Chichewa Nyanja - The Book of Jubilees

CHAPUTALA1

1Ndipokunachitikam'chakachoyambachakutulukakwa anaaIsrayelimuIgupto,mweziwachitatu,tsikulakhumi ndichisanundichimodzilamweziwo,[2450AnnoMundi] kutiMulunguanalankhulandiMose,nati,Kwerakunokwa Inepaphiri,ndipondidzakupatsamagomeawiriamiyalaa chilamulondilamulo,lomwendalemba,kutiuwaphunzitse.

2NdipoMoseanakweram’phirilaMulungu,ndipo ulemererowaYehovaunakhalabepaPhirilaSinai,ndi mtambounaliphimbamasikuasanundilimodzi

3NdipoanaitanaMosetsikulachisanundichiwiri kuchokerapakatipamtambo,ndipomawonekedwea ulemererowaYehovaanalingatimotowamotopamwamba paphiri

4NdipoMoseanakhalapaPhirimasikumakumianayindi usanamakumianayi,ndipoMulunguanamuphunzitsa mbiriyakalendiyomalizayakugawamasikuonsea chilamulondiumboni.

5Ndipoanati,“Tsogoleramtimawakokumawuonse amenendidzakuuzapaphirilino,ndipouwalembem’buku kutimibadwoyawoionekutisindinawasiyechifukwacha zoipazonsezimeneanachitaposwapanganolimene ndilikhazikitsapakatipaInendiiwem’mibadwoyawolero paPhirilaSinai.”

6Ndipozidzachitikakutizinthuzonsezizikadzawagwera, adzazindikirakutindinewolungamakuposaiwo m'ziweruzozawozonsendim'zochitazawozonse,ndipo adzazindikirakutindakhalanawodi

7Ndipoulembemawuonsewaamenendikukuuzalero, pakutindikudziwakupandukakwawondikhosilawo louma,ndisanawalowetsem'dzikolimenendinalumbira kwamakoloawo,Abrahamu,Isaki,ndiYakobo,kuti: 'Ndidzapatsambewuyakodzikoloyendamkakandiuchi.'

8Ndipoadzadyandikukhuta,ndipoadzatembenukirakwa milunguyachilendo,kwa(milungu)yomwesingathe kuwapulumutsakuvutolawolililonse:ndipomboniiyi idzamvekangatimboniyotsutsaiwoPakutiadzaiwala malamuloangaonse,(ngakhale)zonsezomwe ndikuwalamula,ndipoadzatsatiraAmitundu,ndizodetsa zawo,ndimanyaziawo,nadzatumikiramilunguyawo, ndipoiyiidzakhalacholakwirakwaiwo,ndichisautso,ndi nsautso,ndimsampha.

9Ndipoambiriadzawonongekandipoadzatengedwa ukapolo,ndipoadzagwam'manjamwaadani,chifukwa asiyamalamuloangandimalamuloanga,ndimaphwando apanganolanga,ndimasabataanga,ndimaloanga opatulikaomwendadzipatulirapakatipawo,ndichihema changa,ndimaloangaopatulika,omwendadzipatulira pakatipadzikolo,kutindiikepodzinalanga,ndikuti likhalemo

10Ndipoadzadzipangiramalookwezeka,ndiminda yopatulika,ndizifanizirozogoba,ndipoadzalambira, aliyensewaiwo(chifanizirochogoba),kutiasocheretsedwe, ndipoadzaperekaanaawokwaziwanda,ndintchitozonse zam'mitimayawoyolakwika

11Ndipondidzawatumiziramboni,kutindiwachitire umboni,komaiwosadzamva,ndipondidzapha mbonizonso,ndipoadzazunzaiwoameneakufunafuna chilamulo,ndipoadzachotsandikusinthachilichonsekuti achitechoipapamasopanga

12Ndipondidzawabisirankhopeyanga,ndipo ndidzawaperekam'manjamwaamitundukutiakatengedwe ukapolo,ndikulandidwa,ndikudyedwa,ndipo ndidzawachotsapakatipadziko,ndikuwabalalitsapakati paamitundu.

13Ndipoadzaiwalachilamulochangachonse,malamulo angaonse,ndiziweruzozangazonse,ndipoadzasocherapa masikuamweziwatsopano,masabata,zikondwerero, zikondwerero,ndimalamulo

14Pambuyopake,iwoadzabwererakwaInekuchokera pakatipaanthuamitunduinandimtimawawowonse, moyowawowonse,ndimphamvuzawozonse,ndipo ndidzawasonkhanitsakuchokerapakatipaanthuamitundu inayonse,ndipoadzandifunafuna,kutiandipezepamene akundifunafunandimtimawawowonsendimoyowawo wonse.

15Ndipondidzawaululiramtenderewochulukapamodzi ndichilungamo,ndipondidzawachotserachomera cholungama,ndimtimawangawonsendimoyowanga wonse,ndipoadzakhaladalitsoosatitemberero,ndipo adzakhalamutuosatimchira

16Ndidzamangamaloangaopatulikapakatipawo,ndipo ndidzakhalanawo,ndipondidzakhalaMulunguwawo, ndipoiwoadzakhalaanthuangam'choonadindi chilungamo.

17Sindidzawasiyakapenakuwasiya,pakutiInendine YehovaMulunguwawo’

18NdipoMoseanagwankhopeyakepansi,napemphera, nati,YehovaMulunguwanga,musasiyeanthuanundi cholowachanu,kutiasocherem'zolakwazamitimayawo, ndipomusawaperekem'manjamwaadaniawo,amitundu, kutiasawalamulirendikuwachititsakuchimwiraInu

19Chifundochanu,Ambuye,chikwezedwepaanthuanu, ndipomuwapangiremzimuwolungama,ndipomusalole mzimuwaBeliarkuwalamulirakutiuwatsutsepamaso panu,ndikuwatsekeram'njirazonsezachilungamo,kuti awonongekepamasopanu.

20Komaiwondianthuanundicholowachanu,amene munawapulumutsandimphamvuyanuyaikulum'manja mwaAigupto:muwalengeremtimawoyerandimzimu woyera,ndipomusawalolekutiagwidwem'machimoawo kuyambiratsopanompakamuyaya

21NdipoYehovaanatikwaMose,Ndidziwa kusakhazikikakwawo,ndimaganizoawo,ndikuuma kwawokhosi,ndiposadzamverakufikiraataululamachimo awondimachimoamakoloawo.

22PambuyopakeadzabwererakwaInemoonamtimandi mtimawawowonsendimoyowawowonse,ndipo ndidzadulakhungulamitimayawondikhungulamitima yaanaawo,ndipondidzalengamwaiwomzimuwoyera, ndipondidzawayeretsakutiasandisiyekuyambiratsiku limenelompakakalekale.

23NdipomiyoyoyawoidzamamatirakwaInendi malamuloangaonse,ndipoadzakwaniritsamalamuloanga, ndipoInendidzakhalaAtatewawondipoiwoadzakhala anaanga

24NdipoonseadzatchedwaanaaMulunguwamoyo, ndipomngeloaliyensendimzimuuliwonseadzadziwa, inde,adzadziwakutiawandianaanga,ndipoinendine Atatewawom'chilungamondichilungamo,ndipo ndimawakonda

25Ndipoiweulembemawuonsewaamenendikukuuzapa phiriili,loyambandilomaliza,limenelidzachitika m’magawoonseamasikum’chilamulondim’umbonindi m’masabatandim’madyereroachisangalalompaka kalekale,mpakandidzatsikendikukhalanawo kwamuyaya’

26NdipoIyeanatikwamngelowakukhalapo:“Lembani zaMosekuyambirapachiyambichachilengedwempaka maloangaopatulikaatamangidwapakatipawo kwamuyaya”

27NdipoYehovaadzaonekerapamasopaonse,ndipoonse adzadziwakutiinendineMulunguwaIsrayeli,Atatewa anaonseaYakobo,ndiMfumupaPhirilaZiyoni kwamuyayaNdipoZiyonindiYerusalemuzidzakhala zopatulika’

28Ndipomngelowakukhalapoameneanatsogoleramsasa waIsrayelianatengamatebuloamagawoazakakuyambiranthawiyakulengedwa-kwalamulondiumboni wamasabataachikondwerero,malingandizaka zosiyanasiyana,malingandichiwerengerochonsecha chikondwerero[malingandizakazosiyanasiyana], kuyambiratsikulakulengedwa[kwatsopano]pamene kumwambandidzikolapansizidzakonzedwansondi chilengedwechawochonsemalingandimphamvuza kumwamba,komansomalingandichilengedwechonsecha dzikolapansi,mpakamaloopatulikaaAmbuye adzapangidwakuYerusalemupaPhirilaZiyoni,ndipo zounikirazonsezidzakonzedwansokutizichiritsidwendi mtenderendimadalitsokwaosankhidwaonseaIsrayeli, ndipokutizikhalechonchokuyambiratsikulimenelo mpakamasikuonseadzikolapansi.

CHAPUTALA2

1NdipomngelowapamasopakeananenandiMosemonga mwamawuaYehova,nati,Lembanimbiriyonseya chilengedwe,momwem'masikuasanundilimodzi AmbuyeMulunguadatsirizantchitozakezonsendizonse zomweadalenga,nasungaSabatatsikulachisanundi chiwiri,nalipatulakwamibadwoyonse,naliyikangati chizindikirochantchitozakezonse

2PakutitsikuloyambaIyeadalengakumwambakomwe kulipamwambandidzikolapansindimadzindimizimu yonseyomweimatumikirapamasopake-angelookhalapo, ndiangeloopatulika,ndiangelo[amzimuwamotondi angelo]amzimuwamphepo,ndiangeloamzimuwa mitambo,ndiamdima,ndiachipalechofewa,ndimatalala, ndiangeloamawu,ndimabingu,ndiamphezi,ndiangelo amizimuyozizirandikutentha,ndiachisanu,ndiamasika, ndiaautumn,ndiamizimuyonseyazolengedwazake zomwezilikumwambandipadzikolapansi,(Iyeadalenga) phomphondimdima,madzulo,ndiusiku,ndikuwala, mbandakuchandiusana,zomweadakonzapodziwamtima wake

3NdipopamenepotinaonantchitoZake,ndipo tinamutamanda,ndipotinamuyamikapamasoPake chifukwachantchitoZakezonse;chifukwaIyeadalenga ntchitozazikuluzisanundiziwiripatsikuloyamba

4NdipopatsikulachiwiriIyeadalengathambopakatipa madzi,ndipomadziadagawikanatsikulomwelo-thekala iwolinakwerapamwambandipothekalinalinatsikapansi

pathambo(lomwelinali)pakatipadzikolonselapansi Ndipoiyiinalintchitoyokhayo(Mulungu)yomwe adalengapatsikulachiwiri

5NdipopatsikulachitatuMulunguanalamulakutimadzi achokepadzikolonselapansindikupitakumaloamodzi, ndikutinthakayoumaiwonekere

6NdipomadzianachitamongamomweIyeanawalamulira, ndipoanachokapadzikolapansikupitakumaloamodzi kunjakwathamboili,ndiponthakayoumainaonekera

7NdipotsikulimeneloIyeanalenganyanjazonsemonga mwamaloawoosonkhanira,ndimitsinjeyonse,ndimadzi osonkhaniram’mapirindipadzikolonselapansi,ndi nyanjazonse,ndimameonseadzikolapansi,ndimbewu zobzalidwa,ndizomerazonse,ndimitengoyobalazipatso, ndimitengoyam’nkhalango,ndimundawaEdeni,mu Edeni,ndizomerazonsezamitundumitundu.

8NtchitozazikuluzinayiiziMulunguadalengapatsiku lachitatuNdipopatsikulachinayiadalengadzuwa,mwezi, ndinyenyezi,naziyikam'thambolakumwamba,kuti ziunikiredzikolonselapansi,ndikulamulirausanandi usiku,ndikusiyanitsakuwalandimdima

9NdipoMulunguanaikadzuwakukhalachizindikiro chachikulupadzikolapansichamasiku,masabata,miyezi, maphwando,zaka,masabata,zaka,chikondwerero,ndi nyengozonsezazaka.

10Ndipoimalekanitsakuwalandimdimandichuma,kuti zinthuzonsezipambanezomwezimamerandikukula padzikolapansi.

11AnapangamitunduitatuiyipatsikulachinayiNdipopa tsikulachisanuanalengazilombozazikuluzam’nyanja m’madziakuya,pakutiizizinalizinthuzoyambazathupi zomwezinalengedwandimanjaake,nsombandi chilichonsechoyendam’madzi,ndichilichonsechouluka, mbalamendimitunduyawoyonse.

12Ndipodzuwalinawatulukirakutiliwapambanitse,ndi pamwambapazonsezomwezinalipadzikolapansi, chilichonsechomwechimameram'nthaka,ndimitengo yonseyobalazipatso,ndizamoyozonse

13AnalengamitunduitatuiyipatsikulachisanuNdipopa tsikulachisanundichimodzianalenganyamazonseza padzikolapansi,ndiziwetozonse,ndichilichonse choyendapadzikolapansi

14NdipopambuyopazonseziIyeanalengamwamuna, mwamunandimkazianawalenga,ndipoanamupatsa ulamuliropazonsezapadzikolapansi,ndim'nyanja,ndipa zonsezouluka,ndipazinyama,ndipaziweto,ndipazonse zokwawapadzikolapansi,ndipadzikolonselapansi, ndipopazonseziIyeanamupatsaulamuliro.

15Ndipoanalengamitunduinayiiyipatsikulachisanundi chimodziNdipoyonsepamodziinalimitundumakumi awirindiiwiri

16Ndipoanamalizantchitoyakeyonsepatsikulachisanu ndichimodzi-zonsezomwezilikumwambandipadziko lapansi,m'nyanjandim'madziakuya,m'kuunikandi mumdima,ndim'zonse

17Ndipoanatipatsachizindikirochachikulu,tsikula Sabata,kutitiyenerakugwirantchitomasikuasanundi limodzi,komakusungaSabatapatsikulachisanundi chiwirikupeŵantchitoiliyonse

18Ndipoangeloonseokhalapo,ndiangeloonseoyeretsa, maguluawiriwaakuluakulu-Iyewatilamulakutitisunge SabatapamodzindiIyekumwambandipadzikolapansi 19Ndipoanatikwaife,Taonani,ndidzadzipatulandekha anthuochokeramwamitunduyonseyaanthu,ndipoawa adzasungatsikulaSabata,ndipondidzawapatuliraIne ndekhamongaanthuanga,ndipondidzawadalitsa;monga momwendapatuliratsikulaSabatandikulipatuliraIne ndekha,momwemonsondidzawadalitsa,ndipoadzakhala anthuangandipoInendidzakhalaMulunguwawo 20NdipondasankhambewuyaYakobopakatipazonse zomwendaziona,ndipondamulembakutindimwana wangawoyambakubadwa,ndipondamupatulirakwaIne kwamuyaya;ndipondidzawaphunzitsatsikulaSabata,kuti asungeSabatapantchitozonse 21NdipomoteroIyeadalengammenemochizindikiro chomwechiyenerakutiazisungaSabatalimodzinafepa tsikulachisanundichiwiri,kudyandikumwa,ndikudalitsa Iyeameneadalengazinthuzonsemongamomwe adadalitsirandikudzipatulirayekhaanthuapaderapakati paanthuonse,ndikutiazisungaSabatalimodzinafe

22Ndipoanakwezamalamuloakengatifungolokoma lolandiridwapamasopakemasikuonse

23Panaliatsogolerimakumiawirindiawiriaanthu kuyambiraAdamumpakaYakobo,ndipomitunduiwirindi iwiriyantchitoinapangidwampakatsikulachisanundi chiwiri;izindizodalitsikandizopatulika;ndipowoyamba nayensondiwodalitsikandiwoyera;ndipouyu amatumikirandiujakutiaperekechiyerondimadalitso

24Ndipokwaichi(Yakobondimbewuyake)anapatsidwa kutinthawizonseakhaleodalandioyeramtimaaumboni woyambandilamulo,mongamomweIyeanayeretsandi kudalitsatsikulaSabatapatsikulachisanundichiwiri

25Iyeanalengakumwambandidzikolapansindizonse zimeneanalengam'masikuasanundilimodzi,ndipo Mulunguanayeretsatsikulachisanundichiwiri,chifukwa chantchitozakezonse;chifukwachakeanalamulam'malo mwakekuti,aliyenseameneagwirantchitopatsikulo adzafa,ndipoaliyenseameneadzaliipitsaadzafandithu

26ChifukwachakeulamuliraanaaIsrayelikutiasunge tsikulinokutialisungelopatulika,osagwirantchito iliyonse,osaliipitsa,chifukwandilopatulikakuposa masikuenaonse.

27Ndipoaliyensewoipitsaadzafandithu,ndipoaliyense wochitantchitoiliyonsepaiyoadzafakosatha,kutianaa Israyeliasungetsikuilim'mibadwoyawoyonse, osachotsedwam'dziko;pakutinditsikulopatulikanditsiku lodala.

28NdipoaliyenseameneamasungaSabatapantchitozake zonse,adzakhalawoyerandiwodalitsidwamasikuonse mongaife

29LankhulanindikuuzaanaaIsrayelilamulolatsikulino kutiayenerakusungaSabata,ndipoasasiyechifukwacha zolakwazamitimayawo;(ndipo)kutisikololedwakuchita ntchitoiliyonseyosayenerapamenepo,kuchitapaizo zokha,ndikutiasakonzekerechilichonsechodyedwa kapenakumwedwapamenepo,ndi(kutisikololedwa) kutungamadzi,kapenakubweretsakapenakutulutsa pamenepokudzerapazipatazawokatundualiyense,amene sanakonzekereokhatsikulachisanundichimodzi m'nyumbazawo

30Ndiposadzabweretsakapenakutulutsakuchokera m'nyumbandinyumbatsikulimenelo;chifukwatsiku limenelondilopatulikakwambirindipondilodalakuposa tsikulililonselachikondwererochachikondwerero;pa tsikulitinasungaSabatakumwambalisanadziwikekwa munthualiyensekutiadzasungaSabatapadzikolapansi 31NdipoMlengiwazinthuzonseanadalitsa,koma sanapatuleanthundimitunduyonsekutiasungeSabatapa tsikulo,komaIsrayeliyekha:iwookhaanawalolakudya ndikumwandikusungaSabatapadzikolapansi 32NdipoMlengiwazinthuzonseadadalitsatsikulino limeneadalengakutilikhalelamadalitso,chiyerondi ulemererokuposamasikuonse.

33Lamulondiumboniumenewuzinaperekedwakwaanaa Israyelingatilamulokosathakumibadwoyawo

CHAPUTALA3

1Ndipopamasikuasanundilimodziasabatalachiwiri, tinabweretsa,mongamwamawuaMulungu,kwaAdamu, nyamazonse,ndiziwetozonse,ndimbalamezonse,ndi chilichonsechoyendapadzikolapansi,ndichilichonse choyendam'madzi,mongamwamitunduyawo,ndi mitunduyawo:nyamatsikuloyamba;ng'ombetsiku lachiwiri;mbalametsikulachitatu;ndichilichonse choyendapadzikolapansitsikulachinayi;ndichilichonse choyendam'madzitsikulachisanu

2Adamuanazitchazonsemayinaawo,ndipomonga momweanazitcha,momwemonsomayinaawo

3NdipomasikuasanuamenewoAdamuanaonazonsezi, zachimunandizachikazi,mongamwamitunduyonseya zinthuzimenezinalipadzikolapansi,komaanaliyekha ndiposanapezewomuthandiza

4NdipoYehovaanatikwaife,Sikwabwinokutimunthu akhaleyekha;tiyenitimupangirewomuthandiza

5NdipoYehovaMulunguwathuanamgonetsatulotatikulu, ndipoanagona,natenganthitiimodzipakatipanthitizake, ndiponthitiiyindiyoinachokerakwamkazipakatipa nthitizake,ndipoanamangamnofum'malomwake, namangamkaziyo.

6NdipoanadzutsaAdamum’tulotake,ndipoatadzuka anadzukatsikulachisanundichimodzi,nabweranayekwa iye;ndipoanam’dziwa,natikwaiye,Uyutsopanondiye fupalamafupaanga,ndimnofuwamnofuwanga; adzatchedwamkaziwanga;chifukwaanatengedwakwa mwamunawake.

7Chifukwachakemwamunandimkaziadzakhalaamodzi, ndipochifukwachakemwamunaadzasiyaatatewakendi amake,nadzadziphatikakwamkaziwake;ndipoadzakhala thupilimodzi

8MusabatayoyambaAdamuanalengedwa,ndiponthitimkaziwake:musabatayachiwiriIyeanamuonetsa mkaziyo:ndipopachifukwaichilamulolinaperekedwakuti asungemukuipitsidwakwawo,kwamwamunamasiku asanundiawiri,ndikwamkazimasikuawirimasikuasanu ndiawiri

9NdipoAdamuatamalizamasikumakumianayim'dziko limeneadalengedwa,tinamubweretsam'mundawaEdeni kutialimendikusamalira,komamkaziwakeanabweretsa tsikulamakumiasanundiatatu,ndipopambuyopake analowam'mundawaEdeni

10Ndipochifukwachaichilamulolilalembedwapa mapiritsiakumwambaokhudzamkaziwobereka:'Ngati aberekamwanawamwamuna,azikhalamuchiyerochake masikuasanundiawirimalingandisabatayoyambaya masiku,ndipomasikumakumiatatundiatatuazikhala m'magaziakuyeretsedwakwake,ndipoasakhudze chilichonsechopatulika,kapenakulowam'maloopatulika, mpakaatamalizamasikuawaomwealamulidwapankhani yamwanawamwamuna

11Komangatimwanawamkazialiwodetsedwa, azikhalabem'magaziakekwamilunguiwiri,malingandi milunguiwiriyoyamba,ndimasikumakumiasanundi limodzimphambuasanundilimodzim'magaziake,ndipo adzakhalamasikuonsemakumiasanundiatatu

12Ndipoatamalizamasikumakumiasanundiatatuwa tinamubweretsakumundawaEdeni,chifukwandi wopatulikakuposadzikolonselapansindipomitengo yonseyobzalidwammenemondiyopatulika

13Chifukwachake,lamulolamasikuamenewo linaperekedwalokhudzamkaziamenewaberekamwana wamwamunakapenawamkazikutiasakhudzechilichonse chopatulika,kapenakulowam'maloopatulikampaka masikuamenewoatatha,kutimwanawamwamunakapena wamkaziakwaniritsidwe

14Ichindichilamulondiumboniumeneunalembedwa kwaIsrayeli,kutiaziusungamasikuonse

15Ndipom’sabatayoyambayachikondwererochoyamba, [1-7AM]Adamundimkaziwakeanalim’mundawa Edenikwazakazisanundiziwiriakulimandikusamalira, ndipotinamupatsantchitondipotinamulangizakutiachite chilichonsechoyenerakulima.

16Ndipoanalima(munda),ndipoanaliwamalisechendipo sanadziwe,ndiposanachitemanyazi,ndipoanateteza mundawokumbalame,zilombondiziweto,nasonkhanitsa zipatsozake,nadya,ndipoanasiyazotsalazokwaiyendi mkaziwake[ndipoanasiyazomwezinalikusungidwa]

17Ndipozitathazakazisanundiziwiri,zomweadamaliza kumeneko,zakazisanundiziwirindendende,[8AM] ndipomweziwachiwiri,tsikulakhumindizisanundi ziwiri(lamwezi),njokainabweranayandikiramkaziyo, ndiponjokayoinatikwamkaziyo,'KodiMulungu anakulamulanikuti,Musadyezipatsozamtengouliwonse wam'munda?'

18Ndipoiyeanatikwaicho,‘Zipatsozonsezamitengoya m’mundaMulunguwatiuzakuti,Idyani;komazipatsoza mtengowomweulipakatipamundaMulunguwatiuzakuti, Musadyeko,musakhudze,kutimungafe’

19Ndiponjokainatikwamkaziyo,Simudzafandithu; pakutiMulunguadziwakutitsikulimenemudzadya,maso anuadzatseguka,ndipomudzakhalangatimilungu,ndipo mudzadziwazabwinondizoipa

20Ndipomkaziyoanaonamtengowokutiunaliwokongola ndiwokomam'maso,ndikutizipatsozakezinalizabwino kudya,ndipoanadya

21Ndipopameneiyeanaphimbamanyaziakendi masambaamkuyu,anapatsaAdamundipoanadya,ndipo masoakeanatseguka,ndipoanaonakutianaliwamaliseche. 22Ndipoanatengamasambaamkuyunawasoka, nadzipangiraepuloni,nabisamanyaziake

23NdipoMulunguanatembereranjoka,ndipoanakwiya nayokwamuyaya

24NdipoIyeanakwiyandimkaziyo,chifukwaanamvera mawuanjokayo,nadya;ndipoanatikwaiye, Ndidzachulukitsakwambiriululuwakondiululuwako: udzabalaanam'chisoni,ndipokubwererakwako kudzakhalakwamwamunawako,ndipoiye adzakulamuliraiwe

25NdipokwaAdamuanatinso,Chifukwawamveramawu amkaziwako,ndipowadyazamtengoumene ndinakulamulirakutiusadyeko,nthakaitembereredwe chifukwachaiwe;mingandimitulazidzakubaliraiwe, ndipoudzadyachakudyachakondithukutalankhopeyako, kufikirautabwererakunthakakumeneunatengedwako; pakutindiwenthaka,ndipoudzabwererakunthaka.

26Ndipoanawapangiramalayaachikopa,nawaveka, nawatulutsam'mundawaEdeni

27NdipotsikulimeneAdamuanatulukam’munda, anaperekansembeyafungolokoma,lubani,galbanum,ndi sitakte,ndizonunkhiram’mawandikutulukakwadzuwa kuyambiratsikulimeneanaphimbamanyaziake.

28Ndipotsikulimenelopakamwapanyamazonse,ndi ng'ombe,ndimbalame,ndimayendedwealiwonse,ndi mayendedwealiwonse,koterokutisakanathanso kulankhula:pakutionseanaliatalankhulanandimilomo imodzindililimelimodzi

29Ndipoanatulutsam'mundawaEdenizamoyozonse zomwezinalim'mundawaEdeni,ndipozamoyozonse zinabalalikamongamwamitunduyawo,ndimongamwa mitunduyawokupitakumaloomweadapangidwiraiwo.

30NdipoAdamuyekhandiyeameneanapatsa(chofunikira) kutiaphimbemanyaziake,anyamazonsendiziweto 31Pachifukwaichi,pamagomeakumwambapalembedwa kutionseodziwachiweruzochalamuloayenerakubisa manyaziawo,ndipoasadzivumbuleokhamongamomwe anthuamitunduamadzivumbuliraokha.

32Ndipopamweziwatsopanowamweziwachinayi, Adamundimkaziwakeanatulukam'mundawaEdeni, ndipoanakhalam'dzikolaEldam'dzikolomweadalengera.

33NdipoAdamuanatchadzinalamkaziwakeHava 34Ndipoiwoanalibemwanampakachakachoyambacha chikondwerero,[8AM]ndipopambuyopakeanam’dziwa. 35Tsopanoanalimadzikolomongamomwe analangizidwiram'mundawaEdeni

CHAPUTALA4

1Ndipom’sabatalachitatumuchakachachiwiricha chikondwerero[64-70AM]anabalaKaini,ndipom’chaka chachinayi[71-77AM]anabalaAbele,ndipom’chaka chachisanu[78-84AM]anabalamwanawakewamkazi Âwân

2Ndipom'chakachoyamba(chaka)chachikondwerero chachitatu[99-105AM],KainianaphaAbelechifukwa (Mulungu)analandiransembeyaAbele,ndiposanalandire nsembeyaKaini

3Ndipoanamuphakumunda;ndipomwaziwake unafuwulakuchokerapansimpakakumwamba, kudandaulachifukwaadamupha.

4NdipoYehovaanadzudzulaKainichifukwachaAbele, chifukwaanamupha,ndipoanamusandutsawothawa padzikolapansichifukwachamagaziam'balewake,ndipo anamutembererapadzikolapansi

5Ndipochifukwachaichikwalembedwapamatebulo akumwamba,'Wotembereredwandiwophamnzake monyenga,ndipoonseameneawonandikumvaanenekuti, Zikhalechoncho;ndipomunthuamenewawonakoma osalengeza,akhalewotembereredwamongawinayo.'

6Ndipopachifukwaichitimalengezatikamafikapamaso paAmbuyeMulunguwathumachimoonseomwe amachitikakumwambandipadzikolapansi,m'kuunikandi mumdima,ndikulikonse

7NdipoAdamundimkaziwakeanaliraAbelemilungu inayiyazaka,[99-127AM]ndipom'chakachachinayicha sabatalachisanu[130AM]anasangalala,ndipoAdamu anadziwansomkaziwake,ndipoanabalamwana wamwamuna,ndipoanamutchadzinalakeSeti;pakuti anati,'Mulunguwatipatsambewuinapadzikolapansi m'malomwaAbele;chifukwaKainianamupha.'

8Ndipom’sabatalachisanundichimodzi[134-40AM] anabalamwanawakewamkaziAzûrâ

9NdipoKainianatengamlongowakekukhalamkaziwake ndipoiyeanaberekeraEnokekumapetokwachaka chachinayichachikondwerero[190-196AM]Ndipo m'chakachoyambachasabatayoyambayachikondwerero chachisanu,[197AM]nyumbazinamangidwapadziko lapansi,ndipoKainianamangamzinda,nautchadzinalake potengeradzinalamwanawakeEnoke.

10NdipoAdamuanadziwamkaziwakeHava,ndipo anabalaanaaamunaasanundianayi

11Ndipom’sabatalachisanulachikondwererochachisanu [225-31AM]SetianatengaAzûrâmlongowakekukhala mkaziwake,ndipom’chakachachinayi(chakachachisanu ndichimodzi)[235AM]anam’berekeraEnosi.

12IyeanayambakutchuladzinalaYehovapadzikolapansi

13Ndipomuchakachachisanundichiwiricha chikondwererochasabatalachitatu[309-15AM]Enosi anatengaNowamlongowakekukhalamkaziwake,ndipo anabalamwanawamwamunam'chakachachitatucha sabatalachisanu,ndipoanamutchadzinalakeKenani.

14Ndipokumapetokwachakachachisanundichitatu[325, 386-3992AM]KenanianatengaMûalêlêthmlongowake kukhalamkaziwake,ndipoiyeanabalamwana wamwamunamuchakachachisanundichinayi,mlungu woyambam'chakachachitatuchasabataino,[395AM] ndipoanamutchadzinalakeMahalalel.

15Ndipom’sabatayachiwiriyachakachakhumi[449-55 AM]MahalaleleanakwatiraDina,mwanawamkaziwa Barakieli,mwanawamkaziwam’balewaatatewake, ndipoanamuberekeramwanawamwamunam’sabata lachitatum’chakachachisanundichimodzi,[461AM] ndipoanamutchadzinalakutiYaredi,chifukwam’masiku akeangeloaYehovaanatsikapadzikolapansi,omwe amatchedwaAlonda,kutiaphunzitseanaaanthu,ndikuti achitechiweruzondichilungamopadzikolapansi.

16Ndipomuchakachakhumindichimodzi[512-18AM] Yaredianadzitengeramkazi,dzinalakeBaraka,mwana wamkaziwaRâsûjâl,mwanawamkaziwamchimwenewa bamboake,musabatalachinayilachakachinochachisanu, [522AM]ndipoanabalamwanawamwamunamusabata lachisanu,m'chakachachinayichachakachachinayi,ndipo anamutchadzinalakeEnoki

17Ndipoiyeanaliwoyambapakatipaanthuobadwa padzikolapansiomweadaphunzirakulemba,chidziwitso

ndinzeru,ndipoadalembazizindikirozakumwamba molinganandidongosololamiyeziyawom'buku,kuti anthuadziwenyengozazakamolinganandidongosolola miyeziyawoyosiyana.

18Ndipoiyeanaliwoyambakulembaumbonindipo anachitiraumbonianaaanthupakatipamibadwoyadziko lapansi,ndipoanafotokozeramasabataachikondwerero chazakachikwi,ndipoanawadziwitsamasikuazaka, ndipoanakonzamiyezindikuwerengeraMasabataazaka mongamomwetinawadziwitsira

19Ndipochimenechinalipondichimenechidzakhalapo iyeanachionam’masomphenyaatulotake,mongamomwe zidzachitikirakwaanaaanthum’mibadwoyawoyonse mpakatsikulachiweruzo;iyeanaonandikumvetsa chilichonse,ndipoanalembaumboniwake,ndipoanaika umbonipadzikolapansikwaanaonseaanthundikwa mibadwoyawoyonse

20Ndipomuchakachakhumindichiwirichachisangalalo, [582-88]musabatalachisanundichiwirilake, adadzitengeramkazi,dzinalakelinaliEdna,mwana wamkaziwaDaniel,mwanawamkaziwamchimwenewa atatewake,ndipom'chakachachisanundichimodzimu sabatalino[587AM]adamuberekeramwanawamwamuna ndipoadamutchadzinalakeMethusela

21NdipoanalinsondiangeloaMulunguzakazisanundi chimodziizi,ndipoanamuonetsachilichonsechomwechili padzikolapansindikumwamba,ulamulirowadzuwa, ndipoanalembachilichonse.

22NdipoanachitiraumboniAlonda,omweanachimwandi anaaakaziaanthu;pakutiawaanayambakugwirizana, koterokutianadetsedwa,ndianaaakaziaanthu,ndipo Enokianachitiraumbonimotsutsananawoonse

23Ndipoanatengedwapakatipaanaaanthu,ndipo tinamutsogolerakuMundawaEdenimuulemererondi ulemu,ndipoonanikumenekoakulembachiweruzondi chiweruzochadzikolapansi,ndikuipakonsekwaanaa anthu.

24Ndipochifukwachaichi(Mulungu)anabweretsamadzi achigumulapadzikolonselaEdeni;pakutipamenepo anaikidwangatichizindikirondikutiachitireumboni motsutsanandianaonseaanthu,kutiafotokozezochita zonsezamibadwompakatsikulachiweruzo

25Ndipoanatenthazofukizazam’maloopatulika, zonunkhirazokomazovomerezekapamasopaYehovapa Phiri

26PakutiYehovaalindimaloanayipadzikolapansi, MundawaEdeni,ndiPhirilaKum'mawa,ndiphiriili lomwemulilero,PhirilaSinai,ndiPhirilaZiyoni(lomwe) lidzayeretsedwamuchilengedwechatsopanokuti chiyeretsedwedzikolapansi;kudzeramwailodziko lapansilidzayeretsedwakumachimoakeonsendizodetsa zakem'mibadwoyonseyadzikolapansi.

27Ndipomuchakachakhumindichinayi[652AM] MethuselaanakwatiraEdna,mwanawamkaziwaAzrial, mwanawamkaziwamchimwenewabamboake,m'sabata lachitatu,m'chakachoyambachasabataino,[701-7AM] ndipoanabalamwanawamwamunanamutchadzinalake Lameki

28Ndipom’chakacha15chachikondwererochasabata lachitatu,Lamekianadzitengeramkazi,dzinalakeBetenosi, mwanawamkaziwaBaraki’il,mwanawamkaziwam’bale

waatatewake,ndipom’chakachimenechoanam’berekera mwanawamwamunandipoanamutchadzinalakeNowa, nati,‘Uyuadzanditonthozachifukwachamavutoangandi ntchitozangazonse,ndinthakaimeneYehova anaitemberera.’

29Ndipokumapetokwachakachachisanundichinayicha chisangalalo,m'sabatalachisanundichiwirim'chaka chachisanundichimodzi[930AM]chake,Adamu anamwalira,ndipoanaakeonseanamuikam'manda m'dzikolomweadalengedwa,ndipoanaliwoyamba kuikidwam'mandam'nthaka

30Ndipoanasowazakamakumiasanundiawirizazaka chikwichimodzi;pakutizakachikwichimodzizilingati tsikulimodzimuumboniwakumwambandipochifukwa chakekunalembedwazamtengowachidziwitsokuti: 'Tsikulimenemudzadyaumenewomudzafa.'Pachifukwa ichisanamalizezakazatsikuli;chifukwaanamwaliramkati mwake

31Pamapetopachikondwererochi,Kainianaphedwa pambuyopakechakachomwecho;chifukwanyumbayake inamugwerandipoanaferapakatipanyumbayake,ndipo anaphedwandimiyalayake;chifukwaanaphaAbelendi mwala,ndipoanaphedwandimwalam'chiweruzo cholungama

32Pachifukwaichi,zinalembedwapamagome akumwambakuti:Ndichidachimenemunthuamapha nachomnzakeadzaphedwanacho;mongamomwe adamupwetekera,momwemonsoadzamuchitira.

33Ndipomuchakachamakumiawirimphambuzisanu [1205AM]Nowaanadzitengeramkazi,dzinalakelinali `Emzârâ,mwanawamkaziwaRâkê'êl,mwanawamkazi wamchimwenewaatatewake,m'chakachoyambamu sabatalachisanu[1207AM]:ndipom'chakachachitatu anam'berekeraSemu,m'chakachachisanu[1209AM] anam'berekeraHamu,ndipom'chakachoyambamusabata lachisanundichimodzi[1212AM]anam'berekeraYafeti

CHAPUTALA5

1Ndipokunachitikapameneanaaanthuanayamba kuchulukapadzikolapansindipoanaaakazianabadwira kwaiwo,angeloaMulunguanawaonapachakachinacha chikondwererochi,kutianaliokongolakwambiri;ndipo anadzitengeraokhaakazimwaonseameneanawasankha, ndipoanabalaanaaamunandipoiwoanaliAnefili

2Ndipokusayeruzikakunachulukapadzikolapansindipo zamoyozonsezinaipitsanjirazawo,mofananamoanthu ndiziwetondizilombondimbalamendichilichonse choyendapadzikolapansi-zonsezinaipitsanjirazawondi malamuloawo,ndipozinayambakudyana,ndipo kusayeruzikakunachulukapadzikolapansindipo malingaliroonseamalingaliroaanthuonse(anali)oipa nthawizonse

3NdipoMulunguanayang'anadzikolapansi,ndipotaonani, linaliloipa,ndipoanthuonseanaliatawonongamalamulo ake,ndipoonseokhalapadzikolapansianachitazoyipa zonsepamasopake.

4NdipoIyeanatiadzawonongamunthundizamoyozonse padzikolapansizomweIyeadalenga 5KomaNowaanapezachisomopamasopaYehova.

6NdipomotsutsanandiangeloameneIyeanawatuma padzikolapansi,Iyeanakwiyakwambiri,ndipoanalamula kutiawachotsem'ulamulirowawowonse,ndipoanatiuza kutitiwamangepansipadzikolapansi,ndipotaonani amangidwapakatipawo,ndipo(asungidwa)osiyana.

7NdipoanaawoanalamulidwandiYehovakuti akanthedwendilupanga,ndikuchotsedwapansipathambo 8Ndipoanati,'Mzimuwangasudzakhalapaanthunthawi zonse;pakutiiwonsondithupindipomasikuawo adzakhalazakazanalimodzimphambumakumiawiri' 9NdipoIyeanatumizalupangaLakepakatipawokuti aliyenseaphanemnzake,ndipoanayambakuphanawina ndimnzakempakaonseanagwandilupangandipo anawonongedwapadzikolapansi

10Ndipomakoloawoanalimboni(zachiwonongeko chawo),ndipopambuyopakeanamangidwapansipadziko lapansikwamuyaya,mpakatsikulachiweruzochachikulu, pamenechiweruzochidzaperekedwakwaonseamene aipitsanjirazawondintchitozawopamasopaAmbuye.

11NdipoIyeanawonongaonsem'malomwawo,ndipo palibeameneanatsalamwaiwoamenesanaweruze molinganandikuipakwawokonse.

12Ndipoadapangantchitozakezonsekukhalazatsopano komansozolungama,kutiasachimwemuchibadwachawo chonsekwamuyaya,komaakhaleolungamaaliyensemu mtunduwakenthawizonse

13Ndipochiweruzochaonsechaikidwandipo chalembedwapamagomeakumwambam'chilungamongakhale(chiweruzocha)onseameneachokapanjira yomweyaikidwakutiayendemo;ndipongatisayendamo, chiweruzochalembedwapacholengedwachilichonsendi pamtunduuliwonse

14Ndipopalibechilichonsekumwambakapenapadziko lapansi,kapenamukuwalakapenamumdima,kapenamu Sheolkapenamukuya,kapenam'maloamdima(omwe saweruzidwa);ndipoziweruzozawozonsezakhazikitsidwa ndikulembedwandikulembedwa.

15Iyeadzaweruzaonse,akulumongamwaukuluwake, ndiang'onomongamwakuchepakwake,ndialiyense mongamwanjirazake.

