Zefaniya 3:1-20
3 Tsoka iwe mzinda wakusaya kubvera, wakupswipa, omwe umbaponderera wanthu wa mzinda wace!
2 Mzindayo umbabvera lini ndipo umbabvuma lini malango.
Umbathemba lini Yahova ndipo umbafenderera lini Mulungu wace.
3 Nduna zace ziri ninga mphondolo zomwe zikulirima.
Ayeruzi wace ali ninga mphumphi za usiku;Ambasiya lini pfupa ne libodzi la kudya mangwana yace.
4 Apolofeta wace mbakubzikuza na wacinyengo.
Antsembe wace ambapswipiza bzomwe mpsakucena;Ndipo iwo ambabvera lini lamulo.
5 Yahova ngwakulungama ndipo ali pakati pace; iye ambacita lini cinthu cakuphonyeka.
Ninga dzuwa lomwe limbacoka ntsiku iri-yentse,Iye ambacitisa kuti malamulo yace yadziwike macibese yali-yentse.
Tsono anyakusaya kulungama ambabva lini manyazi.
6 “Ndidapfudza mitundu ya wanthu ndipo nyumba zawo za ntsanza zidakhala matere.
Ndidapfudza miseu yawo ndipo palibe munthu omwe akhapita pomwe na m’mwemo.
Mizinda yawo idakhala matere ndipo palibe kusala munthu omwe akhakhala m’mwemo.
7 Inepano ndauza mzindayo kuti: ‘Kulewa cadidi, iwepo un’dzandigopa ndipo un’dzabvuma kutsimulidwa,’*
Kuti mbuto yace yakukhala ileke kupfudzidwa,Pakuti nin’dzamupasa mulandu* thangwe ra bzentse bzomwe akucita.
Tsono iwo akhafunisisa kucita bzinthu mwa cinyengo.
8 Yahova walewa kuti: ‘Pitirizani kundidikhirira,Mpaka pa ntsiku yomwe nin’dzamuka ndicikawatengera bzinthu bzawo,*Pakuti bzomwe ndatonga mpsakuti nditsonkhanise mitundu ya wanthu na maumambo,Nin’dzawakhuthulira ciya cangu na ukali bwangu bwentse bwakugaka;Ukali bwangu buli ninga moto ndipo bun’dzanyekesa dziko lentse la pantsi.
9 Pa nthaweyo, nin’dzacinja cirewedwe ca wanthu, ndicidzawapasa cirewedwe cakucena,Kuti wentse acemere dzina la Yahova,Kuti amutumikire mwakuphatana.’
10 Kucokera m’mphimpha za mikulo ya ku Etiyopiya,Anyakubalalisidwa wangu, wale omwe akundidandaulira, an’dzandibweresera mphaso.
11 Pa ntsiku imweyo iwepo* un’dzacitisidwa lini manyaziThangwe ra bzicito bzako bzentse bzakundipandukira,Pakuti nin’dzacosa anyakubzikuza wentse pakati pako;Ndipo iwepo un’dzabzikuza lini pomwe pa phiri langu lakucena.
12 Nin’dzasiya wanthu wakubzicepesa na wakuderekha kuti akhale pakati pako,Ndipo iwo an’dzathawira pa dzina la Yahova.
13 Wale omwe an’dzasala mu Jirayeri, an’dzacita lini bzinthu bzakusaya kulungama;Iwo an’dzalewa lini bzinthu bzakunama ayai kuphatisa basa lirime lawo kuti apumpse wanthu;Iwo an’dzadya acigona, ndipo palibe omwe an’dzawacitisa mantha.”
14 Kuwani mwakukondwa imwe wanthu wa mu Ziyoni!
Kuwa mwakukomedwa, iwe Jirayeri!
Kondwani ndipo komedwani na mtima wanu wentse, imwe wanthu wa mu Jeruzalemu!
15 Yahova wakucosera nyathwa yomwe ukhabonera nayo,
Ndipo iye wacitisa kuti nyamadulanthaka wako abwerere.
Yahova Mambo wa Jirayeri ali pakati pako,
Ndipo iwepo un’dzagopa lini pomwe tsoka liri-lentse.
16 Pa ntsiku imweyo, Jeruzalemu an’dzauzidwa kuti:
“Leka kugopa iwe Ziyoni.
Leka kulekerera kuti manja yako yatepe.
17 Yahova Mulungu wako, anawe.
Pakuti ngwamphanvu, iye an’dzakupulumusa.
Thangwe ra iwepo, iye an’dzakondwa kwene-kwene.
Iye an’dzakhala phee thangwe ra kukomedwa na lufoyi lomwe iye akukulatiza.
Thangwe ra kukomedwa nawe, iye an’dzakuwa mwakukondwa.
18 Nin’dzatsonkhanisa wale omwe adasunama thangwe ra kusaya kugumanika pa maphwando yako;Iwo adakhala kutali na iwepo pomwe ukhapirira kunyozedwa thangwe ra iye.
19 Pa nthawe imweyo, nin’dzalanga wentse omwe akukuboneresa;Ndipo nin’dzapulumusa omwe akugwidoma,Nin’dzatsonkhanisa omwe adabalalika.
Ndipo nin’dzawacitisa kukhala wakutumbizika na wakubvekera,M’madziko yentse yomwe udacitisidwa manyazi.
20 Pa nthaweyo, inepano nin’dzakubweresani pomwe,Pa nthawe imweyo inepano nin’dzakutsonkhanisani pabodzi,
Pakuti nin’dzakucitisa kukhala wakubvekera na wakutumbizika pakati pa wanthu wentse wa pa dziko la pantsi,Iwepo un’dzawona ndikadzabweresa wanthu wako omwe akhadayendesedwa ku ukapolo,” walewa tenepo Yahova.
Mafala ya m'nyantsi
^ Ayai, “cirango.”
^ Ayai, “nyathwa.”
^ Ayai pinango, “nin’dzamuka ninga mboni.”
^ Omwe ni Jeruzalemu.
