Ndikufuna tikambirane za chilakolako cha ukulu, nkhani yomwe imapezeka nthawi zambiri m'Baibulo. Baibulo limatipatsa uphungu wabwino kwambiri pankhaniyi.
N'zoona kuti anthu amamvetsetsa nkhani ya chilakolako cha ukulu mosiyanasiyana, koma ndikofunikira kuti timvetsetse bwino zimene Baibulo limanena. Baibulo limatilimbikitsa kukhala odzichepetsa ndi kufunafuna zinthu za Mulungu kuposa zathu zapansi.
M’buku la Miyambo 21:25 (Buku Lopatulika), limatiuza kuti “chilakolako cha waulesi chimamupha, pakuti manja ake amakana kugwira ntchito.” Apa tikukumbutsidwa za kuopsa kwa chilakolako chosagwirizana ndi ntchito ndi khama.
Yesu nayenso analankhula za chilakolako cha ukulu. Anaphunzitsa ophunzira ake kufunafuna kaye Ufumu wa Mulungu ndi chilungamo chake, ndipo zina zonse zidzawonjezedwa (Mateyu 6:33). Tiyenera kuika patsogolo chifuniro cha Mulungu m’maloto athu onse.
Ndikofunikira kuti tiganizire chifukwa chomwe timachitira zinthu. Kodi zolinga zathu ndi zokhumba zathu zikugwirizana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu? Tiyenera kukhala ndi chilakolako chabwino chofuna kutumikira Mulungu ndi anthu anzathu.
Tikamafuna chifuniro cha Mulungu, ndipo tikakhala ndi chikondi kwa Iye ndi anthu anzathu, tidzapeza chimwemwe chenicheni. Chimwemwe chimenechi sichingafanane ndi chuma kapena zinthu zina zapadziko lapansi.
ndi kuti muyesetse kukhala chete ndi kuchita za inu eni ndi kugwira ntchito ndi manja anu, monga tinakuuzani;
musachite kanthu monga mwa chotetana, kapena monga mwa ulemerero wopanda pake, komatu ndi kudzichepetsa mtima, yense ayese anzake omposa iye mwini;
pakuti chifukwa cha ntchito ya Khristu anafikira pafupi imfa, wosasamalira moyo wake, kuti akakwaniritse chiperewero cha utumiki wanu wa kwa ine.
munthu yense asapenyerere zake za iye yekha, koma yense apenyererenso za mnzake.
koma ena alalikira Khristu mochokera m'chotetana, kosati koona, akuyesa kuti adzandibukitsira chisautso m'zomangira zanga.
Wobadwa ndi munthu iwe, uziti kwa kalonga wa Tiro, Atero Ambuye Yehova, Popeza mtima wako wadzikweza, nuti, Ine ndine Mulungu, ndikhala pa mpando wa Mulungu pakati pa nyanja, ungakhale uli munthu, wosati Mulungu, ungakhale waika mtima wako ngati mtima wa Mulungu,
Pakuti pomwe pali kaduka ndi zotetana, pamenepo pali chisokonekero ndi chochita choipa chilichonse.
Ndipo Iye anati kwa iwo, Mufuna kuti ndidzakuchitireni inu chiyani?
Ndipo iwo anati kwa Iye, Mutipatse ife kuti tikhale mmodzi kudzanja lanu lamanja, ndi wina kulamanzere, m'ulemerero wanu.
Ndipo anati, Tiyeni, timange mudzi ndi nsanja, pamutu pake pafikire kumwamba; ndipo tidzipangire ife tokha dzina kuti tisabalalike pa dziko lonse lapansi.
Ndipo iwe unati mumtima mwako, Ndidzakwera kumwamba, ndidzakweza mpando wanga wachifumu pamwamba pa nyenyezi za Mulungu; ndidzakhala pamwamba pa phiri la khamu, m'malekezero a kumpoto;
ndidzakwera pamwamba pa mitambo, ndidzafanana ndi Wam'mwambamwamba.
