Lakuyenda kwa Aroma 4:1-25
4 Kodi tingalewembo ciyani bza kholo lathu lakale Abalahamu?
2 Mwa ciratizo, penu Abalahamu adawonedwa kukhala wakulungama thangwe ra mabasa yace, iye angadakhala na mathangwe yakubzitumbizira, tsono sikuti kwa Mulungu.
3 Kodi cinembo cinango cimbalewa tani? Cimbalewa kuti: “Abalahamu adakhulupira Yahova ndipo iye adawonedwa kukhala munthu wakulungama.”
4 Kobiri zomwe* munthu ambatambira akaphata basa, zimbawonedwa lini ninga kudeka mtima kukulu koma zimbawonedwa ninga cinthu comwe* iye akhathemera kupasidwa.
5 Mwa njira inango, kwa munthu omwe ambathemba lini bzinthu bzomwe iye ambacita, tsono ambakhulupira Mulungu omwe ambawona munthu wakuipa kukhala wakulungama, cikhulupiro cace cimbam’citisa kukhala wakulungama.
6 Mwa njira ibodzi-bodziyi, Davide ambalewa bza cikondweso ca munthu omwe Mulungu ambamuwona kukhala wakulungama sikuti thangwe ra mabasa yace. Davideyo ambati:
7 “An’kondwa mbale omwe acita bzinthu bzakuphonyera lamulo, tsono alekereredwa ndipo pikado zawo zapfudziwa.*
8 An’kondwa mbale omwe pikado zawo Yahova an’dzazikumbukira lini.”
9 Kodi cikondweso cimweci n’ca wanthu omwe adacitidwa mgwatidwe* okha, ayai n’ca walembo omwe alibe kucitidwa mgwatidwe? Pakuti tikhadalewa kale bzimwebzi kuti: “Na cikhulupiro comwe Abalahamu akhanaco, iye adawonedwa kukhala munthu wakulungama.”
10 Kodi ni pa nthawe iponi pomwe iye adawonedwa kukhala wakulungama? Kodi ni pomwe akhadacitidwa mgwatidwe ayai pomwe akhanati kucitidwa mgwatidwe? Ni pa nthawe yomwe akhanati kucitidwa mgwatidwe.
11 Iye adatambira cizindikiro comwe ni mgwatidwe, ninga citsimikizo cakuti iye adawonedwa ninga wakulungama thangwe ra cikhulupiro comwe iye adalatiza pomwe akhanati kucitidwa mgwatidwe. Bzidakhala tenepo kuti iye adzakhale pai wa wanthu wentse omwe angadalatiza cikhulupiro napo alibe kucitidwa mgwatidwe, tenepo, iye angadadzawonedwa ninga munthu wakulungama.
12 Iye adakhalambo pai, sikuti wa wanthu okha wale omwe adacitidwa mgwatidwe, koma adakhalambo pai wa wale omwe adalatiza cikhulupiro ninga ca pai wathu Abalahamu pomwe akhanati kucitidwa mgwatidwe.
13 Sikuti ni thangwe ra kubvera lamulo komwe kudacitisa Abalahamu ayai wana wace* kuuzidwa kuti angadadzatambira dziko ninga utaka bwawo, koma iye adawonedwa ninga wakulungama thangwe ra cikhulupiro.
14 Pakuti penu wale omwe ambateweza lamulo ndiwo an’funika kutambira utaka bumwebu, cikhulupiro ciribe basa ndipo bzire bzomwe adauzidwa kuti angadadzatambira, bzimbamalisidwa.
15 Kulewa cadidi, kuphonyera lamulo kumbabweresa cirango,* tsono pakakhala palibe lamulo, palibembo kuphonya.
16 Na thangwe limweri, ifepano tidauzidwa bzomwe tingadadzatambira kutsogolo thangwe ra cikhulupiro, pakuti imweyi ni mphaso yafovolo kwa ifepano yakucokera kwa Mulungu. Tenepo wana wentse wa Abalahamu angadauzidwambo bzomwe angadadzatambira kutsogolo, sikuti kokha wale omwe ambabvera lamulo koma na walembo omwe ana cikhulupiro ninga comwe Abalahamu akhanaco, omwe ni pai wa tentsenefe.
17 (Bzimwebzi bziri ninga momwe Bzinembo bzimbalewera kuti: “Ndakuikha kuti ukhale pai wa wanthu wa mitundu yentse.”) Abalahamu adalatiza cikhulupiro cimweci kwa Mulungu omwe ambacitisa wanthu wakufa kukhala na moyo ndipo ambalewa bzinthu bzomwe bzinati kucitika ninga kuti bzacitika kale.
18 Abalahamu akhadikhirira lini kuti angadadzakhala na wana, tsono thangwe ra cidikhiro, iye akhana cikhulupiro cakuti angadakhala pai wa wanthu wa mitundu izinji, mwakubverana na bzomwe Mulungu akhadamuuziratu kuti: “Wana* wako an’dzakhala tenepo.”
19 Napo cikhulupiro cace ciribe kutepa, iye akhakumbuka bza thupi lace ninga kuti ndakufa (pakuti iye akhana magole pafupi-fupi 100). Ndipo iye akhadziwa kuti Sara angadabereka lini thangwe akhadakalamba.
20 Tsono thangwe ra bzomwe Mulungu adalewa kuti bzingadadzacitika kutsogolo, iye alibe kupenukira ayai kuluza cikhulupiro cace, m’mbuto mwace, cikhulupiro cace cidalimba ndipo iye adatumbiza Mulungu.
21 Iye akhana citsimikizo centse cakuti bzomwe Mulungu akhadamuuzabzo, bzingadadzacitikadi.
22 Na tenepo, “thangwe ra cikhulupiro cace, iye adawonedwa kukhala munthu wakulungama.”
23 Tsono mafala yakuti “iye adawonedwa kukhala ninga,” yalibe kunembedwera iye yekha,
24 koma yadanembedwerambo ifepano, ndipo ifepano tin’dzawonedwambo kukhala ninga wakulungama thangwe kukhulupira Mulungu, omwe adalamusa Jezu Mbuya wathu kwa anyakufa.
25 Iye adaperekedwa ku infa thangwe ra pikado zathu ndipo adalamusidwa kuti Mulungu atiwone ninga wakulungama.
Mafala ya m'nyantsi
^ Ayai, “Malipo yomwe.”
^ Ayai, “mangawa yomwe.”
^ Ayai, “zalekereredwa.”
^ Kugwatidwa kwa kakhanda ka kumaso.
^ Mafala yace caiyo: “mbeu yace.”
^ Mafala yace caiyo: “ukali.”
^ Mafala yace caiyo: “mbeu.”
