1 Amati, Ngati mwamuna achotsa mkazi wake, ndipo amchokera iye, nakhala mkazi wa wina, kodi adzabweranso kwa mkaziyo? Dzikolo kodi silidzaipitsidwa? Koma iwe wachita dama ndi mabwenzi ambiri; koma bweranso kwa Ine, ati Yehova.
2 Kwezera maso ako kumapiri oti see, nuone: sanagone ndi iwe kuti? Panjira wakhalira iwo, monga Mwarabu m’chipululu; ndipo waipitsa dziko ndi zigololo zako, ndi zoipa zako.
3 Ndipo mvula yakanidwa, ndipo panalibe mvula ya masika; ndipo unali ndi nkhope ya mkazi wadama, unakana manyazi.
4 Kodi kuyambira tsopano sudzafuulira kwa Ine, Atate wanga, wotsogolera ubwana wanga ndinu?
5 Kodi adzasunga mkwiyo wake kunthawi zonse? Kodi adzakudikira mpaka chimaliziro? Taona, wanena ndi kuchita zoipa monga unatero.
Abwere kwa Yehova anthu olowererawo
6 Ndipo Yehova anati kwa ine masiku a Yosiya mfumu, Kodi waona chimene wachichita Israele, wobwerera m’mbuyo? Wakwera pa mapiri aatali onse, ndi patsinde pa mitengo yaiwisi yonse, ndi kuchita dama pamenepo.
7 Ndipo ndinati atachita zimenezo zonse, Adzabwera kwa Ine; koma sanabwere, ndipo mphwake wonyenga, Yuda, anaona.
8 Ndipo ndinaona, kuti, ndingakhale ndikamchotsa Israele wobwerera m’mbuyo, ndi kumpatsa kalata yachilekaniro chifukwa cha kuchita chigololo iye, mphwake Yuda wonyenga sanaope, koma iye yemwe ananka nachita dama.
9 Ndipo kunali kuti mbiri ya dama lake inaipitsa dziko, ndipo anachita chigololo ndi miyala ndi mitengo.
10 Ndipo zingakhale zonsezi Yuda mphwake wonyenga sanabwere kwa Ine ndi mtima wake wonse, koma monama, ati Yehova.
11 Ndipo Yehova anati kwa ine, Israele wobwerera anadzionetsa wolungama kopambana ndi Yuda wonyenga.
12 Pita; nulalikire mau awa kuyang’ana kumpoto, ndi kuti, Bwera iwe Israele wobwerera, ati Yehova; sindidzakuyang’anira iwe ndi kukwiya; pakuti Ine ndili wachifundo, ati Yehova, sindidzakhala nako kukwiya kunthawi zonse.
13 Koma vomereza zoipa zako, kuti walakwira Yehova Mulungu wako, ndi kupatukira mwa alendo patsinde pa mitengo yaiwisi yonse, ndipo sunamvere mau anga, ati Yehova.
14 Bwerani, ananu obwerera, ati Yehova; pakuti Ine ndine mbuye wanu; ndipo ndidzakutengani inu mmodzimmodzi wa pa mzinda uliwonse, ndi awiriawiri a pa banja lililonse, ndi kukutengerani kuZiyoni;
15 ndipo ndidzakupatsani inu abusa monga mwa mtima wanga, adzakudyetsani inu nzeru ndi luntha.
16 Ndipo padzaoneka, pamene mudzakhala ambiri ndi kuchuluka m’dzikomo masiku awo, ati Yehova, sadzatinso konse,Likasa la chipanganocha Yehova; silidzalowa m’mtima; sadzalikumbukira; sadzanka kukaliona, sadzachitanso konse.
17 Pa nthawi yomweyo adzatchaYerusalemumpando wa Yehova; ndipo mitundu yonse idzasonkhanidwa kumeneko, ku dzina la Yehova, ku Yerusalemu; ndipo sadzayendanso konse m’kuumirira kwa mtima wao woipa.
18 Masiku omwewo nyumba ya Yuda idzayenderena ndi nyumba ya Israele, ndipo adzatuluka pamodzi kudziko la kumpoto kunka ku dziko limene ndinapatsa makolo anu kuti alowemo.
19 Koma Ine ndinati, Ndidzakuika iwe bwanji mwa ana, ndi kupatsa iwe dziko lokondweretsa, cholowa chabwino cha makamu a mitundu ya anthu? Ndipo ndinati mudzanditcha Ine, Atate wanga; osatembenuka kuleka kunditsata Ine.
20 Ndithu monga mkazi achokera mwamuna wake monyenga, chomwecho mwachita ndi Ine monyenga, inu nyumba ya Israele, ati Yehova.
21 Mau amveka pa mapiri oti see, kulira ndi kupempha kwa ana a Israele; pakuti anaipitsa njira yao, naiwala Yehova Mulungu wao.
22 Bwerani, ana inu obwerera, ndidzachiritsa mabwerero anu. Taonani, tadza kwa Inu; pakuti ndinu Yehova Mulungu wathu.
23 Ndithu akhulupirira mwachabe chithandizo cha kuzitunda, ndi phokoso la kumapiri; ndithu mwa Yehova Mulungu wathu muli chipulumutso cha Israele.
24 Ndipo chochititsa manyazi chinathetsa ntchito za atate athu kuyambira ubwana wathu; nkhosa zao ndi zoweta zao, ana ao aamuna ndi aakazi.
25 Tigone m’manyazi athu, kunyala kwathu kutifunde ife; pakuti tamchimwira Yehova Mulungu wathu, ife ndi makolo athu, kuyambira ubwana wathu kufikira lero lomwe; ndipo sitidamvere mau a Yehova Mulungu wathu.
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