Mulungu akuitana ana ake kukhala oyera. Kukhala oyera ndiko kukhala opulidwa, odzipereka kwa Mulungu. Kuti tikhalebe oyera tiyenera kupewa chilichonse chomwe Mulungu sachikonda, ndipo Mawu ake ndiye chitsogozo chathu chabwino kwambiri choti tidziwe zimenezo. Werengani Mawu ake tsiku lililonse ndipo mudzamudziwa bwino Mulungu. Mukatero, mudzadziwa chabwino ndi choipa, chomwe chimakufikitsani pafupi ndi Ambuye komanso chomwe chimakutalikirani.
(Masalimo 119:9) Mnyamata adzayeretse bwanji njira yake? Ndi kusunga mawu anu. Yesu Khristu anapereka moyo wake chifukwa cha ife kuti atiyeretse ndi kutikhala oyera. Ngati mumakondadi Atate wanu wakumwamba, mudzapewa chilichonse chomwe chimakutalikirani kwa Iye. Mudzakhala osamala tsiku lililonse ndipo mudzafune kukhala oyera pa chilichonse chomwe muchita.
Tsiku lililonse muyenera kufunafuna kuyera kumene Mulungu akuitanani kuti mukaone Iye. Mawu ake amati: Fufuzani mtendere ndi onse, ndi chiyero; popanda icho palibe munthu adzaona Ambuye. (Ahebri 12:14) Atate wanu wakumwamba akuyuna kuti mukaonekere pamaso pake muli oyera, kuti muchotse chilichonse chomwe chimadetsa thupi lanu ndi mzimu wanu. Mu gawo lino mupeza mavesi ambiri okhudza kuyera ndi kufunika kwake kwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu.
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.
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.
Chotsalira, abale, zinthu zilizonse zoona, zilizonse zolemekezeka, zilizonse zolungama, zilizonse zoyera, zilizonse zokongola, zilizonse zimveka zokoma; ngati kuli chokoma mtima china, kapena chitamando china, zilingirireni izi.
Chifukwa chake ngati munthu aliyense ali mwa Khristu ali wolengedwa watsopano; zinthu zakale zapita, taonani, zakhala zatsopano.
pakuti chisamaliro cha thupi chili imfa; koma chisamaliro cha mzimu chili moyo ndi mtendere.
Mundisanthule, Mulungu, nimudziwe mtima wanga; mundiyese nimudziwe zolingalira zanga.Ndipo mupenye ngati ndili nao mayendedwe oipa, nimunditsogolere pa njira yosatha.
Koma chipatso cha Mzimu ndicho chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, chifundo, kukoma mtima, chikhulupiriro,chifatso, chiletso; pokana zimenezi palibe lamulo.
Mwa ichi, podzimanga m'chuuno, kunena za mtima wanu, mukhale odzisunga, nimuyembekeze konsekonse chisomo chilikutengedwa kudza nacho kwa inu m'vumbulutso la Yesu Khristu;
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!
koma iwo amene alindira Yehova adzatenganso mphamvu; adzauluka pamwamba ndi mapiko monga ziombankhanga; adzathamanga koma osalema; adzayenda koma osalefuka.
Pakuti monga asinkha m'kati mwake, ali wotere; ati kwa iwe, Idya numwe; koma mtima wake suli pa iwe.
Pondichulukira zolingalira zanga m'kati mwanga, zotonthoza zanu zikondweretsa moyo wanga.
Pakuti wadziwa ndani mtima wa Ambuye, kuti akamlangize Iye? Koma ife tili nao mtima wa Khristu.
Mau a m'kamwa mwanga ndi maganizo a m'mtima wanga avomerezeke pamaso panu, Yehova, thanthwe langa, ndi Mombolo wanga.
Nkhani yonse yovunda isatuluke m'kamwa mwanu, koma ngati pali ina yabwino kukumangirira monga mofunika ndiyo, kuti ipatse chisomo kwa iwo akumva.
Ndipo Mulungu wa chiyembekezo adzaze inu ndi chimwemwe chonse ndi mtendere m'kukhulupirira, kuti mukachuluke ndi chiyembekezo, mu mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera.
