Mulungu wanga wasandutsa kulira kwanga kukhala kuseka. Wapukuta misozi yanga, wandipatsa chimwemwe. Ndikudziwa kuti mavuto sadzatha, koma ndikukuuzani, ndi mwayi wodalira Mulungu, kumudziwa, ndi kukhala mokhulupirira mphamvu ya chikondi chake.
Sekani, tawani, ndipo muonetse mdani wanu kuti ndinu wopambana mwa Khristu. Lolani chimwemwe chidzaze mtima mwanu chifukwa cha zimene Ambuye adzachita m'moyo mwanu. Musayang'ane pamavuto anu a tsopano, chifukwa chimwemwe cha chipulumutso chanu chidzabwezeretsedwa ndipo mudzatha kuseka mtsogolo, chifukwa mukuyembekezera Ambuye, amene amakulimbikitsani, amakusamalirani, ndipo sakusiyani.
Sekani, ngakhale muli nokha, lolani kuseka kwanu kumveke ndi kusokoneza adani anu, ngakhale mukuvutika, chifukwa Mlengi wanu sakusiyani pansi, adzakutulutsani ndi kumenyera nkhondo yanu, adzakupatsani chipambano ndipo adzakuthandizani kumasuka ku ululu ndi mantha.
Pakamwa panu padzadzazidwa ndi kuseka, mudzalambira ukulu wake nthawi zonse ndipo maso anu adzapitiriza kuona ubwino wake pakati pa dziko la amoyo.
Khalani osautsidwa, lirani, lirani misozi; kuseka kwanu kusanduke kulira, ndi chimwemwe chanu chisanduke chisoni.
Pamenepo pakamwa pathu panadzala ndi kuseka, ndi lilime lathu linafuula mokondwera; pamenepo anati kwa amitundu, Yehova anawachitira iwo zazikulu.
ndipo Sara anaseka m'mtima mwake, nati, Kodi ndidzakhala ndi kukondwa ine nditakalamba, ndiponso mbuyanga ali wokalamba? Ndipo Yehova anati kwa Abrahamu, Bwanji anaseka Sara, kuti, Kodi ndidzabala ine ndithu, ine amene ndakalamba? Kodi chilipo chinthu chomkanika Yehova? Pa nthawi yoikidwa ndidzabwera kwa iwe, pakufika nyengo yake, ndipo Sara adzakhala ndi mwana wamwamuna. Koma Sara anakana, nati, Sindinasekai; chifukwa anaopa. Ndipo anati, Iai; koma unaseka.
Odala inu akumva njala tsopano; chifukwa mudzakhuta. Odala inu akulira tsopano; chifukwa mudzaseka.
Pakuti kuseka kwa chitsiru kunga minga ilikuthetheka pansi pa mphika; ichinso ndi chabe.
Mudzandidziwitsa njira ya moyo, pankhope panu pali chimwemwe chokwanira; m'dzanja lanu lamanja muli zokondweretsa zomka muyaya.
Pakuti inu mudzatuluka ndi kukondwa, ndi kutsogozedwa ndi mtendere; mapiri ndi zitunda, zidzaimba zolimba pamaso panu, ndi mitengo yonse ya m'thengo idzaomba m'manja mwao.
Mwapatsa chimwemwe mumtima mwanga, chakuposa chao m'nyengo yakuchuluka dzinthu zao ndi vinyo wao.
Iye amene ayendayenda nalira, ponyamula mbeu yakufesa; adzabweranso ndithu ndi kufuula mokondwera, alikunyamula mitolo yake.
Kodi si chabwino kuti munthu adye namwe, naonetse moyo wake zabwino m'ntchito yake? Ichinso ndinachizindikira kuti chichokera kudzanja la Mulungu.
