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Malamulo Khumi

5 Mose anayitanitsa Aisraeli onse nati:

Tamverani inu Aisraeli, malangizo ndi malamulo amene ndikuwuzeni lero. Muwaphunzire ndi kuonetsetsa kuti mukuwatsata. ² Yehova Mulungu wathu anachita pangano ndi ife ku Horebu. ³ Yehova sanachite pangano ndi makolo athu koma ndi ife, tonse amene tili moyo lero. ⁴ Yehova anayankhula nanu maso ndi maso kuchokera mʼmoto pa phiri paja. ⁵ (Pa nthawi imeneyo ine ndinayimirira pakati pa Yehova ndi inu kuti ndikuwuzeni mawu a Yehova, chifukwa inu munkachita mantha ndi moto ndipo simunakwere ku phiri). Ndipo Iye anati:

⁶ “Ine ndine Yehova Mulungu wako amene ndinakutulutsa ku Igupto, mʼdziko la ukapolo.

²² Awa ndi malamulo amene Yehova anayankhula ndi mawu okweza kwa gulu lanu lonse pa phiri paja mʼmoto, mtambo ndi mdima woopsa, sanawonjezerepo kanthu. Ndipo anawalemba pa mapale awiri amiyala ndi kundipatsa.

²³ Mutamva mawu kuchokera mu mdimawo, phiri lili moto lawilawi, atsogoleri onse a mafuko anu ndi akuluakulu anu anabwera kwa ine. ²⁴ Ndipo munati, “Yehova Mulungu wathu wationetsa ulemerero ndi ukulu wake, ndipo tamva mawu ake kuchokera mʼmoto. Lero taona kuti munthu akhoza kukhala ndi moyo ngakhale Mulungu atayankhula naye. ²⁵ Koma tsopano tife chifukwa chiyani? Moto waukuluwu utinyeketsa, ndipo tifa tikapitirirabe kumva mawu a Yehova Mulungu wathu. ²⁶ Pakuti ndi munthu uti wolengedwa amene anamvapo mawu a Mulungu wamoyo akuyankhula kuchokera mʼmoto, monga tachitiramu, nakhala ndi moyo? ²⁷ Pita pafupi kuti ukamvetsere zonse zimene Yehova Mulungu wathu akunena. Kenaka udzatiwuze chilichonse chimene Yehova Mulungu wathu akunena ndipo tidzamvera ndi kuchita.”

²⁸ Yehova anakumvani pamene munkayankhula kwa ine ndipo Yehova anati kwa ine, “Ndamva zimene anthuwa anena kwa iwe. Chilichonse chimene anena ndi chabwino. ²⁹ Zikanakhala bwino akanakhala ndi mtima wondiopa ndi kusunga malamulo anga nthawi zonse kuti zinthu ziziwayendera bwino, iwowo pamodzi ndi ana awo kwamuyaya.

³⁰ “Pita uwawuze kuti abwerere ku matenti awo. ³¹ Koma iwe ukhale kuno ndi ine kuti ndikupatse malamulo, malangizo ndi ziphunzitso zimene azitsatira mʼdziko limene ndiwapatse kuti alitenge.”

³² Choncho samalirani kuchita zimene Yehova Mulungu wanu akukulamulirani inu, musapatukire kudzanja lamanja kapena lamanzere. ³³ Muyende mʼnjira yonse imene Yehova Mulungu wanu wakulamulirani kuti mukhale ndi moyo ndi kupambana, ndi kuti masiku anu achuluke mʼdziko limene mudzatengelo.

Konda Yehova Mulungu Wako

6 Awa ndi malamulo, malangizo ndi ziphunzitso zimene Yehova Mulungu wanu anandilamula kuti ndikuphunzitseni kuti mukawatsatire mʼdziko limene mukuwolokera Yorodani kuti mukalitenge, ² kuti inuyo, ana anu, ndi zidzukulu zanu mʼtsogolomo mudzaope Yehova Mulungu wanu moyo wanu wonse posunga malangizo ndi malamulo ake onse amene ndinakupatsani inu kuti musangalale ndi moyo wautali. ³ Mvera Israeli ndipo usamalitse kuchita malamulowa kuti zinthu zikuyendere bwino mʼdziko ndi kuti muchuluke kwambiri mʼdziko loyenda mkaka ndi uchi monga momwe Yehova Mulungu wa makolo anu anakulonjezerani.