Ndipo inu, okhala alendo kale ndi adani m'chifuwa chanu m'ntchito zoipazo,koma tsopano anakuyanjanitsani m'thupi lake mwa imfayo, kukaimika inu oyera, ndi opanda chilema ndi osatsutsika pamaso pake;
usaope, pakuti Ine ndili pamodzi ndi iwe; usaopsedwe, pakuti Ine ndine Mulungu wako; ndidzakulimbitsa; inde, ndidzakuthangata; inde, ndidzakuchirikiza ndi dzanja langa lamanja la chilungamo.
Pakuti Mulungu sanatipatsa mzimu wa mantha; komatu wa mphamvu ndi chikondi ndi chidziletso.
tigwiritse chivomerezo chosagwedera cha chiyembekezo chathu, pakuti wolonjezayo ali wokhulupirika;
Idzani kuno kwa Ine nonsenu akulema ndi kuthodwa, ndipo Ine ndidzakupumulitsani inu.Senzani goli langa, ndipo phunzirani kwa Ine; chifukwa ndili wofatsa ndi wodzichepetsa mtima: ndipo mudzapeza mpumulo wa miyoyo yanu.Pakuti goli langa lili lofewa, ndi katundu wanga ali wopepuka.
Chifukwa chake ndikupemphani inu, abale, mwa zifundo za Mulungu, kuti mupereke matupi anu nsembe yamoyo, yopatulika, yokondweretsa Mulungu, ndiko kupembedza kwanu koyenera.
Khulupirirani Yehova nthawi yamuyaya, pakuti mwa Ambuye Yehova muli thanthwe lachikhalire.
ndi kugwetsa matsutsano, ndi chokwezeka chonse chimene chidzikweza pokana chidziwitso cha Mulungu, ndi kugonjetsa ganizo lonse kukumvera kwa Khristu;
Kondwerani nthawi zonse;Pempherani kosaleka;M'zonse yamikani; pakuti ichi ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu cha kwa inu, mwa Khristu Yesu.
ndipo munavala watsopano, amene alikukonzeka watsopano, kuti akhale nacho chizindikiritso, monga mwa chifaniziro cha Iye amene anamlenga iye;
Khalani chete, ndipo dziwani kuti Ine ndine Mulungu, Ndidzabuka mwa amitundu, ndidzabuka pa dziko lapansi.
Koma muthange mwafuna Ufumu wake ndi chilungamo chake, ndipo zonse zimenezo zidzaonjezedwa kwa inu.
Ndipo tidziwa kuti amene akonda Mulungu zinthu zonse zithandizana kuwachitira ubwino, ndiwo amene aitanidwa monga mwa kutsimikiza kwa mtima wake.
Pakuti mau a Mulungu ali amoyo, ndi ochitachita, ndi akuthwa koposa lupanga lakuthwa konsekonse, napyoza kufikira kugawira moyo ndi mzimu, ndi zimfundo ndi mafuta a m'mafupa, nazindikiritsa zolingirira ndi zitsimikizo za mtima.
Abale, ine sindiwerengera ndekha kuti ndatha kuchigwira: koma chinthu chimodzi ndichichita; poiwaladi zam'mbuyo, ndi kutambalitsira zam'tsogolo,ndilondetsa polekezerapo, kutsatira mfupo wa maitanidwe akumwamba a Mulungu a mwa Khristu Yesu.
Lemba lililonse adaliuzira Mulungu, ndipo lipindulitsa pa chiphunzitso, chitsutsano, chikonzero, chilangizo cha m'chilungamo:kuti munthu wa Mulungu akhale woyenera, wokonzeka kuchita ntchito iliyonse yabwino.
Musakumbukire zidapitazo, ngakhale kulingalira zinthu zakale.Taonani, Ine ndidzachita chinthu chatsopano; tsopano chidzaoneka; kodi simudzachidziwa? Ndidzakonzadi njira m'chipululu, ndi mitsinje m'zidalala.
Chotero inunso mudziwerengere inu nokha ofafa ku uchimo, koma amoyo kwa Mulungu mwa Khristu Yesu.
Tsiku lakuopa ine, ndidzakhulupirira Inu.Mwa Mulungu ndidzalemekeza mau ake, ndakhulupirira Mulungu, sindidzaopa; anthu adzandichitanji?
