Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe zoyimbira za zitoliro. Salimo la Davide.

Mneneri Adzudzula Ahabu

³⁵ Molamulidwa ndi Yehova, mmodzi mwa ana a aneneri anawuza mnzake kuti, “Chonde, menye ndi chida chako,” koma mnzakeyo anakana.

³⁶ Choncho mneneriyo anati, “Chifukwa sunamvere Yehova, ukangochoka pano, mkango ukupha.” Ndipo munthuyo atangochoka pamenepo, mkango unamupeza ndi kumupha.

³⁷ Mneneriyo anapeza munthu wina ndipo anamuwuza kuti, “Chonde, menye.” Choncho munthuyo anamumenya ndi kumuvulaza. ³⁸ Pamenepo mneneriyo anapita nakayima pa msewu kudikirira mfumu. Iye anadzibisa nakulunga nsalu nkhope yake. ³⁹ Mmene mfumu inkadutsa pamenepo, mneneriyo anafuwula kwa mfumuyo kuti, “Ine mtumiki wanu ndinalowa pakati pa nkhondo, ndipo munthu wina anabwera kwa ine atatenga mmodzi mwa anthu ogwidwa pa nkhondo, nandiwuza kuti, ‘Sunga munthu uyu. Ngati asowa, ndiye kuti ndidzakupha, kapena udzalipira ndalama 3,000 za siliva.’ ⁴⁰ Pamene ine mtumiki wanu ndinali wotanganidwa apa ndi apa, munthuyo anasowa.”

Mfumu ya Israeli inati, “Chimenechi ndiye chilango chako. Iwe wadziweruza wekha.”

⁴¹ Pamenepo mneneriyo anachotsa msangamsanga nsalu yomwe anakulunga pa nkhope yake, ndipo mfumu ya Israeli inamuzindikira kuti ndi mmodzi mwa aneneri. ⁴² Iye anawuza mfumu kuti, “Yehova akuti, ‘Chifukwa chakuti mwamasula munthu amene Ine ndinati ndi woyenera kuphedwa, inuyo ndi amene mudzaphedwe mʼmalo mwa iyeyo, anthu anu mʼmalo mwa anthu ake.’ ” ⁴³ Mwachisoni ndi mokwiya, mfumu ya Israeli inapita ku nyumba yake yaufumu ku Samariya.

Yesu Achiritsa Wofa Ziwalo

¹⁷ Tsiku lina pamene ankaphunzitsa, Afarisi ndi aphunzitsi amalamulo, amene anachokera ku midzi yonse ya Galileya ndi ku Yudeya ndi Yerusalemu, anakhala pansi pomwepo. Ndipo mphamvu ya Ambuye inalipo yakuti Iye achiritse odwala. ¹⁸ Amuna ena anabwera atanyamula munthu wofa ziwalo pa mphasa ndipo anayesa kumulowetsa mʼnyumba kuti amugoneke pamaso pa Yesu. ¹⁹ Atalephera kupeza njira yochitira zimenezi chifukwa cha gulu la anthu, anakwera naye pa denga ali pa mphasa pomwepo ndi kumutsitsira mʼkati pakati pa gulu la anthu, patsogolo penipeni pa Yesu.

²⁰ Yesu ataona chikhulupiriro chawo, anati, “Mnzanga, machimo ako akhululukidwa.”

²¹ Afarisi ndi aphunzitsi amalamulo anayamba kuganiza mwa iwo okha kuti, “Kodi munthu uyu ndi ndani amene ayankhula zamwano? Kodi ndani amene angakhululukire machimo kupatula Mulungu?”

²² Yesu anadziwa zomwe iwo amaganiza ndipo anafunsa kuti, “Kodi ndi chifukwa chiyani mukuganiza zimenezi mʼmitima mwanu? ²³ Kodi chapafupi ndi chiti: kunena kuti, ‘Machimo ako akhululukidwa,’ kapena kunena kuti, ‘Nyamuka ndipo yenda?’ ” ²⁴ Koma kuti inu mudziwe kuti Mwana wa Munthu ali ndi ulamuliro pa dziko lapansi wokhululukira machimo, Iye anati kwa munthu wofa ziwaloyo, “Ine ndikuwuza iwe kuti, ‘Imirira, nyamula mphasa ndipo uzipita kwanu.’ ” ²⁵ Nthawi yomweyo anayimirira patsogolo pawo, nanyamula mphasa yake ndipo anapita kwawo akuyamika Mulungu. ²⁶ Aliyense anadabwa ndi kuchita mantha ndipo anayamika Mulungu. Iwo anadabwa kwambiri ndipo anati, “Lero taona zinthu zosayiwalika.”