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.
amene ife tonsenso tinagonera pakati pao kale, m'zilakolako za thupi lathu, ndi kuchita zifuniro za thupi, ndi za maganizo, ndipo tinali ana a mkwiyo chibadwire, monganso otsalawo;
Mukhale ndi mtima umodzi wina ndi mnzake. Musasamalire zinthu zazikulu, koma phatikanani nao odzichepetsa. Musadziyesere anzeru mwa inu nokha.
Pakuti chilichonse cha m'dziko lapansi, chilakolako cha thupi ndi chilakolako cha maso, matamandidwe a moyo, sizichokera kwa Atate, koma kudziko lapansi.
Ndipo Iye anati kwa iwo, Yang'anirani, mudzisungire kupewa msiriro uliwonse; chifukwa moyo wake wa munthu sulingana ndi kuchuluka kwa zinthu zake ali nazo.
Koma mukakhala nako kaduka kowawa, ndi chotetana m'mtima mwanu, musadzitamandira, ndipo musamanama potsutsana nacho choonadi.
Nzeru iyi, sindiyo yotsika kumwamba, komatu ili ya padziko, ya chifuniro cha chibadwidwe, ya ziwanda.
Pakuti pomwe pali kaduka ndi zotetana, pamenepo pali chisokonekero ndi chochita choipa chilichonse.
Usadzitopetse kuti ulemere; leka nzeru yakoyako.
Kodi upenyeranji chimene kulibe? Pakuti chuma chimera mapiko, ngati mphungu youluka mumlengalenga.
musachite kanthu monga mwa chotetana, kapena monga mwa ulemerero wopanda pake, komatu ndi kudzichepetsa mtima, yense ayese anzake omposa iye mwini;
Koma chipembedzo pamodzi ndi kudekha chipindulitsa kwakukulu;
pakuti sitinatenga kanthu polowa m'dziko lapansi, ndiponso sitikhoza kupita nako kanthu pochoka pano;
koma pokhala nazo zakudya ndi zofunda, zimene zitikwanire.
Kodi udzifunira wekha zinthu zazikulu? Usazifune; pakuti, taona, ndidzatengera zoipa pa anthu onse, ati Yehova: koma moyo wako ndidzakupatsa iwe ngati chofunkha m'malo monse m'mene mupitamo.
Zichokera kuti nkhondo, zichokera kuti zolimbana mwa inu? Kodi sizichokera kuzikhumbitso zanu zochita nkhondo m'ziwalo zanu?
Dzichepetseni pamaso pa Ambuye, ndipo adzakukwezani.
Musamanenerana, abale. Wonenera mbale, kapena woweruza mbale wake, anenera lamulo, naweruza lamulo: koma ngati uweruza lamulo, suli wochita lamulo, komatu woweruza.
Woika lamulo ndi woweruza ndiye mmodzi, ndiye amene akhoza kupulumutsa ndi kuononga; koma iwe woweruza mnzako ndiwe yani?
Nanga tsono, inu akunena, Lero kapena mawa tidzapita kulowa kumudzi wakutiwakuti, ndipo tidzagonerako ndi kutsatsa malonda, ndi kupindula nao;
inu amene simudziwa chimene chidzagwa mawa. Moyo wanu uli wotani? Pakuti muli utsi, wakuonekera kanthawi, ndi pamenepo ukanganuka.
Mukadanena inu, Akalola Mulungu, ndipo tikakhala ndi moyo, tidzachita kakutikakuti.
Koma tsopano mudzitamandira m'kudzikuza kwanu; kudzitamandira kulikonse kotero nkoipa.
Potero kwa iye amene adziwa kuchita bwino, ndipo sachita, kwa iye kuli tchimo.
Mulakalaka, ndipo zikusowani; mukupha, nimuchita kaduka, ndipo simukhoza kupeza; mulimbana, nimuchita nkhondo; mulibe kanthu, chifukwa simupempha.