⁴ Tamvani inu Aisraeli, Yehova Mulungu wathu, Yehova ndi mmodzi. ⁵ Uzikonda Yehova Mulungu wako ndi mtima wako wonse, ndi moyo wako wonse, ndi mphamvu zako zonse. ⁶ Malamulo amene ndakupatsani lero ayenera kukhala mu mtima mwanu. ⁷ Muziwaphunzitsa mwachangu kwa ana anu. Muzikamba za malamulowa pamene muli mʼnyumba zanu, pamene mukuyenda mʼnjira, pamene mukugona ndi pamene mukudzuka. ⁸ Muwamange ngati zizindikiro pa manja anu ndi kuwamangirira pa zipumi zanu. ⁹ Muwalembe pa mphuthu za nyumba zanu ndi pa zipata zanu.

¹⁰ Pamene Yehova Mulungu wanu akukulowetsani ndi kukupatsani dziko limene analumbirira makolo anu Abrahamu, Isake ndi Yakobo, dziko lokhala ndi mizinda ikuluikulu imene inu simunamange, ¹¹ nyumba zodzaza ndi zinthu za mitundu yonse zimene inu simunayikemo, zitsime zimene inu simunakumbe, minda ya mpesa ndi mitengo ya olivi zimene inuyo simunadzale, tsono mukadya ndi kukhuta, ¹² samalani kuti mungayiwale Yehova amene anakutulutsani ku Igupto, kukuchotsani mu ukapolo.

¹³ Muziopa Yehova Mulungu wanu ndi kumutumikira Iye yekha, ndipo muzilumbira pa dzina lake. ¹⁴ Musamatsatire milungu ina, milungu ya anthu ena okuzungulirani, ¹⁵ pakuti Yehova Mulungu wanu amene ali pakati panu, ndi Mulungu wansanje ndipo adzakukwiyirani kwambiri ndi kukuwonongani, kukufafanizani mʼdziko. ¹⁶ Musamuyese Yehova Mulungu wanu monga munachitira ku Masa. ¹⁷ Onetsetsani kuti mukusunga malamulo a Yehova Mulungu wanu, malangizo ake ndi zikhazikitso zake zimene anakulamulirani. ¹⁸ Chitani zoyenera ndi zabwino pamaso pa Yehova, kuti zikuyendereni bwino ndi kuti mukhoza kukalowa ndi kulanda dziko labwinolo limene Yehova analonjeza molumbira kwa makolo anu, ¹⁹ kupirikitsiratu adani anu onse, monga Yehova wanenera.

²⁰ Mʼtsogolo muno, ana anu akadzakufunsani kuti, “Kodi tanthauzo la ndondomeko, malangizo, zikhazikitso ndi malamulo amene Yehova Mulungu wathu anakulamulani nʼchiyani?” ²¹ Inu mudzawawuze kuti, “Ife tinali akapolo a Farao ku Igupto, koma Yehova anatitulutsa ku Igupto ndi dzanja lamphamvu. ²² Ifeyo tikuona Yehova anatumiza zizindikiro zozizwitsa ndi zodabwitsa, zazikulu ndi zoopsa, pa Aigupto ndi Farao pamodzi ndi banja lake lonse. ²³ Koma anatitulutsa kumeneko ndi kutilowetsa kuno natipatsa dziko limene analonjeza mwa lumbiro kwa makolo athu. ²⁴ Yehova anatilamula kuti tizimvera malamulo onsewa, kuti tizimuopa kuti zinthu zizitiyendera bwino pa moyo wathu monga momwe zilili leromu. ²⁵ Ndipo ngati tisamala kumvera malamulo onsewa pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wathu monga momwe anatilamulira ife, chimenecho chidzakhala chilungamo chathu.”

Apirikitsa Mitundu Ina ya Anthu

7 Pamene Yehova Mulungu wanu wakufikitsani mʼdziko limene mukukalowa ndi kulilanda ndi kuthamangitsa pamaso panu mitundu ya anthu iyi: Ahiti, Agirigasi, Aamori, Akanaani, Aperezi, Ahivi ndi Ayebusi; yomwe ndi mitundu isanu ndi iwiri yayikulu ndi yamphamvu kuposa inu; ² Yehova Mulungu wanu akadzawapereka mʼmanja mwanu, ndipo inu mukadzawagonjetsa, mudzawawononge kwathunthu. Musadzachite mgwirizano ndi anthuwo ndiponso musadzawachitire chifundo. ³ Musadzakwatirane nawo. Musadzapereke ana anu aakazi kwa ana awo aamuna kapena kutenga ana anu aamuna ndi kuwapereka kwa ana awo aakazi. ⁴ Mukadzatero, iwo adzasocheretsa ana anu aamuna kuti asanditsatire ndi kutumikira milungu ina. Motero Yehova adzakukwiyirani ndi kukuwonongani mwachangu. ⁵ Koma mukachite izi: Mukagumule maguwa awo ansembe, mukaswe miyala yawo yachipembedzo, mukadule mitengo yawo ya Asera, ndi kutentha mafano awo pa moto. ⁶ Pakuti inu ndinu anthu opatulika kwa Yehova Mulungu wanu. Yehova Mulungu wanu anakusankhani pakati pa anthu onse pa dziko lapansi kuti mukhale ake, chuma chake cha mtengo wapatali.

