Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Salimo la Davide.

¹³ Mfumu Solomoni inasonkhanitsa anthu ogwira ntchito ya thangata mʼdziko lonse la Israeli ndipo anthu athangatawo analipo 30,000. ¹⁴ Iye ankatumiza anthu 10,000 ku Lebanoni pa mwezi mosinthanasinthana, kotero kuti ankakhala ku Lebanoniko mwezi umodzi ndipo kwawo ankakhalako miyezi iwiri. Adoniramu ndiye ankayangʼanira ogwira ntchito yathangatayo. ¹⁵ Solomoni anali ndi anthu amtengatenga 70,000, anthu 80,000 osema miyala ku mapiri, ¹⁶ ndi akapitawo 33,000 amene ankayangʼanira ntchitoyi ndiponso anthu ogwira ntchito zina. ¹⁷ Molamulidwa ndi mfumu, anakumba ndi kusema miyala ikuluikulu kwambiri yoti akamangire maziko a Nyumba ya Mulungu. ¹⁸ Amisiri a Solomoni ndi a Hiramu ndiponso anthu a ku Gebala anasema miyala ndi kukonza matabwa ndi miyala yomangira Nyumba ya Mulungu.

Malangizo kwa Akazi ndi Amuna Mʼbanja

²¹ Gonjeranani wina ndi mnzake, kuonetsa kuopa Khristu.

²² Inu akazi, muzigonjera amuna anu, monga mumagonjera kwa Ambuye. ²³ Pakuti mwamuna ndi mutu wa mkazi monga momwe Khristu ali mutu wa mpingo, thupi lake, limene Iyeyo ndi Mpulumutsi wake. ²⁴ Tsono monga mpingo umagonjera Khristu, momwemonso akazi akuyenera kugonjera amuna awo mu zonse.

²⁵ Inu amuna, kondani akazi anu monga momwe Khristu anakondera mpingo nadzipereka yekha mʼmalo mwa mpingowo ²⁶ kuti awupatule ukhale oyera, atawuyeretsa powusambitsa ndi madzi omwe ndi mawu ake. ²⁷ Anachita zimenezi kuti awupereke mpingowo kwa Iye mwini, mpingo wowala ndi waulemerero, wopanda banga kapena makwinya kapena chilema chilichonse, koma oyera ndi wangwiro. ²⁸ Momwemonso, amuna akuyenera kukonda akazi awo monga matupi awo. Iye amene akonda mkazi wake adzikondanso yekha. ²⁹ Pakuti palibe amene amadana nalo thupi lake, koma amalidyetsa ndi kulisamalira bwino, monga momwe Khristu amachitira ndi mpingo wake ³⁰ pakuti ndife ziwalo za thupi lake. ³¹ “Pa chifukwa ichi, mwamuna adzasiya abambo ndi amayi ake nakaphatikana ndi mkazi wake, ndipo awiriwo adzakhala thupi limodzi.” ³² Ichi ndi chinsinsi chozama, koma ine ndikunena za Khristu ndi mpingo. ³³ Chomwecho, aliyense mwa inu akuyenera kukonda mkazi wake monga adzikondera iye mwini, ndipo mkazi akuyenera kulemekeza mwamuna wake.

Ana ndi Makolo Awo

6 Inu ana, mverani makolo anu mwa Ambuye, pakuti zimenezi ndi zoyenera. ² “Lemekeza abambo ndi amayi ako.” Limeneli ndi lamulo loyamba lokhala ndi lonjezo. ³ Ngati ulemekeza abambo ako ndi amayi ako, “zinthu zidzakuyendera bwino ndipo udzasangalala ndi moyo wautali pa dziko lapansi.” ⁴ Abambo musakwiyitse ana anu; mʼmalo mwake, muwalere mʼchiphunzitso ndi mʼchilangizo cha Ambuye.

Antchito ndi Mabwana Awo

⁵ Inu antchito, mverani mabwana anu mwaulemu ndi mwamantha ndi moona mtima, monga momwe mungamvere Khristu. ⁶ Musawamvere pamene akukuonani kuti akukomereni mtima, koma ngati akapolo a Khristu ochita chifuniro cha Mulungu kuchokera mu mtima mwanu. ⁷ Tumikirani ndi mtima wonse, ngati kuti mukutumikira Ambuye, osati anthu. ⁸ Inu mukudziwa kuti Ambuye adzamupatsa munthu aliyense mphotho chifukwa cha ntchito yake yabwino imene anagwira, kaya munthuyo ndi kapolo kapena mfulu.

⁹ Ndipo inu mabwana, muziwachitiranso chimodzimodzi antchito anu. Musamawaopseze, popeza mukudziwa kuti Mbuye wawo ndi wanunso, nonse Mbuye wanu ali kumwamba, ndipo Iyeyo alibe tsankho.