Mupempha, ndipo simulandira, popeza mupempha koipa, kuti mukachimwaze pochita zikhumbitso zanu.
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.
Wokonda siliva sadzakhuta siliva; ngakhale wokonda chuma sadzakhuta phindu; ichinso ndi chabe.
Si kuti ndinena monga mwa chiperewero, pakuti ndaphunzira ine, kuti zindikwanire zilizonse ndili nazo.
Ndadziwa ngakhale kupeputsidwa, ndadziwanso kusefukira; konseko ndi m'zinthu zonse ndalowa mwambo wakukhuta, ndiponso wakumva njala; wakusefukira, ndiponso wakusowa.
Mtima wanu ukhale wosakonda chuma; zimene muli nazo zikukwanireni; pakuti Iye anati, Sindidzakusiya konse, kungakhale kukutaya, sindidzakutaya ndithu.
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.
Mbiri yabwino ifunika kopambana chuma chambiri; kukukomera mtima anzako kuposa siliva ndi golide.
Palibe mnyamata wa m'nyumba akhoza kukhala kapolo wa ambuye awiri; pakuti kapena adzamuda wina, nadzakonda winayo; kapena adzatsata wina, nadzapeputsa winayo. Simungathe kukhala kapolo wa Mulungu ndi wa Chuma.
Chifukwa chakenso tifunitsitsa, kapena kwathu kapena kwina, kukhala akumkondweretsa Iye.
Ndiponso ndinapenyera mavuto onse ndi ntchito zonse zompindulira bwino, kuti chifukwa cha zimenezi anansi ake achitira munthu nsanje. Ichinso ndi chabe ndi kungosautsa mtima.
Pakuti iwo amene ali monga mwa thupi asamalira zinthu za thupi; koma iwo amene ali monga mwa mzimu, asamalira zinthu za mzimu:
pakuti chisamaliro cha thupi chili imfa; koma chisamaliro cha mzimu chili moyo ndi mtendere.
Usaope polemezedwa munthu, pochuluka ulemu wa nyumba yake;
pakuti pomwalira iye sadzamuka nako kanthu kalikonse; ulemu wake sutsika naye kumtsata m'mbuyo.
koma munthu aliyense ayesedwa pamene chilakolako chake cha iye mwini chimkokera, nichimnyenga.
Pamenepo chilakolakocho chitaima, chibala uchimo; ndipo uchimo, utakula msinkhu, ubala imfa.
Ndipo musafanizidwe ndi makhalidwe a pansi pano: koma mukhale osandulika, mwa kukonzanso kwa mtima wanu, kuti mukazindikire chimene chili chifuno cha Mulungu, chabwino, ndi chokondweretsa, ndi changwiro.
Khulupirira Yehova ndi mtima wako wonse, osachirikizika pa luntha lako;
umlemekeze m'njira zako zonse, ndipo Iye adzaongola mayendedwe ako.
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.
Chifukwa chake ifenso, popeza tizingidwa nao mtambo waukulu wotere wa mboni, titaye cholemetsa chilichonse, ndi tchimoli limangotizinga, ndipo tithamange mwachipiriro makaniwo adatiikira, ndi kupenyerera woyambira ndi womaliza wa chikhulupiriro chathu,
Pakutitu iwo anatilanga masiku owerengeka monga kudawakomera; koma Iye atero, kukatipindulitsa, kuti tikalandirane nao pa chiyero chake.
Chilango chilichonse, pakuchitika, sichimveka chokondwetsa, komatu chowawa; koma chitatha, chipereka chipatso cha mtendere, kwa iwo ozoloweretsedwa nacho, ndicho cha chilungamo.
Mwa ichi limbitsani manja ogooka, ndi maondo olobodoka;
ndipo lambulani miseu yolunjika yoyendamo mapazi anu, kuti chotsimphinacho chisapatulidwe m'njira, koma chichiritsidwe.
