Tonsefe timadziwa kuti ndife ofooka. Pa moyo wathu, timakumana ndi zinthu zotiyesa zimatiwonetsa kufooka kwathu. Koma ngakhale kufooka kumawoneka ngati choleletsa, kungatithandizenso kukula ndiponso kulimbikitsidwa ndi mphamvu za Mulungu.
M’Baibulo muli nkhani zambiri zokamba za kufooka ndi momwe Mulungu amakuchitira ntchito powonetsa mphamvu zake. Chitsanzo chabwino ndi mtumwi Paulo, amene anakumana ndi vuto limene analitcha “munga m’thupi.” Ngakhale atapempha Mulungu katatu kuti amuchotse, anayankhidwa kuti: “Kukoma mtima kwanga nkokwanira kwa iwe, pakuti mphamvu yanga imathedzedwa m’ufooko” (2 Akorinto 12:9).
Kumbukira kuti ngakhale kufooka nthawi zambiri kumatipangitsa kumva ngati tikusowa thandizo ndiponso titataya mtima, nthawi imeneyi ndi imene tingaone mphamvu ya Mulungu yosanditsa mitima yathu, chifukwa kukoma mtima kwake nkokwanira kutiposa zolephera zathu ndikutilimbitsa m’kufooka kwathu. M’kufooka kwathu ndi momwe mphamvu zake zimaonekera bwino.
Ndikofunika kuvomereza kufooka kwathu, chifukwa tikamatero, timadziwa kuti tikufunika Mulungu ndipo zimatilimbikitsa kufunafuna mphamvu zake. M’malo moona kufooka ngati cholakwika, tingachione ngati mwayi wokulira mwauzimu ndikuona chikondi cha Mulungu chosatha pa moyo wathu.
Limbani mtima, pitirizani, mukhoza kuchita zonse mwa Khristu, pakuti iye ndiye wokulimbitsani!
Chifukwa chake ndisangalala m'mafooko, m'ziwawa, m'zikakamizo, m'mazunzo, m'zipsinjiko, chifukwa cha Khristu; pakuti pamene ndifooka, pamenepo ndili wamphamvu.
Ndipo ananena kwa ine, Chisomo changa chikukwanira; pakuti mphamvu yanga ithedwa mu ufooko. Chifukwa chake makamaka ndidzadzitamandira mokondweratu m'mafooko anga, kuti mphamvu ya Khristu ikhale pa ine.
Likatha thupi langa ndi mtima wanga, Mulungu ndiye thanthwe la mtima wanga, ndi cholandira changa chosatha.
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. nati kwa Iye, Inu ndinu wakudza kodi, kapena tiyembekezere wina? Pakuti goli langa lili lofewa, ndi katundu wanga ali wopepuka.
Ndipo momwemonso Mzimu athandiza kufooka kwathu; pakuti chimene tizipempha monga chiyenera, sitidziwa; koma Mzimu mwini atipempherera ndi zobuula zosatheka kuneneka;
Chezerani ndi kupemphera, kuti mungalowe m'kuyesedwa: mzimutu uli wakufuna, koma thupi lili lolefuka.
Adzandifuulira Ine ndipo ndidzamyankha; kunsautso ndidzakhala naye pamodzi; ndidzamlanditsa, ndi kumchitira ulemu.
Pakuti Mulungu sanatipatse mzimu wa mantha; komatu wa mphamvu ndi chikondi ndi chidziletso.
Pakuti sitili naye mkulu wa ansembe wosatha kumva chifundo ndi zofooka zathu; koma wayesedwa m'zonse monga momwe ife, koma wopanda uchimo. Potero tilimbike mtima poyandikira mpando wachifumu wachisomo, kuti tilandire chifundo ndi kupeza chisomo cha kutithandiza nthawi yakusowa.
Pakuti sitili naye mkulu wa ansembe wosatha kumva chifundo ndi zofooka zathu; koma wayesedwa m'zonse monga momwe ife, koma wopanda uchimo.
usaope, pakuti Ine ndili pamodzi ndi iwe; usaopsedwe, pakuti Ine ndine Mulungu wako; ndidzakulimbitsa; inde, ndidzakuthangata; inde, ndidzakuchirikiza ndi dzanja langa lamanja la chilungamo.
lifesedwa m'mnyozo, liukitsidwa mu ulemerero; lifesedwa m'chifooko, liukitsidwa mumphamvu;
Kwa ofooka ndinakhala ngati wofooka, kuti ndipindule ofooka. Ndakhala zonse kwa anthu onse, kuti paliponse ndikapulumutse ena.
Chifukwa kuti chopusa cha Mulungu chiposa anthu ndi nzeru zao; ndipo chofooka cha Mulungu chiposa anthu ndi mphamvu yao.
Ndipo ife amene tili olimba tiyenera kunyamula zofooka za opanda mphamvu, ndi kusadzikondweretsa tokha.
koma Mulungu anasankhula zopusa za dziko lapansi, kuti akachititse manyazi anzeru; ndipo zofooka za dziko lapansi Mulungu anazisankhula, kuti akachititse manyazi zamphamvu;
Ndipo ine ndine wozunzika ndi waumphawi; koma Ambuye andikumbukira ine. Inu ndinu mthandizi wanga, ndi Mpulumutsi wanga, musamachedwa, Mulungu wanga.
Khulupirira Yehova ndi mtima wako wonse, osachirikizika pa luntha lako; umlemekeze m'njira zako zonse, ndipo Iye adzaongola mayendedwe ako.
Koma amene mumkhululukira kanthu, inenso nditero naye; pakuti chimene ndakhululukira inenso, ngati ndakhululukira kanthu, ndachichita chifukwa cha inu, pamaso pa Khristu;
pakuti anapachikidwa mu ufooko, koma ali ndi moyo mu mphamvu ya Mulungu. Pakuti ifenso tili ofooka mwa Iye, koma tidzakhala ndi moyo pamodzi ndi Iye, mu mphamvu ya Mulungu, ya kwa inu.
Ndipo anadza ena akutsika ku Yudeya, nawaphunzitsa abale, nati, Mukapanda kudulidwa monga mwambo wa Mose, simungathe kupulumuka.
Wolemekezeka Mulungu ndi Atate wa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, Atate wa zifundo ndi Mulungu wa chitonthozo chonse, wotitonthoza ife m'nsautso yathu yonse, kuti tidzathe ife kutonthoza iwo okhala m'nsautso iliyonse, mwa chitonthozo chimene titonthozedwa nacho tokha ndi Mulungu.
Zoonadi Iye ananyamula zowawa zathu, ndi kusenza zisoni zathu; koma ife tinamuyesa wokhomedwa, wokanthidwa ndi Mulungu, ndi wovutidwa.
Pakuti moyo wanga watha ndi chisoni, ndi zaka zanga zatha ndi kuusa moyo. Mphamvu yanga yafooka chifukwa cha kusakaza kwanga, ndi mafupa anga apuwala.
Chifukwa chake iye wakuyesa kuti ali chilili, ayang'anire kuti angagwe. 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.
koma iwo amene alindira Yehova adzatenganso mphamvu; adzauluka pamwamba ndi mapiko monga ziombankhanga; adzathamanga koma osalema; adzayenda koma osalefuka.
tigwiritse chivomerezo chosagwedera cha chiyembekezo chathu, pakuti wolonjezayo ali wokhulupirika;
Moyo wanga ukhalira chete Mulungu yekha; chipulumutso changa chifuma kwa Iye. Musakhulupirire kusautsa, ndipo musatama chifwamba; chikachuluka chuma musakhazikepo mitima yanu. Mulungu ananena kamodzi, ndinachimva kawiri, kuti mphamvu ndi yake ya Mulungu. Chifundonso ndi chanu, Ambuye, Chifukwa Inu mubwezera munthu aliyense monga mwa ntchito yake. Iye yekhayo ndiye thanthwe langa ndi chipulumutso changa; msanje wanga, sindidzagwedezeka kwakukulu.
koma Mulungu anasankhula zopusa za dziko lapansi, kuti akachititse manyazi anzeru; ndipo zofooka za dziko lapansi Mulungu anazisankhula, kuti akachititse manyazi zamphamvu; ndipo zopanda pake za dziko lapansi, ndi zonyozeka, anazisankhula Mulungu, ndi zinthu zoti kulibe; kuti akathere zinthu zoti ziliko; kuti thupi lililonse lisadzitamande pamaso pa Mulungu.
ndipo iwo akudziwa dzina lanu adzakhulupirira Inu; pakuti, Inu Yehova, simunawasiye iwo akufuna Inu.