Inde yemwe Mulungu wamlemeretsa nampatsa chuma, namninkhanso mphamvu ya kudyapo, ndi kulandira gawo lake ndi kukondwera ndi ntchito zake; umenewu ndiwo mtulo wa Mulungu. Usalankhule mwanthuku mtima wako, usafulumire kunena kanthu pamaso pa Mulungu; pakuti Mulungu ali kumwamba, iwe uli pansi; chifukwa chake mau ako akhale owerengeka. Pakuti sadzakumbukira masiku a moyo wake kwambiri; chifukwa Mulungu amvomereza m'chimwemwe cha mtima wake.
Pompo ndinatama kusekaseka, pakuti munthu alibe kanthu kabwino pansi pano, koma kudya ndi kumwa, ndi kusekera; ndi kuti zimenezi zikhalebe naye m'vuto lake masiku onse a moyo wake umene Mulungu wampatsa pansi pano.
Tiye, idya zakudya zako mokondwa, numwe vinyo wako mosekera mtima; pakuti Mulungu wavomerezeratu zochita zako. Zovala zako zikhale zoyera masiku onse; mutu wako usasowe mafuta. Khalani mokondwa ndi mkazi umkonda masiku onse a moyo wako wachabe, umene Mulungu wakupatsa pansi pano masiku ako onse achabe; pakuti ilo ndi gawo lako la m'moyo ndi m'ntchito zimene uvutika nazo pansi pano.
ndikakonzere iwo amene alira maliro mu Ziyoni, ndi kuwapatsa chovala kokometsa m'malo mwa phulusa, mafuta akukondwa m'malo mwa maliro, chovala cha matamando m'malo mwa mzimu wopsinjika; kuti iwo atchedwe mitengo ya chilungamo yakuioka Yehova, kuti Iye alemekezedwe.
Koma khalani inu okondwa ndi kusangalala kunthawi zonse ndi ichi ndichilenga; pakuti taonani, ndilenga Yerusalemu wosangalala, ndi anthu ake okondwa. Ndipo ndidzasangalala mu Yerusalemu, ndi kukondwera mwa anthu anga; ndipo mau akulira sadzamvekanso mwa iye, pena mau akufuula.
Yehova Mulungu wako ali pakati pako, wamphamvu wakupulumutsa; adzakondwera nawe ndi chimwemwe, adzakhala wopanda thamo m'chikondi chake; adzasekerera nawe ndi kuimbirapo.
Izi ndalankhula ndi inu, kuti chimwemwe changa chikhale mwa inu, ndi kuti chimwemwe chanu chidzale.
Kufikira tsopano simunapemphe kanthu m'dzina langa; pemphani, ndipo mudzalandira, kuti chimwemwe chanu chikwaniridwe.
Koma tsopano ndidza kwa Inu; ndipo izi ndilankhula m'dziko lapansi, kuti akhale nacho chimwemwe changa chokwaniridwa mwa iwo okha.
Yehova ndiye mphamvu yanga, ndi chikopa changa; mtima wanga wakhulupirira Iye, ndipo anandithandiza, chifukwa chake mtima wanga ukondwera kwakukulu; ndipo ndidzamyamika nayo nyimbo yanga.
Sekerani mwa Yehova, ndimo kondwerani inu olungama mtima; ndipo fuulani mokondwera nonsenu oongoka mtima.
Munasanduliza kulira kwanga kukhale kusekera; munandivula chiguduli changa, ndipo munandiveka chikondwero, kuti ulemu wanga uimbire Inu, wosakhala chete. Yehova Mulungu wanga, ndidzakuyamikani nthawi zonse.
Sekerani, sangalalani: chifukwa mphotho yanu ndi yaikulu mu Mwamba: pakuti potero anazunza aneneri anakhalawo musanabadwe inu.
Mbuye wake anati kwa iye, Chabwino, kapolo iwe wabwino ndi wokhulupirika; unali wokhulupirika pa zinthu zazing'ono, ndidzakhazika iwe pa zinthu zambiri; lowa iwe m'chikondwerero cha mbuye wako.
Pakuti ufumu wa Mulungu sukhala chakudya ndi chakumwa, koma chilungamo, ndi mtendere, ndi chimwemwe mwa Mzimu Woyera.
