Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Zedekiya Mfumu ya Yuda

¹¹ Zedekiya anali ndi zaka 21 pamene ankakhala mfumu, ndipo analamulira mu Yerusalemu zaka 11. ¹² Iye anachita zoyipa pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wake ndipo sanadzichepetse yekha pamaso pa mneneri Yeremiya amene ankayankhula mawu a Yehova. ¹³ Iye anawukiranso mfumu Nebukadinezara amene anamulumbiritsa mʼdzina la Mulungu. Iyeyo anali wosamva ndipo anawumitsa mtima wake. Sanatembenukire kwa Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli. ¹⁴ Kuwonjezera apo, atsogoleri onse a ansembe ndi anthu ena anapitirapitira kukhala osakhulupirika, kutsatira machitidwe onse onyansa a mitundu ina ndi kudetsa Nyumba ya Yehova Mulungu wawo, imene anayipatula mu Yerusalemu.

Kugwetsedwa kwa Yerusalemu

¹⁵ Yehova, Mulungu wa makolo awo, ankatumiza mawu kwa iwo kudzera kwa amithenga ake kawirikawiri, chifukwa ankawamvera chisoni anthu ake ndi malo ake okhalapo. ¹⁶ Koma iwo ananyoza amithenga a Mulungu, anapeputsa mawu awo ndipo ankaseka aneneri ake mpaka anawutsa mkwiyo wa Yehova pa anthu ake ndipo panalibenso mankhwala owachiritsa. ¹⁷ Yehova anabweretsa mfumu ya anthu a ku Babuloni, imene inapha anyamata awo ndi lupanga ku malo opatulika, ndipo sanasiye kaya mnyamata kapena mtsikana, wamkulu kapena wokalamba. Mulungu anapereka onsewo kwa Nebukadinezara. ¹⁸ Iye ananyamula kupita nazo ku Babuloni zipangizo zonse za mʼNyumba ya Yehova Mulungu wawo, zazikulu ndi zazingʼono zomwe, ndi chuma cha mʼNyumba ya Yehova ndiponso chuma cha mfumu ndi akuluakulu ake. ¹⁹ Iwo anayatsa moto Nyumba ya Mulungu, ndipo anagwetsa makoma a Yerusalemu. Anatentha moto nyumba zonse zaufumu ndipo anawononga chilichonse chimene chinali chofunika.

²⁰ Iye anagwira ukapolo anthu otsala amene anapulumuka ku lupanga ndi kupita nawo ku Babuloni, ndipo anakhala antchito ake ndi ana ake mpaka pamene ufumu wa Peresiya unakhazikitsidwa. ²¹ Dziko linakondwera ndi masabata ake. Pa nthawi yonse ya chipasuko chake nthaka inapuma, mpaka zaka 70 zinakwana pokwaniritsa mawu a Yehova amene anayankhula kudzera mwa Yeremiya.

Yesu Ayitana Filipo ndi Natanieli

⁴³ Pa tsiku lotsatira Yesu anaganiza zopita ku Galileya. Atamupeza Filipo, anati kwa iye, “Nditsate.”

⁴⁴ Filipo monga Andreya ndi Petro, anali wochokera ku mzinda mudzi Betisaida. ⁴⁵ Filipo anakapeza Natanieli ndipo anamuwuza kuti, “Ife tapeza amene Mose analemba za Iye mʼmalamulo, ndi zimene aneneri analembanso za Iye, Yesu wa ku Nazareti, mwana wa Yosefe.”

⁴⁶ Natanieli anafunsa kuti, “Nazareti! Kodi kanthu kalikonse kabwino kangachokere kumeneko?”

Filipo anati, “Bwera udzaone.”

⁴⁷ Yesu atamuona Natanieli akuyandikira, anati kwa iye, “Uyu ndi Mwisraeli weniweni, mwa iye mulibe chinyengo.”

⁴⁸ Natanieli anafunsa kuti, “Kodi mwandidziwa bwanji?”

Yesu anayankha kuti, “Ine ndinakuona iwe utakhala pansi pamtengo wamkuyu Filipo asanakuyitane.”

⁴⁹ Kenaka Natanieli ananena kuti, “Rabi, Inu ndinu Mwana wa Mulungu; Inu ndinu Mfumu ya Israeli.”

⁵⁰ Yesu anati, “Ukukhulupirira chifukwa chakuti ndakuwuza kuti Ine ndinakuona iwe uli pansi pamtengo wamkuyu? Iwe udzaona zinthu zazikulu kuposa izo.” ⁵¹ Ndipo Iye anapitirira kuti, “Zoonadi, Ine ndikuwuza kuti iwe udzaona kumwamba, kutatsekuka ndi angelo a Mulungu akukwera ndi kutsika pa Mwana wa Munthu.”