Ndinaganizira njira zanga, ndipo ndinabweza mapazi anga atsate mboni zanu.Ndinafulumira, osachedwa, kusamalira malamulo anu.
Ngati tivomereza machimo athu, ali wokhulupirika ndi wolungama Iye, kuti atikhululukire machimo athu, ndi kutisambitsa kutichotsera chosalungama chilichonse.
Penyani kuti pasakhale wina wakulanda inu ngati chuma, mwa kukonda nzeru kwake, ndi chinyengo chopanda pake, potsata mwambo wa anthu, potsata zoyamba za dziko lapansi, osati potsata Khristu;
Koma iwo a Khristu Yesu adapachika thupi, ndi zokhumba zake, ndi zilakolako zake. Ngati tili ndi moyo ndi Mzimu, ndi Mzimunso tiyende.
Ndipo Mulungu wa chipiriro ndi wa chitonthozo apatse inu kuti mukhale ndi mtima umodzi wina ndi mnzake, monga mwa Khristu Yesu;kuti nonse pamodzi, m'kamwa mmodzi, mukalemekeze Mulungu ndi Atate wa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu.
Sichinakugwerani inu chiyeso koma cha umunthu; koma Mulungu ali wokhulupirika, amene sadzalola inu kuyesedwa koposa kumene mukhoza; koma pamodzi ndi chiyeso adzaikanso populumukirapo, kuti mudzakhoze kupirirako.
Mboni zanu ndizo zolungama kosatha; mundizindikiritse izi, ndipo ndidzakhala ndi moyo.
Pakuti maganizo anga sali maganizo anu, ngakhale njira zanu sizili njira zanga, ati Yehova.Pakuti monga kumwamba kuli kutali ndi dziko lapansi, momwemo njira zanga zili zazitali kupambana njira zanu, ndi maganizo anga kupambana maganizo anu.
pokhulupirira pamenepo, kuti Iye amene anayamba mwa inu ntchito yabwino, adzaitsiriza kufikira tsiku la Yesu Khristu;
ndipo tiganizirane wina ndi mnzake kuti tifulumizane ku chikondano ndi ntchito zabwino,osaleka kusonkhana kwathu pamodzi, monga amachita ena, komatu tidandaulirane, ndiko koposa monga momwe muona tsiku lilikuyandika.
Khulupirira Yehova ndi mtima wako wonse, osachirikizika pa luntha lako;umlemekeze m'njira zako zonse, ndipo Iye adzaongola mayendedwe ako.
Pakuti nzeru itchinjiriza monga ndalama zitchinjiriza; koma kudziwa kupambana, chifukwa nzeru isunga moyo wa eni ake.
Khristu anatisandutsa mfulu, kuti tikhale mfulu; chifukwa chake chilimikani, musakodwenso ndi goli la ukapolo.
ndikakonzere iwo amene alira maliro m'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.
Pemphani, ndipo chidzapatsidwa kwa inu; funani, ndipo mudzapeza; gogodani, ndipo chidzatsegulidwa kwa inu;
Mundidziwitse njira zanu, Yehova; Mundiphunzitse mayendedwe anu.Munditsogolere m'choonadi chanu, ndipo mundiphunzitse; pakuti Inu ndinu Mulungu wa chipulumutso changa; Inu ndikuyembekezerani tsiku lonseli.
Mudzandidziwitsa njira ya moyo, pankhope panu pali chimwemwe chokwanira; m'dzanja lanu lamanja muli zokondweretsa zomka muyaya.
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,Yesu, ameneyo, chifukwa cha chimwemwe choikidwacho pamaso pake, anapirira mtanda, nanyoza manyazi, nakhala pa dzanja lamanja la mpando wachifumu wa Mulungu.
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.
Chomwecho muwalitse inu kuunika kwanu pamaso pa anthu, kuti pakuona ntchito zanu zabwino, alemekeze Atate wanu wa Kumwamba.
Chotsalira, tadzilimbikani mwa Ambuye, ndi m'kulimba kwa mphamvu yake.Tavalani zida zonse za Mulungu, kuti mudzakhoze kuchilimika pokana machenjerero a mdierekezi.
