Lakuyenda kwa Ahebereu 1:1-14
1 M’mbuyomu, Mulungu adalewalewa na makolo yathu yakale mwakuphatisa basa apolofeta pa nthawe zakusiyana-siyana na m’njira zakusiyana-siyana.
2 Tsapano, mu ntsiku zakumalizira zino, iye ambalewalewa nafe mwakuphatisa basa Mwana wace, omwe adamusankhula kuti anyang’anire bzinthu bzace bzentse. Ndipo Mulungu adaphatisambo basa iye pakulenga bzinthu bza pa dziko la pantsi na bzakudzulu.*
3 Iye ambalatiza ulemerero bwa Mulungu na makhalidwe yace caiyo ndipo na mphanvu ya fala lace, iye ambasamalira bzinthu bzentse. Ndipo pomwe adamala kucenesa pikado zathu, iye adakhala ku boko lamadidi la Mulungu Mkululetu kudzulu.
4 Tenepo, iye adakhala mkulu kuposa anjo, ndipo ninga utaka bwace, adapasidwa dzina lapadzulu kwene-kwene kuposa la anjowo.
5 Mwa ciratizo, kodi ni anjo uponi omwe Mulungu adamuuza kale kuti: “Iwepo ndiwe mwana wangu ndipo lero inepano ndakhala baba wako”? Ndipo adamuuza pomwe kuti: “Inepano nin’dzakhala baba wace ndipo iye an’dzakhala mwana wangu”?
6 Tsono pomwe iye adabweresa Mwana wace wakuyamba kubadwa pa dziko la pantsi, adalewa kuti: “Anjo wentse wa Mulungu amugodamire.”
7 Ndipo pakulewa bza anjo, iye ambati: “Iye ambacitisa anjo wace kukhala wamphanvu kwene-kwene ndipo atumiki wace ambawacitisa kukhala cirambi-rambi ca moto.”
8 Tsono pakulewa bza Mwana wace, iye ambati: “Mulungu ni mpando wako wa umambo mpaka kale-kale, ndipo Umambo bwako bun’dzatonga mwacirungamo.
9 Udafuna cirungamo ndipo udawenga kusaya kubvera malamulo. Ndipopa Mulungu, omwe ni Mulungu wako, adakudzoza na mafuta ndipo adakucitisa kukhala wakukondwa kwene-kwene kuposa anzako wentse.”
10 Ndipo ambalewambo kuti: “Imwe Mulungu, paciyambi mudakhazikisa aliserse ya dziko la pantsi ndipo kudzulu ni basa la manja yanu.
11 Dziko la pantsi na kudzulu bzin’dzamala, tsono imwepo mun’dzakhala mpaka kale-kale, ibzo bzin’dzasakala ninga cakubvala,
12 ndipo imwepo mun’dzafunya dziko la pantsi na kudzulu ninga kapote ndipo mun’dzacinja bzimwebzi ninga cakubvala, koma imwepo mumbacinja lini, ndipo magole yanu yan’dzamala lini.”
13 Tsono kodi ni anjo uponi omwe iye adamuuza kale kuti: “Khala ku boko langu lamadidi mpaka pomwe ndidzaikhe anyamadulanthaka wako ninga cakupondera nzayo zako”?
14 Kodi ni anjo lini wentse omwe ambatumikira Mulungu?* Kodi iwo alibe kutumidwa na Mulungu kuti adzathandize wale omwe an’funa kupulumusidwa?
Mafala ya m'nyantsi
^ Ayai, “nthawe yomwe bzinthu bzidalengedwa.”
^ Ayai, “omwe ambacita basa lakutumikira winango.”
