandira mphotho.
Ndikukulangiza pano, kuti usakane kuchita zabwino, khalani chitoliro cha madalitso kwa onse omwe alibe chiyembekezo ndikusiya chizindikiro chosatha cha chikondi m'derali lomwe lawonongeka ndi chidani ndi kusayanjanitšana.
Ndadziwa ngakhale kupeputsidwa, ndadziwanso kusefukira; konseko ndi m'zinthu zonse ndalowa mwambo wakukhuta, ndiponso wakumva njala; wakusefukira, ndiponso wakusowa.
monga akumva chisoni, koma akukondwera nthawi zonse; monga aumphawi, koma akulemeretsa ambiri; monga okhala opanda kanthu, ndipo akhala nazo zinthu zonse.
Adzatisiyanitsa ndani ndi chikondi cha Khristu? Nsautso kodi, kapena kupsinjika mtima, kapena kuzunza, kapena njala, kapena usiwa, kapena zoopsa kapena lupanga kodi?
Pakuti sadzaiwalika nthawi zonse waumphawi, kapena chiyembekezo cha ozunzika sichidzaonongeka kosatha.
Alipo wodziyesa wolemera, koma alibe kanthu; alipo wodziyesa wosauka, koma ali ndi chuma chambiri.
Ndipo Iye anakweza maso ake kwa ophunzira ake, nanena, Odala osauka inu; chifukwa uli wanu ufumu wa Mulungu.
Munthu uyu wozunzika anafuula, ndipo Yehova anamumva, nampulumutsa m'masautso ake onse.
monga kwalembedwa, Anabalalitsa, anapatsa kwa osauka; chilungamo chake chikhale kunthawi yonse.
Mverani, abale anga okondedwa; kodi Mulungu sanasankha osauka a dziko lapansi akhale olemera ndi chikhulupiriro, ndi olowa nyumba a ufumu umene adaulonjeza kwa iwo akumkonda Iye?
Koma iye anayankha nanena kwa iwo, Iye amene ali nao malaya awiri apatse kwa iye amene alibe; ndi iye amene ali nazo zakudya achite chomwecho.
Koma pamene ukonza phwando uitane aumphawi, opunduka, otsimphina, akhungu;
ndipo udzakhala wodala; chifukwa iwo alibe chakubwezera iwe mphotho; pakuti idzabwezedwa mphotho pa kuuka kwa olungama.
Nanga mafuta onunkhira awa sanagulitsidwa chifukwa ninji ndi marupiya atheka mazana atatu, ndi kupatsidwa kwa osauka?
Ndipo ndidziwa kuti lamulo lake lili moyo wosatha; chifukwa chake zimene ndilankhula, monga momwe Atate wanena ndi Ine, momwemo ndilankhula.
Koma ananena ichi si chifukwa analikusamalira osauka, koma chifukwa anali mbala, ndipo pokhala nalo thumba, amaba zoikidwamo.
Musamasautsa wolembedwa ntchito, wakukhala waumphawi ndi wosauka, wa abale anu kapena wa alendo ali m'dziko mwanu, m'midzi mwanu.
Ndipo ndingakhale ndipereka chuma changa chonse kudyetsa osauka, ndipo ndingakhale ndipereka thupi langa alitenthe m'moto, koma ndilibe chikondi, sindipindula kanthu ai.
Mzimu wa Ambuye uli pa Ine, chifukwa chake Iye anandidzoza Ine ndiuze anthu osauka Uthenga Wabwino: anandituma Ine kulalikira am'nsinga mamasulidwe, ndi akhungu kuti apenyanso, kutulutsa ndi ufulu ophwanyika,
Ndinali mwana ndipo ndakalamba; ndipo sindinapenya wolungama wasiyidwa, kapena mbumba zake zilinkupempha chakudya.
Koma iye amene ali nacho chuma cha dziko lapansi, naona mbale wake ali wosowa ndi kutsekereza chifundo chake pommana iye, nanga chikondi cha Mulungu chikhala mwa iye bwanji?
Chifukwa kuti sanakumbukire kuchita chifundo, koma analondola wozunzika ndi waumphawi, ndi wosweka mtima, kuti awaphe.
