Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Naamani Achiritsidwa Khate Lake

5 Tsono Naamani anali mtsogoleri wa gulu lankhondo a mfumu ya ku Aramu. Iye anali munthu wodalirika pamaso pa mbuye wake ndipo anali wokondedwa kwambiri, chifukwa kudzera mwa iye Yehova anapambanitsa Aaramu. Anali msilikali wolimba mtima, koma anali ndi khate.

² Tsono magulu a Aaramu anapita ku nkhondo ndipo anakagwira ukapolo mtsikana wamngʼono wa ku Israeli, ndipo ankatumikira mkazi wa Naamani. ³ Mtsikanayo anawuza mkazi wa Naamani kuti, “Mbuye wanga akanapita kukaonana ndi mneneri amene amakhala ku Samariya, akanachiritsidwa khate lawo.”

⁴ Naamani anapita kwa mbuye wake kukamuwuza zomwe mtsikana wochokera ku Israeli ananena. ⁵ Mfumu ya ku Aramu inayankha kuti, “Iwe uyenera kupita. Ine ndilembera kalata mfumu ya ku Israeli.” Choncho Naamani ananyamuka kupita ku Samariya, atatenga ndalama za siliva 30,000, ndalama zagolide 6,000 ndiponso zovala khumi za pa chikondwerero. ⁶ Kalata imene anapita nayo kwa mfumu ya ku Israeli inali ndi mawu awa: “Taonani, ndikutumiza Naamani mtumiki wanga pamodzi ndi kalatayi kwa inu kuti mumuchiritse khate lake.”

⁷ Mfumu ya ku Israeli itangowerenga kalatayo, inangʼamba mkanjo wake ndipo inati, “Kodi ine ndine Mulungu? Kodi ndingathe kupha kapena kupereka moyo? Chifukwa chiyani munthu ameneyu wanditumizira munthu woti ndimuchiritse khate lake? Taonani, iyeyu akungofuna kuti apeze chifukwa choyambanirana nane!”

⁸ Elisa munthu wa Mulungu atamva kuti mfumu ya ku Israeli yangʼamba mkanjo wake, anatumiza uthenga uwu: “Chifukwa chiyani mwangʼamba mkanjo wanu? Mutumizeni munthuyo kwa ine ndipo iyeyo adzadziwa kuti muli mneneri mu Israeli.” ⁹ Choncho Naamani anapita pamodzi ndi akavalo ake ndi magaleta nakayima pa khomo la nyumba ya Elisa. ¹⁰ Elisa anatumiza uthenga kwa iye woti, “Pita, kasambe kasanu ndi kawiri mu mtsinje wa Yorodani, thupi lako lidzachira ndi kukhalanso monga kale ndipo udzayeretsedwa.”

¹¹ Koma Naamani anachoka mokwiya ndipo anati, “Ine ndimaganiza kuti munthuyu atuluka ndipo ayimirira nayitana dzina la Yehova Mulungu wake, nayendetsa dzanja lake pamwamba pa nthendayi ndi kundichiritsa khate langa. ¹² Kodi Abana ndi Faripara, mitsinje ya ku Damasiko, siyoposa mitsinje ina yonse ya ku Israeli? Kodi sindikanasamba mʼmitsinje imeneyo ndi kuyeretsedwa?” Kotero anatembenuka nachoka ali wokwiya kwambiri.

¹³ Antchito ake anamuyandikira namufunsa kuti, “Abambo anga, mneneri akanakulamulani chinthu chachikulu, kodi inu simukanachita? Nanga nʼzovuta motani zomwe mneneri wanena kuti ‘Kasambeni ndipo mudzayeretsedwa!’ ” ¹⁴ Choncho Naamani anapita ku Yorodani nakadzimiza mʼmadzimo kasanu nʼkawiri, monga momwe munthu wa Mulungu anamuwuzira. Thupi lake linakhalanso monga kale ndipo linakhala losalala ngati la kamnyamata.

Salimo la Davide. Nyimbo yoyimba popereka Nyumba ya Mulungu.

Kuchita Zabwino kwa Onse

6 Abale, ngati munthu agwa mʼtchimo lililonse, inu amene Mzimu amakutsogolerani, mumuthandize munthuyo ndi mtima wofatsa kuti akonzekenso. Koma mukhale maso kuti inu nomwe mungayesedwe. ² Thandizanani kusenza zolemetsa zanu, ndipo mʼnjira imeneyi mudzakwanitsa lamulo la Khristu. ³ Ngati wina adziyesa kanthu pamene iyeyo sali kanthu konse, akudzinamiza yekha. ⁴ Munthu aliyense aziyesa yekha ntchito zake mmene zilili. Ngati zili bwino, adzatha kunyadira chifukwa cha ntchito zake zokhazo, iyeyo asadzifanizire ndi munthu wina wake, ⁵ pakuti aliyense ayenera kusenza katundu wake.