16NdipoIyesimunthuameneadzayang'anamunthu(wa aliyense),kapenaameneadzalandiramphatso,ngati akunenakutiadzaweruzaaliyense:ngatiwinaapereka chilichonsechomwechilipadzikolapansi,sadzayang'ana mphatsokapenamunthu(waaliyense),kapenakulandira chilichonsekuchokeram'manjamwake,chifukwaIyendi woweruzawolungama

17NdipozaanaaIsrayelizalembedwandikulamulidwa kuti:NgatiatembenukirakwaIyem’chilungamo,Iye adzawakhululukirazolakwazawozonsendi kuwakhululukiramachimoawoonse

18KwalembedwandipokwalamulidwakutiIyeadzachitira chifundoonseameneatembenukakuchokakumachimo awoonsekamodzipachaka

19Ndipoonseameneanawononganjirazawondi maganizoawochigumulachisanachitike,palibemunthu ameneanalandiridwakupatulaNowayekha;pakutiiye analandiridwam'malomwaanaakeaamuna,omwe (Mulungu)anawapulumutsakumadziachigumula chifukwachaiye;pakutimtimawakeunaliwolungama

m'njirazakezonse,mongamomweanalamulidwira,ndipo sanasiyechilichonsechomwechinamukonzedwera.

20NdipoYehovaanatiadzawonongachilichonsechimene chinalipadzikolapansi,anthundiziweto,ndizilombo,ndi mbalamezamlengalenga,ndichilichonsechoyenda padzikolapansiNdipoanalamulaNowakutiadzipangire chingalawa,kutiadzipulumutsekumadziachigumula

21NdipoNowaanapangachingalawam'njirazonsemonga momweIyeanamulamulira,muchakachamakumiawiri mphambuzisanundiziwiri,musabatalachisanum'chaka chachisanu(pamweziwatsopanowamweziwoyamba) [1307AM]

22Ndipoanalowam'chakachachisanundichimodzi (chaka)chake,[1308AM]m'mweziwachiwiri,pamwezi watsopanowamweziwachiwiri,mpakapatsikulakhumi ndichisanundichimodzi;ndipoanalowa,ndizonse zomwetinabweretsakwaiye,m'chingalawamo,ndipo Yehovaanatsekachihemachokuchokerakunjapatsikula khumindichisanundichiwirimadzulo.

23NdipoYehovaanatsegulazipatazisanundiziwiriza madziakumwamba,Ndipakamwapaakasupeamadzi akuya,pakamwaasanundiawiri.

24Ndipozitsekozamadzizinayambakutsikakuchokera kumwambamasikumakumianayiusanandiusiku,ndipo akasupeamadziakuyaanatulutsansomadzi,mpakadziko lonselapansilinadzazandimadzi

25Ndipomadzianachulukapadzikolapansi:Madzi anakweramikonokhumindiisanupamwambapamapiri onseaatali,ndipochingalawachochinakwezedwa pamwambapadzikolapansi,ndipochinayendapamwamba pamadzi.

26Ndipomadzianapambanapadzikolapansimiyeziisanu -masikuzanalimodzimphambumakumiasanu

27Ndipochingalawachochinapitanakaimapamwambapa Lubara,limodzimwamapiriaArarati

28Ndipo(pamweziwatsopano)m’mweziwachinayi akasupeamadziakuyaanatsekedwandipozipata zakumwambazinatsekedwa;ndipopamweziwatsopano wamweziwachisanundichiwiripakamwaponsepa phompholadzikolapansipanatseguka,ndipomadzi anayambakutsikam’madziakuyapansi

29Ndipopamweziwatsopanowamweziwakhumi, nsongazamapirizinaonekera,ndipopamweziwatsopano wamweziwoyambadzikolapansilinaonekera

30Ndipomadzianathapadzikolapansim'sabatalachisanu m'chakachachisanundichiwiri[1309AM],ndipopatsiku lakhumindichisanundichiwirim'mweziwachiwiridziko lapansilinauma.

31Ndipopatsikulamakumiawirimphambuzisanundi ziwirianatsegulachingalawacho,natulutsamonyama,ndi ng'ombe,ndimbalame,ndizokwawazonse

CHAPUTALA6

1Ndipopamweziwatsopanowamweziwachitatu anatulukam'chingalawa,namangaguwalansembepaphiri limenelo.

2Ndipoanachitiradzikolapansichitetezero,natenga mwanawambuzinachitirachitetezerondimwaziwake chifukwachamachimoonseadzikolapansi;pakutizonse

zomwezinalipamenepozinawonongedwa,kupatulapo zomwezinalim'chingalawapamodzindiNowa.

3Ndipoanaikamafutaakepaguwalansembe,natenga ng'ombe,ndimbuzi,ndinkhosa,ndimbuzi,ndimchere, ndinjiwa,ndimwanawanjiwa,naikansembeyopsereza paguwalansembe,natsanuliraponsembeyosakanizandi mafuta,nawazavinyo,napakalubanipachilichonse, napangafungolabwino,lokondweretsaYehova.

4NdipoYehovaanamvafungolabwino,ndipoanapangana nayepanganolakutisipadzakhalansochigumula chowonongadzikolapansi;kutimasikuonseadziko lapansi,nthawiyobzalandiyokolola,sizidzatha,kuzizira ndikutentha,chilimwendinyengoyozizira,usanandi usikusizidzasinthamaloawo,kapenakuthakwamuyaya 5“Ndipoinu,chulukanani,muchulukepadzikolapansi, muchuluke,ndipomukhaledalitsopailo. Ndidzakuchititsanimanthandimanthachifukwachainupa chilichonsechapadzikolapansindim’nyanja”

6Ndipotaonani,ndakupatsaniinuzamoyozonse,ndi mapikoonse,ndizonsezokwawapadzikolapansi,ndi nsombazam'madzi,ndizonsezachakudya;mongandiwo zamasambazobiriwira,ndakupatsanizonsekutimudye.

7Komanyama,pamodzindimoyowake,pamodzindi magaziake,musadye;pakutimoyowazamoyozonseuli m'magazi,kutimagazianuamiyoyoyanuasafunidwe.Pa dzanjalamunthualiyense,padzanjala(nyama)iliyonse ndidzafunamagaziamunthu

8Aliyenseameneakhetsamagaziamunthundimunthu, magaziakensoadzakhetsedwa,chifukwaMulungu adamupangamunthum'chifanizirochake

9Ndipoinu,chulukanani,muchulukepadzikolapansi.

10NdipoNowandianaakeanalumbirakutisadzadya magazialiwonseomweanalim'thupilililonse,ndipo anapangapanganopamasopaAmbuyeMulungukosatha m'mibadwoyonseyadzikolapansimweziuno

11PachifukwaichiIyeanakuuzakutiuchitepanganondi anaaIsrayelimweziunopaphirindilumbiro,ndikuti uziwawazamagazichifukwachamawuonseapangano, limeneYehovaanapangananawokosatha

12Ndipoumboniuwuwalembedwazainukutimuyenera kuusunganthawizonse,kutimusadyetsikulililonse magazianyamakapenambalamekapenang'ombemasiku onseadzikolapansi,ndipomunthuameneadyamagazia nyamakapenaang'ombekapenaambalamemasikuonsea dzikolapansi,iyendimbewuyakeadzachotsedwapadziko lapansi.

13NdipouuzeanaaIsrayelikutiasadyemagazi,kuti mayinaawondimbewuzawozikhalepamasopaYehova Mulunguwathunthawizonse

14Ndipolamuloilisilikhalandimalireamasiku,chifukwa ndilamuyayaAzilisungam'mibadwoyawoyonse,kuti apitirizekukupemphereranindimagazipamasopaguwa lansembe;tsikulililonsendinthawiyam'mawandi madzuloazipemphachikhululukirochanunthawizonse pamasopaYehovakutialisungeosachotsedwa

15NdipoanapatsaNowandianaakechizindikirochakuti sipadzakhalansochigumulapadzikolapansi.

16Iyeanaikautawalezawakemumtambongati chizindikirochapanganolosathakutisipadzakhalanso chigumulapadzikolapansikutichiwonongedzikolapansi masikuonseadzikolapansi

17Pachifukwaichi,zalembedwapamagomeakumwamba, kutiazikondwereraphwandolamasabatamweziuno kamodzipachaka,kutiakwaniritsepanganochaka chilichonse.

18Ndipochikondwererochonsechichinachitikira kumwambakuyambiratsikulolengampakamasikua Nowa-zikondwereromakumiawirimphambuzisanundi chimodzindimasabataasanuazaka[1309-1659AM]: ndipoNowandianaakeaamunaanachichitakwa zikondwererozisanundiziwirindisabataimodziyazaka, mpakatsikulaimfayaNowa,ndipokuyambiratsikula imfayaNowaanaakeaamunaanachotsa (chikondwererocho)mpakamasikuaAbrahamu,ndipo anadyamagazi

19KomaAbrahamuanaisunga,ndipoIsakendiYakobo ndianaakeanaisungampakamasikuanu,ndipom’masiku anuanaaIsrayelianaiwalampakamutaisungansopaphiri lino

20NdipouuzeanaaIsrayelikutiachitechikondwereroichi m'mibadwoyawoyonse,mongalamulokwaiwo;azisunga chikondwererochotsikulimodzipachakam'mweziuno

21Pakutindiphwandolamasabatandiphwandolazipatso zoyamba:phwandoilindilamitunduiwirindipondila mitunduiwiri:malingandizomwezalembedwandi zolembedwazokhudzailo,kondwererani.

22Pakutindalembam'bukulachilamulochoyamba, m'menendakulemberani,kutimuzichikondwererapa nthawiyake,tsikulimodzipachaka,ndipo ndakufotokozeraninsembezakekutianaaIsrayeli azikumbukirandikuzikondwereram'mibadwoyawoyonse m'mweziuno,tsikulimodzipachaka.

23Ndipopamweziwatsopanowamweziwoyamba,ndipa mweziwatsopanowamweziwachinayi,ndipamwezi watsopanowamweziwachisanundichiwiri,ndipamwezi watsopanowamweziwakhumipadzakhalamasiku okumbukira,ndimasikuanyengom'magawoanayia chaka.Izizalembedwandikukhazikitsidwangatiumboni kosatha

24NdipoNowaanazikonzeratumadyereroamibadwo yonse,koterokutizikhalechikumbutsochake.

25Ndipopamweziwatsopanowamweziwoyamba anauzidwakutiadzipangirechombo,ndipotsikulimenelo dzikolapansilinaumandipoanatsegula(chombo)naona dzikolapansi

26Ndipopamweziwatsopanowamweziwachinayi, pakamwapakuyakwadzenjepansipakepanatsekedwa. Ndipopamweziwatsopanowamweziwachisanundi chiwiripakamwapazonsezadzikolapansipanatseguka, ndipomadzianayambakutsikam'menemo

27Ndipopamweziwatsopanowamweziwakhumi, nsongazamapirizinaonekera,ndipoNowaanasangalala

28Ndipochifukwachaichiadadzikonzerayekha maphwandoachikumbutsochosatha,ndipomotero amaikidwa

29Ndipoanaziyikapamagomeakumwamba,lililonse linalindimasabatakhumindiatatu;kuyambiralimodzi kupitakulina(kudutsa)chikumbutsochawo,kuyambira loyambampakalachiwiri,ndikuyambiralachiwirimpaka lachitatu,ndikuyambiralachitatumpakalachinayi

30Ndipomasikuonsealamuloadzakhalamasabata makumiasanundiawiri,ndipo(izizidzapangitsa)chaka

chonsekukhalachokwaniraMoterochalembedwandi kuikidwapamagomeakumwamba.

31Ndipopalibekunyalanyaza(lamuloili)kwachaka chimodzikapenachakandichaka.

32NdipouuzeanaaIsrayelikutiazisungazakamotsatira kuwerengerakumenekumasikumazanaatatumphambu makumiasanundilimodzimphambuanayi,ndipo(awa) adzakhalachakachathunthu,ndiposadzasokonezanthawi yakekuchokerakumasikuakendimaphwandoake;pakuti chilichonsechidzachitikamwaiwomalingandiumboni wawo,ndiposadzasiyatsikulililonsekapenakusokoneza maphwandoaliwonse

33KomangatianyalanyazandiposatsatiramalamuloAke, ndiyekutiadzasokonezanyengozawozonsendipozaka zidzachotsedwapaizi(dongosolo),[ndipoadzasokoneza nyengondizakazidzachotsedwa]ndipoadzanyalanyaza malamuloawo

34NdipoanaonseaIsrayeliadzaiwalandiposadzapeza njirayazaka,ndipoadzaiwalamiyeziyatsopano,nyengo, ndimasabatandipoadzalakwitsapadongosololonsela zaka

35Pakutindikudziwandipokuyambiratsopano ndidzakudziwitsaniizi,ndiposizochokerakwainendekha; pakutibuku(lagona)lolembedwapamasopanga,ndipo pamapiritsiakumwambakugawidwakwamasiku kwakhazikitsidwa,kutiaiwalemaphwandoapangano ndikuyendamotsatiramaphwandoaAmitundupambuyo pazolakwazawondipambuyopakusadziwakwawo.

36Pakutipadzakhalaenaameneadzayang'anitsitsa mwezimomweumasokonezeranyengondipoumabwera chakandichakamasikukhumimochedwakwambiri.

37Pachifukwaichizakazidzawafikapamene adzasokoneza(dongosolo),ndikupangatsikulonyansa (tsiku)laumboni,nditsikulodetsedwakukhalatsikula phwando,ndipoadzasokonezamasikuonse,oyerandi odetsedwa,nditsikulodetsedwandilopatulika;chifukwa adzalakwiramiyezi,masabata,maphwando,ndi zikondwerero

38Pachifukwaichindikukulamulanindikukutsimikizirani kutimuwachitireumboni;pakutipambuyopaimfayanu anaanuadzawasokoneza(kutiasapangechakakukhala masikumazanaatatundimakumiasanundilimodzi mphambuanayiokha,ndipopachifukwaichiadzalakwitsa ponenazamweziwatsopanondinyengo,masabatandi zikondwerero,ndipoadzadyamitunduyonseyamagazindi mitunduyonseyanyama.

CHAPUTALA7

1Ndipom'sabatalachisanundichiwirim'chakachoyamba [13:17AM]chake,muchikondwererochi,Nowaanabzala mipesapaphirilomwechingalawachochinaimapo, lotchedwaLubar,limodzimwamapiriaArarat,ndipo linabalazipatsom'chakachachinayi,[13:20AM]ndipo anasungazipatsozawo,nazisonkhanitsachakachino m'mweziwachisanundichiwiri

2Ndipoanapangavinyokuchokerammenemonauyika m’chidebe,nausungampakachakachachisanu,[1321AM] mpakatsikuloyamba,pamweziwatsopanowamwezi woyamba.

3Ndipoanakondwereratsikulaphwandolimosangalala, ndipoanaperekansembeyopserezakwaYehova,ng'ombe imodziyamphongo,nkhosaimodziyamphongo,ndi nkhosazisanundiziwirizamphongo,iliyonseyachaka chimodzi,ndimbuziyamphongo,kutiadziphimbe machimoakendianaakeaamuna

4Ndipoanakonzakamwanakambuzi,naikamagaziake enapamnofuwapaguwalansembeumeneanaupanga,ndi mafutaonseameneanawaikapaguwalansembepamene anaperekeraponsembeyopsereza,nding'ombe,nkhosa yamphongo,ndinkhosayamphongo,naikanyamayake yonsepaguwalansembe

5Ndipoanaikaponsembezawozonsezosakanizandi mafuta,ndipopambuyopakeanawazavinyopamoto umeneanaupangakalepaguwalansembe,naikazofukiza paguwalansembe,naperekafungolokomapamasopa YehovaMulunguwake

6Ndipoanasangalalandikumwavinyouyu,iyendiana akemosangalala.

7Ndipokunalimadzulo,ndipoanalowam’hemamwake, ataledzera,anagonapansi,nagonatulo;ndipoanali wamalisechem’hemamwakepameneanalikugona.

8NdipoHamuadawonaNowaatatewakewamaliseche, natulukanakauzaabaleakeawirikunja

9NdipoSemuanatengachovalachake,naimirira,iyendi Yafeti,naikachovalachopamapewaawo,nabwerera chammbuyo,nabisamanyaziaatatewawo,ndiponkhope zawozinalichammbuyo.

10NdipoNowaanadzukakutulotake,nadziwazonse zimenemwanawakewamng'onoanamchitira,natemberera mwanawake,nati,WotembereredwandiKanani; adzakhalakapolowaabaleake

11NdipoanadalitsaSemu,nati,WodalaYehova,Mulungu waSemu;ndipoKananiakhalekapolowake.

12MulunguakulitseYafeti,ndipoMulunguadzakhala m’nyumbayaSemu,ndipoKananiadzakhalakapolowake’ 13NdipoHamuanadziwakutiatatewakeadatemberera mwanawakewamng'ono,ndipoanakwiyakuti adatembereramwanawake,ndipoanalekanandiatate wake,iyendianaakeaamunapamodzinaye,Kusi,ndi Mizraimu,ndiPuti,ndiKanani

14Ndipoanamangamzindawakenautchadzinalake potengeradzinalamkaziwakeNe'elatama'uk.

15Yafetiatawonazimenezi,anachitiransanjem'balewake, ndiponayensoanamangamzinda,ndipoanautchadzina lofananandilamkaziwakewakuAdatani.

16NdipoSemuanakhalandiatatewakeNowa,ndipo anamangamzindapafupindiatatewakepaphiri,ndipo iyensoanautchadzinalopotengeradzinalamkaziwake Sedeqetelebab

17NdipotaonanimizindaitatuiyiilipafupindiPhirila Lubar;Sedeqetelebabmoyang'anizanandiphirikum'mawa kwake;ndiNa'eltama'ukkum'mwera;'Adata'eskumadzulo

18NdipoawandianaaSemu:Elamu,ndiAsuri,ndi Aripakasadi-uyu(mwana)anabadwazakaziwiripambuyo pachigumula-ndiLudi,ndiAramu

19AnaaYafeti:Gomeri,ndiMagogi,ndiMadai,ndi Yavani,ndiTubala,ndiMeseki,ndiTirasi;awandianaa Nowa

20Ndipomuchakachamakumiawirimphambuzisanu ndizitatu[1324-1372AM]Nowaanayambakulamulira

anaaanaakeaamunamalamulondimalamulo,ndi ziweruzozonsezomweankadziwa,ndipoanalimbikitsa anaakekutiasungechilungamo,ndikubisamanyazia thupilawo,ndikudalitsaMlengiwawo,ndikulemekeza atatendiamayiawo,ndikukondamnansiwawo,ndi kutetezamiyoyoyawokudamandizodetsandizoipa zonse

21Chifukwachazinthuzitatuizi,chigumulachinabwera padzikolapansi,chomwendichifukwachadamalimene Alondaanatsutsanandilamulolamalamuloawoanachita chigololondianaaakaziaanthu,nadzitengeraokhaakazia aliyenseameneanasankha:ndipoanayambakusayera

22NdipoanabalaanaaNafidimu,ndipoonseanaliosiyana, ndipoanadyanawinandimnzake:ndipoAmphonaanapha Anafidi,ndipoAnafidianaphaElijo,ndianthuaElijo,ndi munthuwina.

23Ndipoaliyenseanadzigulitsakutiachitezoyipandi kukhetsamagaziambiri,ndipodzikolapansilinadzazandi zoyipa.

24Pambuyopakeanachimwiranyamandimbalame,ndi zonsezoyendandikuyendapadzikolapansi:ndipomwazi wambiriunakhetsedwapadzikolapansi,ndipomalingaliro onsendizilakolakozaanthuzinkaganizazopandapakendi zoyipanthawizonse

25NdipoYehovaanawonongachilichonsepadzikolapansi; chifukwachakuipakwazochitazawo,ndipochifukwacha magaziameneanakhetsapakatipadzikolapansi, anawonongachilichonse.

26'Ndipotinatsala,inendiinu,anaangaaamuna,ndionse ameneanalowanafem'chingalawa,ndipotaonani, ndikuonantchitozanupamasopangakutisimukuyenda m'chilungamo:pakutimwayambakuyendam'njiraya chiwonongeko,ndipomukusiyanawinandimnzake,ndipo mukuchitiranansanje,ndipo(kotero)simukugwirizana,ana anga,aliyensendim'balewake

27Pakutindikuona,ndipotaonaniziwandazayamba kunyengainundianaanundipotsopanondikuopa chifukwachainu,kutipambuyopaimfayanga mudzakhetsamagaziaanthupadzikolapansi,ndipoinunso mudzawonongedwapadzikolapansi.

28Pakutialiyenseamenewakhetsamagaziamunthu,ndi aliyenseamenewadyamagazianyamailiyonse,onse adzawonongedwapadzikolapansi.

29Ndiposipadzakhalamunthuwotsalaameneadya magazi,kapenaameneakhetsamagaziamunthupadziko lapansi,ndiposipadzakhalansombewukapenambadwa zokhalapansipathambo;PakutiadzapitakuSheol,Ndipo adzatsikirakumaloachiweruzo,Ndipoonse adzachotsedwamumdimawakuyandiimfayachiwawa

30Sipadzakhalamagazipainupamagazionse;padzakhala masikuonseomwemudzaphanyamailiyonse,ng'ombe, kapenachilichonsechoulukapadzikolapansi,ndipo gwiranintchitoyabwinopamiyoyoyanumwakuphimba chomwechakhetsedwapadzikolapansi

31Ndipomusakhalengatiameneamadyandimagazi, komachenjeranikutiwinaasadyemagazipamasopanu: phimbanimagazi,pakutindalamulidwakutindichitire umbonikwainundianaanu,pamodzindianthuonse

32Ndipomusalolekutimoyowanuudyedwepamodzindi nyama,kutimagazianu,omwendimoyowanu, asafunidwendichamoyochilichonsechowukhetsapansi

33Pakutidzikolapansisilidzakhalaloyerachifukwacha magaziameneanakhetsedwapailo;pakuti(kokha)dziko lapansilidzayeretsedwam'mibadwoyonsekudzeramwa magaziaiyeameneanakhetsamagaziwo.

34Ndipotsopano,anaanga,mvetserani:chitanichiweruzo ndichilungamokutimwinamubzalem’chilungamo padzikolonselapansi,ndiulemererowanuukwezedwe pamasopaMulunguwanga,ameneanandipulumutsaku madziachigumula

35Ndipotaonani,mudzapitakukamangamizinda,ndi kubzalamozomerazonsezomwezilipadzikolapansi, komansomitengoyonseyobalazipatso

36Kwazakazitatuzipatsozachilichonsechodyedwa sizidzasonkhanitsidwa:ndipom'chakachachinayizipatso zakezidzaonedwakutindizopatulika[ndipoadzapereka zipatsozoyamba],zovomerezekapamasopaMulungu Wam'mwambamwamba,ameneadalengakumwambandi dzikolapansindizinthuzonseAperekevinyondimafuta ambirimongazipatsozoyambapaguwalansembela Yehova,ameneamalandira,ndipozotsalazoatumikia nyumbayaYehovaadyepamasopaguwalansembelimene limalandira.

37Ndipochakachachisanumuperekekumasulakuti mutulutsem'chilungamondimoongoka,ndipomudzakhala olungama,ndipozonsezomwemudabzalazidzakula.

38PakutiEnoke,atatewaatatewanuanalamuliraMetusela, mwanawake,ndiMetuselamwanawakeLameke,ndipo Lamekeanalamulirainezonsezimeneatateakeanalamula.

39Ndipoinensondidzakulamulirani,anaanga,monga momweEnokeanalamuliramwanawakem'chaka choyambachachisangalalo:akadalindimoyo,wachisanu ndichiwirim'badwowake,analamulandikuchitiraumboni kwamwanawakendianaaanaakempakatsikulaimfa yake.

CHAPUTALA8

1Muchakachamakumiawirimphambuzisanundizinayi, mlunguwoyamba,[1373AM]kumayambirirokwake, ArpaksadianadzitengeramkazidzinalakeRasu'eja, mwanawamkaziwaSusan,mwanawamkaziwaElamu, ndipoanamuberekeramwanawamwamunam'chaka chachitatumlunguuno,[1375AM]ndipoanamutchadzina lakeKainam

2Ndipomwanayoanakula,ndipoatatewake anamphunzitsakulemba,ndipoanapitakukafunafunamalo komweangadzitengeremzinda

3Ndipoanapezacholembedwachomwemibadwoyakale idachilembapathanthwe,ndipoadawerengazomwezinali pamenepo,ndipoadachilembandipoadachimwachifukwa chaicho;chifukwachinalindichiphunzitsochaAlonda mogwirizanandimomweankawonerazizindikirozadzuwa ndimwezindinyenyezimuzizindikirozonse zakumwamba

4Ndipoanalembakomasananenechilichonsechokhudza izo;pakutianaopakulankhulandiNowazaizokuti angamukwiyirechifukwachaizo.

5Ndipomuchakachamakumiatatu,[1429AM]m'sabata yachiwiri,m'chakachoyamba,anadzitengeramkazi,dzina lakeMelika,mwanawamkaziwaMadai,mwanawaYafeti, ndipom'chakachachinayi[1432AM]anabalamwana

wamwamuna,namutchadzinalakeShela;pakutianati, 'Ndithundatumidwa.'

6[Ndipom'chakachachinayianabadwa],ndipoShela anakulanadzitengeramkazi,dzinalakeMu'ak,mwana wamkaziwaKesedi,mchimwenewaatatewake,m'chaka chamakumiatatundichimodzichachisangalalo,m'sabata lachisanu,m'chakachoyamba[1499AM]chake

7Ndipoiyeanabalamwanawamwamunam'chaka chachisanu[1503AM]chachakachimenecho,ndipo anamutchadzinalakeEberi:ndipoanadzitengeramkazi, dzinalakeanali'Azûrâd,mwanawamkaziwaNebrod,mu chakachamakumiatatundiziwiri,m'sabatalachisanundi chiwiri,m'chakachachitatu.[1564AM]

8Ndipom'chakachachisanundichimodzi[1567AM]cha izo,iyeanabalamwanawamwamuna,ndipoanamutcha dzinalakePelegi;chifukwam'masikuameneiyeanabadwa anaaNowaanayambakugawadzikolapansipakatipawo: chifukwachaichianamutchadzinalakePelegi

9Ndipoanagawana(mseri)pakatipawo,nauzaNowa.

10Ndipokunachitikakumayambirirokwachakacha makumiatatundizitatu[1569AM]kutianagawadziko lapansim'magawoatatu,kwaSemundiHamundiYafeti, malingandicholowachaaliyense,m'chakachoyamba m'sabatayoyamba,pamenemmodziwaifeamene anatumizidwa,analinawo.

11Ndipoanaitanaanaakeaamuna,ndipoanayandikira kwaiye,iwondianaawo,ndipoanagawadzikolapansi m'magawo,omweanaakeatatuanayenerakutenga,ndipo anatambasulamanjaawo,natengazolembakuchokera pachifuwachaNowa,atatewawo

12Ndipopanthawiyolembedwayopanatulukagawola Semupakatipadzikolapansilomweayenerakutengangati cholowachakendichaanaakekwamibadwoyonse, kuchokerapakatipamapiriaRafa,kuchokerapakamwapa madziochokerakumtsinjewaTina,ndipogawolake limapitakumadzulokudzerapakatipamtsinjewu,ndipo limafalikirampakakufikam'madziakuphompho,komwe mtsinjewuumatulukandikutsanuliramadziakem'nyanja yaMe'at,ndipomtsinjewuumapitakunyanjayayikulu NdipozonsezomwezilikumpotondizaYafeti,ndipo zonsezomwezilikumwerandizaShemu

13NdipoimatambasukampakakufikakuKaraso:iyiili pachifuwachalilimelomwelimayang'anakum'mwera.

14Ndipogawolakelikuyendam'nyanjayayikulu,ndipo limayendamolunjikampakalitafikakumadzulokwalilime lomwelikuyang'anakumwera:chifukwanyanjaiyi imatchedwalilimelaNyanjayaAigupto

15Ndipounatembenukakuchokerapanokupita kum'mwerakupitakukamwakwanyanjayayikulu pagombelamadziake,ndipounafalikirakumadzulokupita ku'Afra,ndipounafalikirampakakufikapamadziamtsinje waGihoni,ndikum'mwerakwamadziaGihoni,mpaka m'mphepetemwamtsinjewu

16Ndipounapitakum'mawa,mpakaunafikakuMundawa Edeni,kum'mwerakwake,[kum'mwera]ndipokuchokera kum'mawakwadzikolonselaEdenindikum'mawakonse, unatembenukirakum'mawandikupitirirampakaunafika kum'mawakwaphirilotchedwaRafa,ndipounatsikira m'mphepetemwamtsinjewaTina

17GawoililinaperekedwamwamaerekwaSemundiana ake,kutilikhalelawokwamuyayakumibadwoyake kwamuyaya

18NdipoNowaanasangalalakutigawoililinaperekedwa kwaSemundianaakeaamuna,ndipoanakumbukirazonse zimeneananenandipakamwapakemuulosi,pakutianati: 'AdalitsikeYehovaMulunguwaSemu,ndipoYehova akhalem'nyumbayaSemu.'

19NdipoanadziwakutiMundawaEdenindimalo opatulikakwambiri,ndimalookhalaaYehova,ndiPhirila Sinaipakatipachipululu,ndiPhirilaZiyoni-pakatipa dzikolapansi:atatuwaadalengedwangatimaloopatulika moyang'anizana.

20NdipoanalemekezaMulunguwamilungu,amene anaikamawuaYehovamkamwamwake,ndiYehova kosatha.

21Ndipoanadziwakutigawolodalitsidwandidalitso linabwerakwaSemundianaakekwamibadwomibadwo kosatha-dzikolonselaEdenindidzikolonselaNyanja Yofiira,ndidzikolonselakum'mawandiIndia,ndipa NyanjaYofiirandimapiriake,ndidzikolonselaBasana, ndidzikolonselaLebanonindizilumbazaKafturi,ndi mapirionseaSanirindi'Amana,ndimapiriaAsuri kumpoto,ndidzikolonselaElamu,Asuri,ndiBabele,ndi SusanindiMa'edai,ndimapirionseaArarati,ndichigawo chonsechatsidyalanyanja,chomwechilitsidyalamapiri aAsurikumpoto,dzikolodalitsidwandilalikulu,ndipo zonsezomwezilimmenemondizabwinokwambiri.

22NdipokwaHamukunatulukagawolachiwiri,kutsidya kwaGihonikum'mwerakumanjakwaMunda,ndipo linatambasukirakum'mwerandipolinatambasukira kumapirionseamoto,ndipolinatambasukirakumadzulo kunyanjaya'Atelndipolinatambasukirakumadzulo mpakalinafikakunyanjayaMa'uk-nyanja(nyanja) yomwechilichonsechosawonongekachimatsikira

23NdipounapitakumpotompakakumalireaGadiri,ndipo unapitakugombelamadzianyanjampakakumadzia nyanjayaikulumpakaunayandikiramtsinjewaGihoni, ndipounapitakumtsinjewaGihonimpakaunafika kudzanjalamanjalamundawaEdeni.

24NdipoiyindidzikolimenelinachokerakwaHamu mongagawolimeneanalinalokosathakwaiyendianaake m'mibadwoyawokosatha.

25NdipokwaYafetikunatulukagawolachitatukutsidya kwamtsinjewaTinakumpotokwamadziake,ndipo linafalikirakumpotochakum'mawampakakuderalonsela Gogi,ndikudzikolonselakum'mawakwake

26Ndipounafalikirakumpotokupitakumpoto,ndipo unafalikirakumapiriaQeltikumpoto,ndikunyanjaya Ma'uk,ndipounatulukakum'mawakwaGadirmpaka kuderalamadziam'nyanja

27Ndipoimatambasukampakakufikakumadzulokwa Farandipoimabwereraku'Aferagi,ndipoimatambasuka chakum'mawampakakumadzianyanjayaMe'at

28NdipoumafikakuderalamtsinjewaTinakumpoto chakum'mawampakaukafikakumalireamadziakekupita kuphirilaRafa,ndipoumazungulirakupitakumpoto.

29IlindidzikolimenelinabadwiraYafetindianaake mongagawolacholowachake,limeneadzalandiraiyendi anaake,kwamibadwoyawoyonsempakakalekale; zilumbazazikuluzisanu,ndidzikolalikulukumpoto

30Komakulikozizira,ndipodzikolaHamundilotentha, ndipodzikolaSemusilililotenthakapenalozizira,koma ndilozizirakomansolotentha

CHAPUTALA9

1NdipoHamuanagawaanaakeaamuna,ndipogawo loyambalinatulukiraKusikum'mawa,ndikumadzulo kwakekwaMizraimu,ndikumadzulokwakekwaPuti,ndi kumadzulokwake[ndikumadzulokwake]panyanjaya Kanani

2NdipoSemunayensoanagawaanaake,ndipogawo loyambalinachokerakwaHamundianaake,kum'mawa kwamtsinjewaTigrismpakakukafikakum'mawa,dziko lonselaIndia,ndipaNyanjaYofiiram'mphepetemwake, ndimadziaDedani,ndimapirionseaMebrindiEla,ndi dzikolonselaSusani,ndizonsezilim'mbalimwaPharnaki, mpakakuNyanjaYofiira,ndimtsinjewaTina

3NdipokwaAsurikunatulukagawolachiwiri,dzikolonse laAsuri,ndiNineve,ndiSinara,mpakakumalireaIndia; ndipolinakwerandikuzunguliramtsinje

4NdipogawolachitatulinachokerakwaAripakasadi, dzikolonselaAkasidikum'mawakwamtsinjewaFirate, lozunguliraNyanjaYofiira,ndimadzionseam'chipululu pafupindimphepetemwanyanjayoyang'anakuIgupto, dzikolonselaLebanoni,ndiSaniri,ndiAmana,mpaka malireamtsinjewaFirate

5NdipogawolachinayilinachokerakuAramu,dzikolonse laMesopotamiyapakatipaTigrisndiFiratekumpotokwa AkasidimpakakumalireamapiriaAsurindidzikola Arara.

6NdipoanatulukiraLudigawolachisanu,mapiriaAsuri ndizonsezomwezinalizawompakaanafikakuNyanja Yaikulu,ndimpakaanafikakum'mawakwaAsurimbale wake

7NdipoYafetinayensoanagawadzikolacholowachake kwaanaakeaamuna.

8NdipogawoloyambalinatulukirakuGomerikum'mawa kuchokerakumpotompakakumtsinjewaTina;ndipo kumpotokunatulukirakuMagogi,maderaonseamkati mwakumpotompakakukafikakunyanjayaMe'at

9NdipoMadaianatulukangatigawolake,lomweanali nalokuyambirakumadzulokwaabaleakeawirimpaka kuzilumba,ndikumalireazilumbazo

10NdipokuYavanikunatulukagawolachinayilazilumba zonsendizilumbazomwezilipafupindimalireaLudi.

11NdipokwaTubalakunatulukagawolachisanupakatipa lilimelomwelimayandikiramalireagawolaLudiku chilankhulochachiwiri,kuderalakutalindichilankhulo chachiwirikuchilankhulochachitatu

12NdipokwaMeshekikunatulukagawolachisanundi chimodzi,deralonsekupitirirachilankhulochachitatu mpakakum'mawakwaGadiri

13NdipokwaTirasikunatulukagawolachisanundi chiwiri,zilumbazinayizazikulupakatipanyanja,zomwe zinafikakugawolaHamu[ndipozilumbazaKamaturi zinatulukamwamaerekwaanaaAripakasadingati cholowachake]

14NdipoanaaNowaanagawaanaawopamasopaNowa atatewawo,ndipoanawalumbiraonsendilumbiro,

natembereraaliyenseameneankafunakutengagawo lomwesilinamupatse(iye)mwagawolake.

15Ndipoonseanati,‘Zikhalechoncho;zikhalechoncho’ kwaiwookhandianaawokwamuyayam’mibadwoyawo yonsempakatsikulachiweruzo,limeneAmbuyeMulungu adzawaweruzandilupangandimotochifukwachazoipa zonsezodetsedwazazolakwazawo,zimeneadzazanazo dzikolapansindiuchimondizodetsa,damandiuchimo.

CHAPUTALA10

1Ndipom’sabatalachitatulachikondwererochiziwanda zonyansazinayambakusokeretsaanaaanaaNowa,ndi kuwapangitsakusokeretsandikuwawononga

2NdipoanaaNowaanafikakwaNowaatatewawo,ndipo anamuuzazaziwandazomwezinalikusocheretsa, kuchititsakhungundikuphaanaaanaakeaamuna

3NdipoanapempherapamasopaYehovaMulunguwake, nati,Mulunguwamizimuyazamoyozonse,amene mwandichitirachifundoNdipomwandipulumutsainendi anaangakumadziachigumula,ndiposimunandiwononge mongamomwemunachitiraanaachiwonongeko;Pakuti chisomochanuchakhalachachikulukwaine,ndipo chifundochanuchakhalachachikulupamoyowanga; chisomochanuchikwezekepaanaanga,ndipomusalole mizimuyoipakuwalamuliraKutiiwawonongepadziko lapansi

4Komamundidalitseinendianaanga,kutitichuluke, tichuluke,tidzazedzikolapansi

5NdipomukudziwamomweAlondaAnu,makoloa mizimuiyi,ankachitiram'masikuanga:ndipoponenaza mizimuiyiyomweilindimoyo,itsekerenim'ndendendi kuigwiramwamphamvum'malomwachiweruzo,ndipo musalolekutiiwonongeanaamtumikiwanu,Mulungu wanga;pakutiiyindiyoipa,ndipoidalengedwakuti iwononge

6Ndipoasalamuliremizimuyaamoyo;pakutiInunokha ndiyemuwalamulireNdipoasakhalendimphamvupaana aolungamakuyambiratsopanompakamuyaya

7NdipoAmbuyeMulunguwathuanatilamulakutitimange zonse

8Ndipomkuluwamizimu,Mastêmâ,anabweranati: 'Ambuye,Mlengi,lolanienaakhalepamasopanga,ndipo amveremawuanga,ndikuchitazonsezomwendidzawauza; pakutingatienasadzasiyidwakwaine,sindingathekuchita mphamvuyachifunirochangapaanaaanthu;pakutiawa ndiachinyengondiosokeretsapamasopachiweruzo changa,chifukwakuipakwaanaaanthundikwakukulu.'

9NdipoIyeanati:Gawolakhumilikhalepamasopake, ndipomagawoasanundianayiatsikekumaloachiweruzo

10Ndipommodziwaifeanalamulakutitiziphunzitsa Nowamankhwalaawoonse;pakutiIyeankadziwakuti sadzayendamowongoka,kapenakulimbanam'chilungamo

11NdipotinachitamogwirizanandimawuAkeonse:oipa onseoipatinawamangam'malomwachiweruzondipo gawolimodzimwamagawokhumiaiwotinawasiyakuti akhalepansipaSatanapadzikolapansi.

12NdipotidafotokozeraNowamankhwalaonseamatenda awo,pamodzindizokopazawo,momweangawachiritsire ndizitsambazam'nthaka.

13NdipoNowaanalembazonsem'bukumongamomwe tidamulangizirazamankhwalaamtunduuliwonse.Motero mizimuyoipainaletsedwa(kuvulaza)anaaNowa 14NdipoanaperekazonsezimeneanalemberaSemu, mwanawakewoyamba,chifukwaankamukondakwambiri kuposaanaakeonse

15NdipoNowaanagonandimakoloake,naikidwa m'mandapaPhirilaLubaram'dzikolaArarati.

16Anamalizazakamazanaasanundianayimphambu makumiasanum'moyowake,zakakhumindizisanundi zinayizachisangalalondimasabataawirindizakazisanu [1659AM]

17Ndipom’moyowakepadzikolapansi,iyeanapambana anaaanthukupatulapoEnokechifukwachachilungamo, chimeneiyeanaliwangwiroPakutiudindowaEnoke unaikidwakukhalaumbonikwamibadwoyadzikolapansi, kutiafotokozezochitazonsezamibadwomibadwo,mpaka tsikulachiweruzo

18Ndipomuchakachamakumiatatundizitatu,m'chaka choyambam'sabatayachiwiri,Pelegianadzitengeramkazi, dzinalakeLomna,mwanawamkaziwaSinaari,ndipo anamuberekeramwanawamwamunam'chakachachinayi chasabataino,ndipoanamutchadzinalakeReu,pakuti anati:'Taonanianaaanthuachitazoipachifukwacha cholingachoipachodzimangiramzindandinsanjam'dziko laSinara'

19PakutianachokakudzikolaAraratikum'mawakupita kuSinara;pakutim'masikuakeanamangamzindandi nsanja,nati,Tipitekumeneko,tikwerekumwamba

20Ndipoanayambakumanga,ndipom’sabatalachinayi anapanganjerwandimoto,ndiponjerwazo zinagwiritsidwantchitokukhalamiyala,ndipodothilomwe anazilumikizanalolinaliphulalochokeram’nyanja,ndi m’magweroamadzim’dzikolaSinara.

21Ndipoanamanga:zakamakumianayindizitatu[16451688AM]analikumanga;m'lifupimwakemunalinjerwa 203,ndipokutalika(kwanjerwa)kunaligawolachitatula imodzi;kutalikakwakekunalimikono5433ndikanjedza ziwiri,ndipo(kutalikakwakhomalimodzikunali) masitepekhumindiatatu(ndimasitepeenamakumiatatu).

