Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Yoswa Alowa Mʼmalo mwa Mose

31 Tsono Mose anapita ndi kukayankhula mawu awa kwa Aisraeli onse: ² “Tsopano ndili ndi zaka 120, ndipo sindingathenso kukutsogolerani. Yehova wandiwuza kuti, ‘Iwe sudzawoloka Yorodani.’ ³ Mwini wake Yehova Mulungu wanu ndiye amene adzakutsogolerani powoloka. Iye adzawononga mitundu ina yonse, ndipo inu mudzatenga dziko lawo. Yoswa adzakutsogoleraninso powoloka, monga momwe ananenera Yehova. ⁴ Ndipo Yehova adzawawononga iwo monga momwe anawonongera Sihoni ndi Ogi, mafumu Aamori, amene Iye anawawononga pamodzi ndi dziko lawo. ⁵ Ambuye adzawapereka kwa inu, ndipo inu mukawachitire zonse zimene ndakulamulani. ⁶ Khalani amphamvu ndi olimba mtima. Musachite nawo mantha kapena kunjenjemera pamaso pawo, chifukwa Yehova Mulungu wanu apita nanu. Sadzakusiyani kapena kukutayani.”

⁷ Pamenepo Yehova anayitana Yoswa pamaso pa Aisraeli onse ndipo anamuwuza kuti, “Khala wamphamvu ndi wolimba mtima, pakuti iwe udzatsogolera anthu awa ku dziko limene Yehova analumbira kulipereka kwa makolo awo, ndipo iwe ukaligawe pakati pawo kuti likakhale cholowa chawo. ⁸ Yehova mwini ndiye akukutsogolerani ndipo adzakhala nanu. Sadzakusiyani kapena kukutayani. Usachite mantha ndiponso usataye mtima.”

Kuwerenga Malamulo

⁹ Choncho Mose analemba malamulo awa nawapereka kwa ansembe, ana Alevi, amene amanyamula Bokosi la Chipangano la Yehova, ndiponso kwa akuluakulu onse a Aisraeli. ¹⁰ Kenaka Mose anawalamula kuti, “Pamapeto pa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zilizonse, chaka cha kukhululukidwa ngongole, pa nthawi ya Chikondwerero cha Misasa, ¹¹ pamene Aisraeli onse abwera kudzaonekera pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wanu pamalo pamene Iye adzasankhe, mudzawerenge malamulo onsewa iwo akumva. ¹² Mudzasonkhanitse anthu onse pamodzi, amuna, akazi ndi ana pamodzi ndi alendo amene akukhala mʼmizinda yanu, kuti adzawamve ndi kuphunzira kuopa Yehova Mulungu wanu ndi kutsatira mosamala mawu onse a mʼmalamulowa. ¹³ Ana awo amene sadziwa malamulo awa, ayenera kuwamva ndi kuphunzira kuopa Yehova Mulungu wanu nthawi zonse pamene mukukhala mʼdziko limene mukuwoloka Yorodani kukalitenga.”

Chisoni cha Ophunzira Chisandulika Chimwemwe

¹⁶ Yesu anapitiriza kuyankhula kuti, “Mwa kanthawi kochepa, simudzandionanso, ndipo patatha nthawi pangʼono mudzandionanso.”

¹⁷ Ena a ophunzira ake anati kwa wina ndi mnzake, “Kodi Iye akutanthauza chiyani ponena kuti, ‘Mwa kanthawi kochepa, simudzandionanso,’ ndi ‘ndipo patatha nthawi pangʼono mudzandionanso,’ ndiponso ‘chifukwa ndikupita kwa Atate?’ ” ¹⁸ Iwo anapitiriza kufunsana kuti, “Kodi akutanthauza chiyani, ‘kanthawi kochepa?’ Ife sitikumvetsetsa chimene Iye akuyankhula.”

¹⁹ Yesu anadziwa kuti ankafuna kuti amufunse za zimenezi, choncho anawafunsa kuti, “Kodi mukufunsana wina ndi mnzake chimene Ine ndimatanthauza pamene ndinati, ‘Mwa kanthawi kochepa simudzandionanso,’ ndi ‘patatha nthawi pangʼono mudzandionanso?’ ²⁰ Zoonadi, Ine ndikukuwuzani kuti inu mudzalira ndi kubuma pomwe dziko lapansi lidzakhale likukondwera. Inu mudzamva chisoni, koma chisoni chanu chidzasandulika chimwemwe. ²¹ Mayi akamabereka mwana amamva ululu chifukwa nthawi yake yafika; koma mwana wake akabadwa amayiwala ululu wake chifukwa cha chimwemwe chake chakuti mwana wabadwa mʼdziko lapansi. ²² Chimodzimodzinso ndi inu. Tsopano ino ndi nthawi yanu yomva chisoni, koma Ine ndidzakuonaninso ndipo inu mudzasangalala, ndipo palibe amene adzachotsa chimwemwe chanu. ²³ Tsiku limenelo inu simudzandipemphanso kalikonse. Ine ndikukuwuzani zoona kuti Atate anga adzakupatsani chilichonse chimene mudzapempha mʼdzina langa. ²⁴ Mpaka tsopano simunapemphe kalikonse mʼdzina langa. Pemphani ndipo mudzalandira, ndipo chimwemwe chanu chidzakhala chathunthu.