Londolani mtendere ndi anthu onse, ndi chiyeretso chimene, akapanda ichi, palibe mmodzi adzaona Ambuye:
ndi kuyang'anira kuti pangakhale wina wakuperewera chisomo cha Mulungu, kuti ungapuke muzu wina wa kuwawa mtima ungavute inu, ndipo aunyinji angadetsedwe nao;
kuti pangakhale wachigololo, kapena wamnyozo, ngati Esau, amene anagulitsa ukulu wake wobadwa nao mtanda umodzi wa chakudya.
Pakuti mudziwa kutinso pamene anafuna kulowa dalitsolo, anakanidwa (pakuti sanapeza malo akulapa), angakhale analifunafuna ndi misozi.
Pakuti simunayandikira phiri lokhudzika, ndi lakupsa moto, ndi pakuda bii, ndi mdima, ndi namondwe,
ndi mau a lipenga, ndi manenedwe a mau, manenedwe amene iwo adamvawo anapempha kuti asawaonjezerepo mau;
Yesu, ameneyo, chifukwa cha chimwemwe choikidwacho pamaso pake, anapirira mtanda, nanyoza manyazi, nakhala pa dzanja lamanja la mpando wachifumu wa Mulungu.
Ndili ndi yani Kumwamba, koma Inu? Ndipo pa dziko lapansi palibe wina wondikonda koma Inu.
Likatha thupi langa ndi mtima wanga, Mulungu ndiye thanthwe la mtima wanga, ndi cholandira changa chosatha.
Koma muthange mwafuna Ufumu wake ndi chilungamo chake, ndipo zonse zimenezo zidzaonjezedwa kwa inu.
koma kwa iwo andeu, ndi osamvera choonadi, koma amvera chosalungama, adzabwezera mkwiyo ndi kuzaza,
Momwemonso, anyamata inu, mverani akulu. Koma nonsenu muvale kudzichepetsa kuti mutumikirane; pakuti Mulungu akaniza odzikuza, koma apatsa chisomo kwa odzichepetsa.
Potero dzichepetseni pansi pa dzanja la mphamvu la Mulungu, kuti panthawi yake akakukwezeni;
Chikondi chikhala chilezere, chili chokoma mtima; chikondi sichidukidwa; chikondi sichidziwa kudzitamanda, sichidzikuza,
sichichita zosayenera, sichitsata za mwini yekha, sichipsa mtima, sichilingirira zoipa;
Koma iwo a Khristu Yesu adapachika thupi, ndi zokhumba zake, ndi zilakolako zake.
Ngati tili ndi moyo ndi Mzimu, ndi Mzimunso tiyende.
Tisakhale odzikuza, outsana, akuchitirana njiru.
Chifukwa munthu aliyense wakudzikuza adzachepetsedwa; ndipo wakudzichepetsa adzakulitsidwa.
Ndipo amene aliyense akadzikuza yekha adzachepetsedwa; koma amene adzichepetsa mwini yekha adzakulitsidwa.
Bwanji inu mulikutayira ndalama chinthu chosadya, ndi kutayira malipiro anu zosakhutitsa? Mverani Ine mosamalitsa, nimudye chimene chili chabwino, moyo wanu nukondwere ndi zonona.
Chifukwa chake ndikupemphani inu, abale, mwa zifundo za Mulungu, kuti mupereke matupi anu nsembe yamoyo, yopatulika, yokondweretsa Mulungu, ndiko kupembedza kwanu koyenera.
wosati woledzera, kapena womenyana ndeu; komatu wofatsa, wopanda ndeu, wosakhumba chuma;
Chifukwa chake mungakhale mudya, mungakhale mumwa, mungakhale muchita kanthu kena, chitani zonse ku ulemerero wa Mulungu.
Pakuti munthu apindulanji, akadzilemezera dziko lonse lapansi nadzitayapo, kapena kulipapo moyo wake?
Komatu zonse zimene zinandipindulira, zomwezo ndinaziyesa chitayiko chifukwa cha Khristu.