22NdipoYehovaMulunguwathuanatikwaife:Taonani, iwondianthuamodzi,ndipo(izi)ayambakuchita,ndipo tsopanopalibechomwechidzawaletse.Tiyeni,tiyenititsike, tisokonezechilankhulochawo,kutiasamvekulankhula kwawinandimnzake,ndipoamwazikanem'mizindandi mitundu,ndipocholingachimodzisichidzakhalanawo mpakatsikulachiweruzo

23NdipoAmbuyeanatsika,ndipotinatsikanayekukawona mzindandinsanjaimeneanaaanthuanamanga

24Ndipoanasokonezachilankhulochawo,ndipo sanamvanenso,ndipoanasiyakumangamzindandinsanja 25ChifukwachakedzikolonselaSinaralimatchedwa Babele,chifukwaYehovaanasokonezachilankhulochonse chaanaaanthupamenepo,ndipokuchokerapamenepo anabalalitsidwam'mizindayawo,aliyensemalingandi chilankhulochakendimtunduwake

26NdipoYehovaanatumizamphepoyamphamvupa nsanjayo,naigwetsapansi;ndipotaonani,inalipakatipa AsurindiBabulom'dzikolaSinara;ndipoanaitchadzina lakuti'Kugwetsa'.

27Musabatayachinayim'chakachoyamba[1688AM] kumayambirirokwakemuchakachamakumiatatundi zinayi,anabalalitsidwakuchokakudzikolaSinara

28NdipoHamundianaakeanamukakudzikolimene analikudzalitenga,limeneanalitengangatigawolake m'dzikolakumwera

29NdipoKananianaonadzikolaLebanonimpakamtsinje waAigupto,kutilinalilabwinokwambiri,ndiposanalowe m'dzikolacholowachakekumadzulo(ndikokunyanja), ndipoanakhalam'dzikolaLebanoni,kum'mawandi kumadzulokuchokerakumalireaYordanondikuchokera kumalireanyanja

30NdipoHamu,atatewake,ndiKusindiMizraimuabale akeanatikwaiye,Wakhalam'dzikolosatilanu,lomwe silinatigwerendimaere;usatero;pakutingatiutero,iwendi anaakomudzagwam'dzikomo,ndipoudzatembereredwa ndichiwembu;pakutimwakhalam'dzikomo,ndipoanaako adzagwa,ndipoudzachotsedwakwamuyaya

31Musakhalem'nyumbayaSemu,chifukwaShemundi anaakeanalandiragawolawo

32Uliwotembereredwa,ndipoudzakhalawotembereredwa kuposaanaonseaNowa,chifukwachatembererolimene tinadzilumbiranalondilumbiropamasopawoweruza woyera,ndipamasopaNowaatatewathu’

33Komasanawamvere,ndipoanakhalam'dzikola LebanonikuyambirakuHamatimpakapolowerakuIgupto, iyendianaakempakalero

34NdichifukwachakedzikololinatchedwaKanani.

35NdipoYafetindianaakeaamunaanapitakunyanja nakakhalam'dzikolagawolawo,ndipoMadaianaona dzikolanyanjakomasilinamukondweretse,ndipo anapemphagawokwaHamundiAsurindiArpakisadi, mchimwenewamkaziwake,ndipoanakhalam'dzikola Media,pafupindimchimwenewamkaziwakempakalero.

36Ndipoanatchamaloakeokhala,ndimalookhalaana ake,Media,potengeradzinalaatatewawoMadai

CHAPUTALA11

1Ndipomuchakachamakumiatatundizisanucha chikondwerero,m'sabatalachitatu,m'chakachoyamba [1681AM],Reuanadzitengeramkazi,dzinalakelinali 'Ôrâ,mwanawamkaziwa'Ûr,mwanawaKesedi,'ndipo anamuberekeramwanawamwamuna,ndipoanamutcha dzinalakeSerôh,m'chakachachisanundichiwiricha sabatainom'sabatalino.[1687AM]

2NdipoanaaNowaanayambakumenyana,kutenga akapolondikuphana,ndikukhetsamagaziaanthupadziko lapansi,ndikudyamagazi,ndikumangamizindayolimba, ndimakoma,ndinsanja,ndianthu(anayamba)kudzikweza pamwambapamtunduwo,ndikukhazikitsachiyambicha maufumu,ndikupitakukamenyanandianthu,ndimtundu motsutsanandimtundu,ndimzindamotsutsanandimzinda, ndipoonse(anayamba)kuchitazoipa,ndikupezazida,ndi kuphunzitsaanaawonkhondo,ndipoanayambakulanda mizinda,ndikugulitsaakapoloaamunandiaakazi 3Ndipo'Ûr,mwanawaKesedi,anamangamzindawa'Ara waAkasidi,nautchadzinalakendidzinalaatatewake Ndipoanadzipangiramafanoosungunula,nalambirafano lililonse,fanolosungunulalimeneanadzipangiraokha, ndipoanayambakupangamafanoosemandisimulacra

wodetsedwa,ndipomizimuyoipainawathandizandi kuwakopakutiachitezolakwandizodetsa.

4NdipokalongaMastêmâanayesetsakuchitazonsezi, ndipoanatumizamizimuina,imeneinaikidwapansipa dzanjalake,kutiichitezoipazonsendimachimo,ndi zolakwazonse,kutiiwonongendikuwononga,ndi kukhetsamagazipadzikolapansi

5Pachifukwaichi,anatchaSerugidzinalakutiSerugi, chifukwaaliyenseanatembenukirakukuchitamachimondi zolakwazamtunduuliwonse

6Ndipoanakula,nakhalakuUriwaAkaldeya,pafupindi atatewaamakeamkaziwake,ndipoankalambiramafano, ndipoanadzitengeramkazimuchakachamakumiatatundi zisanundichimodzi,mlunguwachisanu,m'chaka choyamba,[1744AM]ndipodzinalakelinaliMelka, mwanawamkaziwaKaber,mwanawamkaziwa mchimwenewaatatewake

7NdipoanamuberekeraNahori,chakachoyambacha sabataino,ndipoanakulanakhalamuUriwaAkaldayo, ndipoatatewakeanamphunzitsakufufuzakwaAkaldayo zaulandimatsenga,mongamwazizindikirozakumwamba 8Ndipomuchakachamakumiatatundizisanundiziwiri chasabatalachisanundichimodzi,m'chakachoyambacha [1800AM]adadzitengeramkazi,dzinalakelinali'Ijaska, mwanawamkaziwaNestagwaAkaldayo.

9NdipoiyeanaberekeraTeram’chakachachisanundi chiwirichasabataino[1806AM]

10NdipokalongaMastêmâanatumizaakhwangwalandi mbalamekutizidyembewuzomwezinabzalidwa m'dzikolo,kutiziwonongedzikolo,ndikulandaanaaanthu ntchitozawo.Asanalimembewuzo,akhwangwala anazitolapamwambapanthaka

11NdipochifukwachaichianamutchadzinalakutiTera chifukwaakhwangwalandimbalamezinawasautsandi kudyambewuzawo

12Ndipozakazozinayambakukhalazopandakanthu, chifukwachambalame,ndipozinadyazipatsozonseza mitengo;zinalizoyesayesakwambirikutizisungezipatso zochepazadzikolapansim'masikuawo

13Ndipomuchakachamakumiatatumphambuzisanundi zinayiichi,mlunguwachiwirim'chakachoyamba,[1870 AM]Teraanadzitengeramkazi,dzinalakelinali'Edna, mwanawamkaziwa'Abramu,mwanawamkaziwamlongo waatatewakeNdipom'chakachachisanundichiwiricha sabataino[1876AM]anabalamwanawamwamuna,ndipo anamutchadzinalakeAbramu,dzinalaatatewaamake; 14pakutianamwaliramwanawakewamkaziasanabadwe ndimwanawamwamuna.

15Ndipomwanayoanayambakumvetsazolakwazadziko lapansizomwezonsezinasocherapotsatiramafanoosema ndizodetsa,ndipobamboakeanamuphunzitsakulemba, ndipoanalindimasabataawiriazaka,[1890AM]ndipo anadzipatulakwabamboake,kutiasapembedzemafano pamodzinaye

16NdipoanayambakupempherakwaMlengiwazinthu zonsekutiamupulumutsekuzolakwazaanaaanthu,ndi kutigawolakelisagwerem'chilakolakochonyansandi choipa

17Ndiponthawiyobzalambewuinafika,ndipoonse anapitapamodzikukatetezambewuzawokumakungubwi,

ndipoAbramuanatulukapamodzindiomweanapitawo, ndipomwanayoanaliwazakakhumindizinayi.

18Ndipomtambowaakhwangwalaunabwerakudzadya mbewu,ndipoAbramuanathamangakukakumananawo asanakhalepansi,nawafuuliraasanakhalepansikutiadye mbewu,nati,Musatsike;bwereranikomwemunachokera, ndipoanabwerera

19Ndipoanabwezamitamboyaakhwangwalatsiku limenelokasanundikawiri;ndipoakhwangwalaonse m'dzikolonselimeneAbramuanalikumenekosanakhala kumenekongakhalemmodzi

20Ndipoonseameneanalinayem'dzikolonseloanamuona akulira,ndipoakhwangwalaonseanabwerera,ndipodzina lakelinakulam'dzikolonselaAkasidi

21Ndipochakachinoonseameneankafunakufesaanafika kwaiye,ndipoanapitanawompakanthawiyofesaitatha: ndipoanafesam'mundamwawo,ndipochakachimenecho anabweretsatiriguwokwanirakunyumbandikudyandi kukhuta.

22Ndipom'chakachoyambachasabatalachisanu[1891 AM]Abramuanaphunzitsaiwoomweamapangazidaza ng'ombe,amisiriamatabwa,ndipoanapangachotengera pamwambapanthaka,moyang'anizanandichimangocha pulawo,kutiaikepombewu,ndipombewuzozinagwa pansikuchokerapagawolapulawo,ndipozinabisikapansi, ndiposanaopensoakhwangwala

23Ndipomotereanapanga(zombo)pamwambapanthaka pamatabwaonseapulawo,ndipoanabzalandikulima dzikolonselo,mongamomweAbramuanawalamulira, ndiposanaopensombalame

CHAPUTALA12

1Ndipopanalisabatalachisanundichimodzi,m'chaka chachisanundichiwiri,[1904AM]kutiAbramuanatikwa Teraatatewake,nati,Atate!

2Ndipoiyeanati,‘Ndilipano,mwanawanga.’Ndipoiye anati,‘Ndilipanomwanawanga’ 'Koditilindithandizondiphindulotanikuchokeraku mafanoamenemukuwalambira, Ndipopamasopachiyaniuyenerakugwadira?

3Pakutimwaiwomulibemzimu, Pakutindimawonekedweosalankhula,ndiosokeretsa mtima

Musawapembedze:

4LambiraniMulunguwakumwamba, Ameneamagwetsamvulandimamepadzikolapansi Ndipoamachitachilichonsepadzikolapansi, Ndipoanalengachilichonsendimawuake, Ndipomoyowonseumachokerapamasopake

5N’chifukwachiyanimukulambirazinthuzopandamzimu? Pakutiiwondintchitoyamanjaaanthu, Ndipomudzawanyamulapamapewaanu, Ndipoinumulibethandizokuchokerakwaiwo, Komandichinthuchochititsamanyazikwambirikwaiwo ameneamazipanga, Ndipokusokeretsamtimakwaiwoameneamawalambira: Musazipembedze

6Ndipoatatewakeanatikwaiye,Inensondikudziwa, mwanawanga,komandichitechiyanindianthuamene andigwiritsantchitokukhalamtumikiwawo?

7Ndipongatindiwauzazoona,adzandipha;chifukwa moyowawoumawamamatirakutiawapembedzendi kuwalemekeza

8Khalanichetemwanawanga,kutiasakupheni.’Ndipo analankhulamawuawakwaabaleakeawiri,ndipo anamukwiyirandipoiyeanakhalachete

9Ndipom’chakachamakumianayichachikondwerero chazakamakumianayi,m’sabatayachiwiri,m’chaka chachisanundichiwiri,[1925AM]Abramuanadzitengera mkazi,dzinalakeSarai,mwanawamkaziwaatatewake, ndipoanakhalamkaziwake

10NdipoHarani,m'balewake,anadzitengeramkazi m'chakachachitatuchasabatalachitatu,[1928AM]ndipo anabalamwanawamwamunam'chakachachisanundi chiwirichasabatalino,[1932AM]ndipoanamutchadzina lakeLoti.

11NdipoNahori,mng'onowake,anadzitengeramkazi 12Ndipom'chakachamakumiasanundilimodzicha moyowaAbramu,ndikokuti,m'sabatalachinayi,m'chaka chachinayi,[1936AM]Abramuanadzukausiku,natentha nyumbayamafano,natenthazonsezomwezinali m'nyumbamondipopalibeameneanadziwa.

13Ndipoanadzukausikunafunakupulumutsamilungu yawopakatipamoto

14NdipoHaranianafulumirakuwapulumutsa,komamoto unamuyakira,ndipoanapsandimoto,namwalirakuUriwa AkaldayopamasopaatatewakeTera,ndipoanamuika m’mandakuUriwaAkaldayo.

15NdipoTeraanatulukamuUriwaAkaldayo,iyendiana akeaamuna,kunkakudzikolaLebanonindikudzikola Kanani;ndipoanakhalam'dzikolaHarana,ndipoAbramu anakhalandiTeraatatewakekuHaranamilunguiwiriya zaka

16Ndipom’sabatalachisanundichimodzi,m’chaka chachisanu,[1951AM]Abramuanakhalausikuwonsepa mweziwatsopanowamweziwachisanundichiwirikuti ayang’anenyenyezikuyambiramadzulompakam’mawa, kutiaonemomwechakachidzakhalirepankhaniyamvula, ndipoanaliyekhapameneanakhalapansin’kuyang’ana 17Ndipomawuanabweramumtimamwakendipoanati: Zizindikirozonsezanyenyezi,ndizizindikirozamwezi ndidzuwazonsezilim'manjamwaAmbuyeN’chifukwa chiyanindimazifufuza?

18Akafuna,amagwetsamvulam'mawandimadzulo; NdipongatiIyeafuna,Iyesadzachiletsa, Ndipozinthuzonsezilim'manjamwake.'

19Ndipoanapempherausikuumenewonati, Mulunguwanga,MulunguWammwambamwamba,Inu nokhandinuMulunguwanga, NdipoInundiulamuliroWanundasankha NdipoInumunalengazinthuzonse, Ndizinthuzonsezomwendintchitoyamanjaanu. 20Ndipulumutsenim'manjamwamizimuyoipaimene imalamuliramaganizoamitimayaanthu, NdipoasandisokeretsekutalindiInu,Mulunguwanga Ndipomundikhazikitseinendianaangakwamuyaya Kutitisasocheretsedwekuyambiratsopanompakamuyaya. 21Ndipoanati,'KodindibwererekuUriwaAkaldayo ameneakufunafunankhopeyangakutindibwererekwa iwo,kodindikhalepanopamalopano?Njirayolondola pamasopanuipambanitsem'manjamwamtumikiwanu

kutiakwaniritse(ndipokutindisayendem'chinyengocha mtimawanga,Mulunguwanga.'

22Ndipoatamalizakulankhulandikupemphera,taonani, mawuaYehovaanatumizidwakwaiyekudzeramwaine, kuti,Tulukaiwem'dzikolako,ndikwaabaleako,ndikwa nyumbayaatatewako,pitakudzikolimene ndidzakusonyeza,ndipondidzakupangaiwemtundu waukulundiwochuluka.

23Ndipondidzakudalitsaiwe Ndipondidzakulitsadzinalako, Ndipoudzadalitsidwapadzikolapansi, NdipomwaInumabanjaonseadzikolapansi adzadalitsidwa, Ndipondidzadalitsaiwoakudalitsaiwe, Ndipotembereraiwoakutembereraiwe

24NdipondidzakhalaMulunguwako,ndimwanawako, ndimdzukuluwako,ndimbewuzakozonse;usaope, kuyambiratsopanokufikiramibadwoyonseyadziko lapansiInendineMulunguwako.

25NdipoAmbuyeMulunguanati:‘Tsegulanipakamwa pakendimakutuake,kutiamvendikulankhulandi pakamwapake,ndichilankhulochomwe chavumbulutsidwa’;pakutichinalichitalekapakamwapa anaonseaanthukuyambiratsikulakugonjetsedwa(kwa Babele).

26Ndipondinatsegulapakamwapake,ndimakutuake,ndi milomoyake,ndipondinayambakulankhulanaye m'Chiheberim'chinenerochachilengedwe.

27Ndipoanatengamabukuamakoloake,ndipoawa analembedwam'Chiheberi,ndipoanawalemba,ndipo kuyambirapamenepoanayambakuwaphunzira,ndipo ndinamudziwitsazomwesakanathakuzimvetsa,ndipo anaziphunziram'miyeziisanundiumodziyamvula 28Ndipozinachitikam'chakachachisanundichiwiricha sabatalachisanundichimodzi[1953AM]kutianalankhula ndiabamboakendikuwauza,kutiachokekuHaranikuti apitekudzikolaKananikukawonandikubwererakwaiye.

29NdipoTeraatatewakeanatikwaiye,Pitandimtendere; Mulunguwamuyayaakonzenjirayako

NdipoAmbuye[(akhale)nawe,ndipo]akutetezekuzoipa zonse,

Ndipoakupatsenichisomo,chifundondichisomopamaso paiwoakukuonani, Ndipopalibealiyensewaanaaanthuamenealindi mphamvupaiwekutiakuchitirechoipa; Pitamumtendere.

30Ndipongatiuonadzikolokongolapamasopako kukhalamo,uuka,unditengerekwaiwe,ndipoutengeLoti mwanawaHaranambalewakongatimwanawako; Yehovaakhalenawe

31NdipoNahorimbalewakoapitenanempakautabwerera mumtendere,ndipoifetonsetidzapitanawepamodzi.

CHAPUTALA13

1NdipoAbramuanachokakuHarana,natengaSaraimkazi wake,ndiLotimwanawambalewakeHarana,napitaku dzikolaKanani;nafikakuAsuri,napitakuSekemu, nakhalapafupindimtengowautaliwathundu

2Ndipoanaona,ndipotaonani,dzikololinalilokongola kwambirikuyambirapolowerakuHamatimpakaku mtengowaukuluwathundu

3NdipoYehovaanatikwaiye,Ndidzapatsaiwendimbeu yakodzikolino.

4Ndipoanamangaguwalansembepamenepo,napereka nsembeyopserezakwaYehova,ameneadamuonekera

5Ndipoanachokakumenekokupitakuphiri...Beteli kumadzulondiAikum'mawa,namangahemawake kumeneko

6Ndipoanaonadzikolo,ndipotaonani,linalilalikulundi labwino,ndipozonsezinalikumerapamenepo,mipesa,ndi nkhuyu,ndimakangaza,ndimitengoyathundu,ndi mitengoyaterebinthi,ndimitengoyamafuta,ndi mikungudza,ndimitengoyapaini,ndimitengoya kanjedza,ndimitengoyonseyam’munda;ndipopanali madzim’mapiri

7NdipoanadalitsaYehovaameneanamutulutsakuUriwa Akaldayo,namubweretsakudzikolino.

8Ndipokunachitikam'chakachoyamba,m'sabata lachisanundichiwiri,pamweziwatsopanowamwezi woyamba,1954AM]kutianamangaguwalansembe paphiriili,naitanapadzinalaYehova:'Inu,Mulungu wosatha,ndinuMulunguwanga'

9NdipoanaperekansembeyopserezakwaYehovapa guwalansembekutiakhalenayendipoasamusiyemasiku onseamoyowake

10Ndipoanachokakumenekonapitakumbaliyakumwera, nafikakuHebroni;ndipoHebronianamangidwanthawi imeneyo,nakhalakumenekozakaziwiri;napitakumeneko kudzikolakumwera,kuBealoti;ndipomunalinjala m'dzikomo

11NdipoAbramuanalowamuIguptochakachachitatucha sabata,ndipoanakhalakuIguptozakazisanumkaziwake asanatengedwekwaiye

12TsopanoTanaisikuIguptoinamangidwapanthawiyozakazisanundiziwiripambuyopaHebroni.

13NdipoFaraoatagwiraSarai,mkaziwaAbramu,Yehova anakanthaFaraondibanjalakendimiliriyaikuluchifukwa chaSarai,mkaziwaAbramu.

14NdipoAbramuanaliwaulemererowaukuluchifukwa chachumachake,nkhosa,nding'ombe,ndiabulu,ndi akavalo,ndingamila,ndiakapoloaamuna,ndiaakazi,ndi silivandigolidewambiri;ndipoLotimwanawam'bale wakenayensoanaliwolemera

15NdipoFaraoanabwezaSarai,mkaziwaAbramu, namutumizaiyekuchokerakudzikolaAigupto;namuka kunkakumalokumeneanamangahemawakepoyamba, kumaloaguwalansembe,ndiAikum'mawa,ndiBeteli kumadzulo;nalemekezaYehovaMulunguwake,amene anambwezeraiyemumtendere

16Ndipozinachitikamuchakachamakumianayindi chimodzichachakachachitatuchasabatayoyamba,[1963 AM]kutianabwererakumaloanonaperekansembe yopserezapamenepo,naitanadzinalaYehova,nati:'Inu, MulunguWam'mwambamwamba,ndinuMulunguwanga kwamuyaya.'

17Ndipom'chakachachinayichasabataino[1964AM] Lotianalekananaye,ndipoLotianakhalakuSodomu, ndipoanthuakuSodomuanaliochimwakwambiri.

18Ndipoanamvachisonimumtimamwakekutimwanawa mbalewakewasiyananaye,chifukwaanalibeana.

19ChakachimenechopameneLotianatengedwaukapolo, YehovaanatikwaAbramu,Lotiatalekananaye,m’chaka chachinayichasabataino,“Kwezamasoakokuchokera kumeneukukhala,kumpotondikum’mwera,ndi kumadzulondikum’mawa”

20Dzikolonselimeneukulionandidzaliperekakwaiwe ndikwambewuyakokwamuyaya,ndipondidzachulukitsa mbewuyakongatimchengawam’nyanjaNgakhale munthuangawerengefumbiladzikolapansi,mbewuyako sidzawerengedwa

21Tauka,yendam’dzikolonselom’litalimwakendi m’lifupimwake,ndipouonezonsezo;pakutindidzapatsa mbewuyako’NdipoAbramuanapitakuHebroni,nakhala kumeneko.

22NdipochakachinoanafikaKedorlaomere,mfumuya Elamu,ndiAmrafele,mfumuyaSinara,ndiAriokimfumu yaSelasari,ndiTergali,mfumuyaMitundu,naphamfumu yaGomora,ndipomfumuyaSodomuinathawa,ndipo ambirianagwam'chigwachaSidimu,pafupindiNyanjaya Mchere.

23NdipoanagwiraSodomu,Adamu,ndiZeboimu,ndi Lotimwanawamng'onowakewaAbramu,ndichuma chakechonse,napitakuDani.

24NdipowinaameneanathawaanabweranauzaAbramu kutimwanawam'balewakewagwidwaukapolondipo (Abramu)anapatsaantchitoakezida...

25kwaAbramu,ndikwambewuyake,gawolimodzi mwamagawokhumiazipatsozoyambakwaYehova, ndipoYehovaanalamulakutilikhalelamulokosathakuti aziperekakwaansembeomweankatumikirapamasopake, kutiakhalenalokosatha

26Ndipolamuloilisilikhalandimalireamasiku;pakuti Iyewakhazikitsakwamibadwomibadwokosathakuti aziperekakwaYehovagawolimodzimwamagawokhumi achilichonse,chambewu,chavinyo,chamafuta,cha ng'ombe,ndichankhosa

27Ndipoanapatsaansembeakekutiadyendikumwa mosangalalapamasopake.

28NdipomfumuyaSodomuinadzakwaiye, inamuweramira,nati,AmbuyewathuAbramu,tipatseni miyoyoimenemunapulumutsa,komazofunkhazikhale zanu

29NdipoAbramuanatikwaiye,Ndikwezamanjaanga kwaMulunguWam'mwambamwamba,kutisindidzatenga kanthukako,kuyambiraulusimpakachingwechansapato, kutiunganenekuti,NdamlemeretsaAbramu;koma chokhachochimeneanyamataadadya,ndigawolaanthu ameneadapitanane-Aneri,Escol,ndiMamre;awa adzatengagawolawo

CHAPUTALA14

1Zitathaizi,chakachachinayichasabatalino,mwezi watsopanowamweziwachitatu,mawuaYehovaanadza kwaAbramum'maloto,nati,Usaope,Abramu;Inendine wotetezawako,ndipomphothoyakoidzakhalayayikulu kwambiri

2Ndipoanati,Ambuye,Ambuye,mudzandipatsachiyani ine,popezandiliwopandamwana,ndipomwanawaMaseq,

mwanawamdzakaziwanga,ndiyeEliezerewaku Damasko:iyeadzakhalawolowam'malomwanga,ndipo simunandipatsemwana

3Ndipoanatikwaiye,Uyusadzakhalawolowam'malo mwako,komaameneadzatulukam'mimbamwako;ndiye adzakhalawolowam'malomwako

4Ndipoanamtulutsaiyekunja,natikwaiye,Yang'ana kumwamba,uwerengenyenyezingatiungathe kuziwerenga

5Ndipoanayang'anakumwamba,naonanyenyezi;nati kwaiye,Momwemonsombeuyakoidzakhala

6NdipoanakhulupiriraYehova,ndipokunawerengedwa kwaiyengatichilungamo.

7Ndipoanatikwaiye,InendineYehovaamene ndinatulutsaiwemuUriwaAkaldayo,kutindikupatse dzikolaAkanani,likhalelakokosatha;ndipondidzakhala Mulunguwakondiwambewuyakopambuyopako

8Ndipoanati,Ambuye,Ambuye,ndidzadziwabwanjikuti ndidzalandiracholowachanga?

9Ndipoanatikwaiye,Unditengereng'ombeyaikaziya zakazitatu,ndimbuziyazakazitatu,ndinkhosayaikaziya zakazitatu,ndinjiwa,ndinjiwa.

10Ndipoanatengazonsezipakatipamwezi,nakhalapa mtengowathunduwakuMamre,womweulipafupindi Hebroni.

11Ndipoanamangaguwalansembepamenepo,napereka nsembezonsezi;nathiramwaziwawopaguwalansembe, nawadulapakati,nawaikamoyang'anizana;komambalame sanazidula

12Ndipombalamezinagwerapanyamazo,ndipoAbramu anazithamangitsa,ndiposanalolembalamekuzikhudza.

13Ndipopanalipamenedzuwalinalowa,Abramu anadabwakwambiri,ndipotaonani,manthaamdima waukuluanamgwera,ndipoanauzidwaAbramukuti, Dziwandithukutimbewuyakoidzakhalaalendom'dziko losatilawo,ndipoadzawachititsaukapolo,nadzawasautsa zakamazanaanayi.

14Ndipomtunduumeneadzaugwiritsantchitongati akapolondidzauweruza,ndipopambuyopake adzatulukamondichumachambiri.

15Ndipoudzapitakwamakoloakomumtendere,ndipo udzaikidwam’mandauliwokalambabwino

16Komam'badwowachinayiadzabwererakuno,pakuti zolakwazaAamorisizinakwanire

17Ndipoanadzukakutulotake,nadzuka,ndipodzuwa linalowa;ndipopanalilawilamoto,ndipotaonani,ng'anjo inalikufukautsi,ndilawilamotolinadutsapakatipa zidutswazo.

18NdipotsikulomweloYehovaanapanganapanganondi Abramu,nati,Ndidzapatsambewuyakodzikolino, kuyambirapamtsinjewaAiguptokufikirapamtsinje waukulu,mtsinjewaFirate,Akeni,Akenizi,Akadimoni, Aperizi,ndiArefaimu,Afarisi,Ahivi,ndiAamori,ndi Akanani,ndiAgirigasi,ndiAyebusi

19Ndipotsikulitapita,Abramuanaperekazidutswazo,ndi mbalame,ndinsembezawozazipatso,ndinsembezawo zachakumwa;ndipomotounazitentha.

20NdipotsikulimenelotinapanganapanganondiAbramu, mongamomwetinapanganandiNowam'mweziuno;ndipo Abramuanakonzansochikondwererondilamulolake kosatha

21NdipoAbramuanakondwera,nadziwitsaSaraimkazi wakezonsezi;ndipoanakhulupirirakutiadzakhalandi mwana,komaiyesanabereke 22NdipoSaraianalangizaAbramumwamunawake,nati kwaiye,LowanikwaHagara,mdzakaziwangawaku Aigupto;kapenandingakuunjikireiwembeundiiye 23NdipoAbramuanamveramawuaSaraimkaziwake, natikwaiye,Chita(chomwecho).NdipoSaraianatenga Hagara,mdzakaziwake,Mwigupto,namuperekakwa Abramumwamunawake,kutiakhalemkaziwake 24Ndipoanalowakwaiye,ndipoanatengapakatinabala mwanawamwamuna,ndipoanamutchadzinalakeIsmayeli, m'chakachachisanuchasabatalino[1965AM];ndipoichi chinalichakachamakumiasanundiatatumphambuzisanu ndichimodzichamoyowaAbramu

CHAPUTALA15

1Ndipom'chakachachisanuchasabatalachinayila chikondwererochi,[1979AM]m'mweziwachitatu,pakati pamweziwo,Abramuanakondwereraphwandolazipatso zoyambazazokololazatirigu.

2Ndipoanaperekansembezatsopanopaguwalansembe, zipatsozoyambazazipatso,kwaYehova,ng'ombeyaikazi, mbuzi,ndinkhosapaguwalansembemongansembe yopserezakwaYehova;nsembezawozazipatsondi nsembezawozachakumwaanaperekapaguwalansembe pamodzindilubani.

3NdipoYehovaanaonekerakwaAbramu,natikwaiye, InendineMulunguWamphamvuyonse;udzivomereze pamasopanga,nukhalewangwiro.

4NdipondidzapanganapanganolangapakatipaInendi iwe,ndipondidzakuchulukitsakwambiri

5NdipoAbramuanagwankhopeyakepansi,ndipo Mulunguanalankhulanaye,nati, 6Taonanilamulolangalilindiinu, Ndipoudzakhalaatatewamitunduyambiri.

7DzinalakosilidzatchedwansoAbramu, Komadzinalakokuyambiratsopano,mpakamuyaya, lidzakhalaAbrahamu.

Pakutindakusankhaiwekukhalatatewamitunduyambiri

8Ndipondidzakukwezakwambiri, Ndipondidzakusandutsaiwemitunduyaanthu, Ndipomafumuadzatulukamwaiwe

9NdipondidzakhazikitsapanganolangapakatipaInendi iwe,ndimbeuzakozapambuyopako,m'mibadwoyawo, kutilikhalepanganolosatha,kutindikhaleMulunguwako, ndiwambeuzakozapambuyopako.

10Ndipondidzakupatsaiwendimbewuyakoyobwera pambuyopakodzikolimenewakhalamomlendo,dzikola Kanani,kutilikhalelakokosatha,ndipoinendidzakhala Mulunguwawo.

11NdipoYehovaanatikwaAbrahamu,Komaiwe,sunga panganolanga,iwendimbeuzakopambuyopako;dulani amunaonsepakatipanu,dulanikhungulanu;ndipo chidzakhalachizindikirochapanganolosathapakatipaIne ndiinu.

12Ndipomwanawamwamunatsikulachisanundichitatu muzimdula,mwamunaaliyensem'mibadwoyanu, wobadwiram'nyumbamo,kapenaamenemunamugulandi

ndalamakwamlendoaliyense,amenemunamgula,amene siwambewuyanu.

13Wobadwam'nyumbamwakoadzadulidwandithu,ndi iwoameneunawagulandindalamaadzadulidwa;ndipo panganolangalidzakhalam'thupimwako,likhalelamulo losatha

14Ndipomwamunawosadulidwaamenesanadulidwe khungulakelakunjapatsikulachisanundichitatu,munthu ameneyoadzachotsedwapakatipaanthuake,chifukwa waswapanganolanga’

15NdipoMulunguanatikwaAbrahamu,KomaSarai mkaziwako,dzinalakesilidzatchedwansoSarai,koma dzinalakelidzakhalaSara.

16Ndipondidzamdalitsaiye,ndikupatsaiwemwana wamwamunamwaiye,ndipondidzamdalitsaiye,ndipo adzakhalamtundu,ndipomafumuamitunduadzatuluka mwaiye

17NdipoAbrahamuanagwankhopeyakepansi, nakondwera,natimumtimamwake,Kodimwana adzabadwakwaiyewazakazana,ndipoSarawazaka makumiasanundianayiadzabala?

18NdipoAbrahamuanatikwaMulungu,Ismayeliakhale ndimoyopamasopanu!

19NdipoMulunguanati,Inde,ndipoSaraadzakubalira mwanawamwamuna;ndipoudzamutchadzinalakeIsake; ndipondidzakhazikitsapanganolangandiiye,pangano losatha,ndilambewuyakepambuyopake

20NdipozaIsmayelindakumvani,ndipotaonani ndidzamudalitsa,ndikumukulitsa,ndikumuchulukitsa kwambiri;ndipoadzabalaakalongakhumindiawiri,ndipo ndidzamupangakukhalamtunduwaukulu.

21KomapanganolangandidzalikhazikitsandiIsake, ameneSaraadzakuberekeraiwemasikuano,chaka chamawa.

22Ndipoanalekakulankhulanaye,ndipoMulungu anakwerakuchokerakwaAbrahamu

23NdipoAbrahamuanachitamongamomweMulungu adamuuza,natengaIsmayelimwanawake,ndionse obadwam'nyumbamwake,ndiameneadawagulandi ndalamazake,amunaonsem'nyumbamwake,nadula khungulawo

24NdipoAbrahamuanadulidwatsikulomwelo,ndiamuna onseam'nyumbamwake,ndiobadwiram'nyumbamo,ndi onseameneanagulandindalamakwaanaaalendo, anadulidwapamodzinaye

25Lamuloilindilamibadwoyonsekwamuyaya,ndipo palibemdulidwewamasikuwo,ndipopalibekuchotsedwa kwatsikulimodzimwamasikuasanundiatatu;pakutindi lamulolosatha,lokhazikitsidwandilolembedwapa magomeakumwamba

26Ndipoaliyensewobadwa,amenekhungulake silinadulidwepatsikulachisanundichitatu,siwaanaa panganolimeneYehovaanapangandiAbrahamu,komawa anaachiwonongeko;ndipopalibechizindikirochilichonse paiyechakutindiwaYehova,koma(ayenera) kuwonongedwandikuphedwapadzikolapansi,ndi kuchotsedwapadzikolapansi,chifukwawaswapanganola YehovaMulunguwathu

27Pakutiangeloonseokhalapondiangeloonseopatulika adalengedwakuyambiratsikulomweadalengedwa,ndipo pamasopaangelookhalapondiangeloopatulikaIye

adayeretsaIsrayeli,kutiakhalenayeIyendiangeloAke oyera.

28NdipoiweulamulireanaaIsrayeli,ndipoasunge chizindikirochapanganoilim'mibadwoyawo,likhale lamulolosatha,kutiasachotsedwem'dziko.

29Pakutilamulolilakhazikitsidwakukhalapangano,kuti asungekosathapakatipaanaonseaIsrayeli

30KwaIsmayelindianaake,abaleakendiEsau,Yehova sanawayandikire,ndiposanawasankhechifukwachakuti ndianaaAbrahamu,chifukwaanawadziwa,koma anasankhaIsrayelikutiakhaleanthuake

31NdipoIyeanauyeretsa,nausonkhanitsapakatipaana onseaanthu;pakutipalimitunduyambirindianthuambiri, ndipoonsendiAke,ndipopamwambapazonseIyewaika mizimum'mphamvukutiiwasokereIye

32KomasanaikemngelokapenamzimupaIsrayeli, chifukwaIyeyekhandiyewolamulirawawo,ndipo adzawasungandikuwafunam'manjamwaangeloAkendi mizimuYake,ndim'manjamwamphamvuZakezonsekuti awasungendikuwadalitsa,ndikutiakhaleAkendipoIye akhaleawokuyambiratsopanokwamuyaya

33NdipotsopanondikukudziwitsanikutianaaIsrayeli sadzasungalamuloili,ndiposadzadulaanaawoaamuna motsatiralamuloililonse;pakutim'thupilamdulidwe wawoadzasiyamdulidweuwuwaanaawoaamuna,ndipo onsewa,anaaBeliari,adzasiyaanaawoaamuna osadulidwamongamomweanabadwira 34NdipomkwiyowaukuluwochokerakwaYehova udzagweraanaaIsrayeli,chifukwaasiyapanganolake, napatukapamawuake,nakwiyitsandikunyoza,chifukwa sakusungalamulolalamuloli;pakutiachitiraziwalozawo ngatiAmitundu,koterokutiachotsedwendikuchotsedwa m'dzikoloNdiposipadzakhalansochikhululukirokapena chikhululukirokwaiwo[kutipakhalechikhululukirondi chikhululukiro]patchimolonselakulakwitsakosatha kumeneku

CHAPUTALA16

1Ndipopamweziwatsopanowamweziwachinayi tinaonekerakwaAbrahamu,pamtengowathunduwaku Mamre,ndipotinalankhulanaye,ndipotinamuuzakuti Saramkaziwakeadzampatsamwanawamwamuna.

2NdipoSaraanaseka,chifukwaanamvakutitinalankhula mawuawandiAbrahamu,ndipotinamulangiza,ndipo anaopa,nakanakutisanasekechifukwachamawuwo.

3Ndipotinamuuzadzinalamwanawakewamwamuna, mongamomwedzinalakelalembedwerandikulembedwa m'mapiritsiakumwamba(monga)Isake, 4Ndipo(kuti)tikabwererakwaiyenthawiyoikika, adzakhalandipakatipamwanawamwamuna

5Ndipom'mweziunoYehovaanaweruzaSodomu, Gomora,ndiZeboimu,ndichigawochonsechaYordano, ndipoanawatenthandimotondisulfure,nawawononga mpakalero,mongamomwendakuuziranintchitozawo zonse,kutindioipakomansoochimwakwambiri,ndipo amadzidetsaokhandikuchitachiwerewerem'thupilawo, ndikuchitazonyansapadzikolapansi

6Ndipo,mofananamo,Mulunguadzaperekachiweruzopa maloameneadachitamotsatirazonyansazaanthuaku

Sodomu,mongamomweadachitirandichiweruzocha Sodomu.

7KomatinapulumutsaLoti;pakutiMulungu anakumbukiraAbrahamu,namutulutsapakatipa chionongeko.

8Ndipoiyendianaakeaakazianachitamachimopadziko lapansi,omwesanakhalepopadzikolapansikuyambira masikuaAdamumpakanthawiyake;chifukwa mwamunayoanagonandianaakeaakazi

9Ndipo,onani,kunalamulidwandikulembedwazambewu yakeyonse,pamagomeakumwamba,kutiawachotsendi kuwachotsa,ndikuwaweruzamongamomwezinalilindi Sodomu,ndikutiasasiyembewuyamunthupadziko lapansipatsikulachiweruzo

10NdipomweziumenewoAbrahamuanachokaku Hebroni,namuka,nakhalapakatipaKadesindiShuri, kumapiriaGerari

11Pakatipamweziwachisanu,iyeanachokakumeneko nakakhalakuChitsimechaChipangano.

12NdipopakatipamweziwachisanundichimodziYehova anachezeraSaranamuchitiramongamomweananenera, ndipoanatengapakati.

13Ndipoanabalamwanawamwamunamweziwachitatu, ndipopakatipamwezi,nthawiimeneYehovaanalankhula ndiAbrahamu,pachikondwererochazipatsozoyambaza zokolola,Isakeanabadwa

14NdipoAbrahamuanadulamwanawakewamwamuna tsikulachisanundichitatu;iyeanaliwoyambakudulidwa molinganandipanganolokhazikikakosatha

15Ndipom'chakachachisanundichimodzichasabata yachinayitinafikakwaAbrahamu,kuChitsimecha Lumbiro,ndipotinaonekerakwaiye[mongamomwe tinaneneraSarakutitibwererekwaiye,ndipoadzakhala ndipakatipamwanawamwamuna.

16Ndipotinabwereram’mweziwachisanundichiwiri, ndipotinapezaSaraalindipakatipatsogolopathu]ndipo tinamudalitsa,ndipotinamuuzazonsezomwezinanenedwa zokhudzaiye,kutiasafempakaataberekaanaaamuna asanundimmodzi,ndikuwaonaasanamwalire;koma(kuti) dzinalakendimbewuyakezidzatchedwamwaIsake: 17Ndipo(kuti)mbewuzonsezaanaakezikhaleza Amitundu,ndipozidzawerengedwapamodzindiAmitundu; komakuchokeramwaanaaIsakemmodziadzakhala mbewuyopatulika,ndiposayenerakuwerengedwapakati paAmitundu

18PakutiiyeadzakhalagawolaWam'mwambamwamba, ndipombewuyakeyonseidagwam'malomwaMulungu, kutiikhalekwaAmbuyeanthuake(ake)kuposamitundu yonse,ndikutiikhaleufumundiansembendimtundu woyera

19Ndipotinapita,ndipotinamuuzaSarazonsezimene tinamuuza,ndipoonseawirianasangalalakwambiri.