⁶ Koma munthu amene akuphunzira mawu, agawireko mphunzitsi wake zinthu zonse zabwino zimene iye ali nazo.

⁷ Musanamizidwe: nʼkosatheka kupusitsa Mulungu. Munthu amakolola zimene wafesa. ⁸ Pakuti amene amafesa zokondweretsa thupi lake la uchimo, kuchokera ku khalidwe limenelo adzakolola chiwonongeko; amene amafesa zokondweretsa Mzimu, kuchokera kwa Mzimu adzakolola moyo wosatha. ⁹ Tisatope nʼkuchita zabwino, pakuti pa nthawi yoyenera tidzakolola ngati sititopa. ¹⁰ Nʼchifukwa chake ngati tapeza mpata, tiyenera kuchitira zabwino anthu onse, makamaka amene ndi a banja la okhulupirira.

Osati Mdulidwe koma Kulengedwa Mwatsopano

¹¹ Onani zilembo zazikulu zimene ine ndikulemba ndi dzanja langa.

¹² Onse amene akufuna kuoneka abwino pamaso pa anthu akukukakamizani kuti muchite mdulidwe. Akuchita izi ndi cholinga chimodzi chokha, chakuti apewe kuzunzidwa chifukwa cha mtanda wa Khristu. ¹³ Pakuti ngakhale iwowa amene anachita mdulidwe satsata Malamulo, komabe akufuna kuti muchite mdulidwe kuti anyadire mdulidwe wanuwo. ¹⁴ Ine sindingathe kunyadira kanthu kena koma mtanda wa Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu, kudzera mwa mtandawo dziko lapansi linapachikidwa kwa ine ndi ine ku dziko lapansi. ¹⁵ Pakuti kaya mdulidwe kapena kusachita mdulidwe, sizitanthauza kanthu; chofunika ndi kulengedwa mwatsopano. ¹⁶ Mtendere ndi chifundo zikhale kwa onse amene amatsata chiphunzitso ichi, ndi pa Israeli wa Mulungu.

Yesu Atuma Ophunzira 72

10 Zitatha izi Ambuye anasankha enanso 72 ndi kuwatumiza awiriawiri patsogolo pake ku mzinda uliwonse ndi kumalo kumene Iye anatsala pangʼono kupitako. ² Iye anawawuza kuti, “Zokolola ndi zambiri, koma ogwira ntchito ndi ochepa. Pemphani Ambuye wa zokolola, kuti atumize antchito ku munda wake wa zokolola. ³ Pitani! Ine ndikukutumizani ngati nkhosa pakati pa mimbulu. ⁴ Musatenge chikwama kapena thumba kapena nsapato; ndipo musalonjere wina aliyense pa njira.

⁵ “Mukamalowa mʼnyumba, poyamba nenani kuti, ‘Mtendere pa nyumba ino.’ ⁶ Ngati mʼnyumbamo muli munthu wofuna mtendere, mtendere wanuwo udzakhala pa iyeyo; ngati mulibemo, mtendere wanuwo udzabwerera kwa inu. ⁷ Khalani mʼnyumba yomweyo, idyani ndi kumwa chilichonse chimene akupatsani, pakuti wantchito ayenera kulandira malipiro ake. Musachoke kumene mwafikirako ndi kupita ku nyumba zina.

⁸ “Mukamalowa mʼmudzi, ndi kulandiridwa, idyani chilichonse akukonzerani. ⁹ Chiritsani odwala amene ali kumeneko ndipo muwawuze kuti, ‘Ufumu wa Mulungu wayandikira.’ ¹⁰ Koma mukalowa mʼmudzi ndipo osalandiridwa bwino, kapiteni ku misewu mʼmudzimo nʼkukanena kuti, ¹¹ ‘Tikukusansirani ngakhale fumbi la mʼmudzi wanuwu limene lamamatira ku mapazi athuwa. Komabe dziwani izi: Ufumu wa Mulungu wayandikira.’

¹⁶ “Womvera inu, akumvera Ine; wokana inu, akukana Ine. Ndipo wokana Ine; akukana Iye amene anandituma Ine.”

¹⁷ Anthu 72 aja anabwerera ndi chimwemwe ndipo anati, “Ambuye, ngakhale ziwanda zinatigonjera ife mʼdzina lanu.”

¹⁸ Iye anayankha kuti, “Ndinaona Satana akugwa kuchokera kumwamba ngati mphenzi. ¹⁹ Ine ndakupatsani ulamuliro woponda njoka ndi zinkhanira, ndi kugonjetsa mphamvu zonse za mdani; palibe chimene chidzakupwetekani. ²⁰ Komabe musakondwere chifukwa mizimu yoyipa inakugonjerani, koma kondwerani chifukwa mayina anu analembedwa kumwamba.”