Ukakongoletsa ndalama anthu anga osauka okhala nanu, usamkhalira ngati wangongole; usamwerengera phindu.
Pakuti adzapulumutsa waumphawi wofuulayo; ndi wozunzika amene alibe mthandizi.
Adzachitira nsoni wosauka ndi waumphawi, nadzapulumutsa moyo wa aumphawi.
Gulitsani zinthu muli nazo, nimupatse mphatso zachifundo; mudzikonzere matumba a ndalama amene sakutha, chuma chosatha m'Mwamba, kumene mbala siziyandikira, ndipo njenjete siziononga.
Mundichotsere kutali zachabe ndi mabodza; musandipatse umphawi, ngakhale chuma, mundidyetse zakudya zondiyenera;
ndingakhute ndi kukukanani, ndi kuti, Yehova ndani? Kapena ndingasauke ndi kuba, ndi kutchula dzina la Mulungu wanga pachabe.
Yesu ananena naye, Ngati ufuna kukhala wangwiro, pita, kagulitse zomwe uli nazo, nupatse aumphawi, ndipo udzakhala ndi chuma Kumwamba; ndipo ukadze kuno, unditsate.
Mzimu wa Ambuye Yehova uli pa ine; pakuti Yehova wandidzoza ine ndilalikire mau abwino kwa ofatsa; Iye wanditumiza ndikamange osweka mtima, ndikalalikire kwa am'nsinga mamasulidwe, ndi kwa omangidwa kutsegulidwa kwa m'ndende;
Alipo wogawira, nangolemerabe; aliponso womana chomwe ayenera kupatsa nangosauka.
Mtima wa mataya udzalemera; wothirira madzi nayenso adzathiriridwa.
akhungu alandira kuona kwao, ndi opunduka miyendo ayenda, akhate akonzedwa, ndi ogontha akumva, ndi akufa aukitsidwa, ndi kwa aumphawi ulalikidwa Uthenga Wabwino.
Lamulira iwo achuma m'nthawi yino ya pansi pano, kuti asadzikuze, kapena asayembekezere chuma chosadziwika kukhala kwake, koma Mulungu, amene atipatsa ife zonse kochulukira, kuti tikondwere nazo;
kuti achite zabwino, nachuluke ndi ntchito zabwino, nakondwere kugawira ena, nayanjane;
nadzikundikire okha maziko okoma ku nyengo ikudzayi, kuti akagwire moyo weniweniwo.
Wochitira chiphwete aumphawi atonza Mlengi; wokondwera ndi tsoka sadzapulumuka chilango.
Koma m'mene Yesu anamva, anati kwa iye, Usowa chinthu chimodzi: gulitsa zilizonse uli nazo, nugawire osauka; ndipo udzakhala nacho chuma chenicheni m'Mwamba; ndipo ukadze kuno, unditsate Ine.
Pakuti kunakondweretsa a ku Masedoniya ndi Akaya kuchereza osauka a kwa oyera mtima a ku Yerusalemu.
Ukaona anthu alikutsendereza aumphawi, ndi kuchotsa chilungamo ndi chiweruzo mwachiwawa pa dera lina la dziko, usazizwepo; pakuti mkulu wopambana asamalira; ndipo alipo akulu ena oposa amenewo.
Chifukwa Inu mwakhala linga la aumphawi, linga la osowa m'kuvutidwa kwake, pobisalira chimphepo, mthunzi wa pa dzuwa, pamene kuomba kwa akuopsa kufanana ndi chimphepo chakuomba tchemba.
Ndipo panali munthu mwini chuma amavala chibakuwa ndi nsalu yabafuta, nasekera, nadyerera masiku onse;
Ndipo anamuitana, nati kwa iye, Ichi ndi chiyani ndikumva za iwe? Undiwerengere za ukapitao wako; pakuti sungathe kukhalabe kapitao.
ndipo wopemphapempha wina, dzina lake Lazaro, adaikidwa pakhomo pake wodzala ndi zilonda,
ndipo anafuna kukhuta ndi zakugwa pa gome la mwini chumayo; komatu agalunso anadza nanyambita zilonda zake.