20NdipoanamangiraYehovaguwalansembekumeneko, ameneanam’pulumutsa,ndiameneanam’sangalatsa m’dzikolimeneanakhalamo,ndipoanakondwerera chikondwererochachisangalalomweziunomasikuasanu ndiawiri,pafupindiguwalansembelimeneanamangapa ChitsimechaLumbiro

21Ndipoanamangamisasayakendiyaantchitoakepa chikondwererochi,ndipoanaliwoyambakuchita chikondwererochamisasapadzikolapansi

22Ndipomasikuasanundiawiriawaanaperekansembe yopserezakwaYehovapaguwalansembetsikunditsiku, ng'ombeziwiri,nkhosazamphongoziwiri,nkhosa zamphongozisanundiziwiri,ndimbuziimodzi yamphongo,ikhalensembeyamachimo,kutiadzitetezere iyemwinindianaake

23Ndipo,mongansembeyoyamika,nkhosazamphongo zisanundiziwiri,anaambuziasanundiawiri,nkhosa zamphongozisanundiziwiri,ndimbuzizamphongozisanu ndiziwiri,ndinsembezawozazipatso,ndinsembezawo zachakumwa;ndipoanatenthamafutaakeonsepaguwala nsembe,nsembeyosankhidwakwaYehovayafungo lokoma.

24Ndipom'mawandimadzuloanatenthazonunkhira, lubanindigalbanamu,sitakite,nardo,mure,zonunkhira, ndikostum;zonsezizisanundiziwirianazipereka, zophwanyika,zosakanizapamodzimofanana(ndi)zoyera 25Ndipoanachitaphwandoilimasikuasanundiawiri, akusangalalandimtimawakewonsendimoyowakewonse, iyendionseameneanalim'nyumbamwake,ndipopanalibe mlendoaliyensekapenawosadulidwanaye

26NdipoanadalitsaMlengiwakeameneanamulenga m'badwowake,chifukwaIyeanamulengamongamwa chisangalaloChakechabwino;chifukwaIyeankadziwandi kuzindikirakutikuchokeramwaiyekudzatulukachomera chachilungamokwamibadwoyosatha,ndipokuchokera mwaiyekudzatulukambewuyopatulika,koterokutiikhale ngatiIyeameneanapangazinthuzonse.

27Ndipoanadalitsandikusangalala,ndipoanatchadzina lachikondwererochichikondwererochaYehova, chimwemwechovomerezekakwaMulungu Wam'mwambamwamba

28Ndipotinamudalitsakwamuyaya,ndianaakeonse omutsatiram'mibadwoyonseyadzikolapansi,chifukwa anachitachikondwererochipanthawiyake,motsatira umboniwamagomeakumwamba

29Pachifukwaichi,pamiyalayakumwamba,analamula Israyelikutiazichitachikondwererochamisasamasiku asanundiawirimosangalala,m'mweziwachisanundi chiwiri,chovomerezekapamasopaYehova-lamulo losatham'mibadwoyawochakachilichonse

30Ndipomasikuakesadzapitiriramalire,pakuti analamulidwakosathandiIsrayelikutiazikondwererandi kukhalam'misasa,ndikuyikankhatapamitupawo,ndi kutenganthambizamasamba,ndimitengoyamsondodzi m'mtsinje.

31NdipoAbrahamuanatenganthambizamitengoya kanjedza,ndizipatsozamitengoyokoma,nayendayenda paguwalansembetsikunditsikundinthambizokasanu ndikawirim'mawa,natamandandikuyamikaMulungu wakechifukwachazinthuzonsemokondwera

CHAPUTALA17

1Ndipom'chakachoyambachasabatalachisanuIsake analekakuyamwamuchakachinochachisangalalo,[1982 AM]ndipoAbrahamuanakonzaphwandolalikulumwezi wachitatu,tsikulomwemwanawakeIsakeanaleka kuyamwa

2NdipoIsmayeli,mwanawaHagara,Mwigupto,anali pamasopaAbrahamu,atatewake,m'malomwake,ndipo

AbrahamuanasangalalandikutamandaMulunguchifukwa adawonaanaakendiposanafeopandaana.

3Ndipoanakumbukiramawuameneanamuuzapatsiku limeneLotianalekananaye,ndipoanasangalalachifukwa Yehovaanamupatsambewupadzikolapansikutialandire dzikolapansi,ndipoanadalitsandipakamwapakeMlengi wazinthuzonse

4NdipoSaraanaonaIsmayeliakusewerandikuvina,ndipo Abrahamuakusangalalakwambiri,ndipoanachitiransanje Ismayeli,natikwaAbrahamu,Tayanikapolouyundi mwanawake;pakutimwanawakapolouyusadzalandira cholowapamodzindimwanawanga,Isaki

5NdiponkhaniyoinamuipiraAbrahamuchifukwacha mdzakaziwakendimwanawake,kutianawathamangitsa 6NdipoMulunguanatikwaAbrahamu,Usaipidwendi mwanandimdzakazi;m'zonsezimeneSarawakuuza, mveramawuake,nuchite;pakutidzinalakondimbeuyako zidzatchedwamwaIsake

7Komamwanawamdzakaziuyundidzamupangakukhala mtunduwaukulu,chifukwandiwochokeram'mbewuyako 8NdipoAbrahamuanadzukam’mawakwambiri,natenga mkatendithumbalamadzi,naziikapamapewaaHagara ndimwana,namulolaapite

9Ndipoanamuka,nayendayendam’chipululucha Beereseba;ndipomadzianatham’mtsuko,ndimwanayo anamvaludzu,nalepherakupitirira,nagwapansi

10Ndipoamakeanamtenga,namuponyapansipamtengo waazitona,napitanakakhalapansipopenyananaye,patali ndimtundawautawoponya;pakutianati,Ndisaone mwanawangaakufa;ndipopokhalapansianalira 11NdipomngelowaMulungu,mmodziwaoyeramtima, anatikwaiye,Ukuliranji,Hagara?Dzuka,tengamwanayo, numugwirem'dzanjalako;pakutiMulunguwamvamawu ako,ndipowaonamwanayo.

12Ndipoanatsegulamasoake,naonachitsimechamadzi, napitanadzazamtsukowakendimadzi,napatsamwana wakekutiamwe;nanyamukanapitakuchipululucha Parani

13Ndipomwanayoanakulanakhalawoponyamivi,ndipo Mulunguanalinaye,ndipoamakeanamtengeramkazi pakatipaanaaakaziaAigupto

14Ndipoanabalamwanawamwamuna,namutchadzina lakeNebayoti,pakutianati,Yehovaanalipafupindiine pamenendinamuitana

15Ndipozinachitikakutim’sabatalachisanundichiwiri, m’chakachoyamba,[2003AM]m’mweziwoyambamu chikondwererochi,patsikulakhumindichiwirilamwezi uno,panamvekamawukumwambaokhudzaAbrahamu, kutianaliwokhulupirikam’zonsezimeneanamuuza,ndi kutiankakondaAmbuye,ndikutim’masautsoonseanali wokhulupirika

16NdipokalongaMastêmâanabweranatipamasopa Mulungu,Taonani,Abrahamuamakondamwanawake Isake,ndipoamakondweranayekuposachinachilichonse; muuzenikutiamuperekemongansembeyopserezapa guwalansembe,ndipomudzawonangatiadzachitalamulo ili,ndipomudzadziwangatialiwokhulupirikapa chilichonsechimenemudzamuyesa

17NdipoYehovaanadziwakutiAbrahamuanali wokhulupirikam'masautsoakeonse;pakutiadamuyesa m'dzikolakendinjala,ndipoadamuyesandichumacha

mafumu,ndipoadamuyesansokudzeramwamkaziwake, pamenemkaziyoadatengedwa(ndiiye),ndimdulidwe; ndipoadamuyesakudzeramwaIsmayelindiHagara, kapolowakewamkazi,pameneadawatulutsa.

18Ndipom'zonsezimeneIyeanamuyesa,anapezeka wokhulupirika,ndipomoyowakesunaliwolezamtima, ndiposanachedwekuchitapokanthu;chifukwaanali wokhulupirikakomansowokondaAmbuye.

CHAPUTALA18

1NdipoMulunguanatikwaiye,Abrahamu,Abrahamu; ndipoanati,Taonani,(ndilipano)ine.

2Ndipoanati,Tengamwanawakowokondedwa,amene ukonda,Isaki,nupitekuphirilalitali,ukamperekeiyepa limodzimwamapiriomwendidzakuonetsa.

3Ndipoanadzukam'mawakwambiri,namangabuluwake, natengaanyamataakeawiripamodzinaye,ndimwana wakeIsake,nadulankhunizansembeyopsereza,napita kumenekotsikulachitatu,naonamalowopatali

4Ndipoanafikapachitsimechamadzi,nauzaanyamataake, 'Khalanipanondibulu,inendimnyamatayutipita (kudutsa),ndipotikalambiratidzabweransokwainu'

5Ndipoanatengankhunizansembeyopserezanaziyikapa Isakimwanawake,natengamotondimpenim'dzanjalake, napitaonseawiripamodzikumaloko

6NdipoIsakeanatikwaatatewake,‘Atate!’ndipoiye anati,‘Ndilipano,mwanawanga.’Ndipoiyeanatikwaiye, ‘Taonamoto,mpeni,ndinkhuni;komankhosayansembe yopserezailikuti,abambo?’

7Ndipoiyeanati,‘Mwanawanga,Mulunguadzadzipezera nkhosayansembeyopsereza’Ndipoanayandikiramaloa phirilaMulungu

8Ndipoanamangaguwalansembe,naikankhunipaguwa lansembe,namangaIsakimwanawake,namuikapa nkhunizomwezinalipaguwalansembe,natambasula dzanjalakekutiatengempenikutiapheIsakimwanawake. 9Ndipondinaimapamasopake,ndipamasopakalonga Mastêmâ,ndipoAmbuyeanati,'Muuzenikutiasaike dzanjalakepamnyamatayo,kapenakumuchitira chilichonse,pakutindasonyezakutiamaopaYehova' 10Ndipondinamuitanakuchokerakumwamba,ndipo ndinatikwaiye,Abrahamu,Abrahamu;ndipoanaopanati, Taonani,(ndilipano)ine

11Ndipondinatikwaiye,Usaikedzanjalakopa mnyamatayo,usamchitirekanthu;pakutitsopano ndaonetsakutiumaopaYehova,ndiposunandikanize mwanawakowamwamuna,mwanawakowoyamba.

12NdipokalongaMastêmâanachititsidwamanyazi;ndipo Abrahamuanakwezamasoakenayang'ana,ndipotaonani nkhosayamphongoyagwidwandinyangazake,ndipo Abrahamuanapitanakatengankhosayamphongoyo naiperekansembeyopserezam'malomwamwanawake

13NdipoAbrahamuanatchamalowokuti,Yehovawaona; ndichifukwachakem'phirilaYehovawaona,ndiloPhirila Ziyoni

14NdipoYehovaanatchaAbrahamudzinalakekachiwiri kuchokerakumwamba,mongamomweanatiuzirakuti tiwonekerekutitikulankhulanayem'dzinalaYehova

15Ndipoanati,NdalumbiramwaInendekha,atiYehova, Popezawachitaizi,ndiposunandiletsemwanawako

wokondedwa,kutim'kudalitsandidzakudalitsa,ndipo m'kuchulukitsandidzachulukitsambewuzako,monga nyenyezizakumwamba,ndimongamchengawa m'mphepetemwanyanja;ndipombewuzakozidzalandira mizindayaadaniake,

16Ndipom’mbewuyakomitunduyonseyadzikolapansi idzadalitsidwa,chifukwawamveramawuanga,ndipo ndasonyezakwaonsekutindiwewokhulupirikakwaIne m’zonsezimenendinakuuzanikuti:Pitamumtendere’ 17NdipoAbrahamuanapitakwaanyamataake,ndipo ananyamukanapitapamodzikuBeereseba;ndipo Abrahamu[2010AM]anakhalapafupindiChitsimecha Lumbiro.

18Ndipoankachitachikondwererochichakachilichonse, masikuasanundiawirimosangalala,ndipoanachitcha chikondwererochaYehovamalingandimasikuasanundi awiriameneanayendamondikubwereramumtendere 19Ndipochifukwachaichichalembedwapamagome akumwambaokhudzaIsrayelindimbewuyakekuti azikondwererachikondwererochimasikuasanundiawiri ndichisangalalochachikondwererocho

CHAPUTALA19

1Ndipochakachoyambachasabatayoyamba,cha chikondwererochamakumianayindiziwiri,Abrahamu anabwereranakhalapandunjipaHebroni,ndikokuti, Kiriyati-ariba,masabataawiriazaka.

2Ndipom'chakachoyambachasabatalachitatula chikondwererochi,masikuamoyowaSaraanatha,ndipo anamwalirakuHebroni.

3NdipoAbrahamuanapitakukamlirandikumuika m’manda,ndipotinamuyesakutitionengatimzimuwake unaliwolezamtimandiposanakwiyirendimawua pakamwapake;ndipoanapezekawolezamtimapaizi, ndiposanavutike

4PakutimopiriramtimaanalankhulandianaaHeti,kuti amupatsemalootiaikemowakufawake

5NdipoYehovaanam’patsachisomopamasopaonse ameneanamuwona,ndipoanapemphaanaaHetimokoma mtima,ndipoanam’patsadzikolaphangalaanthuawiri patsogolopaMamre,ndikokuti,Hebroni,ndindalama zasilivamazanaanayi.

6Ndipoadampemphakuti,Tidzakupatsakwaulere;koma sanafunekutengakwaulerem'manjamwawo,chifukwa adaperekamtengowamalowo,ndalamazonse,ndipo adaweramapamasopawokawiri,ndipopambuyopake adaikawakufawakem'phangalaanthuawiri.

7MasikuonseamoyowaSaraanalizakazanalimodzi mphambumakumiawirikudzazisanundiziwiri,ndiwo zakaziwirizachisangalalo,masabataanayi,ndichaka chimodzi;masikuamenewondiazakazamoyowaSara.

8IyindimayeserokhumiomweAbrahamuadayesedwa, ndipoadapezekawokhulupirika,wolezamtimamumtima mwake

9Ndiposananenechilichonsechokhudzamphekesera zomwezinalim'dzikolokutiMulunguanatiadzamupatsa iyendimbewuyakepambuyopake,ndipoanapempha malootiaikemowakufawake;pakutianapezeka wokhulupirika,ndipoanalembedwam'mapiritsi akumwambamongabwenzilaMulungu

10Ndipom'chakachachinayichamoyowake,anatengera mwanawakeIsakimkazi,dzinalakeRebeka[2020AM] [mwanawamkaziwaBetuele,mwanawaNahori,mbale waAbrahamu]mlongowakewaLabani,mwanawamkazi waBetuele;ndipoBetueleanalimwanawaMelika,mkazi waNahori,mbalewaAbrahamu

11NdipoAbrahamuanadzitengeramkaziwachitatu,dzina lakeKetura,waanaaakaziaantchitoakeam'nyumba, pakutiHagaraanamwaliraSaraasanabadwe,ndipoanabala anaaamunaasanundimmodzi,Zimramu,ndiYokisani, ndiMedani,ndiMidiyani,ndiIsibaki,ndiShua, m'masabataawiriazaka

12Ndipom’sabatalachisanundichimodzi,chaka chachiwiri,RebekaanaberekeraIsakeanaaamunaawiri, YakobondiEsau

13Ndipo[2046AM]Yakoboanalimunthuwosalala komansowowongoka,ndipoEsauanaliwolimbamtima, munthuwakuthengo,komansowaubweya,ndipoYakobo ankakhalam'mahema.

14Ndipoanyamatawoanakula,ndipoYakoboanaphunzira kulemba;komaEsausanaphunzire,chifukwaanalimunthu wakuthengondiwosakanyama,ndipoanaphunzira nkhondo,ndipontchitozakezonsezinalizankhanza

15NdipoAbrahamuanakondaYakobo,komaIsaki anakondaEsau.

16NdipoAbrahamuanaonantchitozaEsau,ndipo anadziwakutidzinalakendimbewuyakeziyenera kutchedwamwaYakobo;ndipoanatchaRebekandipo analamulazaYakobo,chifukwaankadziwakutinayenso ankakondaYakobokwambirikuposaEsau

17Ndipoanatikwaiye,Mwanawanga,samaliramwana wangaYakobo,pakutiiyeadzakhalam'malomwanga padzikolapansi,ndidalitsopakatipaanaaanthu,ndi ulemererowambewuyonseyaSemu.

18PakutindikudziwakutiYehovaadzamusankhakukhala anthuake,pakatipamitunduyonseyaanthupadziko lapansi.

19Ndipotaonani,mwanawangaIsakiamakondaEsau kuposaYakobo,komandikuonakutiumamukondadi Yakobo.

20Muwonjezerechifundochanukwaiye,ndipomasoanu akhalepaiyemwachikondi;pakutiiyeadzakhaladalitso kwaifepadzikolapansikuyambiratsopanompaka mibadwoyonseyadzikolapansi

21Manjaakoakhaleolimba,ndipomtimawako ukondwerendimwanawakoYakobo,pakutindamukonda kwambirikuposaanaangaonseAdzadalitsidwakosatha, ndipombewuzakezidzadzazadzikolonselapansi.

22Ngatimunthuangathekuwerengamchengawapadziko lapansi,mbewuyakenayonsoidzawerengedwa

23NdipomadalitsoonseameneYehovawandidalitsaine ndimbewuyangaadzakhalaaYakobondimbewuyake nthawizonse

24Ndipom'mbewuyakedzinalangalidzadalitsidwa,ndi dzinalamakoloanga,Semu,ndiNowa,ndiEnoki,ndi Mahalalele,ndiEnosi,ndiSeti,ndiAdamu

25Ndipoizizidzakhazikitsamazikoakumwamba,ndi kulimbitsadzikolapansi,ndikukonzansozounikirazonse zomwezilimlengalenga

26NdipoanaitanaYakobopamasopaamakeRebeka, nampsompsona,namudalitsa,nati,

27‘Yakobo,mwanawangawokondedwa,amenemoyo wangaumamukonda,Mulunguakudalitsekuchokera kumwamba,ndipoakupatsenimadalitsoonseamene anadalitsaAdamu,ndiEnoki,ndiNowa,ndiShemu;ndi zinthuzonsezimeneanandiuza,ndizinthuzonsezimene analonjezakundipatsa,achititsekutizikumatireniinundi mbewuyanukwamuyaya,mongamasikuakumwamba pamwambapadzikolapansi.

28NdipomizimuyaMastêmâsidzalamulirainukapena anaanukutiakuchotsenikwaYehova,amenendiMulungu wanukuyambiratsopanompakakalekale

29NdipoYehovaMulunguakhaleatatewako,ndiiwe mwanawoyambakubadwa,ndikwaanthunthawizonse.

30Pitamumtendere,mwanawanga’Ndipoonseawiri anachokakwaAbrahamu

31NdipoRebekaanakondaYakobondimtimawake wonsendimoyowakewonse,kuposaEsau;komaIsaki anakondaEsaukwambirikuposaYakobo

CHAPUTALA20

1Ndipomuchakachamakumianayimphambuziwiri, m'chakachoyambachasabatalachisanundichiwiri, AbrahamuanaitanaIsmayeli,[2052(2045?)AM]ndiana akeaamunakhumindiawiri,ndiIsakindianaakeaamuna awiri,ndianaasanundimmodziaKetura,ndianaawo aamuna

2NdipoanawalamulakutiasungenjirayaAmbuye;kuti achitechilungamo,ndikukondanawinandimnzake, ndikuchitamoterepakatipaanthuonse;kutialiyense aziyendamwaiwomongamomweamachitirachiweruzo ndichilungamopadzikolapansi

3Kutiaduleanaawoaamuna,motsatirapanganolimene anapangananawo,osapatukakudzanjalamanjakapena lamanzerelanjirazonsezimeneYehovaanatilamula;ndi kutitidzitetezekudamalonsendizonyansa,[ndipotipewe damalonsendizonyansapakatipathu].

4Ndipongatimkazikapenanamwaliachitachiwerewere pakatipanu,muwatenthendimotondipoasachitenaye chiwereweremotsatiramasoawondimtimawawo;ndipo asatengeakazipakatipaanaaakaziaKanani;chifukwa mbewuyaKananiidzachotsedwam'dzikolo

5Ndipoanawauzazachiweruzochazimphona,ndi chiweruzochaAsodomu,momweanaweruzidwachifukwa chakuipakwawo,ndipoanafachifukwachadamalawo, ndichidetsochawo,ndikuwonongekakwaonseawiri kudzeramudama

6‘Ndipochenjeranindidamalonsendizonyansazonse, ndikuipitsidwakonsekwauchimo,kutimusapangedzina lathukukhalatemberero,ndimoyowanuwonsekukhala mluzu,ndianaanuonsekuwonongedwandilupanga, ndipomudzakhalaotembereredwangatiSodomu,ndi otsalaanuonsengatianaaGomora’

7Ndikukupemphani,anaanga,kondaniMulungu wakumwamba,Ndipotsatiranimalamuloakeonse Musatsatiremafanoawondizonyansazawo, 8Musadzipangiremilunguyopangidwandichitsulo kapenayosema;pakutindiyopandapake,ndipomulibe mzimumwaiyo;pakutindintchitoyamanjaaanthu, ndipoonseameneamadaliraiyosadzakhulupirira kalikonse

9Musawatumikire,kapenakuwalambira,komatumikirani MulunguWam'mwambamwamba,ndipomumupembedze nthawizonse:NdipoyembekezeraninkhopeYakenthawi zonse,NdipochitanizolungamapamasoPake,KutiIye akondwerenanundikukupatsanichifundoChake,Ndipo akugwetserenimvulam'mawandimadzulo,Ndipoadalitse ntchitozanuzonsezomwemwagwirapadzikolapansi, Ndipoadalitsechakudyachanundimadzianu,Ndipo adalitsezipatsozam'mimbamwanundizipatsozadziko lanu,Nding'ombezanu,ndinkhosazanu 10Ndipomudzakhaladalitsopadzikolapansi,ndipo mitunduyonseyadzikolapansiidzakukhumbani,ndipo adzadalitsaanaanum'dzinalanga,kutiadalitsidwemonga ine

11NdipoanapatsaIsmayelindianaake,ndianaaKetura mphatso,nazitumizakutalindimwanawakeIsake,ndipo anapatsamwanawakeIsakezonse

12NdipoIsmayelindianaakeaamuna,ndianaaKetura ndianaawoaamuna,anayendapamodzinakhala kuyambiraParanimpakapolowerakuBabulo,m'dziko lonselakum'mawamoyang'anizanandichipululu 13Ndipoawaanasakanikirana,ndipodzinalawo linatchedwaAarabu,ndiAismayeli

CHAPUTALA21

1Ndipom'chakachachisanundichimodzichasabata lachisanundichiwirilachikondwererochi,Abrahamu anaitanamwanawakeIsaki,ndipo[2057(2050?)AM] anamulamulakuti,'Ndakalamba,sindikudziwatsikula imfayanga,ndipondadzazandimasikuanga.'

2Ndipotaonani,ndilindizakazanalimodzimphambu makumiasanundiawirimphambuzisanu,ndipom'masiku onseamoyowangandakumbukiraYehova,ndipo ndayesetsandimtimawangawonsekuchitachifuniro chake,ndikuyendamowongokam'njirazakezonse

3Moyowangawadanandimafano,<ndipondanyoza ameneamawatumikira,ndipondaperekamtimawangandi mzimuwanga>kutindisamalirekuchitachifunirochaIye ameneanandilenga.

4PakutiIyendiyeMulunguwamoyo,ndipoIyendi woyerandiwokhulupirika,ndipoIyendiwolungama kuposaonse,ndipopalibekulandiraanthu(anthu)kapena mphatsokwaIye;pakutiMulungundiwolungama,ndipo amaperekachiweruzopaonseoswamalamuloAkendi kunyozapanganoLake.

5Ndipoiwemwanawanga,sungamalamuloAke,ndi zigamuloZake,ndiziweruzoZake,ndipousatsatire zonyansa,ndimafanoosema,ndimafanoopangidwandi chitsulo

6Musadyemagazianyamakapenang'ombe,kapenaa mbalameiliyonseyoulukam'mlengalenga.

7Ndipongatimuphanyamayamphongongatinsembe yoyamika,muiphe,ndikuthiramagaziakepaguwa lansembe,ndimafutaonseansembeyomuperekepaguwa lansembepamodzindiufawosalala,ndinsembeyaufa yosakanizandimafuta,pamodzindinsembeyake yachakumwa,muziperekezonsepamodzipaguwa lansembeyopsereza;ndifungolokomapamasopaYehova

8Uziperekamafutaansembeyoyamikapamotowomwe ulipaguwalansembe,mafutaam'mimba,mafutaonsea

m'mimba,impsoziwiri,ndimafutaonseomweali pamenepo,ndim'chiunondipachiwindi,pamodzindi impsozo

9Ndipomuperekezonsezimongafungolokomapamaso paYehova,pamodzindinsembeyakeyaufandinsembe yakeyachakumwa,mongafungolokoma,mkate woperekedwakwaYehova

10Ndipoidyaninyamayaketsikulimenelonditsiku lachiwiri,ndipomusalolekutidzuwalilowepatsiku lachiwirimpakalitadyedwa,ndipomusasiyechilichonsepa tsikulachitatu;chifukwasichilandiridwa[chifukwa sichivomerezedwa]ndipomusadyenso,ndipoonseamene adyanyamayoadzadzibweretserauchimo;chifukwandi momwendapezerakutiyalembedwam'mabukuamakolo anga,ndim'mawuaEnoki,ndim'mawuaNowa

11Ndipopazoperekazanuzonseuzithiramchere,ndipo musalolekutimcherewapanganoukhalewopandakanthu pazoperekazanuzonsepamasopaYehova

12Ndipoponenazankhunizansembe,samalanikuti musabweretsenkhunizinapaguwalansembekuwonjezera paizi:cypress,bay,amondi,fibre,paini,mkungudza,savin, mkuyu,azitona,mure,laurel,aspalathus.

13Ndipomitunduiyiyamatabwaiikidwepaguwa lansembepansipansembe,mongamomweyayesedwera poyang'anamaonekedweawo,ndipomusaikepomatabwa oswekakapenaakuda,(koma)olimbandioyera,opanda chilema,ophukabwinokomansoatsopano;ndipo musaikepomatabwaakale,[chifukwafungolakelatha] chifukwamulibefungolofananandikale

14Kupatulamatabwaamtunduwupalibechinachomwe mungayike(paguwalansembe),chifukwafungolake labalalika,ndipofungolakesilikukwerakumwamba

15Sunganilamuloilindipolichiteni,mwanawanga,kuti mukhalewolungamam'zochitazanuzonse.

16Nthawizonsekhalanioyeram'thupilanu,ndipo muzisambandimadzimusanayambekutumikirapaguwa lansembe,ndipomuzisambam'manjandimapazianu musanayambekutumikirapaguwalansembe,ndipo mukamalizakuperekansembe,muzisambansomanjandi mapazianu.

17Ndipomusaonemagazipaiwekapenapazovalazako; chenjeramwanawanga,usachitemagazi,usachite chinyengokwambiri;uphimbendifumbi.

18Ndipomusadyemagazialiwonsechifukwandiwomoyo; musadyemagazialiwonse

19Ndipomusatengemphatsochifukwachamagazia munthu,kutiangakhetsedwepopandachilango,popanda chiweruzo;pakutimagaziomweakhetsedwandiomwe amachititsakutidzikolapansilichimwe,ndipodziko lapansisilingathekuyeretsedwakumagaziamunthu kupatulapondimagaziaiyeameneadakhetsamagaziwo 20Ndipomusatengemphatsokapenamphatsochifukwa chamagaziamunthu:magazichifukwachamagazi,kuti mulandiridwepamasopaYehova,Mulungu Wam'mwambamwamba;pakutiIyendiyechitetezocha zabwino:ndikutimutetezedwekuzoipazonse,ndikuti akupulumutsenikuimfailiyonse.

21Mwanawanga,ndikuonakutintchitozonsezaanaa anthundiuchimondikuipa,ndipontchitozawozonsendi zonyansa,zonyansa,ndizodetsa,ndipopalibechilungamo mwaiwo

22Chenjerani,kutimusayendem'njirazawo,ndikuponda m'njirazawo,ndikuchimwiratchimolofikirakuimfa pamasopaMulunguWam'mwambamwamba,kuti angakubiseninkhopeyake,ndikukubwezeranim'manja mwazolakwazanu,ndikukuchotsanim'dziko,ndimbewu yanupansipathambo,ndipodzinalanundimbewuyanu zidzathapadzikolonselapansi

23Siyanintchitozawozonsendizonyansazawozonse, ndiposunganilamulolaMulunguWam'mwambamwamba, ndipochitanichifuniroChakendipomukhaleolungama m'zonse

24Ndipoadzakudalitsanipantchitozanuzonse,Ndipo adzakuphukitsiranichomerachachilungamopadzikolonse lapansi,m'mibadwoyonseyadzikolapansi,Ndipodzina langandidzinalanusizidzaiwalikapansipathambo kwamuyaya.

25Pita,mwanawangamumtendereMulungu Wam'mwambamwamba,MulunguwangandiMulungu wako,akulimbikitsekutiuchitechifuniroChake,Ndipo adalitsembewuzakozonsendiotsalaambewuzakoku mibadwomibadwokosatha,ndimadalitsoonseolungama, Kutiukhaledalitsopadzikolonselapansi.

26Ndipoanatulukamwaiyeakukondwera

CHAPUTALA22

1Ndipokunachitikasabatayoyambamuchakacha makumianayindizinayi,chakachachiwiri,chomwendi chakachomweAbrahamuanamwalira,kutiIsakindi IsmayelianachokerakuChitsimechaLumbirokudzachita phwandolamasabata-ndikokuti,phwandolazipatso zoyambazazokolola-kwaAbrahamu,atatewawo,ndipo Abrahamuanasangalalachifukwaanaakeawirianafika

2PopezaIsakianalindichumachambirikuBeereseba, ndipoIsakiankakondakupitakukawonachumachakendi kubwererakwabamboake

3Ndipom’masikuamenewoIsmayelianafikakwaatate wake,ndipoonseawirianasonkhanapamodzi;ndipoIsake anaperekansembeyopsereza,naiperekapaguwalansembe laatatewakelimeneadapangakuHebroni.

4Ndipoanaperekansembeyoyamika,nakonzaphwando lachisangalalopamasopaIsmayeli,mbalewake;ndipo Rebekaanaphikamakekeatsopanokuchokerakutirigu watsopano,napatsaYakobo,mwanawake,kutiawatengere kwaAbrahamu,atatewake,kuchokerakuzipatsozoyamba zadzikolo,kutiadyendikudalitsaMlengiwazinthuzonse asanamwalire

5NdipoIsakenayensoanatumizansembeyabwino kwambiriyoyamikakudzeramwaYakobokwaAbrahamu, kutiadyendikumwa

6Ndipoanadya,namwa,nalemekezaMulungu Wam'mwambamwamba,ameneanalengakumwambandi dzikolapansi,ameneanalengazinthuzonsezononaza dzikolapansi,naziperekakwaanaaanthu,kutiadye, namwe,nalemekezeMlengiwawo

7NdipotsopanondikukuyamikaniInu,Mulunguwanga, chifukwamwandionetsalero;taonani,ndilindizakazana limodzimphambumakumiasanundilimodzimphambu zisanu,ndiliwokalamba,ndiwamasikuambiri,ndipo masikuangaonseakhalamtenderekwaine.

8Lupangalamdanisilinandigonjetsepazonsezimene mwandipatsainendianaangamasikuonseamoyowanga mpakalero

9Mulunguwanga,chifundochanundimtenderewanu zikhalepamtumikiwanu,ndipambewuyaanaake,kuti akhalekwaInumtunduwosankhidwandicholowa kuchokerapakatipamitunduyonseyadzikolapansi kuyambiratsopanompakamasikuonseamibadwoya dzikolapansi,kumibadwoyonse’

10NdipoanaitanaYakobonati,MwanawangaYakobo, Mulunguwazonseakudalitse,nakulimbitsekutiuchite chilungamo,ndichifuniroChakepamasoPake,ndipo akusankheiwendimbewuyako,kutimukhaleanthuake mongamwachifuniroChakenthawizonse

11Ndipoiwe,mwanawanga,Yakobo,yandikira undipsompsone.’Ndipoanayandikiranampsompsone,nati, ‘MwanawangaYakoboadalitsike,ndianaonseaMulungu Wam’mwambamwamba,kumibadwoyonse;Mulungu akupatseiwembewuyachilungamo;Ndipoenamwaana akoakuyeretsepakatipadzikolonselapansi;Mitundu ikutumikire,Ndipomitunduyonseigwadepamasopaana ako.’

12Khalaniolimbamtimapamasopaanthu,Ndipo lamuliranimbewuyonseyaSeti,kutinjirazanundinjira zaanaanuzikhalezolungama,kutiakhalemtunduwoyera. 13MulunguWam'mwambamwambaakupatsenimadalitso onse,amenewandidalitsanawo,Ndipoameneanadalitsa NowandiAdamu;Akhalepamutuwopatulikawambewu yanukumibadwomibadwokwamuyaya 14Ndipoakutsukenikuchosalungamandichonyansa chonse,Kutimukhululukidwezolakwazonse;zomwe mudachitamosadziwaNdipoakulimbikitseni,ndi kukudalitsaniNdipomulandiredzikolonselapansi, 15Ndipoakhazikitsensopanganolakendiiwe,kutiukhale mtunduwakemongacholowachakekwamuyaya,ndipo kutiukhalekwaiwendikwambewuyakoMulungu m'choonadindichilungamomasikuonseadzikolapansi.

16Ndipoiwe,mwanawangaYakobo,kumbukiramawu anga,NdiposungamalamuloaAbrahamu,atatewako: Dzipatulekumitundu,Ndipousadyenawo;Ndipousachite mongamwantchitozawo,Ndipousakhalemnzawo;Pakuti ntchitozawondizodetsedwa,Ndiponjirazawozonsendi Zodetsandizonyansandizodetsa.

17Amaperekansembezawokwaakufa,Ndipoamalambira mizimuyoipa,Ndipoamadyapamanda,Ndipontchito zawozonsendizopandapakendizopandapake.

18Alibemtimawomvetsa,Ndipomasoawosaonantchito zawo,Ndipomomweamalakwitsapolankhulakwamtengo kuti,‘InundinuMulunguwanga,’Ndipokwamwalakuti, ‘InundinuAmbuyewangandipondinumpulumutsi wanga’[Ndipoalibemtima]

19Ndipoiwe,mwanawangaYakobo,Mulungu Wam'mwambamwambaakuthandize,ndipoMulungu wakumwambaakudalitse,ndipoakuchotserekuzodetsa zawondizolakwazawozonse

20Chenjera,mwanawangaYakobo,kutiusatengemkazi kuchokeramwaanaaakaziakuKanani,chifukwaanaake onseadzachotsedwapadzikolapansi

21ChifukwachakulakwakwaHamu,Kananianalakwitsa, ndipombewuzakezonsezidzawonongedwapadziko

lapansindizonsezotsalazake,ndipopalibeamene adzapulumukapatsikulachiweruzo.

22Ndipoonseolambiramafanondizinthuzodetsedwa

(a)Sipadzakhalachiyembekezokwaiwom'dzikolaamoyo; (b)Ndiposipadzakhalachikumbukirochaiwopadziko lapansi;

(c)PakutiadzatsikirakuSheol, (d)Ndipoadzapitakumaloachiweruzo, MongamomweanaaSodomuanachotsedwerapadziko lapansi,momwemonsoonseolambiramafano adzachotsedwa

23Usaope,mwanawangaYakobo,Usachitemantha,iwe mwanawaAbrahamu:MulunguWammwambamwamba akutetezekuchiwonongeko,Ndipoakupulumutsekunjira zonsezachinyengo

24Nyumbaiyindamangandekhakutindiyikedzinalanga padzikolapansi:[yaperekedwakwaiwendimbewuyako kwamuyaya],ndipoidzatchedwanyumbayaAbrahamu; yaperekedwakwaiwendimbewuyakokwamuyaya;pakuti iweudzamanganyumbayangandikukhazikitsadzina langapamasopaMulungukwamuyaya;mbewuyakondi dzinalakozidzakhalapom'mibadwoyonseyadziko lapansi

25Ndipoanalekakumulamulandikumudalitsa

26Ndipoonseawirianagonapamodzipabedilimodzi, ndipoYakoboanagonapachifuwachaAbrahamu,atate wake,ndipoanamupsompsonakasanundikawiri,ndipo chikondichakendimtimawakezinakondweranaye.

27Ndipoanamdalitsandimtimawakewonse,nati, MulunguWam'mwambamwamba,Mulunguwazonse,ndi Mlengiwazonse,ameneananditulutsakuUriwa Akaldayokutiandipatsedzikolinokutilikhalecholowa chakekosatha,ndikutindikhazikitsembewuyopatulikaWodalitsidwaWam'mwambamwambakosatha.

28NdipoanadalitsaYakobonati,Mwanawanga,amene ndimakondweranayendimtimawangawonsendichikondi changa,chisomochanundichifundochanuzikhalepaiye ndipambewuyakenthawizonse

29Ndipomusamusiye,kapenakumunyozakuyambira tsopanompakamasikuosatha,ndipomasoanuatsegukepa iyendimbewuyake,kutimumusunge,ndikumudalitsa, ndikumuyeretsamongamtunduwacholowachanu; 30Ndipomumpatsemadalitsoanuonsekuyambira tsopanompakamasikuonseamuyaya,ndipokonzanso panganolanundichisomochanukwaiyendimbewuyake molinganandikukomamtimakwanukonsekwamibadwo yonseyadzikolapansi

CHAPUTALA23

1NdipoanaikazalaziwirizaYakobom'masomwake, nalemekezaMulunguwamilungu,naphimbankhopeyake, natambasulamapaziake,nagonatulotosatha, nasonkhanitsidwakwamakoloake

2Ngakhalezinalichoncho,Yakoboanaliatagona pachifuwapake,komasanadziwekutiAbrahamu,bambo akeabamboake,analiatamwalira.

3NdipoYakoboanadzukakutulotake,ndipotaonani Abrahamuanaliwozizirangatiayezi,ndipoanati,'Atate, abambo';komapanalibewolankhula,ndipoanadziwakuti wafa

4Ndipoanaukapachifuwapake,nathamanga,nakauza amakeRebeka;ndipoRebekaanankakwaIsakeusiku, namuuza;ndipoanayendapamodzi,ndiYakobopamodzi nao,ndinyalim'dzanjalake;ndipoatalowa,anapeza Abrahamuatagonawakufa.

5NdipoIsakeanagwapankhopeyaatatewake,nalira, nampsompsona

6Ndipomawuwoanamvekam'nyumbayaAbrahamu, ndipoIsmayelimwanawakeananyamuka,napitakwa Abrahamuatatewake,naliraAbrahamuatatewake,iyendi nyumbayonseyaAbrahamu,ndipoanalirandikulira kwakukulu

7NdipoanaakeIsakindiIsmayelianamuikam'phangala anthuawiri,pafupindiSaramkaziwake,ndipoanamulira masikumakumianayi,amunaonseam'nyumbamwake, ndiIsakindiIsmayeli,ndianaawoonse,ndianaonsea Keturam'malomwawo;ndipomasikuamaliroa Abrahamuanatha

8Ndipoanakhalandimoyozakazitatundimasabataanayi azaka,zakazanalimodzimphambumakumiasanundi awirimphambuzisanu,ndipoanamalizamasikuamoyo wake,aliwokalambandiwodzazandimasiku.

9Pakutimasikuamakoloawo,amoyowawo,analizaka khumindizisanundizinayi;ndipopambuyopaChigumula anayambakukulapang'onokuposazakakhumindizisanu ndizinayi,ndikuchepakwazakakhumindizisanundi zinayi,ndikukalambamofulumira,ndikudzazamasiku awochifukwachamavutoambirindikuipakwanjirazawo, kupatulapoAbrahamu

10PakutiAbrahamuanaliwangwirom'zochitazakezonse ndiAmbuye,ndipoanaliwokondwamuchilungamo masikuonseamoyowake;ndipoonani,sanamalizezaka zinayim'moyowake,pameneadakalambachifukwacha kuipa,ndipoanaliwodzazandimasikuake.