Komatu zenizeninso ndiyesa zonse zikhale chitayiko chifukwa cha mapambanidwe a chizindikiritso cha Khristu Yesu Ambuye wanga, chifukwa cha Iyeyu ndinatayikitsa zinthu zonse, ndipo ndiziyesa zapadzala, kuti ndikadzionjezere Khristu,
Yang'anirani kuti musachite zolungama zanu pamaso pa anthu kuti muonekere kwa iwo; pakuti ngati mutero mulibe mphotho ndi Atate wanu wa Kumwamba.
Ufumu wanu udze. Kufuna kwanu kuchitidwe, monga Kumwamba chomwecho pansi pano.
Mutipatse ife lero chakudya chathu chalero.
Ndipo mutikhululukire mangawa athu, monga ifenso takhululukira amangawa anthu.
Ndipo musatitengere kokatiyesa, koma mutipulumutse kwa woipayo.
Pakuti ngati mukhululukira anthu zolakwa zao adzakhululukira inunso Atate wanu wa Kumwamba.
Koma ngati simukhululukira anthu zolakwa zao, Atate wanunso sadzakhululukira zolakwa zanu.
Ndipo pamene ponse musala kudya, musakhale ndi nkhope yachisoni, ngati onyengawo; pakuti aipitsa nkhope zao, kuti aonekere kwa anthu kuti alimkusala kudya. Indetu ndinena kwa inu, Iwo alandiriratu mphotho zao.
Koma iwe, posala kudya, dzola mutu wako, ndi kusamba nkhope yako:
kuti usaonekere kwa anthu kuti ulikusala kudya, koma kwa Atate wako ali m'tseri: ndipo Atate wako wakuona m'tseri adzakubwezera iwe.
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.
Diso ndilo nyali ya thupi; chifukwa chake ngati diso lako lili la kumodzi, thupi lako lonse lidzakhala lowalitsidwa.
Koma ngati diso lako lili loipa, thupi lako lonse lidzakhala lodetsedwa. Chifukwa chake ngati kuwala kumene kuli mwa inu kuli mdima, mdimawo ndi waukulu ndithu!
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.
Chifukwa chake ndinena kwa inu, Musadere nkhawa moyo wanu, chimene mudzadya ndi chimene mudzamwa; kapena thupi lanu, chimene mudzavala. Kodi moyo suli woposa chakudya, ndi thupi loposa chovala?
Yang'anirani mbalame za kumwamba, kuti sizimafesa ai, kapena sizimatutira m'nkhokwe; ndipo Atate wanu wa Kumwamba azidyetsa. Nanga inu mulibe kusiyana nazo kuziposa kodi?
Ndipo ndani wa inu ndi kudera nkhawa angathe kuonjezera pa msinkhu wake mkono umodzi?
Ndipo muderanji nkhawa ndi chovala? Tapenyetsani maluwa a kuthengo, makulidwe ao; sagwiritsa ntchito, kapena sapota:
koma ndinena kwa inu, kuti angakhale Solomoni mu ulemerero wake wonse sanavale monga limodzi la amenewa.
Koma iwe popatsa mphatso zachifundo, dzanja lako lamanzere lisadziwe chimene lichita dzanja lako lamanja;
Koma ngati Mulungu aveka chotero udzu wa kuthengo, ukhala lero, ndi mawa uponyedwa pamoto, nanga si inu kopambana ndithu, inu akukhulupirira pang'ono?
Chifukwa chake musadere nkhawa, ndi kuti, Tidzadya chiyani? Kapena, Tidzamwa chiyani? Kapena, Tidzavala chiyani?
Pakuti anthu akunja azifunitsa zonse zimenezo; pakuti Atate wanu wa Kumwamba adziwa kuti musowa zonse zimenezo.
Koma muthange mwafuna Ufumu wake ndi chilungamo chake, ndipo zonse zimenezo zidzaonjezedwa kwa inu.