Ndipo kunali kuti wopemphayo adafa, ndi kuti anatengedwa iye ndi angelo kunka kuchifuwa cha Abrahamu; ndipo mwini chumayo adafanso, naikidwa m'manda.
Ndipo m'dziko la akufa anakweza maso ake, pokhala nao mazunzo, naona Abrahamu patali, ndi Lazaro m'chifuwa mwake.
Ndipo anakweza mau nati, Atate Abrahamu, mundichitire chifundo, mutume Lazaro, kuti aviike nsonga ya chala chake m'madzi, naziziritse lilime langa; pakuti ndizunzidwadi m'lawi ili la moto.
Koma Abrahamu anati, Mwana, kumbukira kuti unalandira zokoma zako pakukhala m'moyo iwe, momwemonso Lazaro zoipa; ndipo tsopano iye asangalatsidwa pano, koma iwe uzunzidwadi.
Ndipo pamwamba pa izi, pakati pa ife ndi inu pakhazikika phompho lalikulu, kotero kuti iwo akufuna kuoloka kuchokera kuno kunka kwa inu sangathe, kapena kuchokera kwanuko kuyambuka kudza kwa ife, sangathenso.
Koma anati, Pamenepo ndikupemphani, Atate, kuti mumtume kunyumba ya atate wanga;
pakuti ndili nao abale asanu; awachitire umboni iwo kuti iwonso angadze kumalo ano a mazunzo.
Koma Abrahamu anati, Ali ndi Mose ndi aneneri; amvere iwo.
Ndipo kapitao uyu anati mumtima mwake, Ndidzachita chiyani, chifukwa mbuye wanga andichotsera ukapitao? Kulima ndilibe mphamvu, kupemphapempha kundichititsa manyazi.
Koma anati, Iai, Atate Abrahamu, komatu ngati wina akapita kwa iwo wochokera kwa kufa adzasandulika mtima.
Koma anati kwa iye, Ngati samvera Mose ndi aneneri, sadzakopeka mtima ngakhale wina akauka kwa akufa.
Kuli chabe kwa inu kulawirira mamawa ndi kusagonerapo madzulo, kudya mkate wosautsa kuupeza; kuli tero kuti izi apatsa okondedwa ake ngati m'tulo.
Wodala munthu wakuchitira chifundo, nakongoletsa; adzalimbika nao mlandu wake poweruzidwa.
ndiye wakuchitira chiweruzo osautsika; ndiye wakupatsa anjala chakudya; Yehova amasula akaidi.
Ndinasochera ngati nkhosa yotayika; funani mtumiki wanu; pakuti sindiiwala malamulo anu.
Akakhala ndi inu munthu waumphawi, ndiye wina wa abale anu, m'umodzi wa midzi yanu, m'dziko limene Yehova Mulungu wanu akupatsani, musakhakala mtima wanu, kapena kuumitsa dzanja lanu kukaniza mbale wanu waumphawi;
koma muzimtansira dzanja lanu ndithu ndi kumkongoletsa ndithu zofikira kusowa kwake, monga umo amasowa.
koma chaka chachisanu ndi chiwiri uuleke, ugone; kuti aumphawi a anthu a mtundu wako adyemo, ndipo zotsalira nyama za kuthengo zizidye; momwemo uzichita ndi munda wako wamphesa, ndi munda wako wa azitona.
Nanga tsono achuma inu, lirani ndi kuchema chifukwa cha masautso anu akudza pa inu.
Tengani, abale, chitsanzo cha kumva zowawa ndi kuleza mtima, aneneri amene analankhula m'dzina la Ambuye.
Taonani tiwayesera odala opirirawo; mudamva za chipiriro cha Yobu, ndipo mwaona chitsiriziro cha Ambuye, kuti Ambuye ali wodzala chikondi, ndi wachifundo.
Koma makamaka, abale anga, musalumbire, kungakhale kutchula kumwamba kapena dziko, kapena lumbiro lina lililonse; koma inde wanu akhale inde, ndi iai wanu akhale iai; kuti mungagwe m'chiweruziro.
Kodi wina wa inu akumva zowawa? Apemphere. Kodi wina asekera? Aimbire.