11Ndipomibadwoyonseyomweidzabwerakuyambira nthawiinompakatsikulachiweruzochachikulu idzakalambamofulumira,asanamalizezakaziwiri,ndipo chidziwitsochawochidzawasiyachifukwachaukalamba wawoDzikolonsechidziwitsochawochonsechidzatha]

12Ndipom'masikuamenewo,ngatimunthuakhalandi moyozaka1,500,adzanenazaiyekuti,'Wakhalandimoyo nthawiyayitali,ndipomasikuakeambirindiululu,chisoni, ndimasautso,ndipopalibemtendere.'

13Pakutitsokalikutsatiratsoka,ndibalapabala,ndi chisautsopachisautso,ndinkhaniyoipapankhaniyoipa, ndimatendapamatenda,ndiziweruzozonsezoipangatiizi, winandimnzake,matendandikugwetsedwa,ndichipale chofewandichisanundiayezi,ndimalungo,ndikuzizira, ndikutopa,ndinjala,ndiimfa,ndilupanga,ndiukapolo, ndimitunduyonseyamasokandizowawa

14Ndipozonsezizidzagweram'badwowoipa,wochimwa padzikolapansi:ntchitozawondizonyansa,dama, kuipitsidwa,ndizonyansa

15Pamenepoadzati,'Masikuamakoloanaliambiri (ngakhale),mpakazakachikwi,ndipoanaliabwino;koma taonani,masikuamoyowathu,ngatimunthuwakhalandi moyozakazambiri,ndizakamakumiasanundilimodzi ndikhumi,ndipo,ngatialiwamphamvu,zakamakumi asanundilimodzi,ndipozoipazimenezo,ndipopalibe mtenderem'masikuam'badwowoipawu.'

16Ndipom'badwoumenewoanaadzatsutsamakoloawo ndiakuluakuluawozamachimondikusalungama,ndi mawuapakamwapawondizoyipazazikuluzomwe amachita,ndizakusiyakwawopanganolimeneYehova anapangapakatipawondiIye,kutiasungendikuchita malamuloakeonsendizigamulozakendimalamuloake onse,osapatukakudzanjalamanjakapenalamanzere 17Pakutionseachitazoipa,ndipopakamwapawo palankhulazopandapake,ndipontchitozawozonsendi zonyansandizonyansa,ndiponjirazawozonsendizodetsa, zonyansandichiwonongeko

18Taonanidzikolapansilidzawonongedwachifukwacha ntchitozawozonse,ndiposipadzakhalambewuyampesa, kapenamafuta;pakutintchitozawozonsendizopanda chikhulupiriro,ndipozonsezidzawonongekapamodzi, nyamanding'ombendimbalame,ndinsombazonseza m'nyanja,chifukwachaanaaanthu

19Ndipoadzakanganawinandimnzake,wachinyamata ndiwokalamba,ndiwokalambandiwachinyamata, wosaukandiwolemera,wonyozekandiwamkulu,ndi wopemphapemphandikalonga,chifukwachalamulondi pangano;pakutiaiwalalamulo,ndipangano,ndi maphwando,ndimiyezi,ndimasabata,ndizikondwerero, ndiziweruzozonse

20Ndipoadzaimandimautandimalupangandinkhondo kutiawabwezeretsem'njira;komasadzabwererampaka magaziambiriatakhetsedwapadzikolapansi,mmodzindi mnzake.

21Ndipoameneapulumukasadzabwererakuzoipazawo kupitakunjirayachilungamo,komaonseadzadzikuzaku chinyengondichuma,kutialiyenseatengezonsezomwe zilizamnansiwake,ndipoadzatchuladzinalalikulu,koma osatim'choonadikapenam'chilungamo,ndipoadzaipitsa maloopatulikakwambirindizodetsazawondikuipitsidwa kwakuipitsidwakwawo

22Ndipochilangochachikuluchidzagwerazochitaza m'badwounokuchokerakwaYehova,ndipoadzawapereka kulupanga,kuchiweruzo,kuukapolo,kulandidwa katundundikudyedwa

23NdipoIyeadzawadzutsaochimwaamitundu,omwe alibechifundokapenachifundo,ndiposadzalemekeza aliyense,kayawamkulukapenawamng'ono,kapena aliyense,chifukwandioipakwambirikomansoamphamvu kuchitazoipakuposaanaonseaanthuNdipoadzagwiritsa ntchitochiwawapaIsrayelindikupandukiraYakobo, ndipomagaziambiriadzakhetsedwapadzikolapansi,ndipo sipadzakhalawosonkhanitsakapenawoikamaliro

24M'masikuamenewoadzafuulamokweza,nadzaitanandi kupempherakutiapulumutsidwem'manjamwaochimwa, amitundu;komapalibeameneadzapulumutsidwa

25Ndipomituyaanaidzakhalayoyerandiimvi,Ndipo mwanawamasabataatatuadzaonekangatimunthuwa zakazanalimodzi,Ndipomsinkhuwawo udzawonongedwandichisautsondikuponderezedwa

26Ndipom'masikuamenewoanaadzayambakuphunzira malamulo,ndikufunafunamalamulo,ndikubwereraku njirayachilungamo.

27Ndipomasikuadzayambakukulandikuchulukapakati paanaaanthuamenewoMpakamasikuawoatayandikira zakachikwichimodzi.Ndipochiwerengerochamasikuwo chinalichachikulukuposa(kale)

28Ndiposipadzakhalamunthuwokalambakapena wokhutirandimasikuake,Pakutionseadzakhalangatiana ndiachinyamata

29Ndipomasikuawoonseadzakwanirandikukhalamu mtenderendichisangalalo,NdiposipadzakhalaSatana kapenawowonongawoipa;Pakutimasikuawoonse adzakhalamasikuamadalitsondimachiritso

30NdiponthawiimeneyoAmbuyeadzachiritsaatumiki ake,ndipoadzaukandikuonamtenderewaukulu,ndi kuthamangitsaadaniawoNdipoolungamaadzaonandi kuyamika,ndikusangalalandichisangalalokwamuyaya, ndipoadzaonaziweruzozawozonsendimatembereroawo onsepaadaniawo.

31Ndipomafupaawoadzapumulapansi,Ndipomizimu yawoidzakondwerakwambiri,Ndipoadzadziwakutindi Yehovaameneachitachiweruzo,Ndipoamachitira chifundoanthumazanandizikwi,ndionseamene amamukonda

32Ndipoiwe,Mose,lembamawuawa;pakutimotere alembedwa,ndipoalembedwapamagomeakumwamba kutiakhaleumbonikwamibadwomibadwokosatha

CHAPUTALA24

1NdipokunachitikaAbrahamuatamwalira,Yehova anadalitsaIsakimwanawake,ndipoananyamukaku HebroninapitakukakhalakuChitsimechaMasomphenya m'chakachoyambachasabatalachitatu[2073AM]la chikondwererochi,zakazisanundiziwiri

2Ndipom'chakachoyambachasabatalachinayinjala inayambam'dzikomo,[2080AM]kupatulanjalayoyamba, yomweinalipom'masikuaAbrahamu

3PameneYakoboankaphikamphodza,Esauanachokera kuthengoalindinjala,ndipoanatikwaYakobom'bale wake,“Ndipatsemphodzayofiiraiyi”NdipoYakoboanati kwaiye,“Ndigulitseufuluwakowoyambakubadwandipo ndidzakupatsachakudya,ndimphodzaina.”

4NdipoEsauanatimumtimamwake,Inendidzafa,ukulu uwuulindiphindulanjikwaine?

5NdipoanatikwaYakobo,Ndikukupatsani.Ndipo Yakoboanati,Undilumbirelero,ndipounalumbirakwaiye 6NdipoYakoboanapatsaEsaumbalewakemkatendi mphodza,nadyampakaanakhuta;ndipoEsauananyoza ukuluwake;chifukwachakeEsauanatchedwaEdomu, chifukwachambalewofiiraimeneYakoboanampatsa chifukwachaukuluwake.

7NdipoYakoboanakhalamkulu,ndipoEsauanatsika paulemuwake.

8Ndiponjalainafikam'dzikolonselo,ndipoIsaki ananyamukakupitakuIguptochakachachiwirichasabata imeneyo,napitakwamfumuyaAfilistikuGerari,kwa Abimeleki.

9NdipoYehovaanaonekerakwaiye,natikwaiye, UsatsikirekuAigupto;khalam'dzikolimenendidzakuuza, nukhalemlendom'dzikomuno,ndipondidzakhalanawe ndikukudalitsa

10Pakutindidzakupatsaiwendimbewuyakodzikolonseli, ndipondidzakwaniritsalumbirolangalimenendinalumbira kwaAbrahamuatatewako,ndipondidzachulukitsambewu yakongatinyenyezizakumwamba,ndipondidzapatsa mbewuyakodzikolonseli

11Ndipom’mbewuyakomitunduyonseyadzikolapansi idzadalitsidwa,chifukwaatatewakoanamveramawuanga, nasungachilangizochanga,ndimalamuloanga,ndi malamuloanga,ndizigamulozanga,ndipanganolanga; ndipotsopanomveramawuanga,ndipoukhalem’dziko lino

12NdipoanakhalakuGelarimilunguitatuyazaka

13NdipoAbimelekianalamulazaiye,[2080-2101AM] ndizonsezomweanalinazo,nati,Aliyenseamene adzakhudzaiyekapenachilichonsechakeadzafandithu

14NdipoIsakeanakhalawamphamvupakatipaAfilisti, napezachumachambiri,ng'ombe,nkhosa,ngamila,ndi abulu,ndibanjalalikulu.

15Ndipoanabzalam'dzikolaAfilisti,napezazokolola zanalimodzi;ndipoIsakeanakulakwambiri,ndipoAfilisti anamchitiransanje.

16NdipozitsimezonsezimeneantchitoaAbrahamu anakumbaAbrahamualimoyo,Afilistianazitseka Abrahamuatamwalira,nazidzazandidothi.

17NdipoAbimelekianatikwaIsake,Uchokekwaife, chifukwauliwamphamvukwambirikuposaifeNdipo Isakeanachokakumenekom'chakachoyambachasabata lachisanundichiwiri,nakhalamlendom'zigwazaGerari

18Ndipoanakumbansozitsimezamadzizimeneantchitoa Abrahamu,atatewake,anakumba,ndizimeneAfilisti anatsekaatatewakeAbrahamuatamwalira,ndipoanazitcha mayinamongamomweAbrahamuatatewakeanazitchulira 19NdipoanyamataaIsakianakumbachitsimem'chigwa, napezamadziamoyo;ndipoabusaaGerarianakanganandi abusaaIsaki,nati,Madziawandiathu;ndipoIsakianatcha chitsimechodzinalakuti,Mphulupulu,chifukwa anatichitirachinyengo

20Ndipoanakumbachitsimechina,nakangananachonso; ndipoanachitchadzinalakeUdani.Ndipoananyamuka kumeneko,nakumbachitsimechina;komasanakangana nacho;ndipoanachitchadzinalakeMalo;ndipoIsakeanati, TsopanoYehovawatipatsamalo,ndipotachulukam'dziko muno

21Ndipoanakwerakuchokerakumenekokupitaku ChitsimechaLumbirom'chakachoyambachasabata yoyambamu[2108AM]chakachamakumianayindi zinayi

22NdipoYehovaanaonekerakwaiyeusikuwomwewo,pa mweziwatsopanowamweziwoyamba,natikwaiye,Ine ndineMulunguwaAbrahamuatatewako;usaope,pakuti ndilindiiwe,ndipondidzakudalitsaiwe,ndipo ndidzachulukitsambewuzakongatimchengawadziko lapansi,chifukwachaAbrahamumtumikiwanga.

23Ndipoanamangaguwalansembepamenepo,limene Abrahamuatatewakeanamangapoyamba,naitanadzinala Yehova,naperekansembekwaMulunguwaAbrahamu atatewake.

24Ndipoanakumbachitsimendipoanapezamadziamoyo 25AntchitoaIsakianakumbansochitsimechinakoma sanapezemadzi,ndipoanapitakukauzaIsakikutisanapeze madziNdipoIsakianati:“NdalumbiralerokwaAfilisti ndiponkhaniimeneyiyalengezedwakwaife.”

26NdipoanatchamalowodzinalakutiChitsimecha Lumbiro,chifukwapamenepoanalumbirakwaAbimeleki, bwenzilakeAhuzati,ndiFikolo,kazembewake.

27NdipoIsakeanadziwatsikulimenelokuti adawalumbirirakutiadzachitanawomtendere.

28NdipoIsakeanatembereraAfilistitsikulomwelo,nati, Afilistiatembereredwekufikiratsikulamkwiyondi mkwiyopakatipamitunduyonse;Mulunguawayese chitonzo,temberero,ndimkwiyo,m'manjamwaochimwa amitundu,ndim'manjamwaKitimu

29Ndipoaliyenseameneadzapulumukalupangalamdani ndiKitimu,mtunduwolungamauchotsedwemwa chiweruzopansipathambo;pakutiadzakhalaadanindi adaniaanaangam'mibadwoyawoyonsepadzikolapansi

30Ndiposipadzakhalawotsalakwaiwo,kapenammodzi ameneadzapulumukatsikulamkwiyowachiweruzo; Pakutichiwonongeko,kuchotsedwa,ndikuchotsedwa padzikolapansindimbewuyonseyaAfilisti(yasungidwa), ndiposipadzakhalansodzinakapenambewuyaAkafitori awapadzikolapansi

31Pakutingakhaleakwerakumwamba,adzatsitsidwa kumeneko,Ndipongakhaleadzilimbitsapadzikolapansi, adzakokedwakumeneko,Ndipongakhaleakadzibisapakati pamitundu,adzachotsedwakumeneko;Ndipongakhale atsikirakuSheol,komwekonsokudzakhalakutsutsidwa kwakekwakukulu,Ndipokumenekonsosadzakhalandi mtendere

32Ndipongatiapitakuukapolo,adzamuphapanjirandi manjaaiwoameneakufunamoyowake,ndipodzina kapenambewusizidzasiyidwakwaiyepadzikolonse lapansi;pakutiadzapitakutembererolosatha.

33Ndipomoterekwalembedwandikulembedwazaiyepa magomeakumwamba,kutiachitekwaiyepatsikula chiweruzo,kutiakachotsedwepadzikolapansi.

CHAPUTALA25

1Ndipom'chakachachiwirichasabatainomu chikondwererochi,RebekaanaitanaYakobomwanawake, natikwaiye[2109AM],'Mwanawanga,usatengemkazi waanaaakaziaKanani,mongaEsau,mbalewako,amene adamtengeraakaziawiriaanaaakaziaKanani,ndipo andikwiyitsamtimawangandizochitazawozonse zonyansa:pakutizochitazawozonsendidamandi chilakolako,ndipopalibechilungamomwaiwo,chifukwa (ntchitozawo)ndizoyipa.

2Ndipoine,mwanawanga,ndimakukondakwambiri, ndipomtimawangandichikondichangazimakudalitsa nthawiiliyonseyausanandiusiku.

3Tsopanomwanawanga,mveramawuanga,ndipouchite chifunirochaamayiako,ndipousatengemkaziwaana aakaziadzikolino,komawam'nyumbayaatatewangandi wam'banjalaatatewangaUtengemkaziwam'nyumbaya atatewanga,ndipoMulunguWam'mwambamwamba adzakudalitsa,ndipoanaakoadzakhalambadwo wolungamandimbewuyopatulika

4NdipoYakoboanatikwaRebeka,amake,Taona,ndili ndizakazisanundizinayi,ndiposindinadziwekapena kukhudzamkazialiyense,kapenakudzipachikandekha, kapenakuganizazonditengeramkaziwaanaaakazia Kanani

5Pakutindikukumbukira,amayi,mawuaAbrahamu,atate wathu,pakutianandilamulakutindisatengemkaziwaana aakaziaKanani,komakutinditengemkaziwochokera

m'mbewuyabanjalaatatewangandikuchokerakwaabale anga.

6Ndamvakalekutim’balewakoLabanianaberekaana aakazi,ndipondatsimikizamtimakutindiwatengeremkazi pakatipawo.

7Ndipopachifukwaichindadzitetezamumzimuwanga kutindisachimwekapenakuipitsidwam'njirazangazonse m'masikuonseamoyowanga;pakutiponenaza chilakolakondidama,Abrahamu,bamboanga,anandipatsa malamuloambiri

8Ndipo,ngakhalekutiwandilamulirazonse,mchimwene wangawakhalaakunditsutsakwazakamakumiawiriizi, ndipoamalankhulananenthawizambirinati,'Mchimwene wanga,tengamlongowaakaziangaawiriakhalemkazi wake';komainendikukanakuchitamongamomweiye wachitira.

9Ndikulumbirapamasopanu,amayi,kutimasikuonsea moyowangasindidzatengamkazikuchokerakwaana aakaziaKanani,ndiposindidzachitazoipamongamomwe mchimwenewangawachitira

10Musaope,mayi;dziwanikutindidzachitachifuniro chanundikuyendamoongoka,ndiposindidzawononga njirazangakwamuyaya

11Ndipopamenepoanakwezankhopeyakekumwamba, natambasulazalazake,natsegulapakamwapake, natamandaMulunguWam'mwambamwamba,amene analengakumwambandidzikolapansi,namuyamikandi kumutamanda.

12Ndipoanati,WodalaYehovaMulungu,ndipolidalitsike dzinalakeloyerakwamuyaya,amenewandipatsaYakobo ngatimwanawoyerandimbewuyopatulika;pakutiiyendi wanu,ndipombewuyakeidzakhalayanukwamuyaya,ku mibadwomibadwompakakalekale

13Mumudalitse,Yehova,ndipoikanim'kamwamwanga dalitsolachilungamo,kutindimudalitse

14Ndipopaolalomwelo,mzimuwachilungamounatsika mkamwamwake,anaikamanjaakeonseawiripamutupa Yakobo,nati:

15Wodalandiinu,AmbuyewachilungamondiMulungu wanthawizonse,Ndipoakudalitsenikuposamibadwo yonseyaanthuAkupatseni,Mwanawanga,njiraya chilungamo,Ndipoaululechilungamokwambewuyanu 16Ndipoachulukitseanaakom'moyowako,Ndipo atulukemolinganandichiwerengerochamiyeziyachaka, Ndipoanaawoachulukendikukulakuposanyenyezi zakumwamba,Ndipochiwerengerochawochichuluke kuposamchengawam'nyanja

17Ndipoawapatsedzikolabwinoli-mongamomwe adanenerakutiadzaliperekakwaAbrahamundimbewu yakepambuyopakenthawizonse-Ndipoalisungengati cholowachawokwamuyaya 18Ndipondione(ndikuberekera)iwe,mwanawanga,ana odalitsidwapamoyowanga,Ndipombewuyakoyonse yodalitsidwandiyopatulikaikhalembewuyako

19Ndipomongamomweunatsitsimutsiramzimuwa amayiakopamoyowawo,chiberekerochaamene anakubalachidzakudalitsamotere,[chikondichanga]ndi mabereangaadzakudalitsaniNdipopakamwapangandi lilimelangazidzakutamandanikwambiri

20Wonjezeranindikufalikirapadzikolonselapansi,Ndipo mbeuyanuikhaleyangwirom'chisangalalochakumwamba

ndidzikolapansikosatha;Ndipombewuyanuikondwere, Ndipopatsikulalikululamtendereikhalendimtendere. 21Ndipodzinalanundimbewuyanuzikhalepo kwamuyaya,ndipoMulunguWam'mwambamwamba akhaleMulunguwawo,ndipoMulunguwachilungamo akhalenawo,ndipomaloakeopatulikaamangidwe kwamuyaya

22Wodalaiyeameneakudalitsaiwe,Ndipoanthuonse ameneakutembereraiwemonyenga,atembereredwe 23Ndipoanampsompsona,natikwaiye,Ambuyewadziko lapansiakukondeniMongamtimawaamayianundi chikondichawozikondweramwainundikudalitsainu Ndipoanasiyakudalitsa.

CHAPUTALA26

1Ndipochakachachisanundichiwirichasabatalino, IsakeanaitanaEsau,mwanawakewamkulu,natikwaiye, Ndinewokalamba[21:14AM],mwanawanga,ndipotaona masoangaafookapoona,ndiposindikudziwatsikulaimfa yanga

2Ndipotsopanotengazidazakozosakirandichitoliro chako,ndiutawako,nupitekuthengo,ukandisake, undigwirenyama,mwanawanga,nundikonzerechakudya chokoma,mongamomwemoyowangaukukondera, nubwerenachokwainekutindidye,ndikutimoyowanga ukudalitsendisanafe

3KomaRabekaanamvaIsakeakulankhulandiEsau.

4NdipoEsauanadzukam’mawakwambirikupita kuthengokukasakandikugwiransomba,kutiakatengekwa atatewake.

5NdipoRebekaanaitanaYakobo,mwanawake,natikwa iye,Taona,ndamvaIsaki,atatewako,akulankhulandi Esau,mbalewako,nati,Undisake,undiphikirenyama yokoma,nubwerenayokwaine

6NdidyendikudalitsapamasopaYehovandisanafe Ndipotsopanomwanawanga,mveramawuangamonga momwendikukulamulira:Pitakugululakolankhosa, unditengereanaambuziawiriabwino,ndipo ndidzawaphikiraatatewakochakudyachokomamonga momweamachikondera,ndipoudzabweretsekwaatate wakokutiadyendikudalitsaiwepamasopaYehova asanafe,ndipokutiudalitsidwe.

7NdipoYakoboanatikwaRebekaamake,Amayi, sindingawaletseabamboangakudyachilichonsechimene chingawasangalatse;komandikuopaamayianga,kuti adzazindikiramawuangandipoadzafunakundikhudza

8Ndipoukudziwakutiinendinewosalala,ndipoEsau, mchimwenewanga,ndiwaubweya,ndipondidzaoneka pamasopakengatiwochitazoipa,ndipondidzachita zomwesanandiuze,ndipoadzandikwiyira,ndipo ndidzadzibweretseratemberero,osatimadalitso.

9NdipoRebeka,amake,anatikwaiye,Painelikhale tembererolako,mwanawanga;komamveramawuanga 10NdipoYakoboanamveramawuaRebeka,amake, napitanakatengaanaambuziawiriabwinondionenepa, nawabweretsakwaamake;ndipoamakeanaphikanyama yokomamongamomweanakonda 11NdipoRebekaanatengamvulayabwinoyaEsau, mwanawakewamkulu,imeneanalinayom’nyumba, navekaYakobo,mwanawakewamng’ono,(ndizo),naika

zikopazaanaambuzim’manjamwakendim’khosi mwake.

12Ndipoanaperekanyamandimkateumeneanaphika m’manjamwamwanawakeYakobo.

13NdipoYakoboanalowakwaatatewakenati,Ndine mwanawanu;ndachitamongamwandiuza;dzukani, khalanipansi,idyanizimenendagwira,atate,kutimoyo wanuundidalitse.

14NdipoIsakeanatikwamwanawake,Wapezabwanji msangachonchi,mwanawanga?

15NdipoYakoboanati,ChifukwaYehovaMulunguwanu wandithandizakupeza

16NdipoIsakeanatikwaiye,Senderapafupi,ndikukhudze mwanawanga,ngatindiwemwanawangaEsau,kapena ayi

17NdipoYakoboanayandikirakwaIsaki,atatewake, ndipoanamukhudzanati,MawundimawuaYakobo, komamanjandimanjaaEsau

18ndiposanamuzindikire,chifukwachinalidongosolo lochokerakumwambalochotsamphamvuzakezozindikira ndipoIsakesanamuzindikire,chifukwamanjaakeanali aubweyangatiam'balewakeEsau,koteroanamudalitsa.

19Ndipoanati,“KodindiwemwanawangaEsau?”Ndipo iyeanati,“Ndinemwanawako”Ndipoiyeanati, “Undibweretserekunokutindidyezimenewagwira, mwanawanga,kutimoyowangaukudalitse”

20Ndipoanam’bweretserapafupi,ndipoiyeanadya,ndipo anam’bweretseravinyo,namwa.

21NdipoIsakeatatewakeanatikwaiye,Senderapafupi undipsompsone,mwanawanga

22Ndipoanayandikiranampsompsona,namvafungola zovalazake,namudalitsa,nati,Taona,fungolamwana wangalilingatifungolamundawodzalandizipatsoumene Yehovawaudalitsa.

23NdipoAmbuyeakupatsenimameakumwamba,ndi mameadzikolapansi,nditiriguwambirindimafuta: Mitunduikutumikireni,ndipomitunduyaanthu ikugwadireni

24Ukhalembuyewaabaleako,ndipoanaaamayiako akuweramire;ndipomadalitsoonseameneYehova wandidalitsanawondikudalitsaAbrahamu,atatewanga; apatsidweiwendimbewuyakokosatha;wotembereredwa iyeameneakutembereraiwe,ndipowodalitsidwaiye ameneakudalitsaiwe

25NdipopanalipameneIsakeanathakudalitsaYakobo mwanawake,ndipoYakoboatatulukakwaIsakeatate wake,anabisala,ndipoEsaumbalewakeanalowa kuchokerakukusakakwake.

26Ndipoiyensoanaphikachakudyachokoma,nachipereka kwaatatewake,natikwaatatewake,Atatewangaauke, mudyenyamayangakutimoyowanuundidalitse

27NdipoIsake,atatewake,anatikwaiye,Ndiweyani? Ndipoanatikwaiye,Inendinemwanawakowoyamba, mwanawakoEsau;ndachitamongamwandilamuliraine

28NdipoIsakeanadabwakwambiri,nati,Ndaniujaamene anasakanyama,naigwira,naibweretsakwaine,ndipo ndadyazonseusanabwere,ndipondamdalitsaiye:ndipo adzadalitsidwaiyendimbewuzakezonsekosatha 29NdipoEsauatamvamawuaatatewakeIsake,analira ndikulirakwakukulundikowawa,natikwaatatewake, Mundidalitseinenso,atate

30Ndipoanatikwaiye,Mng'onowakowabwera monyenga,natengadalitsolako.Ndipoanati,Tsopano ndidziwachifukwachakedzinalakeamatchedwaYakobo: taona,wandinyengainekawiriaka;watengaufuluwanga wobadwanao,ndipotsopanowatengadalitsolanga.

31Ndipoiyeanati,“Kodisimunandisungiredalitso, abambo?”NdipoIsakianayankhanatikwaEsau,“Taona, ndamuikakukhalambuyewako,ndipoabaleakeonse ndamupatsaiyekutiakhaleakapoloake,ndipo ndamulimbitsanditiriguwambiri,vinyondimafutaambiri Ndipondikuchitirechiyanitsopano,mwanawanga?”

32NdipoEsauanatikwaIsakiatatewake,Kodimulindi dalitsolimodzilokha,atate?Mundidalitseine,inenso,atate.

33NdipoEsauanakwezamawuakenalira,NdipoIsake anayankhanatikwaiye,Taona,maloakookhalamo adzakhalakutalindimameadzikolapansi,Ndikutalindi mameakumwambaochokerakumwamba

34Udzakhalandimoyondilupangalako,ndipo udzatumikiram'balewako.Ndipokudzachitikakuti ukadzakhalawamkulu,ndikumasulagolilakepakhosi pako,udzachimwatchimolalikulumpakaimfa,ndipo mbewuyakoidzachotsedwapansipathambo.

35NdipoEsauanaopsezaYakobochifukwachadalitso limeneatatewakeanamdalitsanalo;ndipoanatimumtima mwake,Masikuamaliroaatatewangaafiketsopano,kuti ndimuphembalewangaYakobo

CHAPUTALA27

1NdipomawuaEsau,mwanawakewamkulu,anauzidwa kwaRebekam’maloto,ndipoRebekaanatumizamunthu kukaitanaYakobo,mwanawakewamng’ono,nati, 2natikwaiye,Taona,Esaumkuluwakoadzakubwezera iwekutiakuphe.

3Tsopanomwanawanga,mveramawuanga,nunyamuke, uthawirekwaLabani,mlongowanga,kuHarana,ukakhale nayemasikuowerengeka,kufikiramkwiyowamchimwene wakoutachoka,ndikukuchotseramkwiyowake,ndi kuiwalazonsezimeneunachita;pamenepondidzatumiza ndikukutengakumeneko.

4NdipoYakoboanati,Sindiopa;ngatiafunakundipha, ndidzamupha

5Komaiyeanatikwaiye,Ndisatayikidweanaangaonse awiritsikulimodzi

6NdipoYakoboanatikwaRebekaamake,Taona, ukudziwakutiatatewangawakalamba,ndiposakuona chifukwamasoakendiofooka,ndipongatindimusiya zidzakhalazoipam'masomwake,chifukwandimusiya ndikuchokakwaiwe,ndipoatatewangaadzakwiya, nadzanditembereraSindipita;akandituma,ndiyekuti ndipitandekha

7NdipoRebekaanatikwaYakobo,Ndidzalowa ndikalankhulenaye,ndipoadzakulolakutiuzipita

8NdipoRebekaanalowanatikwaIsake,Ndanyansidwa ndimoyowangachifukwachaanaaakaziawiriaHeti, ameneEsauadamtengaakhaleakaziake;ndipongati Yakoboatengamkazipakatipaanaaakaziam'dzikomo ngatiawa,ndidzakhalandimoyowanji,popezaanaaakazi aKananindioipa?

9NdipoIsakeanaitanaYakobo,namdalitsa,namulangiza, natikwaiye,UsatengemkaziwaanaakaziaKanani;

10Nyamuka,pitakuMesopotamiya,kunyumbayaBetuele, atatewaamayiako,ndipoukatengemkaziwakumeneko pakatipaanaaakaziaLabani,mlongowaamayiako 11NdipoMulunguWamphamvuyonseakudalitse, akuchulukitse,nakuchulukitse,kutiukhalekhamula mitundu,nakupatsemadalitsoaatatewangaAbrahamu, kwaiwendikwambewuyakopambuyopako,kuti ulandiredzikolaalendoako,ndidzikolonselimene MulunguanapatsaAbrahamu:Pita,mwanawanga, mumtendere

12NdipoIsakianalolaYakobokupita,ndipoanapitaku MesopotamiyakwaLabanimwanawaBetueleMsuriya, mlongowakewaRebeka,amakeaYakobo.

13NdipopanalipameneYakoboanaukakupitaku Mesopotamiya,mtimawaRebekaunamuwawachifukwa chamwanawake,ndipoanalira.

14NdipoIsakeanatikwaRebeka,Mlongowanga, usamulirireYakobomwanawanga;pakutiwamukandi mtendere,ndipoadzabwererandimtendere.

15MulunguWam'mwambamwambaadzamutetezaku zoipazonse,ndipoadzakhalanaye,pakutisadzamusiya masikuakeonse;

16Pakutindikudziwakutinjirazakezidzapambana m'zinthuzonsekulikonsekomweakupita,mpaka atabweransomwamtenderekwaife,ndipotidzamuonaali mwamtendere

17Usamuope,mlongowanga,pakutialipanjira yowongokandipondimunthuwangwiro:ndipondi wokhulupirikandiposadzawonongekaUsalire

18NdipoIsakeanatonthozaRebekachifukwachamwana wakeYakobo,namudalitsa.

19NdipoYakoboanachokakuChitsimechaLumbiro kupitakuHaranim'chakachoyambachasabatayachiwiri muchakachamakumianayindizinayi,ndipoanafikaku Luzikumapiri,ndikokuti,Beteli,pamweziwatsopanowa mweziwoyambawasabataino,[21:15AM]ndipoanafika pamalopomadzulondipoanatembenukakuchokapanjira yopitakumadzulokwamsewuusikuumenewo:ndipo anagonakumeneko;chifukwadzuwalinalilitalowa 20Ndipoanatengamwalaumodziwapamalopo,nauika pamutupakepansipamtengo,nayendayekha,nagona

21Ndipoanalotausikuwomwewo,ndipotaonani, makwereroanaimapansi,pamwambapakepanafika kumwamba;ndipotaonani,angeloaYehovaanakwera natsikapamenepo;ndipotaonani,Yehovaanaima pamenepo.

22NdipoananenakwaYakobo,nati,InendineYehova, MulunguwaAbrahamu,atatewako,ndiMulunguwaIsake; dzikolimeneukugonamondidzalipatsaiwe,ndimbeuzako pambuyopako

23Ndipombewuyakoidzakhalangatifumbiladziko lapansi,ndipoudzachulukakumadzulondikum'mawa, kumpotondikum'mwera,ndipomwaiwendim'mbewu yakomafukoonseamitunduadzadalitsidwa

24Inendidzakhalanawe,ndipondidzakusungakulikonse kumeneupite,ndipondidzakubwezerakudzikolino mwamtendere,pakutisindidzakusiyakufikiranditachita zonsezimenendakuuza’

25Yakoboanadzukam’tulotake,nati,‘Ndithudimaloano ndinyumbayaYehova,komainesindinalikudziwa.’ Ndipoanaopanati,‘Maloanondioopsakwambiri,osati

enakomanyumbayaMulungu,ndipoichindichipata chakumwamba.’

26NdipoYakoboanaukam’mamawa,natengamwala umeneanauikapansipamutuwake,nauimikangati choimiritsa,nathiramafutapamwambapake;natchadzina lamalowoBeteli;komadzinalamalowopoyambalinali Luzi

27NdipoYakoboanalumbirakwaYehova,nati,Ngati Yehovaadzakhalanane,nandisungapanjiraimene ndipitayi,nandipatsachakudyandizovalazotindivale,kuti ndibwererekunyumbayaatatewangandimtendere, pamenepoYehovaadzakhalaMulunguwanga,ndipo mwalauwuumenendauimikangatichoimiritsapamalo pano,udzakhalanyumbayaYehova,ndipopazonse zimenemudzandipatsa,ndidzakupatsanichakhumi, Mulunguwanga.

CHAPUTALA28

1Ndipoananyamukaulendowake,nafikakudzikola kum'mawa,kwaLabani,mlongowakewaRebeka,ndipo anakhalanaye,namtumikirachifukwachamwanawake Rakelesabataimodzi

2Ndipom’chakachoyambachasabatalachitatu[2122AM] anatikwaiye,‘Ndipatsemkaziwanga,amene ndakugwirirantchitozakazisanundiziwiri’NdipoLabani anatikwaYakobo,‘Ndikupatsamkaziwako’ 3NdipoLabanianakonzaphwando,natengaLeyamwana wakewamkaziwamkulu,nampaYakobo,nampaZilipa mdzakaziwake,akhalemdzakaziwake;komaYakobo sanadziwe,chifukwaanaganizakutindiyeRakele.

4Ndipoanalowakwaiye,ndipoanaonakutianaliLeya; ndipoYakoboanakwiyiraLabani,natikwaiye, Wandichitiranjichotero?Kodisindinakutumikiraiwe chifukwachaRakele,osatichifukwachaLeya? Wandichitiranjichoipa?

5Tengamwanawakowamkazi,ndipoinendipita, chifukwawandichitirachoipa’YakoboanakondaRakele kuposaLeya,chifukwamasoaLeyaanaliofooka,koma mawonekedweakeanaliokongolakwambiri,komaRakele analindimasookongolakomansookongolakwambiri 6NdipoLabanianatikwaYakobo,“Sizichitikam’dziko mwathukupatsawamng’onowamkuluasanakwatire.”

Ndiposikoyenerakuchitaizi;pakutimoterezalembedwa m’mapiritsiakumwamba,kutiwinaasaperekemwana wakewamkaziwamng’onowamkuluasanakwatire;koma wamkulu,winaaperekewoyambandipopambuyopake wamng’onondipomwamunaameneatero,amamuikira mlandukumwamba,ndipopalibewolungamaameneachita izi,chifukwaichin’choipapamasopaYehova”

7NdipoulamuleanaaIsrayelikutiasachiteizi;asatenge kapenakupatsawamng'onoasanaperekewamkulu, chifukwan'choipakwambiri

8NdipoLabanianatikwaYakobo,“Ndipatsemasiku asanundiawiriaphwandolauyu,ndipondidzakupatsa Rakele,kutiunditumikirezakazinazisanundiziwiri,kuti undidyetsenkhosazangamongamomweunkachitira sabatayoyamba”

9Ndipotsikulomwemasikuasanundiawiriaphwandola Leyaadapita,LabaniadapatsaYakoboRakele,kuti amtumikirezakazinazisanundiziwiri,ndipoadampatsa

RakeleBiliha,mlongowakewaZilipa,akhalemdzakazi wake.

10Ndipoanatumikirazakazinazisanundiziwirichifukwa chaRakele,chifukwaLeyaanapatsidwakwaiyekwaulere.

11NdipoYehovaanatsegulamimbayaLeya,ndipo anatengapakatinabalamwanawamwamunaYakobo, namutchadzinalakeRubeni,tsikulakhumindichinayila mweziwachisanundichinayi,m'chakachoyambacha sabatalachitatu[2122AM]

12KomamimbayaRakeleinatsekedwa,chifukwaYehova anaonakutiLeyaanalikunyozedwandipoRakeleanali kukondedwa

13NdipoYakoboanalowansokwaLeya,ndipoanatenga pakati,nabaliraYakobomwanawamwamunawachiwiri, namutchadzinalakeSimeoni,pa21mweziwakhumi,ndi chakachachitatuchasabataino.[2124AM]

14NdipoYakoboanalowansokwaLeya,ndipoanatenga pakati,namubaliramwanawamwamunawachitatu,ndipo anamutchadzinalakeLevi,mweziwatsopanowamwezi woyambam'chakachachisanundichimodzichasabataino [2127AM]

15NdipoYakoboanalowansokwaiye,ndipoanatenga pakati,nabalamwanawamwamunawachinayi,namutcha dzinalakeYuda,patsikulakhumindizisanulamwezi wachitatu,m'chakachoyambachasabatalachinayi.[2129 AM]

16Chifukwachazonsezi,RakeleanachitiransanjeLeya, chifukwasanabereke,ndipoanatikwaYakobo,Ndipatse ana;ndipoYakoboanati,Kodindakukanizazipatsoza m'mimbamwako?Ndakusiyaiwe?

17RakeleataonakutiLeyawaberekeraYakoboana aamunaanayi,Rubeni,Simeoni,Levi,ndiYuda,anamuuza kuti:“LowandiBilihakapolowangawamkazi,ndipoiye adzatengapakati,nadzandiberekeramwanawamwamuna.” (Ndipoanam’patsaBilihakapolowakewamkazikuti akhalemkaziwake)

18Ndipoanalowakwaiye,ndipoanatengapakati,nabala mwanawamwamuna,namutchadzinalakeDani,patsiku lachisanundichinayilamweziwachisanundichimodzi, m'chakachachisanundichimodzichasabatalachitatu. [2127AM]

19NdipoYakoboanalowansokwaBilihakachiwiri,ndipo anatengapakati,nabaliraYakobomwanawina wamwamuna,ndipoRakeleanamutchadzinalakeNafitali, patsikulachisanulamweziwachisanundichiwiri,chaka chachiwirichasabatalachinayi.[2130AM]

20PameneLeyaanaonakutianaliwosaberekandipo sanabereke,anachitiransanjeRakele,ndipoanaperekanso mdzakaziwakeZilipakwaYakobokutiakhalemkaziwake, ndipoanatengapakati,nabalamwanawamwamuna,ndipo LeyaanamutchadzinalakeGadi,patsikulakhumindi chiwirilamweziwachisanundichitatu,m'chakachachitatu chasabatalachinayi[2131AM]

21Ndipoanalowansokwaiye,ndipoanatengapakati, nabalamwanawamwamunawachiwiri,ndipoLeya anamutchadzinalakeAseri,pamweziwachiwiriwakhumi ndichimodzi,m'chakachachisanuchasabatalachinayi. [2133AM]

22NdipoYakoboanalowakwaLeya,ndipoanatenga pakati,nabalamwanawamwamuna,namutchadzinalake Isakara,patsikulachinayilamweziwachisanu,m'chaka

chachinayichasabatalachinayi,[2132AM]ndipo anam'perekakwamlezi.

23NdipoYakoboanalowansokwaiye,ndipoanatenga pakati,nabala(ana)awiri,mwanawamwamunandi wamkazi,namutchadzinalamwanawamwamuna Zebuloni,ndidzinalamwanawamkaziDina,m'mwezi wachisanundichiwiriwamweziwachisanundichiwiri, m'chakachachisanundichimodzichasabatalachinayi. [2134AM]

24NdipoYehovaanakomeramtimaRakele,natsegula mimbayake;ndipoanatengapakati,nabalamwana wamwamuna,namutchadzinalakeYosefe,pamwezi watsopanowamweziwachinayi,m'chakachachisanundi chimodzim'sabatalachinayiili[2134AM]

25NdipomasikuobadwaYosefe,Yakoboanatikwa Labani,Ndipatseakaziangandianaangaaamuna,ndipite kwaIsakibamboanga,ndikamangirenyumba,chifukwa ndamalizazakazonsezimenendakutumikirachifukwacha anaakoaakaziawiri,ndipondipitakunyumbakwabambo anga

26NdipoLabanianatikwaYakobo,Ukhalenanekuti ndilipiremalipiroako,undidyetsensoziwetozanga,ndipo utengemalipiroako

27Ndipoanagwirizanakutiampatseanaankhosandiana ambuziomweanabadwaakuda,amawangamawangandi oyera,(awa)akhalemalipiroake

28Ndiponkhosazonsezinabalazamawangamawanga, zamathothomathotho,ndizakuda,zamathothomathotho, ndipozinabalansoanaankhosamongamomwezinalili; ndipozonsezamawangamawangazinalizaYakobo,ndi zonsezosakhalazinalizaLabani.