Chifukwa chake musadere nkhawa za mawa; pakuti mawa adzadzidera nkhawa iwo okha. Zikwanire tsiku zovuta zake.
kotero kuti mphatso zako zachifundo zikhale zam'tseri; ndipo Atate wako wakuona m'tseri adzakubwezera iwe.
Zapang'ono, ulikuopa Yehova, zipambana ndi katundu wambiri pokhala phokoso.
Kudya masamba, pali chikondano, kuposa ng'ombe yonenepa pali udani.
Iwo akutama kulemera kwao; nadzitamandira pa kuchuluka kwa chuma chao;
kuombola mbale sangadzamuombole, kapena kumperekera dipo kwa Mulungu.
Pakuti anthu adzakhala odzikonda okha, okonda ndalama, odzitamandira, odzikuza, amwano, osamvera akuwabala, osayamika,
osayera mtima, opanda chikondi chachibadwidwe, osayanjanitsika, akudierekeza, osakhoza kudziletsa, aukali, osakonda abwino,
achiwembu, aliuma olimbirira, otukumuka mtima, okonda zokondweretsa munthu, osati okonda Mulungu;
akukhala nao maonekedwe a chipembedzo, koma mphamvu yake adaikana; kwa iwonso udzipatule.
Pakuti akusiyanitsa iwe ndani? Ndipo uli nacho chiyani chosati wachilandira? Koma ngati wachilandira udzitamanda bwanji, monga ngati sunachilandira?
Koma apatsa chisomo choposa. Potero anena malembo, Mulungu akaniza odzikuza, koma apatsa chisomo odzichepetsa.
Yesu ananena naye, Ngati ufuna kukhala wangwiro, pita, kagulitse zomwe uli nazo, nupatse aumphawi, ndipo udzakhala ndi chuma Kumwamba; ndipo ukadze kuno, unditsate.
Pakuti ichi muchidziwe kuti wadama yense, kapena wachidetso, kapena wosirira, amene apembedza mafano, alibe cholowa m'ufumu wa Khristu ndi Mulungu.
Chifukwa chake fetsani ziwalozo zili padziko; dama, chidetso, chifunitso chamanyazi, chilakolako choipa, ndi chisiriro, chimene chili kupembedza mafano;
Koma musakondwera nako kuti mizimu idakugonjerani, koma kondwerani kuti maina anu alembedwa m'Mwamba.
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.
Amene kukometsera kwanu kusakhale kwa kunja, kuluka tsitsi ndi kuvala za golide, kapena kuvala chovala;
koma kukhale munthu wobisika wamtima, m'chovala chosaola cha mzimu wofatsa ndi wachete, ndiwo wa mtengo wake wapatali pamaso pa Mulungu.
Musakhulupirire kusautsa, ndipo musatama chifwamba; chikachuluka chuma musakhazikepo mitima yanu.
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.
Koma pakumva izi anagwidwa nacho chisoni chambiri; pakuti anali mwini chuma chambiri.
Kodi simudziwa kuti iwo akuchita makani a liwiro, athamangadi onse, koma mmodzi alandira mfupo? Motero thamangani, kuti mukalandire.
Koma yense wakuyesetsana adzikanizira zonse. Ndipo iwowa atero kuti alandire korona wakuvunda; koma ife wosavunda.
Cholowa chingalandiridwe msangamsanga poyamba pake; koma chitsiriziro chake sichidzadala.
Pakuti aona anzeru amafa, monga aonongekera wopusa, wodyerera momwemo, nasiyira ena chuma chao.
Mumtima mwao ayesa kuti nyumba zao zikhala chikhalire, ndi mokhala iwo ku mibadwomibadwo; atchapo dzina lao padziko pao.
Koma munthu wa ulemu wake sakhalitsa, afanana ndi nyama za kuthengo, afanana nazo.
kuti muvule, kunena za makhalidwe anu oyamba, munthu wakale, wovunda potsata zilakolako za chinyengo;
koma kuti mukonzeke, mukhale atsopano mu mzimu wa mtima wanu,
nimuvale munthu watsopano, amene analengedwa monga mwa Mulungu, m'chilungamo, ndi m'chiyero cha choonadi.