Inu mwachulukitsa mtundu, inu mwaenjezera kukondwa kwao; iwo akondwa pamaso panu monga akondwera m'masika, monga anthu akondwa pogawana zofunkha.
Mau anu anapezeka, ndipo ndinawadya; mau anu anakhala kwa ine chikondwero ndi chisangalalo cha mtima wanga; pakuti ndatchedwa dzina lanu, Yehova Mulungu wa makamu.
Koma olungama akondwere; atumphe ndi chimwemwe pamaso pa Mulungu; ndipo asekere nacho chikondwerero.
Popeza Inu, Yehova, munandikondweretsa ndi kuchita kwanu, ndidzafuula mokondwera pa ntchito ya manja anu.
Ndinena kwa inu, kotero kudzakhala chimwemwe Kumwamba chifukwa cha wochimwa mmodzi wotembenuka mtima, koposa anthu olungama makumi asanu ndi anai mphambu asanu ndi anai, amene alibe kusowa kutembenuka mtima.
Chomwecho, ndinena kwa inu, kuli chimwemwe pamaso pa angelo a Mulungu chifukwa cha munthu wochimwa mmodzi amene atembenuka mtima.
Kondwerani tsiku lomweli, tumphani ndi chimwemwe; pakuti onani, mphotho zanu nzazikulu Kumwamba; pakuti makolo ao anawachitira aneneri zonga zomwezo.
Ndipo Mulungu wa chiyembekezo adzaze inu ndi chimwemwe chonse ndi mtendere m'kukhulupirira, kuti mukachuluke ndi chiyembekezo, mu mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera.
amene mungakhale simunamuone mumkonda; amene mungakhale simumpenya tsopano, pokhulupirira, mukondwera naye ndi chimwemwe chosaneneka, ndi cha ulemerero:
Komatu ngatinso ndithiridwa pa nsembe ndi kutumikira kwa chikhulupiriro chanu, ndikondwera, ndipo ndikondwera pamodzi ndi inu nonse; momwemonso kondwerani inu, nimukondwere pamodzi ndi ine.
Ndipo Yesu anati kwa iwo, Nanga anyamata a nyumba ya ukwati angathe kulira kodi nthawi imene mkwati akhala nao? Koma adzafika masiku, pamene mkwati adzachotsedwa kwa iwo, ndipo pomwepo adzasala kudya.
Ndipo onani, anabwera naye kwa Iye munthu wamanjenje, wakugona pamphasa: ndipo Yesu pakuona chikhulupiriro chao, anati kwa wodwalayo, Limba mtima, mwana, machimo ako akhululukidwa.
Ndipo udzakhala nako kukondwera ndi msangalalo; ndipo anthu ambiri adzakondwera pa kubadwa kwake.
Koma musakondwera nako kuti mizimu idakugonjerani, koma kondwerani kuti maina anu alembedwa mu Mwamba.
Ndipo tsiku ndi tsiku anali chikhalire ndi mtima umodzi mu Kachisi, ndipo ananyema mkate kunyumba kwao, nalandira chakudya ndi msangalalo, ndi mtima woona;
Ndilimbika mtima kwambiri pakunena nanu, kudzitamandira kwanga chifukwa cha inu nkwakukulu; ndidzazidwa nacho chitonthozo, ndisefukira nacho chimwemwe m'chisautso chathu chonse.
Ndidzakondwa kwambiri mwa Yehova, moyo wanga udzakondwerera mwa Mulungu wanga; pakuti Iye wandiveka ine ndi zovala za chipulumutso, nandifunda chofunda cha chilungamo, monga mkwati avala nduwira, ndi monga mkwatibwi adzikometsa yekha ndi miyala yamtengo.
Ndipo namwali adzasangalala m'masewero, ndi anyamata ndi nkhalamba pamodzi; pakuti ndidzasandutsa kulira kwao kukhale kukondwera, ndipo ndidzatonthoza mitima yao, ndi kuwasangalatsa iwo asiye chisoni chao.
