Yeremiya 42:1-22
42 Natenepa, akulu onsene a anyankhondo, kuphatanizambo Yowanani+ mwana wa Kareya, Yezaniya mwana wa Osaya na mbumba yonsene kutomera wangʼono mpaka wankulu, agumanikana,
2 mbapanga mprofeta Yeremiya: “Taphata miyendo, bvesera phembo yathu toera tibverwe ntsisi, pontho cita phembero kuna Yahova Mulungu wako thangwi ya anthu awa onsene adasala, thangwi ninga munaona iwe, pakati pa anthu azinji, adasala ndi pangʼono basi.+
3 Yahova Mulungu wako mbatipange njira inafunika ife kufamba nayo na pinthu pinafunika ife kucita.”
4 Mprofeta Yeremiya aatawira: “Ndapibva, ndinacita phembero kuna Yahova Mulungu wanu mwakubverana na pidaphemba imwe; pontho ndinakupangani mafala onsene anafuna kundipanga Yahova. Nee fala ibodzi inafuna kukubisirani ine.”
5 Iwo apanga Yeremiya: “Yahova mbakhale mboni wandimomwene na wakukhulupirika, pontho mbatitcunyuse tingakhonda kucita sawasawa na pinafuna kutipanga Yahova Mulungu wako kubulukira mwa iwe.
6 Mwakukhonda tsalakana khala tinakomerwa napyo peno nkhabe, ife tinabvera fala ya Yahova Mulungu wathu, ule adakutuma ife toera pinthu pitifambire mwadidi, thangwi ife tinabvera fala ya Yahova Mulungu wathu.”
7 Pidapita ntsiku khumi Yeremiya atambira mafala a Yahova.
8 Penepo iye acemeresa Yowanani mwana wa Kareya, akulu a anyankhondo onsene akhali na iye, pabodzi na mbumba yonsene, kutomera wangʼono mpaka wankulu,+
9 mbaapanga: “Ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova Mulungu wa Izraeli, ule adandituma imwe toera ndimpange phembo yanu toera mubverwe ntsisi:
10 ‘Imwe mungapitiriza kukhala mu dziko ino, ine ndinadzakuwangisani mbandikhonda kukugwisani, ndinadzakutcekani mbandikhonda kukudulani, thangwi ine ndinadzacinja manyerezero anga mbandikhonda kukuonesani nyatwa zidakudzeserani ine.+
11 Lekani kugopa mambo wa ku Bhabhilonya, ule anagopa imwe.’+
“‘Lekani kunʼgopa,’ alonga Yahova, ‘thangwi ine ndiri na imwe, toera kukupulumusani na kukuombolani mʼmanja mwace.
12 Ine ndinadzakubverani ntsisi,+ pontho iye anadzakubverani ntsisi mbakubwezani ku dziko yanu.
13 “‘Mbwenye imwe mungalonga kuti: “Nkhabe, ife nee tinapitiriza kukhala mu dziko ino!” Mbamukhonda kubvera fala ya Yahova Mulungu wanu,
14 mbamulonga kuti: “Nkhabe, ife tinaenda ku dziko ya Ejitu,+ kwakuti nee tinadzaona nkhondo peno kubva kulira kwa nyanga, nee kuthabuka na njala; ife tinaenda pyathu kakhala kweneko,”
15 khala ndi pyenepi pinafuna imwe kucita, bveserani mafala a Yahova imwe Ayuda adasalikira. Ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova wa anyankhondo, Mulungu wa Izraeli: “Khala mwasankhula na ntima wanu onsene toera kuenda ku Ejitu, pontho mungaenda kakhala kweneko,*
16 anyamalwa anagopa imwe anabwera kudzakuphani na masupada ku dziko ya Ejitu, njala ineyi inagopa imwe inakutowerani mpaka mu dziko ya Ejitu, pontho imwe munadzafa kweneko.+
17 Anthu onsene anafuna kusankhula kuenda kakhala ku Ejitu, anadzaphiwa na supada, anadzafa na njala, pontho na utenda. Nee mʼbodzi anafuna kudzapulumuka pa nyatwa inafuna kuabweresera ine.”’
18 “Thangwi ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova wa anyankhondo, Mulungu wa Izraeli: ‘Ninga mudapangiza ine ukali wanga na kuipirwa kwanga kuna anthu a ku Yerusalemu,+ munjira ibodzi ene ine ndinadzapangiza ukali wanga kuna imwe mungaenda ku Ejitu, imwe munadzakhala anthu adapaswa dzedze, pontho anthu anafuna kudzakuonani anadzagopa, anakupwazani, mbakutikanani,+ imwe cipo munadzaona pontho mbuto ino.’
19 “Yahova akupangani, imwe Ayuda adasalikira. Lekani kuenda ku Ejitu. Kumbukani kuti ine ndakucenjezani lero,
20 kuti imwe munadzafa thangwi ya madodo anu, thangwi ndimwe adandituma kuna Yahova Mulungu wanu, mbamulonga: ‘Ticitire phembero kuna Yahova Mulungu wathu, pontho tipange pinthu pyonsene pinafuna kukupanga Yahova Mulungu wathu, ife tinadzapicita.’+
21 Lero ine ndakupangani mafala anewa, mbwenye imwe nee munadzabvera fala ya Yahova Mulungu wanu, nee kucita pinthu pidandipanga iye toera ndikudziwiseni.+
22 Na thangwi ineyi, dziwani kuti mwakukhonda penula, imwe munadzaphiwa na supada, munadzafa na njala, pontho na utenda ku mbuto inafuna imwe kuenda kakhala.”+
Pidzindikiro Pyapantsi
^ Peno: “mungaenda kakhala kweneko mu ntsiku zingasi.”
