Bashalugwa be Ndzimu
1 Ndoleba malebeswa muna Kirisiti, anditonyepa. Hana yangu inonditendekela mu Meya yakayengemala, 2 kuti ndina buyendasi bukulu ne kuhwa zogwadza mu moyo wangu kusingapele. 3 Ngobe ndoyemula kuti imi nge kwangu ndingabe ndakalongwa bhiso athubukanyiwa na Kirisiti kuyitila makamu angu, ibabo be ludzi gwangu 4 ibo bathu be Iziraela. Tjabo bakashalugwa kube bana, i gudzo le Ndzimu ne zwidumano ne kupiwa nlayo ne kunamata ne kugadziwabgwe. 5 Bobatategulu babo ludzi gwa Kirisiti panyama, Ndzimu iwo upezhugwi kwa bose, ngaukudziwe nge kusingapele! Ngakujalo.
6 Akutodwa kuti dama le Ndzimu lakakong'wa, ngobe ate kuli kuti bose bana be Iziraela, Baiziraela. 7 Kakale akutodwa kuti bose bana ba Abhurahama, ngobe bali be ludzi gwa Abhurahama. Koga Ndzimu wakati kuna Abhurahama, “Bana babo banowodang'wa nge zina la Isaki.” 8 Nge imwe zila kodwa kuti bana bakazwagwa ngekwe nyama ate ibo bana be Ndzimu, be kugadziwabgwe ndibo bana be Ndzimu bakwako; 9 ngobe kugadzabgwe kwakalebgwa sahwoku, “Nge tjibaka tjakabigwa ndowobuya ngono Sara unowowana nkololo.”
10 Kusi ikoko koga, Rebheka wakati awana bana ne nlume nng'ompela, ibo tate bedu Isaki, 11 nenguba kwakati basathu bakazwagwa kakale basathu bakathama tjimwe tjakanaka kene tjakabipa, kuti ndizo kushalula kwe Ndzimu kudwilile, kusi nge mishingo, kuli nge kushalula kwawo, 12 Rebheka wakadwiwa kukayi, “Hwola inowoshingila ntjetjana.” 13 Sekwa kwakakwagwa, kuyi “Jakubo ndakan'da, koga Esau ndakambenga.”
14 Towotini ngono? Apa tingati Ndzimu autosumikilisa nge ndingisanyo kene? Ndodwa! 15 Ngobe ukati kuna Mushe, “Ndowohwila ngoni iye wandinohwila ngoni, ngono ndowohwila zogwadza iye wandinoda kuhwila zogwadza.” 16 Ndizo akutodwa mu kuda kene mu matatabuko e nthu koga kodwa mu ngoni dze Ndzimu. 17 Hwalo dze Ndzimu dzoti kuna Faro we Egipiti, “Ndakamusila ikoku, kuti ndilakidze simba langu mukuli kakale kuti zina langu lilebgwe mu shango yose.” 18 Ndizo Ndzimu unohwila ngoni iye waunoda kuhwila ngoni, koga unokukutadza moyo iye waunoda kukukutadza.
Ndzimu unolasha kakale unohwila ngoni
19 Mmwe wenyu ungati kundili, “Ngono ini Ndzimu utjatibona nlandu? Ndiani unganyanyayidzana ne kuda kwawo?” 20 Koga uani iwe ungadabidzana ne Ndzimu? Apa tjakabumbiwa tjingati kuna wakatjibumba, “Ini wakandibumba uijali kene?” 21 Apa mbumbi we hali aana simba mu ntapkhwi kubumba hali dze mishingo ipezhugwi ne dze mishingo ipasi nge ntapkhwi iwo zwawo kene?
22 Kungayingwi ha Ndzimu wakabe ushaka kulakidza bushongola gwawo ne kuyita kuti simba lawo lizibgwe, koga ukabe ne moyonlefu kuna bawakagwadzilamoyo, ibo bakabe bakafanila kuloba, 23 kuti ndizo ulakidze fumwa ye gudzo lawo kuna bawakahwila zogwadza ibo bawakagala washalulila gudzo, 24 naswibo takadang'wa, kusi Bajuta koga, ne Bezwitjababo. 25 Sekwa unoleba mu lukwalo gwa Hosea uti,
“Ibabo bakabe basi bathu bangu,
ndowobadana ‘Bathu bangu,’
na iye wandakabe ndisingade,
ndowon'dana ‘N'diwa wangu.’
26 Ne mu bugalo kwakayi ku bali,
‘Ate muli bathu bangu,’
banowodang'wa ‘Bakololo be Ndzimu unotjila.’ ” 27 Isaya unomimila ngekwe Iziraela eti,
“Nenguba bunji gwe Baiziraela gunga nsetje we gungwa,
kowotjidziwa malimbelimbe koga.
28 Ngobe She banowoshinga ngolibilidza
kakale ne buzhalo kusumikilisa kwabo mu shango.”
29 Kakale se kwakalebegwa mbeli ndi Isaya eti,
“She bana masimba ha babe basakatisiyila bana,
tobe takanga Sodoma, tikathamiwa se Gomora.”
Ndebo mbuya yakalingisanabo ne Iziraela
30 Towotini ngono? Towoti Bezwitjaba bakabe basingashake ndulamo, ngono bakayiwana iyo ndulamo nge kugalamoyo, 31 koga Iziraela, iyo yakatemelela mu ndulamo inozha nge nlayo aizotubula kushingikadza nlayo. 32 Nge kutini? Nge kuti abazobe beshaka nge kugalamoyo, koga bakabe beshaka ndulamo nge mishingo. Bakakuthiwa nge bgwe linokutha, 33 sekwa kwakakwagwa kuyi,
“Bonani, ndobiga mu Ziyoni
bgwe linowokutha bathu,
shongwe inowobaliga,
iye unogalamoyo munli
aatowobhatisiwa shoni.”
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