Ndinalandira mboni zanu zikhale cholandira chosatha; pakuti ndizo zokondweretsa mtima wanga.
Pobweza Yehova ukapolo wa Ziyoni, tinakhala ngati anthu akulota. Pamenepo pakamwa pathu panadzala ndi kuseka, ndi lilime lathu linafuula mokondwera; pamenepo anati kwa amitundu, Yehova anawachitira iwo zazikulu. Yehova anatichitira ife zazikulu; potero tikhala okondwera.
Indetu, indetu, ndinena ndi inu, kuti mudzalira ndi kubuma maliro inu, koma dziko lapansi lidzakondwera; mudzachita chisoni inu, koma chisoni chanu chidzasandulika chimwemwe.
Ndipo oomboledwa a Yehova adzabwera, nadzafika ku Ziyoni; ndi nyimbo ndi kukondwa kosatha kudzakhala pa mitu yao; adzakhala m'kusangalala ndi kukondwa, ndipo chisoni ndi kuusa moyo kudzachoka.
monga akumva chisoni, koma akukondwera nthawi zonse; monga aumphawi, koma akulemeretsa ambiri; monga okhala opanda kanthu, ndipo akhala nazo zinthu zonse.
Ndipo Davide anavina ndi mphamvu yake yonse pamaso pa Yehova; Davide nadzimangirira efodi wabafuta. Chomwecho Davide ndi a nyumba yonse ya Israele anakwera nalo likasa la Yehova, ndi chimwemwe ndi kulira kwa malipenga. Ndipo kunali pamene likasa la Yehova linafika m'mzinda wa Davide, Mikala mwana wamkazi wa Saulo, analikupenya pazenera, naona mfumu Davide alikuvina ndi kusewera pamaso pa Yehova, nampeputsa mumtima mwake.
Tsoka inu okhuta tsopano! Chifukwa mudzamva njala. Tsoka inu, akuseka tsopano! Chifukwa mudzachita maliro ndi kulira misozi.
Pamenepo udzaona ndi kuunikidwa, ndipo mtima wako udzanthunthumira ndi kukuzidwa; pakuti unyinji wa nyanja udzakutembenukira, chuma cha amitundu chidzafika kwa iwe.
Nanena naonso, Mukani, mukadye zonona, mukamwe zozuna, nimumtumizire gawo lake iye amene sanamkonzeretu kanthu; chifukwa lero ndilo lopatulikira Ambuye wathu; ndipo musamachita chisoni; pakuti chimwemwe cha Yehova ndicho mphamvu yanu.
Pakuti munakhala mthandizi wanga; ndipo ndidzafuula mokondwera mu mthunzi wa mapiko anu.
Ndipo mtendere wa Mulungu wakupambana chidziwitso chonse, udzasunga mitima yanu ndi maganizo anu mwa Khristu Yesu.
ndipo oomboledwa a Yehova adzabwera, nadzafika ku Ziyoni alikuimba; kukondwa kosatha kudzakhala pa mitu yao; iwo adzakhala ndi kusekerera ndi kukondwa, ndipo chisoni ndi kuusa moyo kudzachoka.
Pakuti pamenepo udzakondwera naye Wamphamvuyonse, ndi kuweramutsa nkhope yako kwa Mulungu.
Koma akondwere onse amene athawira kwa Inu, afuule mokondwera kosaleka, popeza muwafungatira; nasekere mwa Inu iwo akukonda dzina lanu.
ndi kudzilankhulira nokha ndi masalimo, ndi mayamiko, ndi nyimbo zauzimu, kuimbira ndi kuimba m'malimba Ambuye mumtima mwanu; ndipo yendani m'chikondi monganso Khristu anakukondani inu, nadzipereka yekha m'malo mwathu, chopereka ndi nsembe kwa Mulungu, ikhale fungo lonunkhira bwino. ndi kuyamika Mulungu Atate masiku onse, chifukwa cha zonse, m'dzina la Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu;