Mulungu ali nafe nthawi zonse. Ndikudziwa kuti pa moyo timakumana ndi mavuto ambiri omwe amatitengera mtendere wathu ndi kutidzaza ndi nkhawa. Koma tiyeni tikumbukire kuti Mulungu amatipatsa mphamvu kudzera m’Mawu ake m’nthawi zovuta zimenezi.
“Musadandaule konse; koma pa chilichonse, ndi pemphero, ndi pembedzero, pamodzi ndi chiyamiko, zopempha zanu zidziwike kwa Mulungu.” Afilipi 4:6. Landirani mtendere wa Khristu mumtima mwanu ndipo khulupirirani chowonadi chake.
Chifukwa chomwe chili chofunika kwambiri si zimene vuto lanu likunena za inu, koma zimene Atate wathu wakumwamba wakukonzerani kumwamba. Zinthu zikhoza kuoneka zovuta pano padziko, koma tiyeni tikhale olimba m’chikhulupiriro chathu. Mulungu ali nafe.
Koma chipulumutso cha olungama chidzera kwa Yehova, Iye ndiye mphamvu yao m'nyengo ya nsautso.
Koma ine, ndidzaimbira mphamvu yanu; inde ndidzaimbitsa chifundo chanu mamawa, pakuti Inu mwakhala msanje wanga, ndi pothawirapo ine tsiku la nsautso yanga.
M'kusauka kwanga ndinaitana Yehova, ndipo ndinakuwira Mulungu wanga; mau anga anawamva mu Kachisi mwake, ndipo mkuwo wanga wa pankhope pake unalowa m'makutu mwake.
M'mene ndinasautsika ndinaitanira pa Yehova; anandiyankha nandiika motakasuka Yehova.
Yehova ali wabwino, ndiye polimbikirapo tsiku la msauko; ndipo adziwa iwo omkhulupirira Iye.
Iwowo anaitana, ndipo Yehova anawamva, nawalanditsa kumasautso ao onse. Yehova ali pafupi ndi iwo a mtima wosweka, apulumutsa iwo a mzimu wolapadi.
Munthu uyu wozunzika anafuula, ndipo Yehova anamumva, nampulumutsa m'masautso ake onse.
Zinthu izi ndalankhula ndi inu, kuti mwa Ine mukakhale nao mtendere. M'dziko lapansi mudzakhala nacho chivuto, koma limbikani mtima; ndalingonjetsa dziko lapansi Ine.
Musadere nkhawa konse; komatu m'zonse ndi pemphero, ndi pembedzero, pamodzi ndi chiyamiko, zopempha zanu zidziwike kwa Mulungu. Ndipo mtendere wa Mulungu wakupambana chidziwitso chonse, udzasunga mitima yanu ndi maganizo anu mwa Khristu Yesu.
Pondichulukira zolingalira zanga m'kati mwanga, zotonthoza zanu zikondweretsa moyo wanga.
ndipo adzawapukutira misozi yonse kuichotsa pamaso pao; ndipo sipadzakhalanso imfa; ndipo sipadzakhalanso maliro, kapena kulira, kapena chowawitsa; zoyambazo zapita.
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.
usaope, pakuti Ine ndili pamodzi ndi iwe; usaopsedwe, pakuti Ine ndine Mulungu wako; ndidzakulimbitsa; inde, ndidzakuthangata; inde, ndidzakuchirikiza ndi dzanja langa lamanja la chilungamo.
Umsenze Yehova nkhawa zako, ndipo Iye adzakugwiriziza, nthawi zonse sadzalola wolungama agwedezeke.
Udziweramiranji moyo wanga iwe? Ndi kuzingwa m'kati mwanga? Yembekeza Mulungu; pakuti ndidzamlemekeza tsopanonso, ndiye chipulumutso cha nkhope yanga ndi Mulungu wanga.
Imvani mfuu wanga, Mulungu; mverani pemphero langa. Ku malekezero a dziko lapansi ndidzafuulira kwa Inu, pomizika mtima wanga. Nditsogolereni kuthanthwe londiposa ine m'kutalika kwake.
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.
Ndipo tidziwa kuti amene akonda Mulungu zinthu zonse zithandizana kuwachitira ubwino, ndiwo amene aitanidwa monga mwa kutsimikiza kwa mtima wake.
Udziweramiranji moyo wanga iwe? Ndi kuzingwa m'kati mwanga? Yembekeza Mulungu, pakuti ndidzamyamikanso chifukwa cha chipulumutso cha nkhope yake.
Chinkana mkuyu suphuka, kungakhale kulibe zipatso kumpesa; yalephera ntchito ya azitona, ndi m'minda m'mosapatsa chakudya; ndi zoweta zachotsedwa kukhola, palibenso ng'ombe m'makola mwao; koma ndidzakondwera mwa Yehova, ndidzasekerera mwa Mulungu wa chipulumutso changa.
Pamene udulitsa pamadzi ndili pamodzi ndi iwe; ndi pooloka mitsinje sidzakukokolola; pakupyola pamoto sudzapsa; ngakhale lawi silidzakutentha.
Wokondedwa, ndipemphera kuti pa zonse ulemere, nukhale bwino, monga mzimu wako ulemera.
Khalani amphamvu, limbikani mitima, musamachita mantha, kapena kuopsedwa chifukwa cha iwowa; popeza Yehova Mulungu wanu ndiye amene amuka nanu; Iye sadzakusowani, kapena kukusiyani.
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.
Pakuti mkwiyo wake ukhala kanthawi kokha; koma kuyanja kwake moyo wonse. Kulira kuchezera, koma mamawa kuli kufuula kokondwera.
Inde, ndingakhale ndiyenda m'chigwa cha mthunzi wa imfa, sindidzaopa choipa; pakuti Inu muli ndi ine; chibonga chanu ndi ndodo yanu, izi zindisangalatsa ine.
Mtendere ndikusiyirani inu, mtendere wanga ndikupatsani; Ine sindikupatsani inu monga dziko lapansi lipatsa. Mtima wanu usavutike, kapena usachite mantha.
Yehova ndiye kuunika kwanga ndi chipulumutso changa; ndidzaopa yani? Yehova ndiye mphamvu ya moyo wanga; ndidzachita mantha ndi yani? Pakuti wandisiya atate wanga ndi amai wanga, koma Yehova anditola. Mundiphunzitse njira yanu, Yehova, munditsogolere panjira yachidikha, chifukwa cha adani anga. Musandipereke ku chifuniro cha akundisautsa, chifukwa zinandiukira mboni zonama ndi iwo akupumira zachiwawa. Ndikadapanda kukhulupirira kuti ndikaone ubwino wa Yehova m'dziko la amoyo, ndikadatani! Yembekeza Yehova, limbika, ndipo Iye adzalimbitsa mtima wako; inde, yembekeza Yehova. Pondifika ine ochita zoipa kudzadya mnofu wanga, inde akundisautsa ndi adani anga, anakhumudwa iwo nagwa. Lingakhale gulu la ankhondo limanga misasa kuti andithyole, mtima wanga sungachite mantha; ingakhale nkhondo ikandiukira, inde pomweponso ndidzakhulupirira.
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.
Palibe chida chosulidwira iwe chidzapindula; ndipo lilime lonse limene lidzakangana nawe m'chiweruzo udzalitsutsa. Ichi ndi cholowa cha atumiki a Yehova, ndi chilungamo chao chimene chifuma kwa Ine, ati Yehova.
Ndikweza maso anga kumapiri: Thandizo langa lidzera kuti? Thandizo langa lidzera kwa Yehova, wakulenga kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi.
Mtima wanu ukhale wosakonda chuma; zimene muli nazo zikukwanireni; pakuti Iye anati, Sindidzakusiya konse, kungakhale kukutaya, sindidzakutaya ndithu. Kotero kuti tinena molimbika mtima, Mthandizi wanga ndiye Ambuye; sindidzaopa; adzandichitira chiyani munthu?
Koma tsopano atero Yehova, amene anakulenga iwe Yakobo, ndi Iye amene anakupanga iwe Israele, Usaope, chifukwa ndakuombola iwe, ndakutchula dzina lako, iwe uli wanga. Inu ndinu mboni zanga, ati Yehova, ndi mtumiki wanga, amene ndakusankha; kuti mundidziwe, ndi kundikhulupirira Ine, ndi kuzindikira, kuti Ine ndine; ndisanakhale Ine, panalibe Mulungu wolengedwa, ngakhale pambuyo panga sipadzakhala wina. Ine, Inetu ndine Yehova; ndipo palibe Mpulumutsi, koma Ine ndekha. Ine ndalalikira, ndipo ndikupulumutsa ndi kumvetsa, ndipo panalibe Mulungu wachilendo pakati pa inu; chifukwa chake inu ndinu mboni zanga, ati Yehova, ndipo Ine ndine Mulungu. Inde chiyambire nthawi Ine ndine, ndipo palibe wina wopulumutsa m'dzanja langa; ndidzagwira ntchito, ndipo ndani adzaletsa? Atero Yehova, Mombolo wanu, Woyera wa Israele: Chifukwa cha inu ndatumiza ku Babiloni, ndipo ndidzatsitsira iwo onse monga othawa, ngakhale Ababiloni m'ngalawa za kukondwa kwao. Ine ndine Yehova Woyera wanu, Mlengi wa Israele, Mfumu yanu. Atero Yehova, amene akonza njira panyanja, ndi popita m'madzi amphamvu; amene atulutsa galeta ndi kavalo, nkhondo ndi mphamvu; iwo agona pansi pamodzi sadzaukai; iwo atha, azimidwa ngati lawi. Musakumbukire zidapitazo, ngakhale kulingalira zinthu zakale. Taonani, Ine ndidzachita chinthu chatsopano; tsopano chidzaoneka; kodi simudzachidziwa? Ndidzakonzadi njira m'chipululu, ndi mitsinje m'zidalala. Pamene udulitsa pamadzi ndili pamodzi ndi iwe; ndi pooloka mitsinje sidzakukokolola; pakupyola pamoto sudzapsa; ngakhale lawi silidzakutentha.
Ndipo Mulungu wa chiyembekezo adzaze inu ndi chimwemwe chonse ndi mtendere m'kukhulupirira, kuti mukachuluke ndi chiyembekezo, mu mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera.
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.
Ndipo mtendere wa Khristu uchite ufumu m'mitima yanu, kulingakonso munaitanidwa m'thupi limodzi; ndipo khalani akuyamika.
Chifukwa chake musadere nkhawa za mawa; pakuti mawa adzadzidera nkhawa iwo okha. Zikwanire tsiku zovuta zake.
Koma chipatso cha Mzimu ndicho chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, chifundo, kukoma mtima, chikhulupiriro, chifatso, chiletso; pokana zimenezi palibe lamulo.
Mulungu ndiye pothawirapo pathu ndi mphamvu yathu, thandizo lopezekeratu m'masautso. Khalani chete, ndipo dziwani kuti Ine ndine Mulungu, Ndidzabuka mwa amitundu, ndidzabuka padziko lapansi. Yehova wa makamu ali ndi ife, Mulungu wa Yakobo ndiye pamsanje pathu. Chifukwa chake sitidzachita mantha, lingakhale lisandulika dziko lapansi, angakhale mapiri asunthika, nakhala m'kati mwa nyanja.