Ndikuyamikani chifukwa kuti chipangidwe changa nchoopsa ndi chodabwitsa; ntchito zanu nzodabwitsa; moyo wanga uchidziwa ichi bwino ndithu.
Koma chifundo cha Yehova ndicho choyambira nthawi yosayamba kufikira nthawi yosatha kwa iwo akumuopa Iye, ndi chilungamo chake kufikira kwa ana a ana;kwa iwo akusunga chipangano chake, ndi kwa iwo akukumbukira malangizo ake kuwachita.
Iye amene akhala pansi m'ngaka yake ya Wam'mwambamwamba adzagonera mu mthunzi wa Wamphamvuyonse.
Pamene udulitsa pamadzi ndili pamodzi ndi iwe; ndi pooloka mitsinje sidzakukokolola; pakupyola pamoto sudzapsa; ngakhale lawi silidzakutentha.
Chitani zonse kopanda madandaulo ndi makani,kuti mukakhale osalakwa ndi oona, ana a Mulungu opanda chilema pakati pa mbadwo wokhotakhota ndi wopotoka, mwa iwo amene muonekera monga mauniko m'dziko lapansi,
Ndipo si chotero chokha, komanso tikondwera m'zisautso; podziwa ife kuti chisautso chichita chipiriro; ndi chipiriro chichita chizolowezi;ndi chizolowezi chichita chiyembekezo:ndipo chiyembekezo sichichititsa manyazi; chifukwa chikondi cha Mulungu chinatsanulidwa m'mitima mwathu mwa Mzimu Woyera, amene wapatsidwa kwa ife.
ndi kuwaphunzitsa, asunge zinthu zonse zimene ndinakulamulani inu; ndipo onani, Ine ndili pamodzi ndi inu masiku onse, kufikira chimaliziro cha nthawi ya pansi pano.
Yehova ali pafupi ndi onse akuitanira kwa Iye, onse akuitanira kwa Iye m'choonadi.Adzachita chokhumba iwo akumuopa; nadzamva kufuula kwao, nadzawapulumutsa.
Koma mayendedwe a olungama akunga kuunika kwa mbandakucha, kunkabe kuwala kufikira usana woti mbee.
Mulungu ndiye wangwiro m'njira zake; mau a Yehova ngoyengeka; ndiye chikopa cha onse okhulupirira Iye.
Ndipo adzalalikira bwanji, ngati satumidwa? Monganso kwalembedwa, Okometsetsa ndithu ali mapazi a iwo akulalikira Uthenga Wabwino wa zinthu zabwino.
Ndinapachikidwa ndi Khristu; koma ndili ndi moyo; wosatinso ine ai, koma Khristu ali ndi moyo mwa ine; koma moyo umene ndili nao tsopano m'thupi, ndili nao m'chikhulupiriro cha Mwana wa Mulungu, amene anandikonda, nadzipereka yekha chifukwa cha ine.
Chifukwa chake tinaikidwa m'manda pamodzi ndi Iye mwa ubatizo kulowa muimfa; kuti monga Khristu anaukitsidwa kwa akufa mwa ulemerero wa Atate, chotero ifenso tikayende m'moyo watsopano.
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;
Popeza tsono tayesedwa olungama ndi chikhulupiriro, tikhala ndi mtendere ndi Mulungu mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu;amene ife tikhoza kulowa naye ndi chikhulupiriro m'chisomo ichi m'mene tilikuimamo; ndipo tikondwera m'chiyembekezo cha ulemerero wa Mulungu.
Pakuona ine thambo la kumwamba lanu, ntchito ya zala zanu, mwezi ndi nyenyezi, zimene munazikhazika,munthu ndani kuti mumkumbukira? Ndi mwana wa munthu kuti mucheza naye?
Chifukwa chake sitifooka; koma ungakhale umunthu wathu wakunja uvunda, wa m'kati mwathu ukonzedwa kwatsopano tsiku ndi tsiku.
Ndilindira Yehova, moyo wanga ulindira, ndiyembekeza mau ake.Moyo wanga uyang'anira Ambuye, koposa alonda matanda kucha; inde koposa alonda matanda kucha.