Umsenze Yehova nkhawa zako, ndipo Iye adzakugwiriziza, nthawi zonse sadzalola wolungama agwedezeke.
Taonani, Mulungu ndiye chipulumutso changa; ndidzakhulupirira, sindidzaopa; pakuti Yehova Mwini ndiye mphamvu yanga ndi nyimbo yanga, Iye ndiye chipulumutso changa.
Ndingakhale ndiyenda pakati pa nsautso, mudzandipatsa moyo; mudzatambasula dzanja lanu pa mkwiyo wa adani anu, ndipo dzanja lanu lamanja lidzandipulumutsa.
Koma tili nacho chuma ichi m'zotengera zadothi, kuti ukulu woposa wamphamvu ukhale wa Mulungu, wosachokera kwa ife;
Wolemekeza Ambuye, tsiku ndi tsiku atisenzera katundu, ndiye Mulungu wa chipulumutso chathu.
Ndipo tidziwa kuti amene akonda Mulungu zinthu zonse zithandizana kuwachitira ubwino, ndiwo amene aitanidwa monga mwa kutsimikiza kwa mtima wake.
Inu ndinu ochokera mwa Mulungu, tiana, ndipo munaipambana; pakuti Iye wakukhala mwa inu aposa iye wakukhala m'dziko lapansi. Iwo ndiwo ochokera m'dziko lapansi;
Pakuti Ine Yehova Mulungu wako ndidzagwira dzanja lako lamanja, ndi kunena kwa iwe, Usaope ndidzakuthandiza iwe.
M'chikondano cha anzanu wina ndi mnzake mukondane ndi chikondi chenicheni; mutsogolerane ndi kuchitira wina mnzake ulemu;
Pakuti wolungama amagwa kasanu ndi kawiri, nanyamukanso; koma oipa akhumudwa pomfikira tsoka.
Pakuti mkwiyo wake ukhala kanthawi kokha; koma kuyanja kwake moyo wonse. Kulira kuchezera, koma mamawa kuli kufuula kokondwera.
Inu ndinu kuunika kwa dziko lapansi. Mzinda wokhazikika pamwamba paphiri sungathe kubisika. Kapena sayatsa nyali, ndi kuivundikira m'mbiya, koma aiika iyo pa choikapo chake; ndipo iunikira onse ali m'nyumbamo. Chomwecho muwalitse inu kuunika kwanu pamaso pa anthu, kuti pakuona ntchito zanu zabwino, alemekeze Atate wanu wa Kumwamba.
Pamene udulitsa pamadzi ndili pamodzi ndi iwe; ndi pooloka mitsinje sidzakukokolola; pakupyola pamoto sudzapsa; ngakhale lawi silidzakutentha.
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 chokondweretsa, 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 sanapeze malo akulapa), angakhale analifunafuna ndi misozi. Pakuti simunayandikire 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 padzanja lamanja la mpando wachifumu wa Mulungu.
Chifukwa cha wotereyo ndidzadzitamandira; koma chifukwa cha ine ndekha sindidzadzitamandira, koma m'zofooka zanga.
kuti monga mwa chuma cha ulemerero wake akulimbikitseni inu ndi mphamvu mwa Mzimu wake, m'kati mwanu,
M'menemo mukondwera, kungakhale tsopano kanthawi, ngati kuyenera, mukachitidwe chisoni ndi mayesero a mitundumitundu, kuti mayesedwe a chikhulupiriro chanu, ndiwo a mtengo wake woposa wa golide amene angotayika, ngakhale ayesedwa ndi moto, akapezedwe ochitira chiyamiko ndi ulemerero ndi ulemu pa vumbulutso la Yesu Khristu;
pokhulupirira pamenepo, kuti Iye amene anayamba mwa inu ntchito yabwino, adzaitsiriza kufikira tsiku la Yesu Khristu;
olimbikitsidwa m'chilimbiko chonse, monga mwa mphamvu ya ulemerero wake, kuchitira chipiriro chonse ndi kuleza mtima konse pamodzi ndi chimwemwe,
Mzimu wanga ukhale ndi moyo, ndipo udzakulemekezani; ndipo maweruzo anu andithandize.
