Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Nyimbo yoyimba pokwera ku Yerusalemu.

⁷ Abrahamu anakhala ndi moyo zaka 175. ⁸ Abrahamu anamwalira atakalamba kwambiri ndipo anakakhala ndi anthu a mtundu wake. ⁹ Ana ake, Isake ndi Ismaeli anamuyika mʼphanga la Makipela pafupi ndi Mamre, mʼmunda umene kale unali wa Efroni mwana wa Zohari Mhiti, ¹⁰ uwu ndi munda umene Abrahamu anagula kwa Ahiti. Kumeneko Abrahamu anakayikidwa pamodzi ndi mkazi wake Sara. ¹¹ Atamwalira Abrahamu, Mulungu anadalitsa mwana wake Isake, amene ankakhala pafupi ndi Beeri-lahai-roi (chitsime cha Wamoyo Wondipenya).

Imani Mwamphamvu

¹³ Koma tiyenera kuyamika Mulungu chifukwa cha inu abale okondedwa mwa Ambuye, pakuti Mulungu anakusankhani pachiyambi pomwe kuti mupulumuke chifukwa cha ntchito yoyeretsa ya Mzimu ndi chikhulupiriro chanu mʼchoonadi. ¹⁴ Iye anakuyitanirani zimenezi kudzera mwa uthenga wathu wabwino, kuti mulandire nawo ulemerero wa Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu. ¹⁵ Kotero tsono, abale, imani mwamphamvu ndi kugwiritsa ziphunzitso zimene tinakupatsani kudzera mʼmawu apakamwa kapena kudzera mʼkalata.

¹⁶ Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu mwini ndi Mulungu Atate wathu, amene anatikonda ife ndipo mwachisomo chake anatipatsa kulimba mtima kwamuyaya ndi chiyembekezo chabwino, ¹⁷ akulimbikitseni ndi kukupatsani mphamvu yogwirira ntchito ndi kuyankhula zabwino zilizonse.

Tipempherereni

3 Potsiriza, abale, mutipempherere kuti uthenga wa Ambuye ufalikire msanga ndi kulemekezedwa monga momwe munachitira inu. ² Ndipo pempherani kuti tilanditsidwe mʼmanja mwa anthu ovuta ndi oyipa, pakuti si onse amene ali nacho chikhulupiriro. ³ Koma Ambuye ndi wokhulupirika, ndipo adzakulimbikitsani ndi kukutetezani kwa woyipayo. ⁴ Tili ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Ambuye kuti mukuchita zonse ndipo mudzapitirira kuchita zimene tinakulamulirani. ⁵ Ambuye atsogolere mitima yanu kuti mudziwe chikondi cha Mulungu ndiponso kupirira kumene Khristu amapereka.