29NdipochumachaYakobochinachulukakwambiri, ndipoanalinding'ombe,nkhosa,abulu,ngamila,ndi akapoloaamunandiaakazi.

30NdipoLabanindianaakeaamunaanamchitiransanje Yakobo,ndipoLabanianatengankhosazakekwaiye, namuyang'anirandicholingachoipa.

CHAPUTALA29

1NdipopanalipameneRakeleanabalaYosefe,Labani anankakukametaubweyawankhosazake,pakutianali patalindiulendowamasikuatatu.

2YakoboataonakutiLabanianalikupitakukameta ubweyawankhosazake,anaitanaLeyandiRakele n’kuwalimbikitsakutiapitenayekudzikolaKanani.

3Pakutianawauzamomweadaonerachilichonsem'maloto, ngakhalezonsezomweadamuuzakutiabwererekunyumba kwaabamboake,ndipoanati,'Kulikonsekomweupita tidzapitanawe'

4NdipoYakoboanalemekezaMulunguwaIsakiatate wake,ndiMulunguwaAbrahamuatatewake,nauka, nakweraakaziakendianaake,natengakatunduwake wonse,naolokamtsinje,nafikakudzikolaGileadi;koma YakoboanabisacholingachakekwaLabani,osamuuza 5Ndipom'chakachachisanundichiwirichasabata lachinayi,Yakoboanayang'anakuGileadimwezi woyamba,patsikulamakumiawirindilimodzi[21:35 AM]NdipoLabanianamutsatanapezaYakobom'phirila Gileadimweziwachitatu,patsikulakhumindichitatu.

6NdipoYehovasanamulolekutiavulazeYakobo, chifukwaanaonekerakwaiyem’malotousiku.Ndipo LabanianalankhulandiYakobo

7Ndipopatsikulakhumindizisanulamasikuamenewo, YakoboanakonzeraLabaniphwando,ndionseamene anadzanaye;ndipoYakoboanalumbiratsikulomwelokwa Labani,ndikwaLabaniyemwekwaYakobo,kuti asawolokephirilaGileadikupitakulinandicholinga choipa

8Ndipoanamangamuluwambonipamenepo;chifukwa chakedzinalamalowolinatchedwa,Muluwamboni, kutengeradzinalamuluwu

9KomakaleankatchadzikolaGileadidzikolaArefaimu; chifukwalinalidzikolaArefaimu,ndipoArefaimu anabadwira(kumeneko),zimphonazomwekutalikakwake kunalimikonokhumi,isanundiinayi,isanundiitatu mpakaisanundiiwiri

10Ndipomaloawookhalaanalikuyambirakudzikolaana aAmonimpakakuphirilaHerimoni,ndipomafumuawo analiKarnaimu,Asitaroti,Edrei,Misuri,ndiBeoni

11NdipoYehovaanawaonongachifukwachakuipakwa zochitazawo;pakutianalioipakwambiri,ndipoAamori anakhalam'malomwawo,oipandiochimwa,ndipopalibe anthuleroameneachitamachimoawoonsemokwanira, ndipoalibensonthawiyayitalipadzikolapansi.

12NdipoYakoboanalolaLabanikutiapite,ndipo ananyamukakupitakuMesopotamiya,dzikolaKum'mawa; ndipoYakoboanabwererakudzikolaGiliyadi.

13NdipoanaolokaYabokimweziwachisanundichinayi, tsikulakhumindichimodziNdipotsikulomweloEsau mbalewakeanadzakwaiye,ndipoanayanjanansonaye, nachokakwaiyekunkakudzikolaSeiri;komaYakobo anakhalam'mahema

14Ndipom'chakachoyambachasabatalachisanumu chikondwererochi[2136AM]anawolokaYordano, nakhalakutsidyakwaYordano,ndipoanadyetsankhosa zakekuyambirakunyanjayamulumpakakuBetisani,ndi kuDotanindikunkhalangoyaAkrabimu

15NdipoanatumizakwaatatewakeIsakechumachake chonse,zovala,chakudya,nyama,zakumwa,mkaka,batala, tchizi,ndizipatsozinazam'chigwa

16NdipokwaamayiakeaRebekakanayipachaka,pakati panthawiyamiyezi,pakatipakulimandikukolola,ndi pakatipanthawiyophukirandimvula(nyengo)komanso pakatipanyengoyozizirandimasika,mpakakunsanjaya Abrahamu.

17IsakianabwererakuchokerakuChitsimecha ChipanganonakwerakunsanjayaabamboakeAbrahamu, ndipoanakhalakumenekokutalindimwanawakeEsau

18PakutimasikuameneYakoboanapitakuMesopotamiya, EsauanakwatiraMahalati,mwanawamkaziwaIsmayeli, ndipoanasonkhanitsaziwetozonsezaatatewakendiakazi ake,nakweranakhalapaPhirilaSeiri,ndipoanasiyaIsaki atatewakeyekhapaChitsimechaChipangano

19NdipoIsakeanakwerakuchokerakuChitsimecha Chilumbironakhalam'nsanjayaAbrahamuatatewake,pa mapiriaHebroni.

20NdipokumenekoYakoboanatumizazonsezimene ankatumizakwaatatewakendiamakenthawindinthawi, zonsezimeneankafunikira,ndipoanadalitsaYakobondi mtimawawowonsendimoyowawowonse

CHAPUTALA30

1Ndipom'chakachoyambachasabatalachisanundi chimodzi[2143AM]anakwerakuSalemu,kum'mawakwa Sekemu,mwamtendere,m'mweziwachinayi

2NdipokumenekoananyamulaDina,mwanawamkaziwa Yakobo,napitanayekunyumbayaSekemu,mwanawa Hamori,Mhivi,kalongawadzikolo;ndipoanagonanaye, namuipitsa;ndipoanalimtsikanawamng'ono,mwanawa zakakhumindiziwiri

3Ndipoanapemphaatatewakendiabaleakekuti amupatseiyekutiakhalemkaziwake.NdipoYakobondi anaakeanakwiyachifukwachaanthuakuSekemu, chifukwaanaipitsaDina,mlongowawo,ndipoanalankhula nawomolakwika,nawachitirachinyengo,nawanyenga.

4NdipoSimeonindiLevianafikakuSekemu modzidzimutsa,naweruzaanthuonseakuSekemu,napha amunaonseameneanawapezammenemo,osasiyapondi mmodziyense;anaphaonsemwaukalichifukwaanachitira manyazimlongowawoDina

5Ndipokuyambiratsopano,musachitensokutimwana wamkaziwaIsrayeliaipitsidwe;pakutichiweruzo chaperekedwakumwambapaiwokutiawonongendi lupangaamunaonseakuSekemuchifukwachakuchita manyazimuIsrayeli

6NdipoYehovaanawaperekam'manjamwaanaaYakobo kutiawawonongendilupangandikuwaweruza,kuti zisachitikensomuIsraelikutinamwaliwaIsrayeli adetsedwe

7NdipongatipalimunthumuIsrayeliameneakufuna kuperekamwanawakewamkazikapenamlongowakekwa mwamunaaliyensewambadwazaAmitundu,adzafa ndithu,ndipoadzamuponyamiyalandimiyala;chifukwa wachitamanyazimuIsrayeli;ndipoadzatenthamkaziyo ndimoto,chifukwawanyozadzinalanyumbayaatate wake,ndipoadzachotsedwamuIsrayeli.

8Ndipopasapezekewachigololokapenachodetsa chilichonsemuIsrayelimasikuonseamibadwoyadziko lapansi;pakutiIsrayelindiwoyerakwaYehova,ndipo munthualiyenseamenewaipitsaadzafandithu;amuponye miyala

9Pakutimoterezalembedwam'mapiritsiakumwamba zokhudzambewuyonseyaIsrayeli:Woipitsaadzafandithu, ndipoadzaponyedwamiyala

10Ndipolamuloilisilikhalandimalireamasiku,kapena chikhululukiro,kapenachikhululukirochilichonse;koma munthuamenewaipitsamwanawakewamkazi adzachotsedwapakatipaIsrayeliwonse,chifukwa waperekamwanawakekwaMoleki,nachitamosayenera kutiaipitse

11Ndipoiwe,Mose,lamuliraanaaIsrayeli,ndipouwauze kutiasaperekeanaawoaakazikwaAmitundu,kapena kutengaanaawoaakaziaAmitundu,pakutiichindi chonyansapamasopaYehova

12Pachifukwaichi,ndakulemberanim'mawuaChilamulo zonsezimeneAsekemuanachitamotsutsanandiDina,ndi momweanaaYakoboananenerakuti:“Sitiperekamwana wathuwamkazikwamwamunawosadulidwa,chifukwa zimenezozinalizotinyoza.”

13NdipondichitonzokwaIsrayeli,kwaiwoamoyo,ndi kwaiwoameneakwatiraanaakaziamitunduina,pakuti ichindichodetsandichonyansakwaIsrayeli

14NdipoIsrayelisadzakhalawopandachodetsaichingati alindimkaziwaanaaakaziamitunduina,kapenangati waperekaanaakeaakazikwamwamunawochokeramwa mitunduina

15Pakutipadzakhalamliripamliri,nditembereropa temberero,ndipochiweruzochilichonsendimlirindi tembererozidzamugwera:ngatiachitaizi,kapenakubisala masoakekwaiwoakuchitazodetsa,kapenaiwoamene adetsamaloopatulikaaYehova,kapenaiwoameneaipitsa dzinaLakeloyera,(ndiye)mtunduwonsepamodzi udzaweruzidwachifukwachazodetsazonsendikunyoza kwamunthuuyu

16Ndiposipadzakhalatsankholaanthu[ndipo sipadzakhalatsankholaanthu]ndiposipadzakhala kulandirazipatsondinsembe,nsembezopserezandi mafutakuchokeram'manjamwake,kapenafungolokoma, kutililandiridwe:ndipomwamunakapenamkazialiyense muIsrayeliameneaipitsamaloopatulikaadzatero 17Chifukwachakendakulamulakuti,Uzaniumboniuwu kwaIsrayeli:OnanimomweAsekemundianaawo adakhalira:momweadaperekedwam'manjamwaanaawiri aYakobo,ndipoadawapha,ndipoadawerengedwakwa iwongatichilungamo,ndipoadalembedwakwaiwongati chilungamo

18NdipoanaaLevianasankhidwakukhalaansembe,ndi kukhalaAlevi,kutiatumikirepamasopaYehova,monga momweifetimachitiranthawizonse,ndikutiLevindiana akeadalitsidwekosatha;pakutianaliwachangukuchita chilungamo,chiweruzo,ndikubwezerachilangopaonse ameneanaukiraIsrayeli

19Ndipomoteroamalembangatiumboniwomukomera mtimapamagomeakumwambamadalitsondichilungamo pamasopaMulunguwazonse:

20Ndipotimakumbukirachilungamochimenemunthuyo anakwaniritsapamoyowake,nthawizonsezachaka; mpakamibadwochikwiadzachilemba,ndipochidzafika kwaiyendikwambadwazakepambuyopake,ndipo walembedwapamagomeakumwambamongabwenzindi munthuwolungama

21Nkhaniyonseyindakulemberani,ndipondakulamulani kutimuuzeanaaIsrayeli,kutiasachitetchimokapena kuswamalamulokapenakuswapanganolomwelaikidwa kwaiwo,(koma)kutialikwaniritsendikulembedwangati mabwenzi

22Komangatiachitazonyansam'njirailiyonse, adzalembedwapamagomeakumwambangatiadani,ndipo adzawonongedwam'bukulamoyo,ndipoadzalembedwa m'bukulaomweadzawonongedwakomansolimodzindi omweadzachotsedwapadzikolapansi.

23NdipotsikulimeneanaaYakoboanaphaSekemu, kalatainalembedwakumwambakutiiwoachite chilungamondichilungamondikubwezerachilangokwa ochimwa,ndipoinalembedwakutiiwadalitse

24NdipoanatulutsaDina,mlongowawo,m’nyumbaya Sekemu,natengazonsezinalim’Sekemu,nkhosazawo,ndi ng’ombezawo,ndiabuluawo,ndichumachawochonse, ndiziwetozawozonse,nabweranazozonsekwaYakobo atatewawo

25Ndipoanawadzudzulachifukwaanaphamzindandi lupanga,chifukwaanaopaanthuokhalam'dzikomo, AkananindiAperizi

26NdipomanthaaYehovaanagweramizindayonse yozunguliraSekemu,ndiposanaukekuthamangitsaanaa Yakobo,chifukwamanthaanagwerapaiwo

CHAPUTALA31

1Ndipopamweziwatsopanowamwezi,Yakoboananena ndianthuonseam'nyumbamwake,nati,Dziyeretseni, sinthanizovalazanu,ndipotiyenitinyamuke,tikwereku Beteli;kumenendinamlumbiriraIyelumbirotsikulimene ndinathawaEsaumbalewanga,chifukwawakhalandiine, nandibweretsam'dzikolinomwamtendere;ndipochotsani milunguyachilendoyomweilipakatipanu.

2Ndipoanasiyamilunguyachilendondizomwezinali m'makutumwawondizomwezinalipakhosipawo,ndi mafanoomweRakeleanabakwaLabaniatatewake,omwe adaperekakwathunthukwaYakoboNdipoanawotcha, nawaswa,nawawononga,nawabisapansipamtengowa thunduwomweulim'dzikolaSekemu.

3NdipoanakwerakuBetelipamweziwatsopanowa mweziwachisanundichiwiri,namangaguwalansembe pamalopomweanagona,naimikapomwala,natumiza uthengakwaatatewakeIsakekutiabwerekudzapereka nsembeyake,ndikwaamakeRebeka

4NdipoIsakeanati,LolanimwanawangaYakoboabwere, ndidzamuonendisanafe

5NdipoYakoboanapitakwaatatewakeIsakendikwa amakeRebeka,kunyumbayaatatewakeAbrahamu, natengaanaakeawiriaamuna,LevindiYuda,nafikakwa atatewakeIsakendiamakeRebeka

6NdipoRebekaanatulukam’nsanjayokupitapatsogolo pakekumpsompsonaYakobondikum’kumbatira;pakuti mzimuwakeunatsitsimukapameneanamvakuti,Taona, Yakobomwanawakowafika;ndipoanampsompsona.

7Ndipoanaonaanaakeawiri,ndipoanawazindikira,ndipo anafunsakuti:“Kodiawandianaako,mwanawanga?”

Ndipoanawakumbatira,nawapsompsona,nawadalitsa,nati: “MbeuyaAbrahamuidzatchukamwainu,ndipo mudzakhaladalitsopadzikolapansi”

8NdipoYakoboanalowakwaIsakiatatewake, m’chipindamomweanagona,ndianaakeaamunaawiri analinaye;ndipoanagwiradzanjalaatatewake,nawerama, nampsompsona;ndipoIsakeanagwirapakhosipaYakobo mwanawake,nalirapakhosipake

9Ndipomdimaunachokam'masomwaIsaki,ndipo anaonaanaawiriaYakobo,Levi,ndiYuda,ndipoanati: "Kodiawandianaako,mwanawanga?Pakutialingati iwe"

10Ndipoanamuuzakutiiwoanalianaakeenieni:'Ndipo waonadikutiiwondianaangaenieni'

11Ndipoanayandikirakwaiye,ndipoanatembenuka nawapsompsona,nawakumbatiraonseawiripamodzi

12Ndipomzimuwauneneriunatsikamkamwamwake, nagwiraLevindidzanjalakelamanjandiYudandidzanja lakelamanzere

13Ndipoanayang'anakwaLevichoyamba,nayamba kumudalitsa,natikwaiye,Mulunguwazonse,Ambuyewa

mibadwoyonse,akudalitseiwendianaakomibadwo yonse.

14NdipoAmbuyeakupatseniinundimbewuyanuukulu ndiulemererowaukulu,ndipoakupangitseniinundi mbewuyanu,kuchokeramwaanthuonse,kuti mum'yandikirekutimutumikirem'maloakeopatulika mongaangelookhalapokomansongatioyeramtima (Ngakhale)mongaiwo,mbewuyaanaanuidzakhalaya ulemererondiukulundichiyero,ndipoawakwezekwa mibadwoyonse

15Ndipoadzakhalaoweruzandiakalonga,ndiatsogoleria mbewuzonsezaanaaYakobo;Iwoadzalankhulamawua Yehovam'chilungamo,Ndipoadzaweruzamaweruzoake onsem'chilungamo;Ndipoadzalengezanjirazangakwa Yakobo,NdinjirazangakwaIsrayeli;MadalitsoaYehova adzaperekedwam'kamwamwawo,Kudalitsambewuzonse zawokondedwa

16AmayiakoatchadzinalakoLevi,ndipomolungama watchadzinalako;udzaphatikanandiYehova,ndipo udzakhalamnzawowaanaonseaYakobo;Tebulolake likhalelako,ndipoiwendianaakomudzadyeko;ndipo tebulolakolidzadzalakumibadwomibadwo,ndipo chakudyachakosichidzathakumibadwomibadwo

17Ndipoonseakudanananuagwepansipamasopanu, ndipoadanianuonseazulidwendikutha;ndipowodalaiye ameneakudalitsani,ndiwotembereredwamtunduuliwonse umeneukutembererani

18NdipoanatikwaYuda,Yehovaakupatsenimphamvu ndimphamvukutimuponderezeonseakudanananu; mudzakhalakalonga,inundimmodziwaanaanu,paanaa Yakobo;dzinalanundidzinalaanaanuatuluke, nayendayendam'dzikolililonsendim'chigawochilichonse; pamenepoamitunduadzaopapamasopanu,ndipo amitunduonseadzanjenjemera.

19MwaiwemudzakhalathandizolaYakobo,ndipomwa iwemudzakhalachipulumutsochaIsrayeli

20Ndipopamenemudzakhalapampandowachifumu waulemererowachilungamochanu,mtenderewaukulu udzakhalapambewuzonsezaanaawokondedwa;Wodala iyeameneakudalitsani,Ndipoonseameneakudanananu, ndikukuzunzani,ndikukutembererani,adzachotsedwandi kuwonongedwapadzikolapansi,ndipoadzatembereredwa 21Ndipoanatembenukanampsompsonanso, namukumbatira,nakondwerakwambiri,chifukwa adawaonaanaaYakobomwanawakealioonamtima

22Ndipoanatulukapakatipamapaziake,nagwadapansi, namuweramira;ndipoanawadalitsa,nagonakomwekondi Isakeatatewakeusikuwomwewo;ndipoanadya,namwa mokondwera

23NdipoanagonetsaanaawiriaYakobo,mmodzi kudzanjalakelamanjandiwinakudzanjalakelamanzere, ndipoanawerengedwakwaiyengatichilungamo.

24NdipoYakoboanafotokozeraatatewakezonseusiku, kutiYehovaanamchitirachifundochachikulu,ndikuti anam’chitirabwinom’njirazakezonse,ndikum’tetezaku zoipazonse

25NdipoIsakeanatamandaMulunguwaAbrahamu,atate wake,amenesanachotsechifundochakendichilungamo chakepaanaamtumikiwakeIsake

26Ndipom’mawamwakeYakoboanauzaIsakeatate wakelumbirolimeneadalumbirakwaYehova,ndi

masomphenyaameneadaona,ndikutiadamangaguwala nsembe,ndikutichilichonsechinalichokonzekakuti nsembeiperekedwepamasopaYehovamongamomwe adalumbira,ndikutiwabwerakudzamukwezapabulu.

27NdipoIsakeanatikwaYakobomwanawake, Sindingathekuyendanawe;pakutindakalamba, sindingathekuyenda;pitamwanawanga,ndimtendere; pakutilerondilindizakazanalimodzimphambumakumi asanundilimodzikudzazisanu;sindingathensokuyenda; kwezaniamakopabulu,ndipomuloleapitenawe

28Ndipondikudziwa,mwanawanga,kutiwabwera chifukwachaine,ndipoleroudalitsidwechifukwa wandionandilimoyo,ndipoinensondakuonaiwe,mwana wanga

29Uchitebwino,ndipoukwaniritselumbirolimene unalumbira;ndipousachedwetselumbirolako;pakuti udzawerengedwachifukwachalumbirolo;chifukwachake fulumirakulikwaniritsa,ndipoakondwereIyeamene analengazinthuzonse,ameneunalumbiralumbirolo.

30NdipoanatikwaRabeka,“Pitandimwanawako Yakobo”NdipoRabekaanapitandimwanawakeYakobo, ndiDeborapamodzinaye,nafikakuBeteli.

31NdipoYakoboanakumbukirapempherolimeneatate wakeanam’dalitsaiyendianaakeawiri,LevindiYuda, ndipoanasangalalandikutamandaMulunguwamakolo ake,AbrahamundiIsake

32Ndipoanati:‘Tsopanondikudziwakutindilindi chiyembekezochosatha,ndianaangaaamunanawonso, pamasopaMulunguwazonse’;ndipomotero zakhazikitsidwaponenazaawiriwa;ndipoakulembaizi ngatiumboniwosathakwaiwopamapepalaakumwamba momweIsakeadawadalitsira

CHAPUTALA32

1NdipoanagonausikuwomwewokuBeteli,ndipoLevi analotakutiadamuikakukhalawansembewaMulungu Wam'mwambamwamba,iyendianaakekwamuyaya; ndipoanadzukam'tulotake,nalemekezaYehova

2NdipoYakoboanadzukam’mawakwambiri,patsikula khumindichinayilamweziuno,naperekachakhumicha zonsezimeneanabweretsa,anthundiziweto,golide,ndi zipangizozonsendizovala,inde,anaperekachakhumicha zonse

3Ndipom’masikuamenewoRakeleanakhalandipakatipa mwanawakeBenjamini.NdipoYakoboanawerengaana akeaamunakuyambirapaiyekupitam’mwambandipo LevianagwapansipagawolaYehova,ndipoatatewake anamuvekazovalazaunsembenadzazamanjaake 4Ndipopatsikulakhumindizisanulamweziuno, anaperekakuguwalansembeng'ombekhumindizinayi, nkhosazamphongomakumiawirimphambuzisanundi zitatu,nkhosazamphongomakumianayimphambuzisanu ndizinayi,anaankhosaasanundiawiri,ndianaambuzi makumiawirimphambummodzi,nsembeyopserezapa guwalansembe,yokomamtima,fungolokomapamasopa Mulungu.

5Ichichinalichoperekachake,chifukwachalumbiro limeneanalumbirakutiadzaperekagawolimodzimwa magawokhumi,pamodzindinsembezawozazipatsondi nsembezawozachakumwa

6Ndipomotoutathakuyaka,anatenthazofukizapamoto, ndinsembeyoyamika,ng'ombeziwiri,ndinkhosa zamphongozinayi,ndinkhosazamphongozinayi,ndi mbuzizamphongozinayi,ndinkhosazamphongoziwiriza chakachimodzi,ndianaambuziawiri;nachitaizitsikundi tsikumasikuasanundiawiri

7Ndipoiyendianaakeonsendiamunaakeanalikudya (izi)mosangalalakumenekokwamasikuasanundiawiri, akudalitsandikuyamikaYehova,ameneanamupulumutsa kumavutoakeonsendikumulonjezalumbirolake

8Ndipoanaperekachakhumichanyamazonsezoyera, naperekansembeyopsereza,komanyamazodetsedwa anazipereka(osati)kwaLevimwanawake,ndipo anampatsamiyoyoyonseyaanthu

9NdipoLevianagwirantchitoyaunsembekuBeteli pamasopaYakoboatatewakem'malomwaabaleake khumi,ndipoanaliwansembekumeneko,ndipoYakobo analumbira:moteroanaperekansochakhumikwaYehova nachiyeretsa,ndipochidakhalachopatulikakwaIye.

10Ndipopachifukwaichi,padakhazikitsidwapamapiritsi akumwambangatilamulolotichakhumichidyedwenso pamasopaYehovachakandichaka,pamalopomwedzina lakeliyenerakukhala,ndipolamulolisilikhalandimalirea masikukwamuyaya

11Lamuloililalembedwakutilikwaniritsidwechakandi chakapodyachakhumichachiwiripamasopaYehova pamalopomwelasankhidwa,ndipopalibechomwe chidzatsalakuyambirachakachinompakachakachotsatira.

12Pakutim’chakachakembewuzidzadyedwampaka masikuosonkhanitsambewuzachaka,ndivinyompaka masikuavinyo,ndimafutampakamasikuanyengoyake.

13Ndipozonsezotsalazondizakale,zionedwengati zodetsedwa:zitenthedwendimoto,chifukwandi zodetsedwa.

14Ndipomoteroadyerepamodzim'maloopatulika,ndipo asalolekutiakalamba

15Ndipochakhumichonsechang'ombendinkhosa chidzakhalachopatulikakwaYehova,ndipochidzakhala chaansembeake,omweazidyapamasopakechakandi chaka;chifukwamoterechaikidwandikulembedwaza chakhumichopamagomeakumwamba

16Ndipousikuwotsatira,patsikulamakumiawiri mphambuziwirilamweziuno,Yakoboanaganiza zomangamalowo,ndikuzungulirabwalondikhoma,ndi kuliyeretsa,ndikulipatulakosatha,kwaiyendianaake pambuyopake.

17NdipoYehovaanaonekerakwaiyeusiku,namdalitsa, natikwaiye,DzinalakosilidzatchedwaYakobo,koma Israyeliadzatchedwadzinalako

18Ndipoanatinsokwaiye,InendineYehovaamene ndinalengakumwambandidzikolapansi,ndipo ndidzakuchulukitsandikukuchulukitsakwambiri,ndipo mafumuadzatulukamwaiwe,nadzaweruzakulikonse komwephazilaanaaanthulapondapo 19Ndipondidzapatsambewuyakodzikolonselapansi pansipathambo,ndipoidzaweruzamitunduyonsemalinga ndizilakolakozawo,ndipopambuyopakeidzakhalandi dzikolonselapansindikulilandirakosatha’ 20Ndipoatamalizakulankhulanaye,anakwerakumsiya; ndipoYakoboanayang'anampakaanakwerakumwamba.

21Ndipoanaonam'masomphenyaausiku,ndipotaonani, mngeloanatsikakuchokerakumwambaalindimagome asanundiawirim'manjamwake,nawaperekakwaYakobo, ndipoanawerengandikudziwazonsezomwe zinalembedwamozomwezikanamuchitikiraiyendiana akem'mibadwoyonse

22Ndipoanamuonetsazonsezolembedwapamagome, natikwaiye,Usamangemaloano,ndipousamangemalo opatulikaosatha,ndipousakhalepano;pakutimaloawasi awaPitakunyumbayaAbrahamuatatewako,ukakhale ndiIsakiatatewakompakatsikulaimfayaatatewako 23PakutiudzaferamumtenderekuIgupto,ndipom’dziko linoudzaikidwam’mandamwaulemererom’mandaa makoloako,pamodzindiAbrahamundiIsake

24Usachitemantha,pakutimongamomwewaonerandi kuwerenga,momwemonsozonsezidzakhala;ndipo lembanizonsemongamomwewaonerandikuwerenga

25NdipoYakoboanati,Ambuye,ndingakumbukirebwanji zonsezimenendawerengandikuziona?Ndipoanatikwa iye,Ndidzakukumbutsanizonse

26Ndipoanadzukakuchokerakwaiye,nadzukakutulo take,nakumbukirazonsezomweadawerengandikuwona, nalembamawuonseomweadawerengandikuwona

27Ndipoanakondwereratsikulinakumeneko,napereka nsembepamenepomongamwazonseadaziperekamasiku akale,natchadzinalake'Kuwonjezera,'chifukwatsikuli linawonjezeredwandipomasikuakaleadatcha 'Chikondwerero'.

28Ndipomoterezinaonekerakutiziyenerakukhala,ndipo zalembedwapamagomeakumwamba:chifukwachake zinawululidwakwaiyekutiazikondwerera, ndikuwonjezerakumasikuasanundiawiriaphwando 29Ndipodzinalakelinatchedwa'Kuwonjezera,'chifukwa linalembedwapakatipamasikuazikondwerero,malinga ndichiwerengerochamasikuachaka

30Ndipousiku,patsikulamakumiawirindiatatula mweziuno,mleziwaDeboraRebekaanamwalira,ndipo anamuikam’mandapansipamzindapansipamtengowa thunduwamumtsinje,ndipoanatchamalowodzinalakuti, MtsinjewaDebora,ndimtengowathundu,Mtengowa maliroaDebora

31NdipoRebekaanabwererakunyumbakwaatatewake Isake;ndipoYakoboanatumizankhosazamphongo, nkhosa,ndimbuzizamphongo,ndimanjaake,kuti akonzereatatewakechakudyamongamomweanafunira 32Ndipoanatsatiraamayiakempakaanafikakudzikola Kabratani,ndipoanakhalakumeneko

33NdipoRakeleanabalamwanawamwamunausiku, namutchadzinalake'Mwanawachisonichanga';chifukwa adamvakuwawapomubereka:komaatatewakeanamutcha dzinalakeBenjamini,patsikulakhumindichimodzila mweziwachisanundichitatum'sabataloyambalachisanu ndichimodzilachikondwererochi[2143AM]

34NdipoRakeleanamwalirakumeneko,naikidwam'dziko laEfrati,ndikoBetelehemu;ndipoYakoboanamanga mwalapamandaaRakele,panjirayopitapamwambapa mandaake. CHAPUTALA33

1NdipoYakoboanamukanakhalakumwerakwa Magadaladi,nafikakwaatatewakeIsake,iyendiLeya mkaziwake,mweziwakhumi

2NdipoRubenianaonaBiliha,mdzakaziwaRakele,mkazi wamng'onowaatatewake,akusambam'madzim'malo obisika;ndipoanamkonda

3Ndipoanabisalausiku,nalowam'nyumbayaBiliha [usiku],napezamkaziyoalikugonayekhapabedi m'nyumbamwake

4Ndipoanagonanaye,ndipoanadzuka,naonaRubeniali kugonanayepabedi;ndipoanatsegulam'mphepetemwa chovalachake,namugwira,nafuwula,napezakutindi Rubeni.

5Ndipomkaziyoanachitamanyazichifukwachaiye, namasuladzanjalakekwaiye,ndipoiyeanathawa

6Ndipoanadandaulakwambirichifukwachankhaniiyi, osauzaaliyense

7PameneYakoboanabwereranafunafunamkaziyo, mkaziyoanatikwaiye,Sindiliwoyerachifukwachaiwe, chifukwandadzidetsachifukwachaiwe;pakutiRubeni wandidetsaine,nagonandiineusiku,ndipondinalimtulo, komasindinadziwekanthumpakaatavulachovalachanga nagonandiine

8NdipoYakoboanakwiyakwambirindiRubenichifukwa anagonandiBiliha,chifukwaanavulamalayaaatatewake.

9NdipoYakobosanamuyandikirensochifukwaRubeni adamuipitsaNdipomwamunaaliyenseameneavula chovalachaatatewake,chochitachakenchoipakwambiri, chifukwandiwonyansapamasopaYehova

10Pachifukwaichi,zalembedwandikulamulidwapa magomeakumwambakutimwamunaasagonendimkazi waatatewake,ndiposayenerakuvulachovalachaatate wake,chifukwaizindizodetsedwa:adzafapamodzi, mwamunawogonandimkaziwaatatewake,ndi mkaziyonso,chifukwaachitazodetsapadzikolapansi 11NdiposipadzakhalachodetsedwapamasopaMulungu wathumumtunduumeneIyewasankhakukhalacholowa chake

12Ndipokachiwiri,kwalembedwakuti:'Wotembereredwa iyeameneagonandimkaziwaatatewake,chifukwa wavumbulamanyaziaatatewake';ndipooyeraonsea Yehovaanati'Zikhalechoncho;zikhalechoncho' 13Ndipoiwe,Mose,uuzeanaaIsrayelikutiasungemawu awa;pakuti(amatanthauza)chilangochaimfa;ndipondi chodetsedwa,ndipopalibechitetezerochamuyaya cholipiriramunthuamenewachitaichi,komaayenera kuphedwandikuphedwa,ndikuponyedwamiyala,ndi kuchotsedwapakatipaanthuaMulunguwathu.

14PalibemunthuameneamachitazimenezimuIsiraeli ameneamaloledwakukhalandimoyongakhaletsiku limodzipadzikolapansi,chifukwandiwonyansakomanso wodetsedwa.

15Ndipoasanenekuti,KwaRubenianapatsidwamoyondi chikhululukiroatagonandimdzakaziwaatatewake,ndipo kwaiyensongakhaleanalindimwamuna,ndipomwamuna wakeYakobo,atatewake,analiakadalindimoyo 16Pakutimpakanthawiimeneyosipanawululidwelamulo ndichiweruzondilamulomokwanirakwaonse,koma m'masikuanu(zavumbulutsidwa)mongalamulolanyengo ndimasiku,ndilamulolosathakwamibadwoyosatha.

17Ndipopalamuloilipalibekuthakwamasiku,ndipo palibechikhululukirochaizo,komazonseziwiriziyenera kuchotsedwapakatipamtunduwo:patsikulimene adalichitaadzawapha.

18Ndipoiwe,Mose,lemba(izi)kwaIsrayelikutiazisunga, ndikuchitamolinganandimawuawa,osachitatchimo mpakaimfa;pakutiYehovaMulunguwathundiye woweruza,wosasamaliraanthundipowosalandiramphatso.

19Ndipouwauzemawuawaapangano,kutiamve,ndi kusunga,ndikuwasamalira,osaonongekandikuchotsedwa m'dziko;pakutichodetsa,ndichonyansa,ndichodetsa,ndi chodetsa,ndichodetsa,onseameneachitaizipadziko lapansipamasopaMulunguwathu.

20Ndipopalibetchimolalikulukuposadamalimene amachitapadzikolapansi;pakutiIsrayelindimtundu woyerakwaYehovaMulunguwake,ndimtunduwolowa, ndimtunduwaansembendiwachifumu,ndichumachake; ndiposipadzakhalachodetsachoterochopakatipamtundu woyera.

21Ndipom'chakachachitatuchasabatalachisanundi chimodzi[2145AM]Yakobondianaakeonse ananyamukanakakhalam'nyumbayaAbrahamu,pafupi ndiIsakiatatewakendiRebekaamake

22NdipomayinaaanaaamunaaYakobondiawa: woyambaRubeni,ndiSimeoni,ndiLevi,ndiYuda,ndi Isakara,ndiZebuloni,anaaLeya;ndianaaRakele,Yosefe ndiBenjamini;ndianaaBiliha,ndiDanindiNafitali;ndi anaaZilipa,ndiGadindiAseri;ndiDina,mwanawamkazi waLeya,mwanawamkaziyekhayowaYakobo

23Ndipoanadza,nagwadiraIsakendiRebeka,ndipo pameneanawaona,anadalitsaYakobondianaakeonse; ndipoIsakeanakondwerakwambiri,chifukwaanaonaana aYakobo,mwanawakewamng'ono,nawadalitsa

CHAPUTALA34

1Ndipom'chakachachisanundichimodzichasabataino yachikondwererochamakumianayindizinayi[2148AM] Yakoboanatumizaanaakeaamunakukawetankhosazawo, ndiantchitoakepamodzinawokumaloodyetseraziwetoa kuShekemu

2NdipomafumuasanundiawiriaAamorianasonkhana pamodzikutiawaphe,kubisalapansipamitengo,ndi kulandazowetazawo

3NdipoYakobo,Levi,Yuda,ndiYosefeanali m'nyumbamondiIsakeatatewawo;pakutimzimuwake unaliwachisoni,ndiposanathekumusiya;ndipoBenjamini analiwamng'ono,ndipochifukwachaichianakhalabendi atatewake

4NdipomfumuyaTafuinabwera,mfumuyaAresa, mfumuyaSeragani,mfumuyaSelo,mfumuyaGaasi, mfumuyaBethoroni,mfumuyaMa'anisakir,ndionse okhalam'mapiriawa(ndi)okhalam'nkhalangom'dzikola Kanani

5NdipoanalengezaizikwaYakobonati,Taonani,mafumu aAamoriazingaanaanuaamuna,nafunkhaziwetozawo 6Ndipoananyamukam’nyumbamwake,iyendianaake atatuaamuna,ndiantchitoonseaatatewake,ndiantchito ake,napitakukamenyananawondiamunazikwizisanundi chimodzionyamulamalupanga.

7Ndipoanawapham'maloodyetseraziwetoakuSekemu, natsataameneanathawa,nawaphandilupangalakuthwa, naphaAresa,ndiTaphu,ndiSaregani,ndiSelo,ndi Amanisakiri,ndiGa[ga]'as,nabwezaziwetozake.

8Ndipoanawagonjetsa,nawakakamizakutiapereke msonkho,zipatsozisanuzam'dzikolawo,ndipoanamanga RobelndiTamnatares

9Ndipoanabwereramumtendere,napangananawo mtendere,ndipoanakhalaakapoloake,mpakatsikulimene iyendianaakeanatsikirakuIgupto

10Ndipom'chakachachisanundichiwirichasabataino [2149AM]anatumaYosefekutiakafufuzezaubwinowa abaleakekuchokerakunyumbakwakekupitakudzikola Sekemu,ndipoanawapezam'dzikolaDotani

11Ndipoanamchitirazachinyengo,napanganachiwembu kutiamuphe,komaanasinthamaganizoawo,namgulitsa kwaamalondaAchiishmaeli,ndipoanamtengerakuIgupto, namgulitsakwaPotifara,ndunayaFarao,mkuluwaophika, wansembewamzindawaElewu.

12NdipoanaaamunaaYakoboanaphamwanawambuzi, naviikamalayaaYosefem'magazi,nawatumizakwa Yakoboatatewawopatsikulakhumilamweziwachisanu ndichiwiri

13Ndipoanalirausikuwonsewo,chifukwa adamubweretseramadzulo,ndipoadagwidwandimalungo ndikulirachifukwachaimfayake,ndipoanati:'Chilombo choyipachamudyaYosefe';ndipoonseam'nyumba mwake[analiranayetsikulomwelo,ndipo]analirandi kuliranayetsikulonselo

14Anaakeaamunandiaakaziananyamukakuti amutonthoze,komaanakanakutonthozedwachifukwacha mwanawake

15TsikulomweloBilihaanamvakutiYosefewamwalira, ndipoanamwaliraakuliramaliroake,ndipoiyeanali kukhalakuQafratef,ndipoDina,mwanawakewamkazi, nayensoanamwaliraYosefeatamwalira

16NdipomaliroatatuawaanafikapaIsrayelimwezi umodzi,ndipoanaikaBilihapatsogolopamandaaRakele, ndiDinamwanawakewamkazi,pamenepoanaikidwa

17NdipoanaliraYosefechakachimodzi,osaleka,pakuti anati,Ndilolenditsikirekumandandikuliramwanawanga 18ChifukwachakeanaaIsrayelianalamulidwakuti azidzizunzaokhapatsikulakhumilamweziwachisanundi chiwiritsikulimeneuthengaumeneunamupangitsa kuliraYosefeunafikakwaYakoboatatewakekuti azidzitetezerapailondimwanawambuzipatsikulakhumi lamweziwachisanundichiwiri,kamodzipachaka, chifukwachamachimoawo;chifukwaanamvetsachisoni chikondichaatatewawopaYosefemwanawake 19Ndipotsikuililakhazikitsidwakutiazimvachisoni chifukwachamachimoawo,ndizolakwazawozonse,ndi zolakwazawozonse,kutiadziyeretsetsikulimenelo kamodzipachaka 20Yosefeatamwalira,anaaamunaaYakobo anadzitengeraakaziDzinalamkaziwaRubenindiAda; dzinalamkaziwaSimeonindiAdibaa,Mkanani;dzinala mkaziwaLevindiMelika,waanaaakaziaAramu,wa mbadwazaTera;dzinalamkaziwaYudandiBetasueli, Mkanani;dzinalamkaziwaIsakarandiHezaqa;dzinala mkaziwaZebulonindiNiimani;dzinalamkaziwaDani ndiEgla;dzinalamkaziwaNafitalindiRasuu,waku

Mesopotamiya;dzinalamkaziwaGadindiMaka;dzinala mkaziwaAserindiIjona;dzinalamkaziwaYosefendi Asenati,Myigupto;ndidzinalamkaziwaBenjaminindi Ijasaka.

