Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Nyimbo yoyimba pokwera ku Yerusalemu.

²⁷ Koma pa tsiku lachiwiri la chikondwerero cha mwezi watsopano pamalo pa Davide panalibenso munthu. Kenaka Sauli anafunsa Yonatani kuti, “Nʼchifukwa chiyani mwana wa Yese sanabwere kudzadya, dzulo ngakhale lero?”

²⁸ Yonatani anayankha kuti, “Davide anandiwumiriza kuti ndimulole kuti apite ku Betelehemu. ²⁹ Anati, ‘Undilole ndipite, chifukwa banja lathu likupereka nsembe mu mzindamo ndipo mʼbale wanga wandiwumiriza kuti ndikakhale nawo. Ngati wandikomera mtima, chonde ndilole ndipite ndikaone abale anga.’ Nʼchifukwa chake sanabwere kudzadya ndi mfumu.”

³⁰ Sauli anamupsera mtima Yonatani ndipo namuwuza kuti, “Iwe mwana wobadwa mwa mkazi wamakhalidwe oyipa ndi wowukira! Kodi ukuyesa kuti ine sindikudziwa kuti umagwirizana ndi mwana wa Yese, amene akufuna kukuchititsa manyazi iwe ndi amayi ako? ³¹ Mwana wa Yese akakhala ndi moyo pa dziko lapansi lino, iwe sudzakhala mfumu. Tsopano tumiza munthu akamutenge kubwera naye kwa ine, pakuti Davide ayenera kufa basi!”

³² Yonatani anafunsa abambo ake kuti, “Nʼchifukwa chiyani mufuna kuti Davide aphedwe? Iye walakwa chiyani?” ³³ Apo Sauli anamuponyera mkondo wake kuti amuphe. Tsono Yonatani anadziwa kuti abambo ake atsimikiza mtima kuti aphe Davide.

³⁴ Yonatani anachoka pa tebulopo ali wopsa mtima kwambiri. Tsiku lachiwiri la chikondwererocho Yonatani sanadye chakudya. Iye anawawidwa mtima chifukwa abambo ake anatsimikiza zakupha Davide.

³⁵ Tsono mmawa Yonatani anapita ku munda kumene anapangana ndi Davide. Anali ndi mnyamata wake. ³⁶ Tsono anawuza mnyamatayo kuti, “Thamanga ukatole muvi umene nditi ndiponye.” Mnyamatayo akuthamanga Yonatani anaponya muvi patsogolo pa mnyamatayo. ³⁷ Mnyamatayo atafika pamene muvi wa Yonatani unagwera, ³⁸ Yonatani anayitananso mnyamatayo kuti, “Fulumira, pita msanga usayime.” Choncho mnyamatayo anatola muvi uja ndi kubwera nayo kwa mbuye wake. ³⁹ (Mnyamatayo sanadziwe chimene chimachitika koma Yonatani ndi Davide ndiwo ankadziwa). ⁴⁰ Pambuyo pake Yonatani anapereka zida zake za nkhondo kwa mnyamatayo ndipo anati, “Pita, nyamula ubwerere nazo ku mzinda.”

⁴¹ Mnyamatayo anapita. Kenaka Davide anatuluka ku mbali ina ya mulu wa miyala uja, nadzigwetsa pansi ndi kugunditsa nkhope yake pansi katatu. Anapsompsona nayamba kulira onse awiri, koma Davide analira kwambiri.

⁴² Yonatani anawuza Davide kuti, “Pita mu mtendere pakuti ife awiri tinalumbira mʼdzina la Yehova kuti, ‘Yehova ndiye akhale mboni pakati pa iwe ndi ine ndiponso pakati pa zidzukulu zako ndi zidzukulu zanga kwa nthawi yonse.’ ” Kenaka Davide anachoka, ndipo Yonatani anabwerera ku mzinda kuja.

Yesu Atulutsa Mzimu Woyipa

³¹ Kenaka Iye anapita ku Kaperenawo, mudzi wa ku Galileya, ndipo pa Sabata anayamba kuphunzitsa anthu. ³² Iwo anadabwa ndi chiphunzitso chake chifukwa uthenga wake unali ndi ulamuliro.

³³ Mʼsunagogemo munali munthu wogwidwa ndi mzimu woyipa. Iye analira ndi mawu akulu, akuti ³⁴ “Aa! Kodi mukufuna chiyani kwa ife, Yesu wa ku Nazareti? Kodi mwabwera kudzatiwononga? Ndikudziwa kuti ndinu ndani, ndinu Woyerayo wa Mulungu!”

³⁵ Yesu anachidzudzula kwambiri nati, “Khala chete! Tuluka mwa iye.” Chiwandacho chinamugwetsa munthuyo pansi pamaso pa onse ndipo chinatuluka wosamupweteka.

³⁶ Anthu onse anadabwa ndipo anati kwa wina ndi mnzake, “Kodi chiphunzitso ichi ndi chotani? Ndi ulamuliro ndi mphamvu Iye akulamulira mizimu yoyipa ndipo ikutuluka!” ³⁷ Ndipo mbiri yake inafalikira madera onse ozungulira.