Lakuyenda kwa Aroma 2:1-29
2 Bziribe basa kuti iwepo ndiwe yani, ulibe mathangwe yakupasira mulandu wanthu winango pa bzinthu bzomwe iwo akucita, thangwe iwepo ukucitambo bzinthu bzibodzi-bodzibzo. Pomwe iwepo ukuwatonga, ukubzitongambo wekha.
2 Tsono tikudziwa kuti pomwe Mulungu ambatonga wale omwe ambacita bzinthu bzimwebzi, iye ambakhala akutonga mwakubverana na cadidi.
3 Iwepo omwe umbatonga anzako pa bzinthu bzomwe umbacitambo, kodi ukukumbuka kuti un’dzapulumuka pa nthawe yomwe Mulungu an’dzakutonga?
4 Ayai iwepo ukudziwa lini kuti iye akukulatiza kudeka mtima kwace kukulu, kulekerera na kupirira? Kodi ukudziwa lini kuti Mulungu akuyeza mwa kudeka mtima kukuthandiza kuti ukungule?
5 Tsono thangwe ra kusaya kucinja kwako khalidwe na mtima wako wakusaya kukungula, ukubzibweresera wekha ukali bwa Mulungu pa iwepo, ndipo Mulungu an’dzalatiza ukali bumwebu pa ntsiku ya kutonga kwace kwa cirungamo.
6 Ndipo iye an’dzabwezera kwa m’bodzi na m’bodzi mwakubverana na mabasa yace:
7 iye an’dzapasa moyo wakusaya kumala wale omwe an’pitiriza kucita bzabwino. Wanthu amwewa akulinga ulemerero, ulemu na moyo wakusaya kumala.
8 Na tenepo, kwa wale omwe ambabweresa phiringu na kufamba mwakusaya kubverana na cadidi ndipo ambacita bzinthu bzakusaya cirungamo, an’dzawona ciya na ukali bwa Mulungu.
9 Munthu ali-wentse omwe an’cita bzakuipa, napo akhale Mdjuda ayai Mgerego an’dzagumana matsautso na mabvuto;
10 tsono munthu ali-wentse omwe an’cita bzabwino, an’dzatambira ulemerero, ulemu na mtendere, cakuyamba Mdjuda pakumalizira pace Mgerego.
11 Thangwe Mulungu alibe tsankhulo.
12 Wanthu wentse omwe an’cita pikado mwakusaya kudziwa lamulo la Mulungu, an’dzafa mwakusaya kudziwa lamulo; tsono wentse omwe an’cita pikado mwakudziwa lamulo, an’dzatongedwa na lamulolo.
13 Mulungu ambawona lini wanthu kukhala wakulungama kokha thangwe ra kubva lamulo, tsono wale okha omwe ambacita bzomwe lamulo limbalewa an’dzawonedwa kukhala wakulungama.
14 Pakuti wale omwe ni Adjuda lini, alibe lamulo, tsono wanthu amwewa mwacibadwa akacita bzinthu bzomwe lamulo limbalewa, iwo ambalatiza kuti ana lamulo pakati pawo.
15 Na mabasa yawo, iwo ambalatiza kuti lamulo lidanembedwa m’mitima yawo. Ndipo mtima wawo pabodzi na iwo, bzimbalatiza kuti bzakucita bzawo mpsabwino ayai mpsakuipa ndipo mwa njira imweyi makumbukidwe yawo yambawacitisa kuzindikira penu iwo ana cinthu cinango cakuwapasa mulandu ayai ne.
16 Bzimwebzi bzin’dzacitika pa ntsiku yomwe Mulungu mwakuphatisa basa Kristu Jezu, an’dzatonga bzinthu bzakubisika bza wanthu mwakubverana na mafala yabwino yomwe ndikupaliziraya.
17 Tsono winango wa imwepo mumbabziti ndimwe Adjuda, ndipo mumbakhulupira lamulo mucimbabzikuza thangwe ra kubzibva kuti ndimwe wanthu wa Mulungu.
18 Iwepo ukudziwa bzomwe Mulungu ambafuna kuti ucite ndipo ukubvuma bzinthu bzomwe mpsabwino, thangwe iwepo udapfunzisidwa Lamulo,
19 ndipo ukutsimikiza kuti ungatsogolere zimola na kupasa ceza wanthu omwe ali mu mdima,
20 kulungamiza wanthu wakusaya nzeru, kupfunzisa wana ang’ono, thangwe iwepo umbabvesesa na kudziwa cadidi comwe cimbagumanika mu Lamulo.
21 Tsono iwepo omwe umbapfunzisa wanthu winango, thangwe ranyi umbabzipfunzisa lini wekha? Iwepo omwe umbapalizira kuti: “Lekani kuba” kodi umbabambo?
22 Iwepo omwe umbapalizira kuti: “Lekani kucita upombo ayai uputa,” kodi umbacitambo bzimwebzo? Iwepo omwe umbawenga bzifanikiso, kodi umbaba bzinthu bza mu templo?
23 Iwepo omwe umbabzikuza thangwe ra kudziwa lamulo la Mulungu, kodi umbanyoza Mulungu mwa kuswa Lamulo?
24 Pakuti “dzina la Mulungu likunyozedwa pakati pa wanthu wa mitundu thangwe ra imwepo” ninga momwe bzidanembedwera.
25 Kucitidwa mgwatidwe* kuna phindu pokha-pokha penu iwepo ukubvera lamulo; tsono penu ukubvera lini lamulo, kucitidwa kwako mgwatidwe kulibe phindu.
26 Tenepo, penu munthu wakusaya kucitidwa mgwatidwe ambateweza mitemo yakulungama ya mu lamulo, Mulungu an’dzawona munthu umweyu ninga munthu wakucitidwa mgwatidwe, ndibzo lini?
27 Penu ule omwe alibe kucitidwa mgwatidwe ambateweza Lamulo, umweyo an’dzakutonga iwepo omwe una Lamulo lakucita kunembedwa, omwe udacitidwambo mgwatidwe ndipo umbaphonyera lamulolo.
28 Pakuti kukhala Mdjuda wacadidi ni mawonekedwe lini yakunja, ndipo kucitidwa mgwatidwe kwacadidi kumbaphatanidza bzizinji sikuti kundogwatidwa thupi kokha.
29 Tsono kukhala Mdjuda wacadidi kumbaphatanidza unthu bwa mkati, ndipo mgwatidwe* wace udacitidwa mu mtima na mzimu wakucena sikuti mwa kuteweza Lamulo lakucita kunembedwa. Munthu umweyu ambatumbizidwa na Mulungu sikuti na wanthu.
