Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Salimo la Davide.
21 Inu Yehova, mfumu ikusangalala mu mphamvu yanu,
chimwemwe chake nʼchachikuludi pa kupambana kumene mumapereka!
2 Inu mwayipatsa zokhumba za mtima wake
ndipo simunayimane zopempha za pa milomo yake.
Sela
3 Inu munayilandira ndi madalitso ochuluka
ndipo munayiveka chipewa chaufumu chagolide weniweni pa mutu wake.
4 Iye anakupemphani moyo, ndipo munamupatsa
masiku ochuluka kwamuyaya.
5 Kudzera mʼzigonjetso zimene munapereka, ulemerero wake ndi waukulu;
Inu mwapereka pa iyo ulemerero ndi ufumu.
6 Zoonadi Inu mwayipatsa madalitso amuyaya,
Inu mwayipatsa chisangalalo ndi chimwemwe chimene chili pamaso panu.
7 Pakuti mfumu imadalira Yehova;
kudzera mʼchikondi chake chosatha cha Wammwambamwamba,
iyo sidzagwedezeka.
8 Dzanja lanu lidzayimitsa adani anu onse;
dzanja lanu lamanja lidzagwira adani anu.
9 Pa nthawi ya kuonekera kwanu
mudzawasandutsa ngʼanjo yamoto yotentha.
Mu ukali wake Yehova adzawameza,
ndipo moto wake udzawatha.
10 Inu mudzawononga ana awo pa dziko lapansi,
zidzukulu zawo pakati pa anthu.
11 Ngakhale iwo akukonzereni chiwembu mwa kuchenjera kwawo
sadzapambana;
12 pakuti mudzawapirikitsa ndipo adzaonetsa misana yawo
pamene mudzawaloza ndi mivi yanu.
13 Mukwezeke Inu Yehova mʼmphamvu yanu,
ife tidzayimba nyimbo ndi kutamanda mphamvu yanu.
Pangano la Mulungu ndi Abramu
15 Zitatha izi, Yehova anayankhula ndi Abramu mʼmasomphenya nati:
“Usaope Abramu.
Ine ndili ngati chishango chokutchinjiriza.
Mphotho yako idzakhala yayikulu.”
2 Koma Abramu anati, “Haa! Ambuye Yehova, mukhoza kundipatsa chiyani popeza ndikanali wopanda mwana ndipo amene adzatenge chuma changa ndi Eliezara wa ku Damasiko? 3 Inu simunandipatse ana kotero kuti wantchito wa ku nyumba kwanga ndiye amene adzalowe mʼmalo mwanga.”
4 Yehova anayankhula naye nati: “Munthu uyu sadzalowa mʼmalo mwako, koma mwana wako weniweni wamwamuna, wobereka wekha ndiye adzalowe mʼmalo mwako.” 5 Yehova anapita naye Abramu panja nati, “Tayangʼana kumwambaku, ndipo chifukwa cha chimenechi uwerenge nyenyezi ngati ungathe kuziwerenga.” Ndipo anamuwuza kuti, “Ndi mmene adzakhalire ana ako ndi zidzukulu zako.”
6 Abramu anakhulupirira Yehova, ndipo ichi chinamuchititsa kukhala wolungama.
7 Ndipo anamuwuza kuti, “Ine ndine Yehova amene ndinakuchotsa iwe ku mzinda wa Uri wa ku Akaldeya kuti ndikupatse dziko ili kuti likhale lako.”
8 Koma Abramu anati, “Haa! Ambuye Yehova, kodi ndingadziwe bwanji kuti lidzakhaladi langa?”
9 Kotero Yehova anati kwa iye, “Kanditengere kamsoti kangʼombe ka zaka zitatu, kamsoti ka mbuzi ka zaka zitatu, ndi nkhosa yayimuna ya zaka zitatu pamodzi ndi nkhunda ndi kamwana ka njiwa.”
10 Abramu anabweretsadi zonsezi nadula chilichonse pakati nʼkuzindandalika, chidutswa chilichonse kuyangʼanana ndi chinzake; koma njiwa ndi nkhunda sanazidule pakati. 11 Pamene miphamba inabwera kuti itole nyama ija, Abramu anayipirikitsa.
12 Pamene dzuwa limalowa Abramu anagona tulo tofa nato ndipo mdima wandiweyani ndi wochititsa mantha unamuphimba. 13 Tsono Yehova anati kwa iye, “Uyenera kudziwa mosakayika kuti zidzukulu zako zidzakhala alendo mʼdziko lachilendo ndipo zidzakhala akapolo ndi kuzunzidwa zaka 400. 14 Koma ndidzalanga dziko limene zidzukulu zako zidzagwireko ukapolo ndipo pambuyo pake iwo adzatulukamo ndi chuma chambiri. 15 Komabe iweyo udzamwalira mu mtendere ndi kuyikidwa mʼmanda utakalamba bwino. 16 Patapita mibado inayi, adzukulu ako adzabwereranso kuno popeza tchimo la Aamori silinafike pachimake kuti alangidwe.”
17 Dzuwa litalowa ndipo mdima utagwa, panaoneka mʼphika wofuka nthunzi ya moto ndi sakali yoyaka ndipo zinadutsa pakati pa zidutswa za nyama zija. 18 Pa tsiku limenelo, Yehova anachita pangano ndi Abramu nati, “Ndikulonjeza kuti ndidzapereka dziko ili kwa zidzukulu zako, kuchokera ku mtsinje wa ku Igupto mpaka ku mtsinje waukulu wa Yufurate.
Mtengo ndi Zipatso Zake
33 “Mtengo wabwino umabala zipatso zabwino ndipo mtengo woyipa umabalanso zipatso zoyipa, pajatu mtengo umadziwika ndi zipatso zake. 34 Ana anjoka inu, woyipa inu, mungathe bwanji kuyankhula kanthu kalikonse kabwino? Pakuti pakamwa pamayankhula zosefuka kuchokera mu mtima. 35 Munthu wabwino amatulutsa zinthu zabwino zomwe zili mumtima mwake ndipo munthu woyipa amatulutsanso zinthu zoyipa zomwe zili mwa iye. 36 Ine ndikukuwuzani kuti pa tsiku la chiweruziro munthu adzazengedwa mlandu chifukwa cha mawu aliwonse wopanda pake amene anayankhula. 37 Pakuti ndi mawu anu mudzapezeka osalakwa ndiponso ndi mawu anu mudzapezeka olakwa.”
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