Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
33 Imbirani Yehova mokondwera Inu olungama,
nʼkoyenera kuti owongoka mtima azitamanda Iyeyo.
2 Mutamandeni Yehova ndi pangwe;
muyimbireni Iye nyimbo pa zeze wa zingwe khumi.
3 Muyimbireni nyimbo yatsopano;
imbani mwaluso, ndipo fuwulani mwachimwemwe.
4 Pakuti mawu a Yehova ndi olungama ndi owona;
Iye ndi wokhulupirika pa zonse zimene amachita.
5 Yehova amakonda chilungamo ndipo amaweruza molungama;
dziko lapansi ladzaza ndi chikondi chake chosatha.
6 Ndi mawu a Yehova mayiko akumwamba anapangidwa,
zolengedwa zake ndi mpweya wa mʼkamwa mwake.
7 Iye amasonkhanitsa pamodzi madzi a mʼnyanja mʼmitsuko;
amayika zozama mʼnyumba zosungiramo.
8 Dziko lonse lapansi liope Yehova;
anthu onse amulemekeze Iye.
9 Pakuti Iye anayankhula ndipo zinakhalapo;
Iye analamulira ndipo zinakhazikika.
10 Yehova amalepheretsa chikonzero cha anthu a mitundu ina;
Iye amaphwanya zolinga za anthu ambiri.
11 Koma chikonzero cha Yehova chimakhala mpaka muyaya,
zolinga za mu mtima mwake pa mibado yonse.
12 Wodala mtundu wa anthu umene Mulungu wake ndi Yehova,
anthu amene Iye anawasankha kukhala cholowa chake.
Abramu Asiyana ndi Loti
13 Choncho Abramu pamodzi ndi mkazi wake ndi zonse anali nazo, anachoka ku Igupto kupita ku Negevi. Loti naye anapita nawo. 2 Abramu anali wolemera kwambiri; anali ndi ziweto ndiponso siliva ndi golide.
3 Atachoka ku Negevi, anayenda malo osiyanasiyana mpaka anafika ku Beteli, ku malo a pakati pa Beteli ndi Ai, kuja kumene anamanga tenti poyamba, 4 ndiponso kumene Abramu anamangira Yehova guwa lansembe kwa nthawi yoyamba ndi kupemphera mʼdzina la Yehova.
5 Loti amene ankayendayenda ndi Abramu nayenso anali ndi ziweto zosiyanasiyana ndi matenti. 6 Motero dziko linayamba kuwachepera kuti onse nʼkukhala pamodzi, popeza katundu wawo anali wochuluka kwambiri moti sakanatha kukhala pamodzi. 7 Mikangano inayambika pakati pa abusa a Abramu ndi abusa a Loti. Nthawi imeneyo nʼkuti Akanaani ndi Aperezi akukhalanso mʼdziko lomwelo.
8 Tsono Abramu anati kwa Loti, “Pasakhale mikangano pakati pa iwe ndi ine kapena pakati pa abusa ako ndi anga, popeza ndife abale. 9 Kodi dziko lonseli silili pamaso pako? Tiye tisiyane. Iwe ukalowera kumanzere, ine ndilowera kumanja; ukalowera kumanja, ine ndipita kumanzere.”
10 Loti atamwazamwaza maso anaona kuti chigwa chonse cha mtsinje wa Yorodani chinali chothiriridwa bwino ngati munda wa Yehova, kapena ngati dziko la ku Igupto mpaka ku Zowari. (Nthawi iyi nʼkuti Yehova asanawononge Sodomu ndi Gomora). 11 Choncho Loti anadzisankhira yekha chigwa chonse cha Yorodani nanyamuka kulowera cha kummawa. Choncho anthu awiriwa anasiyana. 12 Abramu anakhala mʼdziko la Kanaani, pamene Loti anakakhala pakati pa mizinda ikuluikulu ya mʼchigwamo. Anamanga tenti yake pafupi ndi Sodomu. 13 Tsono anthu a ku Sodomu anali oyipa ndiponso ankachimwira Yehova kwambiri.
14 Loti atachoka, Yehova anati kwa Abramu, “Kuchokera pamene ulipo tayangʼanayangʼana cha kumpoto, kummwera, kummawa ndi kumadzulo. 15 Dziko lonse ukulionalo ndidzalipereka kwa iwe ndi zidzukulu zako mpaka muyaya. 16 Ndidzakupatsa zidzukulu zochuluka ngati fumbi lapansi moti amene angathe kuwerenga fumbilo ndiye kuti angathenso kuwerenga zidzukulu zako. 17 Dzuka ndipo uyendere dziko lonseli mulitali ndi mulifupi pakuti ndalipereka kwa iwe.”
18 Choncho Abramu anasamutsa tenti yake napita kukakhala pafupi ndi mitengo ikuluikulu ija ya thundu ya ku Mamre ku Hebroni, kumene anamangira Yehova guwa lansembe.
17 Anthu amenewa ali ngati akasupe wopanda madzi, ndiponso ngati nkhungu yowuluzidwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho. Mulungu wawasungira mdima wandiweyani. 18 Pakuti anayankhula mawu opanda pake ndi onyada, ndipo ndi zilakolako zoyipa za thupi amanyenga anthu amene angopulumuka kumene pakati pa anzawo oyipa. 19 Amawalonjeza ufulu, pomwe iwo eni ndi akapolo a zizolowezi zowononga. Pajatu munthu amakhala kapolo wa chilichonse chimene chikumulamulira. 20 Ngati anapulumuka ku zodetsa za dziko lapansi podziwa Ambuye ndi Mpulumutsi wathu Yesu Khristu, pambuyo pake nagwidwanso ndi kugonjetsedwa ndi zomwezo, potsiriza adzakhala oyipa kuposa mmene analili poyamba. 21 Kukanakhala bwino akanapanda kudziwa njira ya chilungamo, koposa ndi kuyileka atadziwa lamulo loyera limene Mulungu anawapatsa. 22 Kwa iwo miyambi iyi ndi yoona, “Galu wabwerera ku masanzi ake,” ndipo, “Nkhumba imene inasamba, yakunkhunizikanso mʼmatope.”
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