Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Alendo Atatu a Abrahamu

18 Yehova anadza kwa Abrahamu pafupi ndi mitengo ikuluikulu ya thundu ya ku Mamre. Abrahamu nʼkuti atakhala pansi pa khoma la tenti yake masana, dzuwa likutentha. ² Tsono Abrahamu atakweza maso ake patali anangoona anthu atatu atayima cha potero. Atawaona, ananyamuka mofulumira kuti awachingamire. Atafika anaweramitsa mutu pansi mwa ulemu nati, ³ “Ngati mwandikomera mtima, mbuye wanga, musamulambalale mtumiki wanu. ⁴ Ndikupatseniko timadzi pangʼono kuti nonse musambitse mapazi anu ndi kupumula pansi pa mtengo uwu. ⁵ Tsono ndikutengereniko kachakudya kuti mudye kuti mwina nʼkupezako mphamvu zopitirizira ulendo wanu. Inu mwafika kumalo kwa mtumiki wanu.”

Ndipo iwo anamuyankha nati, “Zikomo kwambiri, chita monga wanenera.”

⁶ Choncho Abrahamu anafulumira kupita kwa Sara mʼtenti nati, “Tafulumira, tenga mabeseni atatu a ufa wosalala, ukande ndi kupanga buledi.”

⁷ Kenaka Abrahamu anakatenga mwana wangʼombe wonenepa ndi wofewa bwino ndi kupatsa wantchito wake amene anachita changu kukonza ndiwoyo. ⁸ Tsono Abrahamu anatenga chambiko, mkaka ndi mwana wangʼombe wokonzedwa uja nazipereka kwa anthu aja. Alendowo akudya, Abrahamu ankawayangʼana atayimirira pansi pa mtengo.

⁹ Anthuwo anafunsa Abrahamu kuti, “Mkazi wako Sara ali kuti?”

Iye anati, “Ali mu tentimu.”

¹⁰ Tsono mmodzi mwa iwo anati, “Mosakayikira ndidzabweranso pa nthawi ngati yomwe ino chaka chamawa, ndipo Sara mkazi wako adzakhala ndi mwana wamwamuna.”

Koma Sara amene anali kumbuyo kwa Abrahamu pa khoma la tenti ankamva zonsezi. ¹¹ Abrahamu ndi Sara anali okalamba kale ndipo anali ndi zaka zambiri. Sara nʼkuti atapyola kale pa msinkhu oti nʼkubereka. ¹² Choncho anangoseka nati mu mtima mwake, “Kodi munthu wothayitha ngati ine ndingasangalalenso kugona pamodzi ndi mbuye wanga? Mwamuna wanga nayenso ndi wokalamba.”

¹³ Ndipo Yehova anati kwa Abrahamu, “Nʼchifukwa chiyani Sara anaseka nʼkumati, ‘Moti ine nʼkudzakhaladi ndi mwana mmene ndakalambiramu?’ ¹⁴ Kodi pali chimene chikhoza kumukanika Yehova? Pa nthawi yake, ngati yomwe ino chaka chamawa ndidzabweranso, ndipo Sara adzabala mwana wamwamuna.”

¹⁵ Koma Sara ndi mantha ananama nati, “Sindinaseke.”

Koma Iye anati, “Inde iwe unaseka.”

Kubadwa kwa Isake

21 Yehova anakomera mtima Sara monga ananenera, ndipo Yehovayo anachita monga momwe analonjezera. ² Sara anakhala ndi pathupi ndipo anamuberekera Abrahamu mwana wamwamuna mu ukalamba wake, pa nyengo imene Mulungu anamulonjeza. ³ Abrahamu anapereka dzina loti Isake kwa mwana wamwamuna amene Sara anamuberekera. ⁴ Isake atakwanitsa masiku asanu ndi atatu, Abrahamu anamuchita mdulidwe monga Mulungu anamulamulira. ⁵ Abrahamu anali ndi 100 pamene mwana wake Isake anabadwa.

⁶ Sara anati, “Mulungu wandibweretsera mseko, ndipo aliyense amene adzamva zimenezi adzaseka nane pamodzi.” ⁷ Ndipo anawonjezera kuti, “Ndani akanamuwuza Abrahamu kuti Sara nʼkudzayamwitsako ana? Chonsecho ndamubalira mwana wamwamuna kuwukalamba wake.”

Mtendere ndi Chimwemwe

5 Tsopano popeza tayesedwa olungama mwa chikhulupiriro, tili ndi mtendere ndi Mulungu kudzera mwa Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu. ² Iyeyo ndiye amene anatsekulira njira mwachikhulupiriro yolowera mʼchisomo mʼmene takhazikikamo. Ndipo tikukondwerera chiyembekezo cha ulemerero wa Mulungu. ³ Koma si pokhapo ayi, koma ife tikukondweranso mʼmasautso athu chifukwa tikudziwa kuti masautso amatiphunzitsa kupirira. ⁴ Ndipo kupirira kumabweretsa makhalidwe, makhalidwe amabweretsa chiyembekezo. ⁵ Ndipo chiyembekezo chimenechi sichitikhumudwitsa chifukwa Mulungu mwa Mzimu Woyera, amene Iye anatipatsa, wadzaza mʼmitima mwathu ndi chikondi chake.