Usachitire nsanje anthu oipa, ngakhale kufuna kukhala nao;
Ukalefuka tsiku la tsoka mphamvu yako ichepa.
Omwe atengedwa kuti akafe, uwapulumutse; omwe ati aphedwe, usaleke kuwalanditsa.
Ukanena, Taonani, sitinadziwa chimenechi; kodi woyesa mitima sachizindikira ichi? Ndi wosunga moyo wako kodi sachidziwa? Ndipo kodi sabwezera munthu yense monga mwa machitidwe ake?
Mwananga, idya uchi pakuti ngwabwino, ndi chisa chake chitsekemera m'kamwa mwako.
Potero udzadziwa kuti nzeru ili yotero m'moyo wako; ngati waipeza padzakhala mphotho, ndipo chiyembekezo chako sichidzalephereka.
Usabisalire, woipa iwe, pomanga wolungama; usapasule popuma iyepo.
Pakuti wolungama amagwa kasanu ndi kawiri, nanyamukanso; koma oipa akhumudwa pomfikira tsoka.
Usakondwere pakugwa mdani wako; mtima wako usasekere pokhumudwa iye;
kuti Yehova angaone kukondwa kwako, ndi kukuyesa koipa, ndi kuleka kumkwiyira.
Usavutike mtima chifukwa cha ochita zoipa; ngakhale kuchitira nsanje amphulupulu.
pakuti mtima wao ulingalira za chionongeko; milomo yao ilankhula za mphulupulu.
Chifukwa chake, abale anga okondedwa, khalani okhazikika, osasunthika, akuchuluka mu ntchito ya Ambuye, nthawi zonse, podziwa kuti kuchititsa kwanu sikuli chabe mwa Ambuye.
Maso a munthu akuyang'anira kumwamba adzatsitsidwa, ndi kudzikweza kwa anthu kudzaweramitsidwa pansi; ndipo Yehova yekha adzakwezedwa tsiku limenelo.
Koma musaiwale kuchitira chokoma ndi kugawira ena; pakuti nsembe zotere Mulungu akondwera nazo.
Chifukwa chake zinthu zilizonse mukafuna kuti anthu achitire inu, inunso muwachitire iwo zotero; pakuti icho ndicho chilamulo ndi aneneri.
Pakuti ufumu wa Mulungu sukhala chakudya ndi chakumwa, koma chilungamo, ndi mtendere, ndi chimwemwe mwa Mzimu Woyera.
Koma ndinena, Muyendeyende ndi Mzimu, ndipo musafitse chilakolako cha thupi.
Pakuti thupi lilakalaka potsutsana naye Mzimu, ndi Mzimu potsutsana nalo thupi; pakuti izi sizilingana; kuti zimene muzifuna musazichite.
Ndipo chilichonse mukachichita m'mau kapena muntchito, chitani zonse m'dzina la Ambuye Yesu, ndi kuyamika Mulungu Atate mwa Iye.
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.
Koma Mulungu wanga adzakwaniritsa chosowa chanu chilichonse monga mwa chuma chake m'ulemerero mwa Khristu Yesu.
Pakuti tsiku limodzi m'mabwalo anu likoma koposa masiku ambirimbiri akukhala pena. Kukhala ine wapakhomo m'nyumba ya Mulungu wanga, kundikonda ine koposa kugonera m'mahema a choipa.
Potero, penyani bwino umo muyendera, si monga opanda nzeru, koma monga anzeru;
akuchita machawi, popeza masiku ali oipa.
Ndipo Mulungu akhoza kuchulukitsira chisomo chonse kwa inu; kuti inu, pokhala nacho chikwaniro chonse m'zinthu zonse, nthawi zonse, mukachulukire kuntchito yonse yabwino;