Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Nyimbo yoyimba pokwera ku Yerusalemu.

¹⁶ Akunyumba kwa Farao atamva kuti abale ake a Yosefe abwera, Farao pamodzi ndi nduna zake zonse anakondwera. ¹⁷ Farao anati kwa Yosefe, “Uwawuze abale ako kuti, ‘Senzetsani nyama zanu katundu ndi kubwerera ku dziko la Kanaani. ¹⁸ Mukabwere nawo abambo anu ndi mabanja anu kuno, ndipo ine ndidzakupatsani dera lachonde kwambiri mʼdziko la Igupto. Mudzadya zokoma za mʼdzikoli.’ ”

¹⁹ “Uwawuzenso kuti, ‘Tengani ngolo zingapo za kuno ku Igupto kuti mukakwezepo ana anu, akazi anu pamodzi ndi abambo ako ndi kubwera nawo kuno. ²⁰ Musadandaule zosiya katundu komweko chifukwa dziko lachonde la kuno ku Igupto lidzakhala lanu.’ ”

²¹ Choncho ana a Israeli anachita zimenezo. Yosefe anawapatsa ngolo monga Farao analamulira, ndipo anawapatsanso chakudya cha paulendo wawo. ²² Anaperekanso kwa aliyense zovala zatsopano, koma kwa Benjamini anapereka siliva wolemera pafupifupi makilogalamu anayi ndi zovala zisanu. ²³ Ndipo abambo ake anawatumizira izi: abulu khumi osenza zinthu zabwino kwambiri za ku Igupto, ndi abulu aakazi khumi osenza tirigu, buledi ndi zakudya zina za pa ulendo wake. ²⁴ Kenaka anawalola abale ake aja kuti azipita, ndipo akunyamuka, iye anawawuza kuti, “Osakangana mʼnjira!”

²⁵ Ndipo anachoka ku Igupto nafika kwa abambo awo Yakobo mʼdziko la Kanaani. ²⁶ Iwo anawuza abambo awo kuti, “Yosefe akanali ndi moyo! Ndiponsotu, ndiye akulamulira dziko la Igupto.” Yakobo anangoti kakasi osankhulupirira. ²⁷ Komabe atamufotokozera zonse zimene Yosefe anawawuza ndipo ataona ngolo zimene Yosefe anatumiza kuti adzakweremo popita ku Igupto, mtima wa Yakobo, abambo awo unatsitsimuka. ²⁸ Ndipo Israeli anati, “Ndatsimikizadi! Mwana wanga Yosefe akanali ndi moyodi. Ndipita ndikamuone ndisanafe.”

Yesu Achiritsa Wakhate

8 Iye atatsika ku phiri kuja, anthu ambirimbiri anamutsata. ² Ndipo munthu wakhate anadza kwa Yesu namugwadira nati, “Ambuye, ngati mufuna, mukhoza kundiyeretsa.”

³ Yesu anatambasula dzanja lake namukhudza munthuyo nati, “Ndikufuna, yeretsedwa!” Nthawi yomweyo anachiritsidwa khate lake. ⁴ Ndipo Yesu anati kwa iye, “Taona, usawuze wina aliyense. Koma upite kwa mkulu wa ansembe ukadzionetse wekha ndi kupereka mphatso imene Mose analamulira, kuti ukhale umboni kwa iwo.”

Chikhulupiriro cha Kenturiyo

⁵ Yesu atalowa mʼKaperenamu, Kenturiyo anabwera kwa Iye napempha chithandizo, ⁶ nati, “Ambuye, wantchito wanga ali chigonere ku nyumba, sakuthanso kuyenda, akumva kuwawa kwambiri.”

⁷ Ndipo Yesu anati kwa iye, “Ine ndibwera kudzamuchiritsa.”

⁸ Kenturiyo uja anayankha kuti, “Ambuye, ndine wosayenera kuti Inu mukalowe mʼnyumba mwanga. Koma mungonena mawu ndipo wantchito wanga adzachiritsidwa. ⁹ Pakuti inenso ndili pansi pa ulamuliro ndipo ndili ndi asilikali amene ndiwalamulira. Ndikalamulira mmodzi kuti, ‘Pita,’ amapita; ndi kwa wina kuti, ‘Bwera,’ amabwera. Ndikawuza wantchito wanga kuti, ‘Chita ichi,’ iye amachita.”

¹⁰ Yesu atamva zimenezi, anadabwa ndipo anati kwa omutsatira, “Zoonadi, Ine ndikuwuzani kuti sindinapeze wina aliyense mu Israeli wachikhulupiriro chachikulu chotere. ¹¹ Ndikuwuzani kuti ambiri adzabwera kuchokera kummawa ndi kumadzulo, nadzakhala nawo pa phwando pamodzi ndi Abrahamu, Isake ndi Yakobo mu ufumu wakumwamba. ¹² Koma eni ake ufumuwo adzaponyedwa ku mdima wakunja kumene kudzakhala kulira ndi kukukuta mano.”

¹³ Pamenepo Yesu anati kwa Kenturiyo, “Pita! Zichitike monga momwe wakhulupirira.” Ndipo wantchito wake anachira pa nthawi yomweyo.