Chifukwa chake musadere nkhawa za mawa; pakuti mawa adzadzidera nkhawa iwo okha. Zikwanire tsiku zovuta zake.
Pakuti m'menemo chaonetsedwa chilungamo cha Mulungu chakuchokera kuchikhulupiriro kuloza kuchikhulupiriro: monga kwalembedwa, Koma munthu wolungama adzakhala ndi moyo ndi chikhulupiriro.
Potero tilimbike mtima poyandikira mpando wachifumu wachisomo, kuti tilandire chifundo ndi kupeza chisomo cha kutithandiza nthawi yakusowa.
Pakuti mapiri adzachoka, ndi zitunda zidzasunthika; koma kukoma mtima kwanga sikudzakuchokera iwe, kapena kusunthika chipangano changa cha mtendere, ati Yehova amene wakuchitira iwe chifundo.
Pakuti ufulu wathu uli Kumwamba; kuchokera komwenso tilindirira Mpulumutsi, Ambuye Yesu Khristu;
kuti mukayenda koyenera Ambuye kukamkondweretsa monsemo, ndi kubala zipatso mu ntchito yonse yabwino, ndi kukula m'chizindikiritso cha Mulungu;
Koma chipatso cha Mzimu ndicho chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, chifundo, kukoma mtima, chikhulupiriro,
ndipo Yehova adzakutsogolera posalekai, ndi kukhutitsa moyo wako m'chilala, ndi kulimbitsa mafupa ako; ndipo udzafanana ndi munda wothirira madzi, ndi kasupe wamadzi amene madzi ake saphwa konse.
Khala chete mwa Yehova, numlindirire Iye; usavutike mtima chifukwa cha iye wolemerera m'njira yake, chifukwa cha munthu wakuchita chiwembu.
M'chikondano cha anzanu wina ndi mnzake mukondane ndi chikondi chenicheni; mutsogolerane ndi kuchitira wina mnzake ulemu;
Nduna zinandilondola kopanda chifukwa; koma mtima wanga uchita mantha nao mau anu.Ndikondwera nao mau anu, ngati munthu wakupeza zofunkha zambiri.
Kodi iwe sunadziwe? Kodi sunamve? Mulungu wachikhalire, Yehova, Mlengi wa malekezero a dziko lapansi, salefuka konse, salema; nzeru zake sizisanthulika.Iye alimbitsa olefuka, naonjezera mphamvu iye ameme alibe mphamvu.Ngakhale anyamata adzalefuka ndi kulema ndi amisinkhu adzagwa ndithu:koma iwo amene alindira Yehova adzatenganso mphamvu; adzauluka pamwamba ndi mapiko monga ziombankhanga; adzathamanga koma osalema; adzayenda koma osalefuka.
Kufuula kwanga kuyandikire pamaso panu, Yehova; mundizindikiritse monga mwa mau anu.
Pakuti ndakopeka mtima kuti ngakhale imfa, ngakhale moyo, ngakhale angelo, ngakhale maufumu, ngakhale zinthu zilipo, ngakhale zinthu zilinkudza, ngakhale zimphamvu,ngakhale utali, ngakhale kuya, ngakhale cholengedwa china chilichonse, sichingadzakhoze kutisiyanitsa ife ndi chikondi cha Mulungu, chimene chili mwa Khristu Yesu Ambuye wathu.
Koma inu ndinu mbadwa yosankhika, ansembe achifumu, mtundu woyera mtima, anthu a mwini wake, kotero kuti mukalalikire zoposazo za Iye amene anakuitanani mutuluke mumdima, mulowe kuunika kwake kodabwitsa;
Musanyengedwe; Mulungu sanyozeka; pakuti chimene munthu achifesa, chimenenso adzachituta.
Pamenepo adani anga adzabwerera m'mbuyo tsiku lakuitana ine. Ichi ndidziwa, kuti Mulungu avomerezana nane.
Ndidzati kwa Yehova, Pothawirapo panga ndi linga langa; Mulungu wanga, amene ndimkhulupirira.
Pakuti Yehova Mulungu ndiye dzuwa ndi chikopa; Yehova adzapatsa chifundo ndi ulemerero; sadzakaniza chokoma iwo akuyenda angwiro.