Pali wina kodi adwala mwa inu? Adziitanire akulu a Mpingo, ndipo apemphere pa iye, atamdzoza ndi mafuta m'dzina la Ambuye:
ndipo pemphero la chikhulupiriro lidzapulumutsa wodwalayo, ndipo Ambuye adzamuukitsa; ndipo ngati adachita machimo adzakhululukidwa kwa iye.
Chifukwa chake muvomerezane wina ndi mnzake machimo anu, ndipo mupempherere wina kwa mnzake kuti muchiritsidwe. Pemphero la munthu wolungama likhoza kwakukulu m'machitidwe ake.
Eliya anali munthu wakumva zomwezi tizimva ife, ndipo anapemphera chipempherere kuti isavumbe mvula; ndipo siinagwa mvula pa dziko zaka zitatu kudza miyezi isanu ndi umodzi.
Ndipo anapempheranso; ndipo m'mwamba munatsika mvula, ndi dziko lidabala zipatso zake.
Abale anga, ngati wina wa inu asochera posiyana ndi choonadi, ndipo ambweza iye mnzake;
Chuma chanu chaola ndi zovala zanu zajiwa ndi njenjete.
azindikire, kuti iye amene abweza wochimwa kunjira yake yosochera adzapulumutsa munthu kwa imfa, ndipo adzavundikira machimo aunyinji.
Golide wanu ndi siliva wanu zachita dzimbiri, ndipo dzimbiri lake lidzachita mboni zoneneza inu, ndipo zidzadya nyama yanu ngati moto. Mwadzikundikira chuma masiku otsiriza.
Taonani, mphotho ya antchitowo anasenga m'minda yanu, yosungidwa ndi inu powanyenga, ifuula; ndipo mafuulo a osengawo adalowa m'makutu a Ambuye wa makamu.
Palibe munthu angathe kukhala kapolo wa ambuye awiri: pakuti pena adzamuda mmodziyo, ndi kukonda winayo; pena adzakangamira kwa mmodzi, nadzanyoza wina. Simungathe kukhala kapolo wa Mulungu ndi wa Chuma.
Zinthu ziwiri ndakupemphani, musandimane izo ndisanamwalire:
Mundichotsere kutali zachabe ndi mabodza; musandipatse umphawi, ngakhale chuma, mundidyetse zakudya zondiyenera;
ndingakhute ndi kukukanani, ndi kuti, Yehova ndani? Kapena ndingasauke ndi kuba, ndi kutchula dzina la Mulungu wanga pachabe.
Yehova, mwamva chikhumbo cha ozunzika, mudzakhazikitsa mtima wao, mudzatchereza khutu lanu;
kuti muweruze mlandu wa amasiye ndi wokhalira mphanthi, kuti munthu wa pa dziko lapansi angaonjeze kuopsa.
M'chikondano cha anzanu wina ndi mnzake mukondane ndi chikondi chenicheni; mutsogolerane ndi kuchitira wina mnzake ulemu;
Pakuti mudziwa chisomo cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, kuti, chifukwa cha inu anakhala wosauka, angakhale anali wolemera, kuti inu ndi kusauka kwake mukakhale olemera.
Musamasautsa wolembedwa ntchito, wakukhala waumphawi ndi wosauka, wa abale anu kapena wa alendo ali m'dziko mwanu, m'midzi mwanu.
Pa tsiku lake muzimpatsa kulipira kwake, lisalowepo dzuwa; pakuti ndiye waumphawi, ndi mtima wake ukhumba uku; kuti angakulirireni kwa Yehova, ndipo kukukhalireni tchimo.
Wotsendereza waumphawi kuti achulukitse chuma chake, ndi wopatsa wolemera kanthu, angosauka.
ndipo wopemphapempha wina, dzina lake Lazaro, adaikidwa pakhomo pake wodzala ndi zilonda,
ndipo anafuna kukhuta ndi zakugwa pa gome la mwini chumayo; komatu agalunso anadza nanyambita zilonda zake.
Ndidziwa kuti maweruzo anu ndiwo olungama, Yehova, ndi kuti munandizunza ine mokhulupirika.
Wodala munthu amene akhala naye Mulungu wa Yakobo kuti amthandize, chiyembekezo chake chili pa Yehova, Mulungu wake.
Amene analenga zakumwamba ndi dziko lapansi, nyanja ndi zonse zili m'mwemo. Ndiye wakusunga choonadi kosatha,
Ndipo Yesu anati kwa ophunzira ake, Indetu ndinena kwa inu, kuti munthu mwini chuma adzalowa movutika mu Ufumu wa Kumwamba.
Ndiponso ndinena kwa inu, Nkwapafupi kuti ngamira ipyole diso la singano, koposa mwini chuma kulowa Ufumu wa Kumwamba.
Pakuti nzeru itchinjiriza monga ndalama zitchinjiriza; koma kudziwa kupambana, chifukwa nzeru isunga moyo wa eni ake.
Wozunzika ine ndi wofuna kufa kuyambira ubwana wanga; posenza zoopsa zanu, ndithedwa nzeru.
Fulumira kuyanjana ndi mnzako wamlandu, pamene uli naye panjira; kapena mnzako wamlandu angakupereke iwe kwa woweruza mlandu, ndi woweruzayo angapereke iwe kwa msilikali, nuponyedwe iwe m'nyumba yandende.
Lilime langa limamatike kunsaya zanga, ndikapanda kukumbukira inu; ndikapanda kusankha Yerusalemu koposa chimwemwe changa chopambana.
Pakuti zonse zinalembedwa kale zinalembedwa kutilangiza, kuti mwa chipiriro ndi chitonthozo cha malembo, tikhale ndi chiyembekezo.
Chitira ulemu amasiye amene ali amasiye ndithu.
Koma ngati wamasiye wina ali nao ana kapena adzukulu, ayambe aphunzire iwo kuchitira ulemu a m'banja lao, ndi kubwezera akuwabala; pakuti ichi ncholandirika pamaso pa Mulungu.
Koma iye amene ali wamasiye ndithu, nasiyidwa yekha, ayembekezera Mulungu, nakhalabe m'mapembedzo ndi mapemphero usiku ndi usana.
Iye amene sanatimana Mwana wake wa Iye yekha, koma anampereka chifukwa cha ife tonse, adzalekeranji kutipatsanso ife zinthu zonse kwaulere pamodzi ndi Iye?
Ndipo anasankha Davide mtumiki wake, namtenga kumakola a nkhosa.
Anamtenga kuja anatsata zoyamwitsa, awete Yakobo, anthu ake, ndi Israele, cholandira chake.
Potero anawaweta monga mwa mtima wake wangwiro; nawatsogolera ndi luso la manja ake.
Chifukwa chake zinthu zilizonse mukafuna kuti anthu achitire inu, inunso muwachitire iwo zotero; pakuti icho ndicho chilamulo ndi aneneri.
Ndipo Iye anati kwa iwo, Yang'anirani, mudzisungire kupewa msiriro uliwonse; chifukwa moyo wake wa munthu sulingana ndi kuchuluka kwa zinthu zake ali nazo.
Mtima wanu ukhale wosakonda chuma; zimene muli nazo zikukwanireni; pakuti Iye anati, Sindidzakusiya konse, kungakhale kukutaya, sindidzakutaya ndithu.
Ndipo mbiri yake inabuka ku Siriya konse: ndipo anatengera kwa Iye onse akudwala, ogwidwa ndi nthenda ndi mazunzo a mitundumitundu, ndi ogwidwa ndi ziwanda, ndi akhunyu, ndi amanjenje; ndipo Iye anawachiritsa.
Kodi kumeneku si kusala kudya kumene ndinakusankha: kumasula nsinga za zoipa, ndi kumasula zomanga goli, ndi kuleka otsenderezedwa amuke mfulu, ndi kuti muthyole magoli onse?
Pobisalira pamaso panu mudzawabisa kwa chiwembu cha munthu, mudzawabisa iwo mumsasa kuti muwalanditse pa kutetana kwa malilime.
Yehova ndiye mbusa wanga; sindidzasowa.
Andigonetsa kubusa lamsipu, anditsogolera kumadzi odikha.
Atsitsimutsa moyo wanga; anditsogolera m'mabande a chilungamo, chifukwa cha dzina lake.
Wokonda siliva sadzakhuta siliva; ngakhale wokonda chuma sadzakhuta phindu; ichinso ndi chabe.
Pakuti akusiyanitsa iwe ndani? Ndipo uli nacho chiyani chosati wachilandira? Koma ngati wachilandira udzitamanda bwanji, monga ngati sunachilandira?
Koma ine ndine wozunzika ndi womva zowawa; chipulumutso chanu, Mulungu, chindikweze pamsanje.
ndingakhute ndi kukukanani, ndi kuti, Yehova ndani? Kapena ndingasauke ndi kuba, ndi kutchula dzina la Mulungu wanga pachabe.
pakuti ndinali ndi njala, ndipo munandipatsa Ine kudya; ndinali ndi ludzu, ndipo munandimwetsa Ine; ndinali mlendo, ndipo munachereza Ine;
Abale anga, pakuti muli nacho chikhulupiriro cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, Ambuye wa ulemerero, musakhale okondera ndi kusamala maonekedwe.
Mafupa anga onse adzanena, Yehova, afanana ndi Inu ndani, wakulanditsa wozunzika kwa iye amene amposa mphamvu, ndi wozunzika ndi waumphawi kwa iye amfunkhira?
Popeza adzaima pa dzanja lamanja la waumphawi, kumpulumutsa kwa iwo akuweruza koipa moyo wake.
Anagawagawa, anapatsa aumphawi; chilungamo chake chikhalitsa kosatha; nyanga yake idzakwezeka ndi ulemu.
Ndipo asilikali omwe anamfunsa iye, nati, Nanga ife tizichita chiyani? Ndipo iye anati kwa iwo, Musaopse, musanamize munthu aliyense; khalani okhuta ndi kulipira kwanu.
Wosauka ndi wosowa afuna madzi, ndipo palibe, ndi lilime lao lilephera, chifukwa cha ludzu; Ine Yehova ndidzawayankha, Ine Mulungu wa Israele sindidzawasiya.
ndipo pambuyo pao zidzauka zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri za njala; ndipo anthu adzaiwala zochuluka zonsezo m'dziko la Ejipito; ndipo njala idzapululutsa dziko;
Pakuti sanapeputsa ndipo sananyansidwe ndi zunzo la wozunzika; ndipo sanambisire nkhope yake; koma pomfuulira Iye, anamva.
Pakuti ndiyesa kuti masauko a nyengo yatsopano sayenera kulinganizidwa ndi ulemerero umene udzaonetsedwa kwa ife.
Chifukwa kuti sanakumbukire kuchita chifundo, koma analondola wozunzika ndi waumphawi, ndi wosweka mtima, kuti awaphe.
Inde, anakonda kutemberera, ndipo kudamdzera mwini; sanakondwere nako kudalitsa, ndipo kudamkhalira kutali.
ndipo ngati upereka kwa wanjala chimene moyo wako umakhumba, ndi kukhutitsa moyo wovutidwa, pomwepo kuunika kwako kudzauka mumdima, ndipo usiku wako udzanga usana;
Koma chipatso cha Mzimu ndicho chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, chifundo, kukoma mtima, chikhulupiriro,
M'zinthu zonse ndinakupatsani chitsanzo, chakuti pogwiritsa ntchito, kotero muyenera kuthandiza ofooka ndi kukumbuka mau a Ambuye Yesu, kuti anati yekha, Kupatsa kutidalitsa koposa kulandira.
Musadzikundikire nokha chuma pa dziko lapansi, pamene njenjete ndi dzimbiri ziononga; ndi pamene mbala ziboola ndi kuba:
Chifukwa chake pamene paliponse upatsa mphatso zachifundo, usamaomba lipenga patsogolo pako, monga amachita onyenga m'masunagoge, ndi m'makwalala, kotero kuti atamandidwe ndi anthu. Indetu ndinena kwa inu, Iwo alandiriratu mphotho zao.
koma mudzikundikire nokha chuma m'Mwamba, pamene njenjete kapena dzimbiri siziononga, ndipo mbala siziboola ndi kuba;
pakuti kumene kuli chuma chako, komwe udzakhala mtima wakonso.
Ndipo Mulungu wa chisomo chonse, amene adakuitanani kulowa ulemerero wake wosatha mwa Khristu, mutamva zowawa kanthawi, adzafikitsa inu opanda chilema mwini wake, adzakhazikitsa, adzalimbikitsa inu.
Musakhulupirire kusautsa, ndipo musatama chifwamba; chikachuluka chuma musakhazikepo mitima yanu.
Ndipo Iye anati, Zoonadi ndinena kwa inu, wamasiye uyu waumphawi anaikamo koposa onse;
pamene iphukira, muipenya nimuzindikira pa nokha kuti dzinja lili pafupi pomwepo.
Inde chotero inunso, pakuona zinthu izi zilikuchitika, zindikirani kuti Ufumu wa Mulungu uli pafupi.
Indetu ndinena ndinu, Mbadwo uno sudzapitirira, kufikira zonse zitachitika.
Kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi zidzapita; koma mau anga sadzapita.
Koma mudziyang'anire nokha, kuti kapena mitima yanu ingalemetsedwe ndi madyaidya ndi kuledzera, ndi zosamalira za moyo uno, ndi kuti tsiku ilo lingafikire inu modzidzimutsa ngati msampha;
pakuti lidzatero ndi kufikira anthu onse akukhala pankhope pa dziko lonse lapansi.
Koma inu dikirani nyengo zonse, ndi kupemphera, kuti mukalimbike kupulumuka zonse zimene zidzachitika, ndi kuimirira pamaso pa Mwana wa Munthu.
Ndipo usana uliwonse Iye analikuphunzitsa m'Kachisi; ndi usiku uliwonse anatuluka, nagona pa phiri lotchedwa la Azitona.
Ndipo anthu onse analawira mamawa kudza kwa Iye ku Kachisi kudzamvera Iye.
pakuti onse amenewa anaika mwa unyinji wao pa zoperekazo; koma iye mwa kusowa kwake anaikamo za moyo wake, zonse anali nazo.
Chilichonse chimkonda Yehova achichita, kumwamba ndi pa dziko lapansi, m'nyanja ndi mozama monse.
Koma iye amene ali nacho chuma cha dziko lapansi, naona mbale wake ali wosowa ndi kutsekereza chifundo chake pommana iye, nanga chikondi cha Mulungu chikhala mwa iye bwanji?
Tiana, tisakonde ndi mau, kapena ndi lilime, komatu ndi kuchita ndi m'choonadi.
Ndipo zimene anali nazo, ndi chuma chao, anazigulitsa, nazigawira kwa onse, monga momwe yense anasowera.
Koma ngati Mulungu aveka chotero udzu wa kuthengo, ukhala lero, ndi mawa uponyedwa pamoto, nanga si inu kopambana ndithu, inu akukhulupirira pang'ono?
Wodala munthu amene akhala naye Mulungu wa Yakobo kuti amthandize, chiyembekezo chake chili pa Yehova, Mulungu wake.
Amene analenga zakumwamba ndi dziko lapansi, nyanja ndi zonse zili m'mwemo. Ndiye wakusunga choonadi kosatha,
ndiye wakuchitira chiweruzo osautsika; ndiye wakupatsa anjala chakudya; Yehova amasula akaidi.
koma ndinena kwa inu, Musakanize munthu woipa; koma amene adzakupanda iwe pa tsaya lako lamanja, umtembenuzire linanso.
Muno mulibe Myuda, kapena Mgriki, muno mulibe kapolo, kapena mfulu, muno mulibe mwamuna ndi mkazi; pakuti muli nonse mmodzi mwa Khristu Yesu.
Sikudzakhala chomwecho kwa inu ai; koma amene aliyense akafuna kukhala wamkulu mwa inu, adzakhala mtumiki wanu;
ndipo amene aliyense akafuna kukhala woyamba mwa inu, adzakhala kapolo wanu:
monga Mwana wa Munthu sanadze kutumikiridwa koma kutumikira, ndi kupereka moyo wake dipo la anthu ambiri.