21NdipoSimeonianalapa,natengamkaziwachiwiriku Mesopotamiyamongaabaleake

CHAPUTALA35

1Ndipom'chakachoyambachasabatayoyambaya chikondwererochamakumianayindizisanu[2157AM] RebekaanaitanaYakobo,mwanawakewamwamuna, namulamulazaatatewakendimbalewake,kuti awalemekezemasikuonseamoyowake

2NdipoYakoboanati,Ndidzachitazonsemonga mwandilamulira;pakutiichichidzakhalaulemundiukulu kwaine,ndichilungamopamasopaYehova,kuti ndiwalemekeze

3Ndipoinunso,amayi,mukudziwakuyambiranthawi imenendinabadwampakalero,zochitazangazonsendi zonsezomwezilimumtimamwanga,kutinthawizonse ndimaganizirazabwinozazonse.

4Ndiposindingathebwanjikuchitaizizomwe mwandilamula,kutindilemekezebamboangandim'bale wanga!

5Ndiuzeni,amayi,kodimwaonakupotokakotanimwaine ndipondidzakusiya,ndipochifundochidzakhalapaine 6Ndipoiyeanatikwaiye,'Mwanawanga,sindinaonepo mwaiwemasikuangaonseoipakomazochitazolungama zokhaKomandikukuuzazoona,mwanawanga:Ndifa chakachino,ndiposindidzapulumukachakachinom'moyo wanga;pakutindawonam'malototsikulaimfayanga,kuti sindidzakhalandimoyokupitirirazakazanalimodzindi makumiasanundizisanu:ndipotaonandatsirizamasiku onseamoyowangaomwendidzakhalandimoyo'

7NdipoYakoboanasekamawuaamake,chifukwaamake adamuuzakutiadzafa;ndipoanakhalamoyang'anizana nayealindimphamvuzake,ndiposanaliwofookamu mphamvuzake;pakutiankalowandikutulukandikuona, ndipomanoakeanaliolimba,ndipopalibematendaomwe adamukhudzamasikuonseamoyowake

8NdipoYakoboanatikwaiye,Ndidalitsike,amayi,ngati masikuangaayandikiramasikuamoyowako,ndipo mphamvuyangaikakhalandiinemongamphamvuyako; ndiposungafe,chifukwaukundisekamopandapakeza imfayako.

9NdipoanalowakwaIsakenatikwaiye,Pempholimodzi ndikupempha:LumbiritsaniEsaukutisadzavulazaYakobo, kapenakumutsatandiudani;pakutiudziwamalingaliroa Esaukutindioipakuyambiraubwanawake,ndipomwa iyemulibechabwino;chifukwaakufunakumuphaiwe utafa.

10Ndipoudziwazonsezimenewachitakuyambiratsiku limeneYakobombalewakeanayendakuHaranampaka lero:kutiwatisiyandimtimawakewonse,natichitira choipa;watengaziwetozanu,natengachumachanuchonse pamasopanu.

11Ndipopamenetinamupemphandikumupemphakuti atipatsezimenezinalizathu,iyeanachitamongamunthu ameneanatichitirachifundo.

12NdipoakukwiyiranichifukwamudadalitsaYakobo mwanawanuwangwirondiwolungama;pakutipalibe choipakomaubwinowokhamwaiye,ndipokuyambira pameneanachokerakuHaranampakalerosanatilande chilichonse,chifukwaamatibweretserachilichonsepa nthawiyakenthawizonse,ndipoamasangalalandimtima wakewonsepamenetitengam'manjamwakendipo amatidalitsa,ndiposanatisiyekuyambirapamene anachokerakuHaranampakalero,ndipoamakhalanafe nthawizonsekunyumbakutilemekeza

13NdipoIsakeanatikwaiye,Inensondikudziwandipo ndikuonantchitozaYakoboamenealindiife,kuti amatilemekezandimtimawakewonse;komandinakonda EsaukalekuposaYakobo,chifukwaanaliwoyamba kubadwa;komatsopanondimakondaYakobokuposaEsau, chifukwawachitazoipazambiri,ndipomwaiyemulibe chilungamo,chifukwanjirazakezonsendizosalungama ndichiwawa,[ndipopalibechilungamochomuzungulira]

14Ndipotsopanomtimawangaukuvutikachifukwacha zochitazakezonse,ndipoiyekapenambewuyake sadzapulumutsidwa,pakutiiwondiomwe adzawonongedwapadzikolapansindipoadzachotsedwa pansipathambo,chifukwawasiyaMulunguwaAbrahamu ndikutsatiraakaziakendikutsatazodetsazawondi zolakwazawo,iyendianaake.

15Ndipoundiuzekutiandilumbiritsekutisadzapha Yakobombalewake;ngakhaleatalumbirakutisadzatsatira lumbirolake,ndiposadzachitazabwinokomazoipazokha.

16KomangatiakufunakuphaYakobo,m'balewake, adzaperekedwam'manjamwaYakobo,ndipo sadzapulumukam'manjamwake,[pakutiadzatsikira m'manjamwake]

17UsaopeYakobo,pakutimlondawaYakobondi wamkulu,wamphamvu,wolemekezeka,ndiwolemekezeka kuposamlondawaEsau

18NdipoRebekaanatumizamunthukukaitanaEsau,ndipo anabwerakwaiye;ndipoanatikwaiye,Ndilindipempho, mwanawanga,lotindikupemphe,ndipoulumbire,mwana wanga

19Ndipoanati,Ndidzachitazonsezimenemundiuza, ndiposindidzakanapempholanu

20Ndipoiyeanatikwaiye,'Ndikupemphanikutitsiku limenendidzafa,munditengerekukaikam'mandapafupi ndiSara,amayiaabamboanu,ndipoinundiYakobo mudzakondanawinandimnzakendipomusakhumbire choipawinandimnzake,komachikondichokha,ndipo (kotero)mudzapambana,anaanga,ndipo mudzalemekezedwapakatipadziko,ndipopalibemdani ameneadzakondwerananu,ndipomudzakhaladalitsondi chifundopamasopaonseameneamakukondani' 21Ndipoanati,Ndidzachitazonsezimenewandiuza,ndipo ndidzakuikam'mandatsikulimeneudzamwalirapafupindi Sara,amakeaatatewanga,mongamomweunafunirakuti mafupaakeakhalepafupindimafupaako 22NdipoYakobo,m'balewanga,ndidzamukondanso kuposaanthuonse;pakutindilibem'balewangapadziko lonselapansikomaiyeyekha:ndipoizisizilizabwinokwa inengatindimukonda;pakutindiyem'balewanga,ndipo tinabzalidwapamodzim'thupilako,ndipopamodzi tinachokeram'mimbamwako,ndipongatisindikonda m'balewanga,ndidzakondandani?

23Ndipoine,ndikukupemphanikutimulimbikitseYakobo zainendianaangaaamuna,pakutindikudziwakuti adzakhalamfumuyangandianaangaaamuna,chifukwa tsikulimenebamboangaadamudalitsaadamuyikakukhala wamkulundiinekukhalawocheperapo.

24Ndipondikukulumbirakutindidzamukonda,ndipo sindidzamufunirachoipamasikuonseamoyowangakoma chabwinochokha.

25Ndipoanalumbirakwaiyezankhaniyonseyi,ndipo anaitanaYakobopamasopaEsau,namulangizamonga momweananenerakwaEsau

26Ndipoanati,Ndidzachitachifunirochanu; ndikhulupirirenikutipalibechoipachomwechidzachokera kwainekapenakwaanaangapaEsau,ndipondidzakhala woyambapachilichonsekupatulachikondichokha

27Ndipoanadyandikumwa,iyendianaakeaamunausiku womwewo,ndipoanamwalira,zakazitatundisabata imodzindichakachimodzi,usikuwomwewo,ndipoana akeaamunaawiri,EsaundiYakobo,anamuikam'phangala anthuawiripafupindiSara,amakeaatatewawo

CHAPUTALA36

1Ndipom'chakachachisanundichimodzichasabataino [2162AM]IsakeanaitanaanaakeawiriaamunaEsaundi Yakobo,ndipoanabwerakwaiye,ndipoanawauzakuti: 'Anaanga,ndikupitakunyumbayosathakumenemakolo angaali.

2ChifukwachakemundiikepafupindiAbrahamuatate wanga,m'phangalamaerem'mundawaEfroniMhiti, kumeneAbrahamuadagulamandakutindiikemo;m'manda amenendinadzikumbirandekha,mundiikemomomwemo 3Ndipoichindikukulamulani,anaanga,kutimuchite chilungamondichilungamopadzikolapansi,kutiYehova akwaniritsezonsezomweYehovaadanenakutiadzachitira Abrahamundimbewuyake

4Ndipokondananiwinandimnzake,anaanga,abaleanu mongamunthuameneamakondamoyowake,ndipo aliyenseafunefunezomweangapindulitsem'balewake, ndikuchitazinthulimodzipadzikolapansi;ndipoakondane winandimnzakemongamiyoyoyawo

5Ndipoponenazankhaniyamafano,ndikukulamulanindi kukulangizanikutimuwakanendikuwada,ndipo musiwakonde,chifukwandiodzazandichinyengokwa iwoameneamawalambirandikwaiwoamene amawagwadira.

6Kumbukirani,anaanga,YehovaMulunguwaAbrahamu atatewanu,ndimomweinensondinamulambiraIyendi kumutumikiraIyem’chilungamondim’chimwemwe,kuti akuchulukitsenindikuchulukitsambewuzanungati nyenyezizakumwamba,ndikukukhazikitsanipadziko lapansingatichomerachachilungamochomwe sichidzachotsedwakumibadwomibadwokwamuyaya

7Ndipotsopanondikukupangitsanikulumbirakwakukulupakutipalibelumbirolalikulukuposailolotchedwadzina laulemererondilolemekezeka,lalikulundilokongola, lodabwitsandilamphamvu,lomwelinalengakumwamba ndidzikolapansindizinthuzonsepamodzi-kuti mudzamuopaIyendikumulambiraIye

8Ndipoaliyenseazikondam'balewakemwachikondindi mwachilungamo,ndiposadzalakalakachoipapam'bale

wakekuyambiratsopanokwamuyayamasikuonseamoyo wanukutimuchitebwinomuzochitazanuzonsendipo musawonongeke

9Ndipongatialiyensewainuakukonzekerachoipapa m'balewake,dziwanikutikuyambiratsopanoaliyense ameneakukonzekerachoipapam'balewakeadzagwa m'manjamwake,nadzachotsedwam'dzikolaamoyo,ndipo mbewuyakeidzawonongedwapansipathambo.

10Komapatsikulachipwirikitinditembererondimkwiyo ndimkwiyo,ndimotowoyakangatimomweIye anatentheraSodomu,momwemonsoIyeadzatenthadziko lakendimzindawakendizonsezomwealinazo,ndipo adzachotsedwam'bukulachilangochaanaaanthu,ndipo sadzalembedwam'bukulamoyo,komam'chimene chaperekedwakuchiwonongeko,ndipoadzapitaku tembererolamuyaya;koterokutichiweruzochawo chikhalechatsopanonthawizonsemuudaninditemberero ndimkwiyondikuzunzikandimkwiyondimilirindi matendakwamuyaya.

11Ndikukuuzanindipondikukutsimikizirani,anaanga, malingandichiweruzochomwechidzabwerapamunthu ameneakufunakuvulazam'balewake.

12Ndipoanagawakatunduwakewonsepakatipaawiriwa tsikulimenelo,napatsagawolalikulukwawoyamba kubadwa,ndinsanjandizonsezomwezinalim’menemo, ndizonsezomweAbrahamuanalinazopaChitsimecha Chipangano

13Ndipoanati,Gawolalikuluilindidzaliperekakwa woyambakubadwa

14NdipoEsauanati,NdagulitsakwaYakobo,ndipo ndapatsaYakoboukuluwanga;upatsidwekwaiye,ndipo ndilibemawualiwonseonenazauwu,pakutindiwake

15NdipoIsakeanati,“Dalitsolikhalepainu,anaanga,ndi pambewuyanulero,chifukwamwandipatsampumulo, ndipomtimawangasukumvachisonindiufuluwoyamba kubadwa,kutimusachitezinthuzoipachifukwachauwu”

16MulunguWam’mwambamwambaadalitsemunthu wochitachilungamo,iyendimbewuyakekosatha’ 17Ndipoanamalizakuwalamulandikuwadalitsa,ndipo anadyandikumwapamodzipamasopake,ndipo anasangalalachifukwapanalimtimaumodzipakatipawo, ndipoanatulukakwaiyenapumulatsikulimenelonagona 18NdipoIsakeanagonapabedilaketsikulomwelo mokondwera;ndipoanagonatulotosatha,namwaliraali ndizakazanalimodzimphambumakumiasanundiatatu Anathamasabatamakumiawirimphambuasanundizaka zisanu;ndipoanaakeawiriEsaundiYakoboanamuika m'manda.

19NdipoEsauanamukakudzikolaEdomu,kuphirila Seiri,nakhalakumeneko

20NdipoYakoboanakhalam’mapiriaHebroni,m’nsanja yadzikolimeneAbrahamuatatewakeanakhalako,ndipo analambiraYehovandimtimawakewonsekomanso motsatiramalamulooonekamongamomweIyeanagaŵira masikuamibadwoyake

21NdipomkaziwakeLeyaanamwaliram'chaka chachinayichasabatalachiwirilachikondwererocha makumianayindizisanu,[2167AM]ndipoanamuika m'phangalaanthuawiripafupindiRebekaamayiake kumanzerekwamandaaSara,amayiakeaabamboake.

22Ndipoanaakeonseaamunandiaakazianadzakudzalira Leyamkaziwakepamodzinaye,ndikumtonthoza chifukwachaiye,pakutianam’liriraiye;pakuti anam’kondakwambiri,atamwaliramlongowakeRakele; 23pakutianaliwangwirondiwolungamam'njirazake zonse,ndipoanalemekezaYakobo,ndipomasikuonse ameneanakhalanaye,sanamvemawuopwetekaochokera m'kamwamwake,chifukwaanaliwofatsa,wamtendere, wolungamakomansowolemekezeka

24Ndipoanakumbukirazonsezimenemkaziyoanachita alimoyo,ndipoanamulirakwambiri,chifukwa anamukondandimtimawakewonsendimoyowakewonse

CHAPUTALA37

1NdipotsikulimeneIsake,atatewaYakobondiEsau anamwalira,[2162AM]anaaEsauanamvakutiIsake waperekagawolawamkulukwamwanawakewamng'ono Yakobo,ndipoanakwiyakwambiri.

2Ndipoanakanganandiatatewawo,nati,N’chifukwa chiyaniatatewakowapatsaYakobogawolawamkulu, napitiriraiwe,popezaiwendiwewamkulu,ndiYakobo wamng’ono?

3Ndipoiyeanatikwaiwo,Chifukwandinagulitsaukulu wangakwaYakobondimphodzazochepa,ndipotsiku limeneatatewangaananditumakukasakandikugwira nsombandikumbweretserachakudyakutiadyendi kundidalitsa,iyeanabwerandichinyengonabweretsera atatewangachakudyandichakumwa,ndipoatatewanga anamudalitsanandiikam'manjamwake

4Ndipotsopanoatatewathuwatilumbiritsa,inendiiye, kutitisapangiremnzawochoipa,ngakhalechoipa,ndikuti tipitirizekukondanandimnzawomwamtenderendipo sitidzawononganjirazathu.’

5Ndipoanatikwaiye,Sitidzakumveranikutimuchitenaye mtendere;pakutimphamvuzathundizazikulukuposa mphamvuzake,ndipoifendifeamphamvukuposaiye; tidzapitakukamenyananaye,ndikumupha,ndi kumuwonongaiyendianaakeNdipongatisimupitanafe, tidzakupwetekaniinunso.

6Tsopanotimvereni:TiyenititumizeuthengakuSiriya,ku Filistiya,kuMowabundikuAmoni,kutitisankheamuna osankhidwaolimbamtimaankhondo,kutitimuukirendi kumenyananaye,ndipotimuwonongepadzikolapansi asanafikepokhalawamphamvu

7Ndipoatatewawoanatikwaiwo,Musapite,musachite nayenkhondo,kutimungagwepamasopake

8Ndipoanatikwaiye,Ichinsondichochizolowezichako kuyambiraubwanawakokufikiralero,ndipoukuikakhosi lakopansipagolilake

9Sitidzamveramawuawa’Ndipoanatumizauthengaku Aramu,ndiku‘Aduramukwabwenzilaatatewawo,ndipo analemberalimodzinawoamunaankhondoosankhidwa ankhondochikwichimodzi

10NdipoanafikakwaiwoochokerakuMoabundianaa Amoni,amunaolembedwantchito,amunaosankhidwa chikwichimodzi,ndiamunaankhondoosankhidwachikwi chimodziochokerakuAfilisti,ndiamunaankhondo osankhidwachikwichimodziochokerakuEdomundiku Ahori,ndiamunaamphamvuankhondoochokeraku Kitimu

11Ndipoiwoanatikwaatatewawo,Pitanawo, ukawatsogolere,apoayitidzakupha.

12Ndipoanakwiyakwambiriataonakutianaakeaamuna akumukakamizakutiatsogolere(kwawo)kuti akawatsogolerekukamenyanandiYakobom'balewake.

13Komapambuyopakeanakumbukirachoipachonse chomwechinalimumtimamwakechokhudzaYakobo m'balewake,ndiposanakumbukirelumbirolimene analumbirakwaatatewakendiamayiakekutisadzakonza choipachilichonsechokhudzaYakobom'balewakemasiku akeonse

14Ngakhalezinalichoncho,Yakobosanadziwekuti akubwerakudzamenyananaye,ndipoanalikuliraLeya, mkaziwake,mpakaatayandikiransanjayondiasilikali 4,000ndiamunaosankhidwaankhondo

15NdipoanthuakuHebronianatumizauthengakwaiye, nati,Taonambalewakowabwerakudzamenyananawe,ndi zikwizinayizalupanga,ndionyamulazishangondizida; pakutianakondaYakobokuposaEsau.Anamuuzachoncho; pakutiYakoboanalimunthuwowolowamanjakomanso wachifundokuposaEsau

16KomaYakobosanakhulupirirempakaatayandikira nsanjayo

17Ndipoanatsekazitsekozansanjayo;naimapalinga, nalankhulandimbalewakeEsau,nati,Waulemundiye chitonthozochimenewabweranachokudzanditonthoza chifukwachamkaziwangawamwaliraKodiichindi lumbirolimeneunalumbirakwaatatewakondikwaamako asanamwalire?Waswalumbirolo,ndipopanthawiimene unalumbirakwaatatewakounatsutsidwa

18NdipoEsauanayankhanatikwaiye,Anaaanthu kapenazilombozadzikolapansialibelumbirola chilungamolimeneadalumbira(lumbirolovomerezeka) kosatha;komatsikulililonseamakonzeranachoipawina ndimnzake,ndimomwealiyenseangapheremdaniwake ndimdaniwake

19Ndipoumadanananendianaangakwamuyaya,ndipo palibeubalewogwirizanandiiwe

20Tamveranimawuawaomwendikukuuzani,Ngati nkhumbaingasinthekhungulakendikupangitsatsitsilake kukhalalofewangatiubweyawankhosa,kapenangati ingaphulitsenyangapamutupakengatinyangazanswala kapenankhosa,pamenepondidzawonaubalewanundiinu, Ndipongatimaberealekanitsidwandiamayiawo, chifukwasimunakhalem'balewanga

21Ndipongatimimbuluichitamtenderendianaankhosa kutiisawadyekapenakuwachitirachiwawa,Ndipongati mitimayawoilikwaiwokutiiwachitirezabwino, Pamenepopadzakhalamtenderemumtimamwangakwa inu

22Ndipongatimkangoukhalabwenzilang'ombendi kuchitamtenderenayo,Ndipongatiwamangidwandigoli limodzinayendikulimanaye,pamenepondidzapanga mtenderendiiwe

23Ndipokhwangwalaakadzakhalawoyerangatiraza, Pamenepodziwanikutindakukondani,Ndipo ndidzapanganananumtendere,Mudzazulidwa,Ndipoana anuadzazulidwa,Ndiposipadzakhalamtenderekwainu

24NdipoYakoboanaonakutianalindimtimawoipakwa iyendimoyowakewonse,kutiamuphe,ndipokuti

anatulukangatinkhumbayakuthengo,imeneimabwerapa mkondo,n’kuibaya,n’kuipha,komasiithawa; 25Kenakoanalankhulandiantchitoakendiakekuti amuukireiyendianzakeonse.

CHAPUTALA38

1NdipopambuyopakeYudaanauzaYakobo,atatewake, natikwaiye,Pindaniutawanu,atate,tumizanimiviyanu, mugwetsemdani,muphemdani;ndipomukhalendi mphamvu,pakutisitidzaphambalewanu,chifukwaali ngatiinu,ndipoalingatiinu,tiyenitimupatseulemuuwu

2KenakoYakoboanapindautawaken’kuponyamuviwo n’kukanthaEsau,m’balewake(pachifuwapakechamanja) n’kumupha

3NdipoanaponyansomuvinakanthaAdoranMsuriya pachifuwachakumanzere,namukankhirakumbuyo namupha

4NdipoanaaYakoboanatuluka,iwondiantchitoawo, nagawanikam’magulum’mbalizonsezinayizansanjayo

5NdipoYudaanatulukapatsogolo,ndiNafitalindiGadi pamodzinaye,ndianyamatamakumiasanupamodzinaye kumbaliyakumwerakwansanjayo,naphaonseamene anawapezapatsogolopao;ndipopalibendimmodziyense waiwoanapulumuka.

6NdipoLevi,Dani,ndiAserianatulukakum'mawakwa nsanjayo,pamodzindiamunamakumiasanu(50),nakapha asilikaliakuMowabundiakuAmoni.

7NdipoRubeni,Isakara,ndiZebulonianatulukakumpoto kwansanjayo,ndiamunamakumiasanupamodzinao, nakanthaankhondoaAfilisti.

8NdipoSimeoni,ndiBenjamini,ndiEnoki,mwanawa Rubeni,anatulukakumadzulokwansanjayo,ndiamuna makumiasanupamodzinawo,naphaAedomundiAhori amunamazanaanayi,ankhondoolimbamtima;mazana asanundilimodzianathawa,ndianaanayiaEsauanathawa nawo,nasiyaatatewawoalichigonereataphedwa,iye anagwapaphirilakuAduramu

9NdipoanaaYakoboanawatsatakufikirakuphirilaSeiri, ndipoYakoboanaikambalewakepaphirilakuAduramu, nabwererakunyumbakwake

10NdipoanaaYakoboanakankhiraanaaEsaum’mapiria Seiri,nagwadamakosiawo,nakhalaakapoloaanaa Yakobo

11Ndipoanatumizauthengakwaatatewawo(kuti akafunsengatiangapangemtenderenawokapena kuwapha)

12NdipoYakoboanatumizauthengakwaanaakeaamuna kutiagwirizanenso,ndipoanagwirizananawomtendere, nawaikagolilaukapolo,koterokutianalipiramsonkho kwaYakobondianaakenthawizonse

13NdipoanapitirizakuperekamsonkhokwaYakobo mpakatsikulimeneanatsikirakuIgupto

14NdipoanaaEdomusanasiyebeukapoloumeneana khumindiawiriaYakoboanawakakamizampakalero

15NdipoawandimafumuameneanalamulirakuEdomu, asanayambekulamuliraanaaIsrayeli,mpakalerolino, m'dzikolaEdomu

16NdipoBalakimwanawaBeorianalamuliramuEdomu, ndipodzinalamudziwakelinaliDaniaba.

17NdipoBalakianamwalira,ndipoYobabimwanawa ZerawakuBozerianalamuliram'malomwake.

18NdipoYobabuanamwalira,ndipoAsamuwakudziko laTemanianalamuliram'malomwake.

19NdipoAsamuanamwalira,ndipoAdatimwanawa Baradi,ameneanaphaAmidiyanim'dzikolaMoabu, anakhalamfumum'malomwake;ndipodzinalamudzi wakelinaliAviti.

20Adatiatamwalira,Salman,wochokerakwaAmaseqa, analamuliram'malomwake

21NdipoSalmanianamwalira,ndipoSauliwakuRaaboti (pafupindimtsinje)anayambakulamuliram'malomwake

22Sauliatamwalira,Baelinani,mwanawaAkibori, anayambakulamuliram'malomwake

23Baelinani,mwanawaAkibori,anamwalira,ndipoAdati anayambakulamuliram'malomwake,ndipodzinalamkazi wakelinaliMaitabiti,mwanawamkaziwaMatarati, mwanawamkaziwaMetabezabi

24AwandimafumuameneanalamuliradzikolaEdomu.

CHAPUTALA39

1NdipoYakoboanakhalam’dzikolimeneanakhala mlendoatatewakem’dzikolaKanani:Mibadwoya Yakobondiiyi.

2NdipoYosefeanalindizakakhumindizisanundiziwiri pameneanatsikanayekudzikolaAigupto,ndipoPotifara, ndunayaFarao,mkuluwaophika,anamgula.

3NdipoanaikaYosefewoyang'aniranyumbayakeyonse; ndipomadalitsoaYehovaanagweranyumbaya MwiguptoyochifukwachaYosefe;ndipoYehova anamlemeretsam'zonsezimeneanachita 4NdipoMwiguptoyoanaperekazonsem'manjamwa Yosefe,chifukwaanaonakutiYehovaanalinaye,ndikuti Yehovaanam’dalitsam’zonsezimeneanazichita

5NdipomaonekedweaYosefeanaliokongola[ndi okongolakwambiri],ndipomkaziwambuyewake anakwezamasoakenamuonaYosefe,ndipoanamkonda kwambiri,nampemphakutiagonenaye

6Komasanaperekemoyowake,ndipoanakumbukira AmbuyendimawuomweYakobo,atatewake, ankawerengakuchokerapakatipamawuaAbrahamu,kuti palibemwamunaameneayenerakuchitachigololondi mkaziamenealindimwamuna;kutichilangochaimfa chaperekedwakwaiyekumwambapamasopaMulungu Wam'mwambamwamba,ndipotchimololidzalembedwa motsutsananayem'mabukuosathanthawizonsepamasopa Ambuye.

7Yosefeanakumbukiramawuamenewandipoanakana kugonanaye

8Ndipoadamupemphakwachakachimodzi,komaiye anakanandiposanamvere.

9Komamkaziyoanam’kumbatirandikum’gwira mwamphamvum’nyumbamokutiamugonenaye,natseka zitsekozanyumbayonam’gwiramwamphamvu;koma anasiyachovalachakem’manjamwamkaziyo,nathyola chitseko,nathawapamasopake.

10Ndipomkaziyoataonakutisakufunakugonanaye, anam’nyozapamasopambuyewake,nati,Kapolowanu wachihebri,amenemumam’konda,anafunakundikakamiza kutiagonenane;ndipopanalipamenendinakwezamawu

anga,anathawa,nasiyachovalachakem’manjamwanga pamenendinam’gwira,ndipoanathyolachitseko.

11NdipoMwiguptoujaataonachovalachaYosefendi chitsekochosweka,namvamawuamkaziwake,namuika Yosefem’ndende,m’malomomweanasungiraakaidi amenemfumuinawaikam’ndende

12Ndipoanakhalam’ndendemomwemo;ndipoYehova anam’patsaYosefechisomopamasopamkuluwaalondaa ndende,namuchitirachifundo;pakutianaonakutiYehova analinaye,ndikutiYehovaanalemeretsazonsezimene anachita

13Ndipoanaikazonsem'manjamwake;komamkuluwa alondasanadziwechilichonsechomwechinalindiiye; pakutiYosefeanachitazonse,ndipoYehovaanazichita zonse

14Ndipoanakhalakumenekozakaziwiri.Masiku amenewoFarao,mfumuyaIgupto,anakwiyiraakapitawo akeawiri,mkuluwaoperekerachikho,ndimkuluwa ophikamkate,ndipoanawaikam'ndendem'nyumbaya mkuluwaophika,m'ndendemomweYosefeanasungidwa 15NdipomkuluwaalondaandendeanaikaYosefekuti awatumikire;ndipoiyeanatumikirapamasopawo.

16Ndipoonseawirianalotamaloto,mkuluwaoperekera chikhondimkuluwaophikamkate,ndipoanafotokozera Yosefe.

17Ndipomongamomweadawamasulira,momwemo zidawachitikira;ndipoFaraoadabwezeramkuluwa operekerachikhopaudindowake,ndimkuluwaophika mkateadamupha,mongamomweYosefeadawamasulira

18KomamkuluwaoperekerachikhoanaiwalaYosefe m’ndende,ngakhalekutianamuuzazimene zidzam’chitikira,ndiposanakumbukirekuuzaFarao zimeneYosefeanamuuza,chifukwaanaiwala

CHAPUTALA40

1NdipomasikuamenewoFaraoanalotamalotoawiriusiku umodziokhudzanjalaimeneidzakhalam'dzikolonselo; ndipoanadzukakutulotake,naitanaomasuliraonsea malotoomweanalimuIgupto,ndiamatsenga, nawafotokozeramalotoakeawiri;komaiwosanathe kuwamasulira

2NdipomkuluwaoperekerachikhoanakumbukiraYosefe namuuzamfumuzaiye,ndipoanamutulutsam’ndende, namufotokozeramalotoakeawiripamasopake

3NdipoiyeanatipamasopaFaraokutimalotoake awiriwoanaliamodzi,ndipoiyeanatikwaiye,'Zaka zisanundiziwirizidzafika(momwepadzakhala)chakudya chambirim'dzikolonselaAigupto,ndipopambuyopazaka zisanundiziwirizanjala,njalayoteroyosinakhalepo m'dzikolonselo'

4TsopanoFaraoaikeoyang’aniram’dzikolonselaIgupto, ndipoawasungechakudyam’mizindayonsemasikuonsea zakazambiri,ndipopadzakhalachakudyachazakazisanu ndiziwirizanjala,ndipodzikolosilidzawonongekandi njalayo,chifukwaidzakhalayoopsakwambiri’ 5NdipoYehovaanapatsaYosefechisomondichifundo pamasopaFarao,ndipoFaraoanatikwaanyamataake, Sitidzapezamunthuwanzerundiwanzerungatiuyu, chifukwamzimuwaYehovaulinaye.

6Ndipoanamuikakukhalawachiwirimuufumuwake wonse,namupatsaulamuliropaIguptoyense,namukweza pagaletalachiwirilaFarao

7Ndipoanamuvekazovalazansaluzopyapyala,namuveka unyolowagolidepakhosipake,ndipo(wolengeza) analengezapamasopakekuti''El'Elwa'Abirer,'namuyika mphetepadzanjalake,namuikakukhalawoyang'anira nyumbayakeyonse,namukweza,natikwaiye,'Pampando wachifumuwokhandidzakhalawamkulukuposaiwe'

8NdipoYosefeanalamuliradzikolonselaIgupto,ndipo akalongaonseaFarao,ndiatumikiakeonse,ndionse ogwirantchitozamfumuanamukonda,chifukwaanayenda molungama,popezaanaliwopandakudzikuzandi kudzikuza,ndipoanalibetsankho,ndiposanalandire mphatso,komaanaweruzamolungamaanthuonsea m'dzikomo.

9NdipodzikolaIguptolinakhalapamtenderepamasopa FaraochifukwachaYosefe,pakutiYehovaanalinaye, ndipoanam’patsachisomondichifundokwamibadwo yakeyonsepamasopaonseameneankamudziwandi ameneanamvazaiye,ndipoufumuwaFaraounali utakhazikikabwino,ndipopanalibeSatanandimunthu woipa(m’menemo)

10NdipomfumuinatchaYosefedzinalakutiSephantifani, ndipoinapatsaYosefekukhalamkaziwakemwana wamkaziwaPotifara,mwanawamkaziwawansembewa kuHeliopolis,mkuluwaophika

11NdipotsikulimeneYosefeanaimapamasopaFarao, analindizakamakumiatatu

12NdipochakachomwechoIsakeanamwalira,ndipo kunachitikamongamomweYosefeananenerapomasulira malotoakeawiri,mongamomweananenera,zakazisanu ndiziwirizakuchulukam'dzikolonselaAigupto,ndipo dzikolaAiguptolinabalazipatsozambiri,muyesoumodzi (wopanga)miyesomazanaasanundiatatu 13NdipoYosefeanasonkhanitsachakudyam'mizinda yonsempakaanthuonseanadzazanditirigumpaka anthuwosanathensokuwerengerandikuyezamalingandi kuchulukakwake

CHAPUTALA41

1Ndipomuchakachamakumianayimphambuzisanu, m'sabatayachiwiri,(ndi)m'chakachachiwiri,[2165AM] YudaanakwatiramwanawakewoyambaEri,mkaziwaana aakaziaAramu,dzinalakeTamara.

2Komaanamuda,ndiposanagonenaye,chifukwaamake analiwaanaaakaziaKanani,ndipoanafunakutenga mkaziwaabaleaamake,komaYuda,atatewake, sanamulole

3NdipoEriuyu,mwanawoyambawaYuda,analiwoipa, ndipoYehovaanamupha.

4NdipoYudaanatikwaOnani,mbalewake,Lowanindi mkaziwambalewako,ndikumchitiraiyeudindowa mbalewamwamunawake,ndikumuberekerambalewako ana

5NdipoOnanianadziwakutimbeusiidzakhalayake,koma yam'balewakeyekha,nalowam'nyumbayamkaziwa m'balewake,natayambewupansi,nakhalawoipapamaso paYehova,ndipoanamupha.

6NdipoYudaanatikwaTamarampongoziwake,Khalani m'nyumbayaatatewanumongamkaziwamasiyekufikira Shelamwanawangaatakula,ndipondidzakupatsaiwekuti ukhalemkaziwake.

7Ndipoanakula;komaBedsueli,mkaziwaYuda,sanalole mwanawakeShelakukwatiraNdipoBedsueli,mkaziwa Yuda,anamwalira[2168AM]m'chakachachisanucha sabataino.

8Ndipom’chakachachisanundichimodziYudaanapita kukametaubweyawankhosazakekuTimna[2169AM] NdipoanauzaTamarakuti:‘Taonaapongoziakoakupita kuTimnakukametaubweyawankhosazawo’ 9Ndipoanavulazovalazakezaumasiye,navala chophimba,nadzikongoletsa,nakhalapachipata choyandikanandinjirayopitakuTimuna

10NdipopameneYudaanalikupita,anampeza,namuyesa mkaziwadama;ndipoanatikwaiye,Ndilolenindilowe kwaiwe;ndipoanatikwaiye,Lowa,nalowa

11Ndipomkaziyoanatikwaiye,Ndipatsemalipiroanga; ndipoiyeanatikwaiye,Ndilibekanthum'dzanjalanga komampheteyangayomweilipachalachanga,ndi mkandawanga,ndindodoyangayomweilim'dzanjalanga. 12Ndipoanatikwaiye,Ndipatsempakautanditumizira malipiroanga;ndipoiyeanatikwaiye,Ndidzakutumizira mwanawambuzi;ndipoiyeanampatsaiye;ndipoanalowa kwaiye,ndipomkaziyoanatengapakatindiiye

13Yudaanapitakuziwetozake,ndipomkaziyoanapitaku nyumbayaatatewake.

14Yudaanatumizamwanawambuzim’manjamwa mbusawake,Madulamu,komasanam’peze,ndipo anafunsaanthuakumenekokuti:“Kodihulelimenelinali kunolilikuti?”Iwoanati:“Palibehulepano”

15Ndipoanabwereranamuuza,natikwaiye,Sanampeze mkaziyo;Ndinafunsaanthuakumeneko,ndipoanatikwa ine,Palibemkaziwachiwerewerepano

16Ndipoanati:“Azisungekutitisamasekedwe”Ndipo atamalizamiyeziitatu,zinaonekerakutialindipakati, ndipoanamuuzaYudakuti:“Taona,mpongoziwako Tamaraalindipakatichifukwachachiwerewere”

17NdipoYudaanapitakunyumbakwaatatewake,nati kwaatatewakendiabaleake,Tulutsaniiye,ndipo amutenthe;pakutiwachitachonyansamuIsrayeli

18Ndipopameneanamutulutsakutiakamutenthe,iye anatumizamphetendimkanda,ndindodokwaapongozi ake,nati,Unikaniizindizayani,pakutindatengapakati ndiiye.

19NdipoYudaanavomereza,nati,Tamarandiwolungama kuposaine.

20Ndipochifukwachakeasamutenthe’Ndipochifukwa chaichisanaperekedwekwaShela,ndipo sanamuyandikirenso

21Ndipopambuyopakeanabalaanaaamunaawiri,Perezi [2170AM]ndiZera,m'chakachachisanundichiwiricha sabatayachiwiriiyi

22Ndipozakazisanundiziwirizakuberekazipatso zinatha,zomweYosefeanalankhulandiFarao

23NdipoYudaanavomerezakutizimeneanachitazozinali zoipa,chifukwaanagonandimpongoziwakewamkazi, ndipoanazionakutin’zonyansam’masomwake,ndipo anavomerezakutianachimwandipoanasochera,chifukwa anavulachovalachamwanawake,ndipoanayambakulira

ndikupembedzerapamasopaYehovachifukwacha kulakwakwake.

24Ndipotinamuuzam'malotokutiwakhululukidwa chifukwaanapemphamolimbikamtima,nalira,ndipo sanachitensozimenezo.

25Ndipoanakhululukidwachifukwaanatembenuka kuchokakumachimoakendikusadziwakwake,chifukwa anachimwakwambiripamasopaMulunguwathu;ndipo aliyensewochitaizi,aliyensewogonandiapongoziake, amutenthendimotokutiatenthedwepamenepo,chifukwa palichodetsandichodetsapaiwo,awatenthendimoto

26NdipouuzeanaaIsrayelikutipasakhalechodetsapakati pawo;pakutialiyensewogonandimpongoziwake,kapena ndimpongoziwake,wachitachodetsa;atenthemwamuna amenewagonanayendimkaziyondimoto;ndipoMulungu adzachotsamkwiyondichilangokwaIsrayeli.

27NdipokwaYudatinatianaakeawiriaamunasanagone naye,ndipochifukwachaichimbewuyakeinakhazikika kwambadwowachiwiri,ndiposidzachotsedwa.

28Pakutindimasookha,anapitakukapemphachilango, ndikokuti,motsatirachiweruzochaAbrahamu,chimene analamulaanaake,Yudaanafunakumutenthandimoto.

CHAPUTALA42

1Ndipom'chakachoyambachasabatalachitatulachaka chamakumianayindizisanunjalainayambakugwera dziko[2171AM],ndipomvulainakanakuperekedwa kudzikolapansi,chifukwapalibeameneanagwa

2Dzikolonselinasandukalopandakanthu,komam’dziko laIguptomunalichakudya,chifukwaYosefe anasonkhanitsambewum’dzikomom’zakazisanundi ziwirizachakudyachambirindipoanazisunga

3NdipoAaiguptoanadzakwaYosefekutiawapatse chakudya;ndipoanatsegulanyumbazosungiramozakudya momwemunalitiriguwachakachoyamba,nagulitsakwa anthuam’dzikomondigolide.

4Tsopanonjalainaliyaikulukwambirim'dzikolaKanani, ndipoYakoboanamvakutikuIguptokunalichakudya, ndipoanatumaanaakeaamunakhumikutiakamugulire chakudyakuIgupto;komaBenjaminisanawatumize,ndipo anaaamunakhumiaYakoboanafikakuIguptopakatipa omweanapitakumeneko.

5NdipoYosefeanawazindikira,komaiwosanamzindikire; ndipoanalankhulanawo,nawafunsa,natikwaiwo,Kodi simuliazondi,ndiposimunadzakudzafufuzamaderaa dzikolo?Ndipoanawaikam'ndende

6Pambuyopakeanawamasulanso,ndipoanagwira Simiyoniyekhanatumizaabaleakeasanundianayi

7Ndipoanadzazamatumbaawonditirigu,naikagolide wawom'matumbaawo,komaiwosanadziwe

8Ndipoanawalamulakutiabweretsemng'onowawo, chifukwaadamuuzakutibamboawoalimoyondipo mng'onowawoanalimoyo

9NdipoanakwerakuchokerakudzikolaAigupto,nafika kudzikolaKanani,nafotokozeraatatewawozonsezimene zinawagwera,ndikutimwinidzikoloanalankhulanawo mwankhanza,nagwiraSimeonimpakaanabweretsa Benjamini

10NdipoYakoboanati,Mwanditayitsaanaanga;Yosefe palibe,ndiSimeonipalibe,ndipomudzatengaBenjamini; choipachanuchandigweraine

11Ndipoanati,Mwanawangasadzapitananukutimwina angadwale;pakutimayiwawoanabalaanaaamunaawiri, ndipommodziwamwalira,ndipouyunsomudzanditenga Ngatiakanadwalamalungopanjira,mukanandipangitsa kukalambandichisonimpakakufa.

12Popezaanaonakutindalamazawozabwezedwakwa aliyensem’thumbalake,anaopakumutumiza

13Ndiponjalainakulakwambirim’dzikolaKanani,ndi m’maikoonsekupatuladzikolaIgupto,chifukwaana ambiriaAiguptoanaliatasungambewuzawokutizikhale chakudyakuyambiranthawiimeneanaonaYosefe akusonkhanitsambewupamodzindikuzisungam’nkhokwe ndikuzisungakutizigwiritsidwentchitopazakazanjala.

