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Kupuma kwa mbumba ya Mulungu
1 Cipiciro ca Mulungu ca kupita mumbuto yace yakupumira, cikalipo. Na tenepo, mucenjere kuti palibe na m'bodziyo wa imwe angataze kupita mwakupuma. 2 Pakuti Mafala Yabwino yadapalidzidwambo kwa ife, ngakhale kwa iwo. Tsono mafalayo yomwe iwo adabva yalibe kuwaphatira basa, nakuti yalibe kuthandizidwa na cikhulupiriro ca wale omwe adayabva*Ayai nakuti alibe kukhulupirira ninga omwe adayabvera.. 3 Pakuti ife omwe tin'khulupirira ndife omwe tirikupita mwakupumiramo, ninga momwe Mulungu adalewa kuti:
“Tenepayu ndidalumbira muukali bwangu:
An'dzapita lini cipo
mumbuto yangu yakupumiraӠMas 95:11. Napombo mu dutswa la cixanu (5)..
Mulungu adalewa bzimwebzi ngakhale kuti mabasa yace yakhadamala kale panthawe ya cirengedwe ca dziko. 4 Nakuti bza ntsiku yacinomwe bzidanembedwa pambuto inango kuti: “Pantsiku yacinomwe Mulungu adapuma pa mabasa yentse yomwe adacita”‡Jen 2:2. 5 Ndipo padutswa la m'mbuyomu palikulewa bzibodzi-bodzibzi kuti: “An'dzapita lini cipo mumbuto yangu yakupumira”.
6 Tenepoyo, asala anango kupita mwakupumira mule. Ndipo wale omwe adayamba kubva kupalidzidwa kwa mafala yabwino alibe kupita, thangwe ra kusaya kubvera. 7 Na tenepo, Mulungu alikukhazikisa pomwe ntsiku inango, yakucemeredwa kuti “lero”. Patapita magole mazinji, Mulungu adalewa bza ntsiku imweyi kudzera mwa Davi, malingana na bzomwe bzalewedwa kale kuti:
“Pomwe imwe lero munibva
fala lace,
lekani kuumisa mitima”.
8 Nakuti, bzingadakhala kuti Jozuwe adawapasa kupuma, patsogolo pace Mulungu angadalewa lini bza ntsiku inango. 9 Tenepoyo, kuna mbumba ya Mulungu kwasala pomwe kupuma ninga bzidacita Mulungu pa ntsiku ya malinkhuma. 10 Nakuti wentse ule omwe an'pita mumbuto yakupumira ya Mulungu, ambapumambo pa mabasa yace, ninga Mulungu adapuma pa mabasa yace. 11 Na tenepo, mbatibziumirize kuti tipite mwakupumiramo, kuti paleke kuwoneka omwe an'dzagwa, mwakulingana na kusaya kubvera kule.
12 Nakuti fala la Mulungu ni lamoyo ndipo lamphambvu, ni lakuthwa kuposa cisenga ciri-centse cakuceka kwentse-kwentse. Iro limbapita mpaka kukagawa moyo na mtima, mwakuphatana mabondo na muwongola, ndipo limbatonga kukumbuka na bzakulinga bza mum'tima. 13 Pa bzakulengedwa bzentse, palibe comwe cidabisika pamaso pa Mulungu. Bzentse bziri padeca ndipo bziciwoneka pamaso pa Ule omwe tin'dzamufotokozera bzentse bzomwe tidacita.
Jezu, Mkulu wa anyantsembe
14 Bzirikuwoneka kuti tina mkulu wa anyantsembe wakuposa omwe adapita kudzulu, Jezu, Mwana wa Mulungu. Na tenepo, mbatiphatisise na kulimbika cikhulupiriro comwe timbapupula, 15 nakuti tiribe mkulu wa anyantsembe omwe angaleke kubva ntsisi na kuwofoka kwathu. Iye adapita pa kuyezedwa kwa mtundu uli-wentse ninga ife, tsono alibe kutaza. 16 Na tenepo, mbatifendere mwakusaya mantha pafupi na mpando wa nkhombo, kuti tibveredwe ntsisi ticigumana na nkhombo zomwe zingatithandize panthawe yakufunika.