ndipo ngati ana, pomweponso olowa nyumba; inde olowa nyumba ake a Mulungu, ndi olowa anzake a Khristu; ngatitu ife timva zowawa pamodzi naye, kuti tikalandirenso ulemerero pamodzi ndi Iye.
Koma ndi chisomo cha Mulungu ndili ine amene ndili; ndipo chisomo chake cha kwa ine sichinakhale chopanda pake, koma ndinagwirira ntchito yochuluka ya iwo onse; koma si ine, koma chisomo cha Mulungu chakukhala ndi ine.
Kuunika kutulukira oongoka mtima mumdima; Iye ndiye wachisomo, ndi wansoni ndi wolungama.
Tsiku lakuopa ine, ndidzakhulupirira Inu. Mwa Mulungu ndidzalemekeza mau ake, ndakhulupirira Mulungu, sindidzaopa; anthu adzandichitanji?
Chifukwa chake sitifooka; koma ungakhale umunthu wathu wakunja uvunda, wa m'kati mwathu ukonzedwa kwatsopano tsiku ndi tsiku. Pakuti chisautso chathu chopepuka cha kanthawi chitichitira ife kulemera koposa kwakukulu ndi kosatha kwa ulemerero;
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.
Mulungu ndiye wangwiro m'njira zake; mau a Yehova ngoyengeka; ndiye chikopa cha onse okhulupirira Iye.
Senzani goli langa, ndipo phunzirani kwa Ine; chifukwa ndili wofatsa ndi wodzichepetsa mtima: ndipo mudzapeza mpumulo wa miyoyo yanu.
Taonani, Ambuye Yehova adzadza ngati wamphamvu, ndipo mkono wake udzalamulira; taonani, mphotho yake ili ndi Iye, ndipo chobwezera chake chili patsogolo pa Iye.
Wodala munthu amene mphamvu yake ili mwa Inu; mumtima mwake muli makwalala a ku Ziyoni.
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.
m'mene monse mtima wathu utitsutsa; chifukwa Mulungu ali wamkulu woposa mitima yathu, nazindikira zonse.
Pamenepo ananena kwa iwo, Moyo wanga uli wozingidwa ndi chisoni cha kufika nacho kuimfa; khalani pano muchezere pamodzi ndi Ine.
Ndipo musafanizidwe ndi makhalidwe a pansi pano: koma mukhale osandulika, mwa kukonzanso kwa mtima wanu, kuti mukazindikire chimene chili chifuniro cha Mulungu, chabwino, ndi chokondweretsa, ndi changwiro.
Koma ine ndakhulupirira pa chifundo chanu; mtima wanga udzakondwera nacho chipulumutso chanu.
Koma tsopano atero Yehova, amene anakulenga iwe Yakobo, ndi Iye amene anakupanga iwe Israele, Usaope, chifukwa ndakuombola iwe, ndakutchula dzina lako, iwe uli wanga.
Ndikuyamikani chifukwa kuti chipangidwe changa nchoopsa ndi chodabwitsa; ntchito zanu nzodabwitsa; moyo wanga uchidziwa ichi bwino ndithu.
Yehova ndi wanga; sindidzaopa; adzandichitanji munthu? Yehova ndi wanga, mwa iwo akundithandiza; m'mwemo ndidzaona chofuna ine pa iwo akundida.
Ndikweza maso anga kumapiri: Thandizo langa lidzera kuti? Thandizo langa lidzera kwa Yehova, wakulenga kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi.
Limbitsani manja opanda mphamvu, ndi kulimbitsa maondo a gwedegwede. Nenani kwa a mitima ya chinthenthe, Limbani, musaope; taonani, Mulungu wanu adza ndi kubwezera chilango, ndi mphotho ya Mulungu; Iye adzafika ndi kukupulumutsani.