14NdipoanthuakuIguptoanadyachakudyachom’chaka choyambachanjalayawo

15KomapameneIsrayelianaonakutinjalainaliyaikulu m’dzikomo,ndikutipanalibechipulumutso,iyeanatikwa anaakeaamuna,Bwererani,mukatigulirechakudyakuti tisafe.

16Ndipoiwoanati,Sitipita;komangatimphwathu wamng'onosapitanafe,sitipita

17NdipoIsrayelianaonakutingatisakanam’tumakuti apitenawo,onseadzafachifukwachanjala

18NdipoRubenianati,Mperekeiyem'dzanjalanga,ndipo ngatisindimbwezerakwainu,mupheanaangaaamuna awirim'malomwamoyowake

19Ndipoiyeanatikwaiye,“Sadzapitananu”NdipoYuda anayandikiranati,“Mum’tumizepamodzindiine,ndipo ngatisindidzam’bwezerakwainu,ndidzanyamulamlandu wangapamasopanumasikuonseamoyowanga”

20Ndipoanamutumapamodzinawochakachachiwiricha sabatalinopatsikuloyambalamwezi[2172AM],ndipo anafikakudzikolaAiguptondionseameneanapita,ndipo (anali)ndimphatsom'manjamwawo,sitakitendiamondi ndimtedzawaterebinthndiuchiweniweni

21NdipoanapitanakaimapamasopaYosefe,ndipo anaonaBenjaminimng'onowake,ndipoanamuzindikira, natikwaiwo,Kodiuyundimng'onowanu?Ndipoiwo anatikwaiye,NdiyeiyeNdipoanati,Yehovaakukomere mtima,mwanawanga!

22Ndipoanamutumizakunyumbakwake,natulutsa Simeonikwaiwo;ndipoanawakonzeraphwando, namupatsamphatsoimeneanabweretsam'manjamwawo. 23Ndipoanadyapamasopakendipoanawapatsaonse gawo,komagawolaBenjaminilinalilalikulukasanundi kawirikuposagawolaaliyensewaiwo

24Ndipoanadya,namwa,nauka,nakhalandiabuluawo 25NdipoYosefeanakonzanjirayodziwiramaganizoawo ngatimalingaliroamtendereanalipopakatipawo,ndipo anauzawoyang'aniranyumbayakekuti:'Dzazanimatumba awoonsendichakudya,ndipomuwabwezerendalama zawom'zotengerazawo,ndichikhochanga,chikho chasilivachimenendidzamweramo,muchiikem'thumbala wamng'ono,ndipomuwatumizeapite.' CHAPUTALA43

1NdipoiyeanachitamongamomweYosefeanamuuza, nadzazamatumbaawoonsendichakudya,naikandalama zawom’matumbaawo,naikachikhom’thumbala Benjamini.

2Ndipom’mawakwambirianachoka,ndipoatachoka kumeneko,Yosefeanatikwawoyang’aniranyumbayake, “Atsateni,thamanganimukawagwire,nati, ‘Mwandibwezerachoipapazabwino;mwandiberachikho chasilivachimenembuyewangaamamweramo’Ndipo mundibweretseremng’onowawo,ndipomumutenge msangandisanapitekumpandowangawoweruzamilandu’ 3Ndipoanawathamangira,nanenanawomongamwamau awa.

4Ndipoanatikwaiye,Musalolekutiakapoloanuachite ichi,ndikubam'nyumbayambuyewanuchotengera chilichonse,ndindalamazomwetinazipezam'matumba athunthawiyoyambaija,ifeakapoloanutinazibweza kuchokerakudzikolaKanani

5Nangatingabebwanjichiwiyachilichonse?Taonani,ife ndimatumbaathutikufufuza,ndipokulikonsekumene mungapezechikhom’thumbalamunthualiyensepakati pathu,aphedwe,ndipoifendiabuluathutidzatumikira mbuyewanu

6Ndipoiyeanatikwaiwo,Ayi,munthuamenendimpeza naye,ndiyeyekhayoamenendimtengaakhalekapolo, ndipoinumudzabwererakwanumumtendere

7Ndipopameneiyeanalikufufuzam’zombozawo, kuyambirawamkulumpakawamng’ono,anapeza m’thumbalaBenjamini

8Ndipoanang'ambazovalazawo,nakwezakatundupa abuluawo,nabwererakumudzi,nafikakunyumbaya Yosefe;ndipoonseanaweramapamasopakenkhopezawo pansi

9Yosefeanawauzakuti:“Mwachitachoipa.”Iwoanati: “Tinenechiyani,ndipotidzadzitetezabwanji?”Mbuye wathuwapezazolakwazaakapoloake,ndipoifensondife akapoloambuyewathu,komansoabuluathu.”

10NdipoYosefeanatikwaiwo,InensondikuopaYehova; komainu,pitanikunyumbazanu,ndipombalewanu akhalekapolowanga,chifukwamwachitachoipa.Kodi simukudziwakutimunthuamasangalalandichikhochake mongamomweinendimasangalalirandichikhoichi? Komamwandiberaine.

11NdipoYudaanati,Ambuyewanga,lolanikapolowanu anenemawum'khutulambuyangaabaleawiriamene amakewakapolowanuanaberekeraatatewathu;mmodzi anachoka,natayika,osapezeka;ndipowatsalayekhawa amake;ndipokapolowanuatatewathuamamukonda, ndipomoyowakensouliwogwirizanandimoyowa mnyamatauyu

12Ndipokudzachitikakuti,tikapitakwakapolowanuatate wathu,ndipomnyamatayokulibe,adzafa,ndipo tidzatsikiraatatewathundichisonikuimfa

13Tsopanololaniine,kapolowanu,ndikhalem'malomwa mnyamatayongatikapolowambuyanga,ndipo mnyamatayoapitendiabaleake,chifukwainendinakhala chikolechaiyendikapolowanuatatewathu,ndipongati sindimubweza,kapolowanuadzamvamlanduwaatate wathukwamuyaya

14Yosefeanaonakutionseanaliogwirizana,ndipo sanathekudziletsa,ndipoanawauzakutiiyendiYosefe

15Ndipoanalankhulanawom’Chiheberi,nagwapakhosi pawonalira.

16Komasanamudziwe,ndipoanayambakuliraNdipo anatikwaiwo,Musandilirire,komafulumiranimubwere ndiatatewangakwaine;ndipomuwonakutindipakamwa pangapakulankhula,ndimasoambalewangaBenjamini akuona

17Pakutitaonanichakachachiwirichanjala,ndipokutsala zakazisanuzopandakukolola,kapenazipatsozamitengo, kapenakulima

18Bweranimsangainundimabanjaanu,kuti musawonongekendinjala,ndipomusadandaulendi katunduwanu,pakutiYehovaananditumapatsogolopanu kutindikakonzerezinthukutianthuambiriakhalendi moyo

19Ndipomuuzebamboangakutindilindimoyo,ndipo taonani,mukuonakutiYehovawandipangakukhalaatate waFarao,ndiwolamuliranyumbayakendidzikolonsela Igupto.

20Ndipouuzeniatatewangazaulemererowangawonse, ndichumachonsendiulemereroumeneYehova wandipatsa.

21NdipomongamwalamulolaFaraoanawapatsa magaletandichakudyachapaulendo,ndipoanawapatsa onsezovalazamitunduyosiyanasiyanandisiliva.

22Ndipoanatumizazovala,siliva,ndiabulukhumi onyamulatirigukwaatatewawo,nawalolakupita

23Ndipoanakweranauzaatatewawokuti,Yosefeali moyo,ndikutiakuyesatirigukwamitunduyonseyadziko lapansi,ndikutindiyewolamuliradzikolonselaAigupto 24Komaatatewawosanakhulupirire,chifukwaanali wamisalamumtimamwake;komapameneanaona magaletaameneYosefeanatumiza,moyowake unatsitsimuka,nati,NgatiYosefealindimoyo,nditsikira kukamuwonandisanafe

CHAPUTALA44

1NdipoIsrayelianachokakuHaranakunyumbakwakepa mweziwatsopanowamweziwachitatu,napitapanjiraya kuChitsimechaChilumbiro,naperekansembekwa MulunguwaatatewakeIsakepatsikulachisanundi chiwirilamweziuno.

2NdipoYakoboanakumbukiralotolimeneanalotaku Beteli,ndipoanaopakupitakuIgupto

3Ndipopameneanalikuganizazotumizauthengakwa Yosefekutiabwerekwaiye,komakutiasatsike,anakhala kumenekomasikuasanundiawiri,ngatiangaone masomphenya,ngatiakhalekapenaatsike

4Ndipoanakondwererachikondwererochazokololaza zipatsozoyambanditiriguwakale,chifukwam'dzikolonse laKananimunalibembewuzambiri,chifukwanjalainali panyamazonse,ng'ombe,mbalame,komansoanthu

5NdipopatsikulakhumindizisanundichimodziYehova anaonekerakwaiye,natikwaiye,Yakobo,Yakobo;ndipo anati,NdiripanoNdipoanatikwaiye,InendineMulungu wamakoloako,MulunguwaAbrahamundiIsake;usaope kupitakuAigupto,pakutindidzakusandutsaiwemtundu waukulukumeneko;ndidzatsikanawe,ndipo ndidzakubweretsanso,ndipoudzaikidwam'mandam'dziko lino,ndipoYosefeadzaikamanjaakepamasopako

6Usaope,tsikirakuAigupto

7Ndipoanaakeaamunandiaakaziaamunaananyamuka, nakwezaatatewawondikatunduwawopamagaleta

8NdipoIsrayeliananyamukapaChitsimechaLumbiropa tsikula16lamweziwachitatu,napitakudzikolaIgupto.

9NdipoIsrayelianatumaYudapatsogolopakekwamwana wakeYosefe,kutiakaonedzikolaGoseni;pakutiYosefe anawauzaabaleakekutiabwerekudzakhalakumenekokuti akhalepafupinaye

10Ndipoiyiinalidzikolabwinokwambirim'dzikola Igupto,ndipolinalipafupinaye,kwaonse(onse)ndikwa ziweto

11NdipoawandimayinaaanaaYakoboameneanalowa muIguptondiYakoboatatewawo

12Rubeni,mwanawoyambawaIsrayeli;ndipomayinaa anaakeaamunandiawa:Enoki,ndiPalu,ndiHezironi,ndi Karmiasanu

13Simeonindianaake;ndipomayinaaanaakeaamuna ndiawa:Yemueli,ndiYamini,ndiOhadi,ndiYakini,ndi Zohari,ndiSauli,mwanawamkaziwaZefati;asanundi awiri

14Levindianaakeaamuna;ndipomayinaaanaake aamunandiawa:Gerisoni,ndiKohati,ndiMerari,anai 15Yudandianaake;ndipomayinaaanaakeaamunandi awa:Sela,ndiPerezi,ndiZera,anai.

16Isakarandianaake;ndipomayinaaanaakeaamunandi awa:Tola,ndiPuwa,ndiYasubu,ndiSimironi;asanu 17Zebulonindianaake;ndipomayinaaanaakeaamuna ndiawa:Seredi,ndiEloni,ndiYaleli,anai

18AmenewandianaaamunaaYakobondianaawo aamunaameneLeyaanaberekeraYakoboku Mesopotamiya,asanundimmodzi,ndimlongowawo mmodziDina,ndianaonseaLeya,ndianaawoaamuna, ameneanankandiYakoboatatewawokuAigupto,anali makumiawirimphambuasanundianayi;ndipoYakobo atatewawoanalinawo,onseanalimakumiatatu

19AnaaZilipa,mdzakaziwaLeya,mkaziwaYakobo, ameneanaberekeraYakoboGadindiAshuri

20Ndipoawandimayinaaanaawoaamunaamene anapitanayekuIgupto:AnaaGadi:Zifioni,ndiHagi,ndi Suni,ndiEziboni,ndiEri,ndiAreli,ndiArodi,asanundi atatu

21AnaaAseri:Imna,ndiIshiva,ndiIshivi,ndiBeriya,ndi Sera,mlongowawommodzi,asanundimmodzi

22Anthuonseanalikhumindianayi,ndipoonseaLeya analimakumianayindianayi.

23AnaaRakele,mkaziwaYakobo:YosefendiBenjamini 24NdipoYosefeanabadwirakuIguptoatatewake asanalowemuIgupto,ameneAsenati,mwanawamkaziwa PotifarawansembewakuHeliopolis,anamuberekera, ManasendiEfraimu,atatu

25AnaaBenjaminianaliBela,Bekeri,Asibeli,Gera, Namani,Ehi,Rosi,Mupimu,Hupimu,ndiArideveni

26NdipomiyoyoyonseyaRakeleinalikhumindiinayi

27AnaaBiliha,mdzakaziwaRakele,mkaziwaYakobo, ameneanaberekeraYakobo,analiDanindiNafitali

28Ndipoawandimayinaaanaawoaamunaamene anapitanawokuIgupto:NdipoanaaDanianaliHusimu, ndiSamoni,ndiAsudi,ndi'Ijaka,ndiSalomoni,asanundi mmodzi.

29NdipoanamwalirachakachomweanalowamuIgupto, ndipoanatsalayekhakwaDaniHushimu.

30NdipomayinaaanaaNafitalindiawa:Yazieli,Guni, Yezeri,Salumu,ndiIv.

31NdipoIne,ameneanabadwapambuyopazakazanjala, anamwalirakuIgupto

32NdipomiyoyoyonseyaRakeleinalimakumiawiri mphambuasanundilimodzi.

33AnthuonseaYakoboameneanapitakuIguptoanali70 Anaakendianaaanaake,70onsepamodzi,komaasanu anamwalirakuIguptoYosefeasanabadwe,ndipoanalibe ana

34NdipoanaaamunaawiriaYudaanafam'dzikola Kanani,ErindiOnani,komaanalibeana;ndipoanaa Israyelianaikamaliroaiwoomweanafa,ndipo anawerengedwapakatipamitundumakumiasanundiawiri yaAmitundu

CHAPUTALA45

1NdipoIsrayelianalowam'dzikolaAigupto,m'dzikola Goseni,pamweziwatsopanowamweziwachinayi[2172 AM],m'chakachachiwirichasabatalachitatula chikondwererochamakumianayindizisanu

2NdipoYosefeanapitakukakumanandiYakoboatate wake,kudzikolaGoseni,nagwapakhosipaatatewake nalira

3NdipoIsrayelianatikwaYosefe,Tsopanondifepopeza ndakuonani;ndipoalemekezekeYehovaMulunguwa Israyeli,MulunguwaAbrahamu,ndiMulunguwaIsake, amenesanalekachifundochakendichisomochakepa mtumikiwakeYakobo

4Kwandikwanirakutindawonankhopeyakondilindi moyo;inde,masomphenyaamenendinawaonakuBeteli ndioonaAlemekezekeYehovaMulunguwangakunthawi zanthawi,ndipodzinalakelidalitsike

5NdipoYosefendiabaleakeanadyachakudyapamasopa atatewawondikumwavinyo,ndipoYakoboanasangalala kwambirichifukwaanaonaYosefeakudyandiabaleake ndikumwapamasopake,ndipoanadalitsaMlengiwa zinthuzonseameneanamusunga,ndipoanamusungiraana akeaamunakhumindiawiri

6NdipoYosefeanapatsaabamboakendiabaleakengati mphatsoufuluwokhalam'dzikolaGosenindikuRamese ndimaderaonseozungulira,omweanalamulirapamasopa Farao.NdipoIsrayelindianaakeaamunaanakhala m'dzikolaGoseni,deralabwinokwambiriladzikola IguptondipoIsrayelianalindizakazanalimodzimphambu makumiatatupameneanalowamuIgupto

7NdipoYosefeanadyetsaatatewakendiabaleake,ndi chumachawo,ndichakudyachokwanirapazakazisanu ndiziwirizanjala.

8NdipodzikolaIguptolinavutikandinjala,ndipoYosefe anaguladzikolonselaIguptokwaFaraoposinthanandi chakudya,ndipoanalandaanthu,ziwetozawo,ndi chilichonsekwaFarao

9Ndipozakazanjalazitatha,ndipoYosefeanapatsaanthu m'dzikomombewundichakudyachotiakabzale (m'dzikomo)m'chakachachisanundichitatu,pakuti mtsinjewounasefukiradzikolonselaAigupto.

10Pakutim'zakazisanundiziwirizanjala,mtsinjewo sunasefukirendipounangothiriramaloochepam'mphepete mwamtsinjewo,komatsopanounasefukirandipoAigupto anabzalambewum'dzikolo,ndipounabalachimanga chambirichakachimenecho.

11Ndipochakachinochinalichoyambacha[2178AM] sabatayachinayiyachikondwererochamakumianayindi zisanu.

12NdipoYosefeanatengagawolachisanulatiriguwa zokolola,nasiyamagawoanayikutiakhalechakudyandi mbewu;ndipoYosefeanaikalamuloladzikolaAigupto kufikiralero

13NdipoIsrayelianakhalam’dzikolaIguptozakakhumi ndizisanundiziwiri,ndipomasikuonseameneanakhala ndimoyoanalizakazitatu,zakazanalimodzimphambu makumianayikudzazisanundiziwiri,ndipoanamwalira m’chakachachinayi[2188AM]chasabatalachisanula zakamakumianayimphambuzisanu

14NdipoIsrayelianadalitsaanaakeasanamwalire, nawafotokozerazonsezomwezidzawachitikiram'dzikola Igupto;ndipoanawadziwitsazomwezidzawagwera m'masikuotsiriza,nawadalitsa,napatsaYosefemagawo awirim'dzikolo

15Ndipoanagonandimakoloake,naikidwam'phanga lachiwirim'dzikolaKanani,pafupindiAbrahamuatate wake,m'mandaameneanadzikumbirayekham'phanga lachiwirim'dzikolaHebroni

16Ndipoanaperekamabukuakeonsendimabukua makoloakekwaLevimwanawakekutiawasungendi kuwakonzansokwaanaakempakalero

CHAPUTALA46

1NdipokunachitikakutiYakoboatamwaliraanaaIsrayeli anachulukanam'dzikolaAigupto,ndipoanakhalamtundu waukulu,ndipoanalindimtimaumodzi,koterokutim'bale anakondam'balendipoaliyenseanathandizam'balewake, ndipoanachulukanakwambiri,masabatakhumi[2242AM] azaka,masikuonseamoyowaYosefe

2NdipopanalibeSatanakapenachoipachilichonsemasiku onseamoyowaYosefeameneanakhalapopambuyopa atatewakeYakobo,pakutiAiguptoonseankalemekezaana aIsrayelimasikuonseamoyowaYosefe.

3NdipoYosefeanamwaliraalindizakazanalimodzindi khumi;anakhalazakakhumindizisanundiziwirim'dziko laKanani,ndipoanakhalakapolozakakhumi,ndizaka zitatum'ndende,ndizakamakumiasanundiatatuanali pansipamfumu,akulamuliradzikolonselaAigupto.

4Ndipoanamwaliraiyendiabaleakeonsendimbadwo umenewowonse

5NdipoanalamulaanaaIsrayeliasanamwalirekuti anyamulemafupaakepameneanatulukam’dzikolaIgupto.

6Ndipoanawalumbiritsazamafupaake,chifukwa ankadziwakutiAiguptosadzamubweretsansondikumuika m'mandam'dzikolaKanani,chifukwaMakaroni,mfumu yaKanani,pameneanalikukhalam'dzikolaAsuri, anamenyanam'chigwandimfumuyaIguptonamupha kumeneko,ndipoanathamangitsaAiguptompakapazipata zaErmoni

7Komasanathekulowa,chifukwamfumuinayatsopano, inaliitakhalamfumuyaIgupto,ndipoinaliyamphamvu

kuposaiye,ndipoanabwererakudzikolaKanani,ndipo zipatazaIguptozinatsekedwa,ndipopalibeamene anatulukandipopalibeameneanalowamuIgupto

8NdipoYosefeanamwaliramuchakachamakumianayi ndizisanundichimodzi,m'sabatalachisanundichimodzi, m'chakachachiwiri,ndipoanamuikam'dzikolaIgupto, ndipo[2242AM]abaleakeonseanamwalirapambuyo pake.

9NdipomfumuyaIguptoinapitakukamenyanandimfumu yaKanani[2263AM]muchakachamakumianayindi zisanundiziwiri,mlunguwachiwirim'chakachachiwiri, ndipoanaaIsrayelianatulutsamafupaonseaanaa YakobokupatulamafupaaYosefe,ndipoanawaika m'mandam'phangalawirim'phiri

10Ndipoambiri(aiwo)anabwererakuIgupto,koma ochepaanatsalakumapiriaHebroni,ndipoAmramu bamboakoanakhalabenawo

11NdipomfumuyaKananiinagonjetsamfumuyaIgupto, ndipoinatsekazipatazaIgupto.

12NdipoanakonzeraanaaIsrayelichiwembuchoipakuti awavutitse,ndipoanatikwaAigupto,Taonani,anaa Israyeliachuluka,nachulukakuposaife.

13Tiyenitiwachitiremwanzeruasanafikepochuluka kwambiri,ndipotiyenitiwavutitsendiukapolonkhondo isanafike,ndipoiwonsoasanayambekumenyananafe,kuti asagwirizanendiadaniathundikuwatulutsam’dzikolathu, chifukwamitimayawondinkhopezawozilikudzikola Kanani.’

14Ndipoanaikaoyang'anirantchitoyaukapolokuti awavutitsendiukapolo;ndipoanamangamizindayolimba yaFarao,Pitomu,ndiRamese,ndimakomaonsendi mipandayonseyomweinagwam'mizindayaAigupto

15Ndipoanawagwiritsantchitomolimbika,ndipopamene anawachitirachoipa,iwoanachulukandi kuchulukirachulukira

16NdipoanthuakuIguptoananyansidwandianaa Israyeli.

CHAPUTALA47

1Ndipom'sabatalachisanundichiwiri,m'chaka chachisanundichiwiri,m'sabatalamakumianayindi zisanundiziwiri,bamboakoanatuluka[2303AM] m'dzikolaKanani,ndipounabadwam'sabatalachinayi, m'chakachachisanundichimodzi,m'sabatalamakumi anayindizisanundizitatu;iyiinalinthawiyamavutokwa anaaIsraeli.

2NdipoFarao,mfumuyaAigupto,analamulazaiwokuti anaawoonseaamunaobadwakumeneazitayamumtsinje 3Ndipoanawaponyam'nyumbakwamiyeziisanundiiwiri mpakatsikulimenemunabadwa.

4Ndipoamayiakoanakubisakwamiyeziitatu,ndipo anaululazaiwoNdipoanakupangirachingalawa, nachiphimbandiphulandiphula,nachiyikam'mphepete mwamtsinje,nachiyikamomasikuasanundiawiri;ndipo amayiakoanabwerausikunakuyamwitsa,ndipousana Miriamu,mlongowako,anakutetezakumbalame 5Ndipom'masikuamenewo,Tarimuti,mwanawamkazi waFarao,anabwerakudzasambamumtsinje,ndipoanamva

mawuakoakulira,ndipoanauzaatsikanaakekuti akutulutseni,ndipoanakubweretsanikwaiye.

6Ndipoanakutulutsam'chingalawa,ndipoanakuchitira chifundo.

7Ndipomlongowakoanatikwaiye,Ndipitekodi ndikakuitaniremkaziwaAhebri,akuyamwitsirenimwana uyu?

8Ndipoiyeanatikwaiye:‘Pita.’Ndipoanapitanakaitana mayiakoYokebedi,ndipoanakulipiramalipiroake,ndipo anakuyamwitsa

9Ndipopambuyopake,utakula,anakutengerakwamwana wamkaziwaFarao,ndipounakhalamwanawake,ndipo Amramuatatewakoanakuphunzitsakulemba,ndipo utamalizamilunguitatuanakubweretsakubwalo lachifumu

10Ndipomunalimilunguitatuyazakakukhotimpaka nthawi[2351-]pamenemunatulukam'khotilachifumu ndipomunaonaMwiguptoakumenyamnzanuameneanali [2372AM]waanaaIsrayeli,ndipomunamuphandi kumubisamumchenga

11Tsikulachiwirimunachitandewundipoanaawiria Israyelianakangana,ndipomunatikwawolakwayo, 'N'chifukwachiyaniukumenyam'balewako?'

12Ndipoanakwiyakwambiri,nati:“Ndaniwakuikaiwe kukhalakalongandiwoweruzawathu?Ukuganizakuti undiphemongamomweunapheraMwiguptodzulo?” Ndipounachitamanthandipounathawachifukwacha mawuamenewa.

CHAPUTALA48

1Ndipom'chakachachisanundichimodzichasabata lachitatulachikondwererochamakumianayindizisanu ndizinayimunachokandikukhala<mu[2372AM]dzikola Midiyani>,masabataasanundichakachimodziNdipo munabwererakuIguptom'sabatayachiwirim'chaka chachiwirim'sabatalamakumiasanu.

2NdipoiwewekhaukudziwazimeneIyeanakuuzapa [2410AM]PhirilaSinai,ndizimenekalongaMastêmâ anafunakukuchitirapameneunalikubwererakuIgupto <panjirapameneunakumananayepamaloogona>

3Kodiiyesanafunekukuphanindimphamvuzakezonse ndikupulumutsaAiguptom'dzanjalanupameneanaona kutimwatumizidwakutimuweruzendikubwezeraAigupto?

4Ndipondinakupulumutsanim'dzanjalake,ndipo munachitazizindikirondizodabwitsazomwe munatumizidwakukachitakuIguptokwaFarao,ndikwa nyumbayakeyonse,ndikwaatumikiake,ndianthuake.

5NdipoYehovaanawabwezerachilangochachikulu chifukwachaIsrayeli,nawakanthandimagazi,ndiachule, ndinsabwe,ndintchentche,ndizirondazoopsazotuluka m'mabala;ndiziwetozawondiimfa;ndimiyalayamatalala, momwemoIyeanawonongazonsezomwezinamera;ndi dzombelomwelinadyazotsalazomwezinasiyidwandi matalala,ndimdima;ndiimfayaanaoyambakubadwaa anthundinyama,ndimafanoawoonse,Yehova anawabwezera,nawatenthandimoto.

6Ndipochilichonsechinatumizidwakudzeram'dzanjalanu, kutimulengeze(zinthuizi)zisanachitike,ndipo munalankhulandimfumuyaIguptopamasopaatumikiake onsendipamasopaanthuake

7Ndipozonsezinachitikamongamwamawuanu; ziweruzokhumizazikulundizoopsazinabwerapadzikola Iguptokutimubwezerechilangopailochifukwacha Israyeli.

8NdipoYehovaanachitazonsechifukwachaIsrayeli,ndi mongamwapanganolake,limeneadalikhazikitsandi Abrahamu,kutiadzawabwezeramongamomwe adawatengeraukapolo.

9NdipokalongaMastêmâanaimamotsutsanananu,nafuna kukuponyanim'manjamwaFarao,ndipoanathandiza amatsengaakuIgupto,

10Ndipoanaimiriranachitapamasopanuzoipazimene tinawalolakuchita,komamankhwalasitinawalolekuti achitikendimanjaawo

11NdipoYehovaanawakanthandizilondazoopsa,ndipo sanathekupirira,chifukwatinawawonongakoterokuti sanathekuchitachizindikirochilichonse

12Ngakhalekutipanalizizindikirondizodabwitsazonsezi, kalongaMastêmâsanachitemanyazichifukwaanalimba mtimandipoanafuuliraAiguptokutiakutsatenindi mphamvuzonsezaAigupto,ndimagaletaawo,ndiakavalo awo,ndimaguluonseankhondoaanthuakuIgupto.

13NdipondinaimapakatipaAiguptondiAisrayeli,ndipo tinapulumutsaIsrayelim'dzanjalake,ndim'dzanjalaanthu ake,ndipoYehovaanawatsogolerapakatipanyanjangati nthakayouma

14Ndipomitunduyonseyaanthuameneanawabweretsa kutiatsatireAisiraeli,YehovaMulunguwathuanawaponya pakatipanyanja,m’chigwachakuyapansipaanaaIsiraeli, mongamomweanthuakuIguputoanaponyeraanaawo mumtsinje.Iyeanabwezerachilangopa1,000,000mwa iwo,ndipoamunaamphamvundiamphamvuchikwi chimodzianawonongedwachifukwachamwanammodzi waanaaanthuanuameneanawaponyamumtsinje.

15Ndipopatsikulakhumindichinayi,patsikulakhumi ndichisanundichisanundichimodzi,patsikulakhumindi chisanundichiwiri,patsikulakhumindichisanundi chiwiri,kalongaMastêmâanamangidwandikutsekeredwa m'ndendekumbuyokwaanaaIsrayelikutiasawaneneze mlandu.

16Ndipopatsikulakhumindichisanundichinayi tinawamasulakutiathandizeAiguptondikutsataanaa Israyeli.

17Ndipoanaumitsamitimayawo,nawaumitsamtima, ndipoYehovaMulunguwathuanakonzachiwembucho kutiakantheAiguptondikuwaponyam’nyanja.

18Ndipopatsikulakhumindichinayitinamumangakuti asanenemlanduanaaIsrayelipatsikulimeneanapempha Aiguptoziwiyandizovala,ziwiyazasiliva,ziwiyazagolide, ndiziwiyazamkuwa,kutialandeAiguptochifukwacha ukapoloumeneanawagwiritsantchitomolimbika

19NdipositinawatulutseanaaIsrayelim’dzikolaIgupto opandakanthu

CHAPUTALA49

1KumbukiranilamulolimeneYehovaanakulamulirani lokhudzaPaskha,kutimuisungepanthawiyakeyoikikapa tsikulakhumindichinayilamweziwoyamba,kutimuiphe isanafikemadzulo,ndipokutiaidyeusikumadzuloatsiku

lakhumindichisanukuyambiranthawiyakulowakwa dzuwa.

2Pakutiusikuuno-chiyambichachikondwererondi chiyambichachisangalalo-munalikudyapasikakuIgupto, pamenemphamvuzonsezaMastêmâzinamasulidwakuti zipheanaonseoyambakubadwam'dzikolaIgupto, kuyambiramwanawoyambakubadwawaFaraompaka mwanawoyambakubadwawakapolowamkaziwogwidwa ukapolopamphero,ndiziweto

3NdipoichindichizindikirochimeneYehovaanawapatsa: M’nyumbailiyonsepadengalapamwambapomweanaona magaziamwanawankhosawachakachimodzi, m’nyumbaimeneyosanayenerakulowamokukapha,koma ayenerakudutsa(m’nyumbamo),kutionseameneanali m’nyumbamoapulumukechifukwachizindikirocha magazichinalipadengalake.

4NdipomphamvuzaYehovazinachitazonsemonga momweYehovaanawalamulira,ndipoanadutsaanaonsea Israyeli,ndipomlirisunawagwerekutiuwonongemoyo uliwonsewanyama,wamunthu,kapenawagalupakati pawo

5NdipomliriwounaliwaukulukwambirimuIgupto,ndipo panalibenyumbamuIguptomomwemunalibemunthu wakufa,ndikulirandikulira

6NdipoIsrayeliyenseanalikudyanyamaya mwanawankhosawaPaskha,ndikumwavinyo,ndi kutamanda,ndikudalitsa,ndikuyamikaYehovaMulungu wamakoloawo,ndipoanaliokonzekakutulukam'golila Aigupto,ndikuukapolowoipa

7Ndipokumbukiranitsikulinomasikuonseamoyowanu, ndipomulisungechakandichakamasikuonseamoyo wanu,kamodzipachaka,tsikulake,motsatiralamulolake lonse,ndipomusalichedwetsetsikunditsiku,kapena mwezindimwezi.

8Pakutindilamulolosatha,ndipolalembedwapamagome akumwambaokhudzaanaonseaIsrayelikutiazilisunga chakachilichonsetsikulililonsekamodzipachaka, m'mibadwoyawoyonse;ndipopalibemalireamasiku, pakutiizizakhazikitsidwakosatha

9Ndipomunthuamenealibechodetsa,ndiposabwera kudzachichitapatsikulake,kutiabweretsensembe yolandirikapamasopaYehova,ndikudyandikumwa pamasopaYehovapatsikulachikondwererochake, munthuameneyoamenealiwoyerakomansowapafupi adzadulidwa;chifukwasanaperekensembeyaYehovapa nthawiyakeyoikika,adzadzitengerayekhamlanduwo.

10AnaaIsiraeliabwerekudzadyapasikatsikulanthawi yakeyoikika,patsikula14lamweziwoyamba,pakatipa madzulo,kuyambiragawolachitatulatsikumpakagawo lachitatulausiku,chifukwamagawoawiriatsiku amaperekedwakukuwala,ndigawolimodzimwamagawo atatuamadzulo.

11IchindichimeneYehovaanakulamulirakutiuchichite pakatipamadzulo

12Ndiposikuloledwakuiphanthawiiliyonseyakuwala, komanthawiyomweilipafupindimadzulo,ndipoaidye nthawiyamadzulo,mpakagawolachitatulausiku,ndipo chilichonsechotsalachanyamayakekuyambiragawo lachitatulausikumpakamtsogolo,aitenthendimoto

13Ndipoasaphikendimadzi,kapenakuidyayaiwisi,koma yokazingapamoto;aziidyamosamala,mutuwakendi

matumboakendimapaziakeaziiwotchapamoto,osathyola fupalake;pakutifupalililonselaanaaIsrayeli silidzathyoledwa

14ChifukwachakeYehovaanalamulaanaaIsrayelikuti achitePaskhatsikulanthawiyakeyoikika,ndipoasaswe fupalake;pakutinditsikulachikondwerero,nditsiku lolamulidwa,ndiposipayenerakupitiriratsikunditsiku, ndimwezindimwezi,komatsikulachikondwererocho liyenerakusungidwa

15NdipouuzeanaaIsrayelikutiachitePaskhamasiku awoonse,chakachilichonse,kamodzipachaka,tsikula nthawiyakeyoikika,ndipoidzakhalachikumbutso chokondweretsapamasopaYehova,ndipopalibemliri womweudzawagwerekutiuwaphekapenakuwaphachaka chimenechochomweadzakondwereraPaskhapanthawi yakemotsatiralamulolake.

16NdipoasadyekunjakwamaloopatulikaaYehova, komapatsogolopamaloopatulikaaYehova;ndipoanthu onseakhamulaIsrayeliazichichitapanthawiyakeyoikika. 17Ndipoaliyenseameneafikatsikulakeazidyam'malo opatulikaaMulunguwanupamasopaYehova,kuyambira wazakamakumiawirindikupitirirapo;pakutimotere kwalembedwandikulamulidwakutiazidyam'malo opatulikaaYehova

18NdipoanaaIsrayeliakalowam’dzikolimene adzalandira,m’dzikolaKanani,nakaikachihemacha Yehovapakatipadzikolom’fukolawolimodzimpaka maloopatulikaaYehovaatamangidwam’dzikomo,abwere kudzakondwereraPaskhapakatipachihemachaYehova, ndipoaphenyamayopamasopaYehovachakandichaka 19Ndipomasikuamenenyumbayoyamangidwam'dzina laYehovam'dzikolacholowachawo,adzapitakumeneko ndikuphansembeyapasikamadzulo,dzuwalitalowa,pa gawolachitatulatsikulo.

20Aziperekamagaziakepakhomolaguwalansembe, ndipoaziikamafutaakepamotoumeneulipaguwa lansembe,ndipoazidyanyamayakeyokazingapamoto m’bwalolanyumbayopatulikam’dzinalaYehova 21NdiposaloledwakuchitaPaskham'mizindayawo, kapenakulikonsekupatulapopamasopachihemacha Yehova,kapenapamasopanyumbaYakekumenedzina Lakelimakhala;ndipoasapatukekuchokakwaYehova 22Ndipoiwe,Mose,uuzeanaaIsrayelikutiasunge malamuloaPaskha,mongamomweadakulamulira; uwauzechakachilichonsenditsikulamasikuake,ndi chikondwererochamkatewopandachofufumitsa,kuti azidyamkatewopandachofufumitsamasikuasanundi awiri,(ndipo)kutiazisungachikondwererochake,ndikuti azibweretsansembetsikulililonsepamasikuasanundi awiriwoachisangalalopamasopaYehovapaguwa lansembelaMulunguwako

23Pakutimunachitachikondwererochimofulumira pamenemunatulukamuIguptompakamunalowa m'chipululuchaShuri;pakutimunachimalizam'mphepete mwanyanja

CHAPUTALA50

1Ndipopambuyopalamuloilindinakudziwitsanimasiku aSabatam'chipululuchaSinai,chomwechilipakatipa ElimundiSinai

2NdipondinakuuzanizaMasabataadzikolopaPhirila Sinai,ndipondinakuuzanizazakazachikondwerero m'masabataazaka;komachakachakesindinakuuzeni mpakamutalowam'dzikolimenemudzalandira.

3Ndipodzikololidzasungamasabataakepamene likukhalammenemo,ndipolidzadziwachakacha chikondwerero

4Chifukwachakendakukonzeranichaka-masabatandi zakandizikondwerero:palizikondwereromakumianayi mphambuzisanundizinayikuyambiramasikuaAdamu mpakalero,[2410AM]ndisabatalimodzindizakaziwiri: ndipopatsalazakamakumianayi(kutanthauza'kutali')kuti muphunziremalamuloa[2450AM]aAmbuye,mpaka atadutsam'dzikolaKanani,kuwolokaYordanokumadzulo

5Ndipochikondwererochachisangalalochidzapitirira, mpakaIsrayeliatayeretsedwakumachimoonsea chiwerewere,ndichidetso,ndikuipitsidwa,ndiuchimo, ndizolakwa,ndikukhalamodzidaliram'dzikolonselo, ndiposipadzakhalansoSatanakapenawoipaaliyense, ndipodzikololidzakhalaloyerakuyambiranthawiimeneyo kwamuyaya

6NdipotaonanilamulolokhudzaMasabata-ndalemba (iwo)kwainu-ndiziweruzozonsezamalamuloake

7Muzigwirantchitomasikuasanundilimodzi,komatsiku lachisanundichiwirindiSabatalaYehovaMulunguwanu. Musagwirentchitoiliyonse,inundianaanuaamuna,ndi akapoloanuaamunandiaakazi,ndiziwetozanuzonse,ndi mlendoamenealinanu.

8Ndipomunthuameneagwirantchitoiliyonsepatsikulo adzafa:aliyenseameneaipitsatsikulimenelo,aliyense ameneagonandimkaziwake,kapenaaliyenseamene anenakutiadzachitakanthupatsikulo,kutiapiteulendo wopitakumenekokukagulakapenakugulitsachilichonse: ndipoaliyenseameneamatungamadzipamenepoamene sanakonzekeretsikulachisanundichimodzi,ndipo aliyenseameneanyamulakatunduuliwonsekutiakautenge kuchokeram’hemamwakekapenam’nyumbamwake adzafa

9MusagwirentchitoiliyonsepatsikulaSabatakupatula zomwemwakonzekeranokhapatsikulachisanundi chimodzi,kutimudye,mumwe,mupumule,ndikusunga Sabatakuntchitoiliyonsepatsikulimenelo,ndikudalitsa YehovaMulunguwanu,amenewakupatsanitsikula chikondwereronditsikulopatulika;ndipotsikulaufumu woyerakwaIsrayeliwonsenditsikuilipakatipamasiku awokosatha.

10PakutiulemuwaukuluumeneYehovawapatsaAisiraeli ndiwakutiayenerakudyandikumwandikukhutapatsiku lachikondwererochi,ndikupumulapantchitozonsezaana aanthukupatulapokufukizalubanindikubweretsa zoperekandinsembepamasopaYehovamasikundiSabata 11NtchitoiyiyokhaiyenerakuchitikapaSabatam'malo opatulikaaYehovaMulunguwanu;kutiaphimbemachimo aIsrayelindinsembenthawizonsetsikunditsikukuti akhalechikumbutsochokondweretsapamasopaYehova, ndikutiIyeazilandiranthawizonsetsikunditsikumonga momwemwalamulira.

12Ndipomunthualiyenseameneamagwirantchito iliyonsepamenepo,kapenaakupitapaulendo,kapena akulimamundawake,kayam'nyumbamwakekapena kwinakulikonse,kapenaaliyenseameneayatsamoto,

kapenawokwerapachirombochilichonse,kapena woyendapasitimapanyanja,kapenaaliyenseamene wagundakapenakuphachilichonse,kapenawapha chirombokapenambalame,kapenaaliyenseamene wagwirachirombokapenambalamekapenansomba, kapenaaliyenseamenewasalakudyakapenakuchita nkhondopaSabata:

13Munthualiyenseameneachitachilichonsemwazinthu zimenezipaSabataadzafa,koterokutianaaIsiraeli azisungaMasabatamotsatiramalamulookhudzaMasabata adzikolo,mongamomwezalembedweram'mapiritsi, ameneIyeanandipatsam'manjamwangakuti ndikulemberenimalamuloanyengo,ndinyengomotsatira kugawakwamasikuawoMoterendimomwenkhaniya kugawakwamasikuyatsirizidwira