⁶ Pakuti pa nthawi yake, tikanali ochimwa, Khristu anatifera anthu osapembedzafe. ⁷ Sizichitika kawirikawiri kuti munthu wina afere munthu wolungama, ngakhale kuti chifukwa cha munthu wabwino wina atha kulimba mtima kumufera. ⁸ Koma Mulungu anaonetsa chikondi chake kwa ife chifukwa pamene tinali ochimwabe, Khristu anatifera.

Antchito ndi Ochepa

³⁵ Yesu anayendayenda mʼmizinda yonse ndi mʼmidzi, kuphunzitsa mʼmasunagoge awo, nalalikira Uthenga Wabwino wa ufumu ndi kuchiritsa nthenda zawo zonse ndi zofowoka za mʼmatupi mwawo. ³⁶ Ataona maguluwo, anagwidwa ndi chisoni chifukwa anali ozunzika ndi osowa chithandizo ngati nkhosa zopanda mʼbusa. ³⁷ Pamenepo anati kwa ophunzira ake, “Zokolola ndi zambiri koma antchito ndi ochepa. ³⁸ Nʼchifukwa chake, pemphani Ambuye mwini zokolola kuti atumize antchito ku munda wake.”

Yesu Atuma Ophunzira Ake

10 Yesu anayitana ophunzira ake khumi ndi awiri ndipo anawapatsa ulamuliro otulutsa mizimu yoyipa ndi kuchiritsa nthenda iliyonse ndi zofowoka zilizonse.

² Mayina a atumwi khumi ndi awiriwo ndi awa: woyamba, Simoni (wotchedwa Petro) ndi mʼbale wake Andreya; Yakobo mwana wa Zebedayo ndi mʼbale wake Yohane, ³ Filipo ndi Bartumeyu, Tomasi ndi Mateyu wolandira msonkho, Yakobo mwana wa Alufeyo ndi Tadeyo; ⁴ Simoni Mzerote ndi Yudasi Isikarioti, amene anamupereka Iye.

⁵ Yesu anatuma khumi ndi awiriwo ndi kuwalamula kuti, “Musapite kwa anthu a mitundu ina kapena kulowa mʼmudzi uliwonse wa Asamariya. ⁶ Koma pitani kwa nkhosa zotayika za banja la Israeli. ⁷ Pamene mukupita, muzikalalikira uthenga uwu: ‘Ufumu wakumwamba wayandikira.’ ⁸ Chiritsani odwala, ukitsani akufa, chiritsani akhate, tulutsani ziwanda. Munalandira kwaulere, perekani kwaulere.

⁹ “Musatenge ndalama zagolide kapena zasiliva kapena zakopala mʼzikwama mwanu; ¹⁰ musatenge thumba la paulendo, kapena malaya awiri kapena nsapato kapena ndodo; pakuti wantchito ayenera kulandira chakudya chake. ¹¹ Mukalowa mu mzinda ndi mʼmudzi uliwonse, funafunani munthu woyenera ndipo mukhale mʼnyumba mwake kufikira mutachoka. ¹² Pamene mulowa mʼnyumba mupereke moni. ¹³ Mtendere wanu ukhale pa a mʼnyumbayo ngati ndi oyenera. Koma ngati siwoyenera, mtendere wanu ubwerere kwa inu. ¹⁴ Ngati wina aliyense sakakulandirani kapena sakamvera mawu anu, musase fumbi la kumapazi anu pamene mutuluka mʼnyumbayo kapena mu mzindawo. ¹⁵ Zoonadi, Ine ndikuwuzani kuti pa tsiku lachiweruziro, mlandu wa Sodomu ndi Gomora udzachepa kusiyana ndi wa mzindawo.

¹⁶ “Taonani ndikukutumizani inu monga nkhosa pakati pa mimbulu. Chifukwa chake khalani ochenjera ngati njoka ndi woona mtima ngati nkhunda. ¹⁷ Chenjerani ndi anthu pakuti adzakuperekani ku mabwalo amilandu nadzakukwapulani mʼmasunagoge mwawo. ¹⁸ Chifukwa cha Ine, mudzaperekedwa kwa olamulira ndi kwa mafumu kuti mukhale mboni kwa iwo ndi kwa a mitundu ina. ¹⁹ Koma pamene akumangani, inu musadandaule kuti mukanena bwanji kapena mukanena chiyani. Mudzapatsidwa pa nthawi imeneyo zoti munene, ²⁰ pakuti sindinu mudzanena, koma Mzimu Woyera wa Atate anu, adzayankhula mwa inu.

²¹ “Mʼbale adzapereka mʼbale kuti aphedwe ndi abambo mwana wawo: ndipo ana adzawukira makolo awo ndi kuwapereka kuti aphedwe. ²² Anthu onse adzada inu chifukwa cha Ine, koma iye amene apirira mpaka kumapeto, adzapulumuka. ²³ Pamene akuzunzani pamalo ena thawirani kwina. Pakuti ndikuwuzani zoonadi kuti simudzamaliza mizinda yonse ya Israeli Mwana wa Munthu asanabwere.