⁷ Yehova sanakukondeni chifukwa choti munali ochuluka kuposa ena pakuti inuyo ndiye munali ochepetsetsa mwa anthu onse. ⁸ Koma chifukwa chakuti Yehova anakukondani nasunga lumbiro lake limene analumbira kwa makolo anu. Ndi chifukwa chake anakutulutsani ndi mphamvu yake yopanda malire ndi kukupulumutsani ku dziko la ukapolo, kuchoka mʼmanja mwa Farao mfumu ya ku Igupto. ⁹ Choncho dziwani kuti Yehova Mulungu wanu, ndi Mulungu. Iye ndi Mulungu wokhulupirika, wosunga pangano lake la chikondi chosasinthika ku mibadomibado, kwa iwo amene amamukonda nasunga malamulo ake. ¹⁰ Koma

¹¹ Choncho muziyesetsa kusunga malamulo, malangizo ndi maphunziro amene ndikukulamulani lero lino kuti muchite.

¹² Mukamvera malamulo amenewa, ndi kusamala kuwatsata, ndiye kuti Yehova Mulungu wanu adzasunga pangano lake la chikondi chosasinthika ndi inu, monga analumbira kwa makolo anu. ¹³ Iye adzakukondani nakudalitsani ndi kukuchulukitsani. Adzadalitsa chipatso cha mʼmimba mwanu, zokolola za mʼdziko mwanu, tirigu wanu, vinyo wanu ndi mafuta anu, ana angʼombe zanu ndi ana ankhosa zanu mʼdziko limene analumbirira kwa makolo anu kuti akupatseni inu. ¹⁴ Inu mudzadalitsika kuposa mtundu wina uliwonse wa anthu ndipo palibe mwamuna kapena mkazi aliyense pakati panu amene adzakhale wosabereka. Ziweto zanu nazonso, sipadzapezeka zosabereka. ¹⁵ Yehova adzakupewetsani ku matenda aliwonse. Sadzakugwetserani matenda owopsa aja munawadziwa ku Igupto, koma adzawagwetsera pa odana nanu. ¹⁶ Muwononge anthu onse amene Yehova Mulungu wanu awapereka kwa inu. Musawamvere chisoni ndipo musatumikire milungu yawo pakuti umenewo udzakhala msampha kwa inu.

¹⁷ Mukhoza kunena kuti, “Anthu awa ndi amphamvu kuposa ifeyo. Nanga tingawapirikitse bwanji?” ¹⁸ Koma musachite nawo mantha, kumbukirani bwino zimene Yehova Mulungu wanu anachita ndi Farao pamodzi ndi Igupto yense. ¹⁹ Munadzionera nokha ndi maso anu mayesero aakulu, zizindikiro zozizwitsa ndi zodabwitsa, mphamvu yake yopanda malire imene Yehova Mulungu wanu anakutulutsirani. Yehova Mulungu adzachita zimenezo ndi anthu onse amene muwaopa tsopano. ²⁰ Kuwonjezera apo, Yehova Mulungu wanu adzatumiza mavu pakati pawo mpaka atamaliza onse amene adzakubisalirani. ²¹ Musaopsedwe nawo pakuti Yehova Mulungu wanu, amene ali pakati panu, ndi Mulungu wamkulu ndi woopsa. ²² Yehova Mulungu wanu adzapirikitsa anthu a mitundu yonse pamaso panu, pangʼonopangʼono. Sadzakulolani kuti muwathe nthawi imodzi, kuti nyama zakuthengo zingadzaswane mokuzungulirani. ²³ Koma Yehova Mulungu wanu adzawapereka kwa inu, adzawasokoneza kufikira atawonongedwa. ²⁴ Iye adzapereka mafumu awo mʼdzanja lanu, ndipo adzafafaniza mayina awo pa dziko lapansi. Palibe amene adzalimbana nanu, inu mudzawawononga. ²⁵ Muwawotche pa moto mafano a milungu yawo. Musasirire siliva ndi golide amene ali pa mafanoyo. Musamutenge kuti akhale wanu chifukwa mukatero mudzakodwa naye ngati msampha, pakuti Yehova Mulungu wanu amanyansidwa nazo. ²⁶ Musabweretse chinthu chonyansa mʼnyumba mwanu kuopa kuwonongedwa ngati chonyasacho. Muziyipidwa ndi kunyansidwa nacho kwambiri pakuti chidzawonongedwanso.