Ajeu 1:1-15
1 Mu caka caciwiri ca utongi wa Mambo Dhariyo, mwezi wacitanthatu, pa ntsiku yakutoma ya mwezi, mprofeta Ajeu*+ atambira mphangwa za Yahova toera kupanga Zorobhabhele+ mwana wa Selatiyeli, ntongi wa ku Yuda na nyantsembe wankulu Yoswa, mwana wa Yeozadhaki. Iye alonga:
2 “Yahova wa anyankhondo alonga: ‘Mbumba iyi isalonga: “Udzati kufika ndzidzi toera kumanga* nyumba* ya Yahova.”’”+
3 Buluka penepo mprofeta Ajeu+ atambira pontho mafala awa a Yahova:
4 “Kodi uno ndi ndzidzi toera imwe mukhale nʼnyumba zakubalika, uku nyumba yanga yafudzika?+
5 Cincino, Yahova wa anyankhondo alonga: ‘Nyerezerani mwadidi pinthu pinacita imwe.
6 Imwe musabzwala mbeu zizinji, mbwenye musabvuna pangʼono.+ Imwe musadya, mbwenye nee musakhuta. Imwe musamwa vinyu, mbwenye nee musakwana nayo. Imwe musabvala, mbwenye nkhabe kupisirwa. Ule anaphata basa, pinatambira iye asapiikha mʼbudu yakuphoka.’”
7 “Yahova wa anyankhondo alonga: ‘Nyerezerani mwadidi pinthu pinacita imwe.’
8 “‘Ndokoni kakwate miti kuphiri.+ Mangani nyumba yanga+ toera ine ndikomerwe nayo, pontho ndipaswe mbiri,’+ alonga Yahova.”
9 “‘Imwe mukhadikhira pinthu pizinji, mbwenye mwapaswa pangʼono; pontho pidabweresa imwe pinthu pyenepi nʼnyumba, ine ndapicitisa kuti pizambazike.+ Thangwi yanji?’ alonga Yahova wa anyankhondo. ‘Thangwi nyumba yanga yafudzika, mbwenye mʼbodzi na mʼbodzi wa imwe akudzudzumika na kutsalakana nyumba yace.+
10 Natenepa, kudzulu nee kusagwisabve bume, pontho dziko yapantsi nee isabulusabve cakudya.
11 Ine ndacitisa kuti paoneke cilala pa dziko yapantsi, mʼmapiri, kuna pyakudya, kuna vinyu, mafuta, pinthu pinamera mʼmataka, kuna anthu, pifuyo na kuna pinthu pyonsene pinacita imwe na manja anu.’”
12 Zorobhabhele+ mwana wa Selatiyeli+ na nyantsembe wankulu Yoswa mwana wa Yeozadhaki,+ kuphatanizambo mbumba yonsene, abva mafala a Yahova Mulungu wawo na mafala a mprofeta Ajeu, thangwi Yahova Mulungu wawo akhadantuma; penepo mbumba yatoma kugopa Yahova.
13 Buluka penepo, Ajeu nyakupereka mphangwa wa Yahova, alonga mphangwa izi kuna mbumba toera kukwanirisa basa idapaswa iye na Yahova: “‘Ine ndiri na imweʼ+ alonga Yahova.”
14 Natenepa Yahova acitisa+ Zorobhabhele mwana wa Selatiyeli, ntongi wa ku Yuda,+ nyantsembe wankulu Yoswa,+ mwana wa Yeozadhaki na mbumba yonsene toera atome kuphata basa panyumba ya Yahova wa anyankhondo, Mulungu wawo.+
15 Pyenepi pyacitika pa ntsiku 24 ya mwezi wacitanthatu wa caka caciwiri ca utongi wa Mambo Dhariyo.+
Pidzindikiro Pyapantsi
^ Dzina ineyi isabveka “Wakubalwa pa Phwando.”
^ Peno: “kumanga pontho.”
^ Peno: “templo.”
