August 16, 2013, Uthenga

Mateyu 19: 3-12

19:3 And the Pharisees approached him, kumuyesa, ndi kunena, “Is it lawful for a man to separate from his wife, no matter what the cause?”

19:4 And he said to them in response, “Have you not read that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female?” Ndipo iye anati:

19:5 “For this reason, a man shall separate from father and mother, ndipo adzadziphatika kwa mkazi wake, and these two shall become one flesh.

19:6 Ndipo kenako, now they are not two, koma thupi limodzi. Choncho, chimene Mulungu wachimanga pamodzi, munthu asapatuke.

19:7 They said to him, “Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?”

19:8 Iye adati kwa iwo: “Although Moses permitted you to separate from your wives, due to the hardness of your heart, it was not that way from the beginning.

19:9 Ndipo ine ndinena kwa inu, that whoever will have separated from his wife, except because of fornication, and who will have married another, amachita chigololo, and whoever will have married her who has been separated, commits adultery.”

19:10 Ophunzira ake adanena kwa Iye, “If such is the case for a man with a wife, then it is not expedient to marry.”

19:11 Ndipo adati kwa iwo: “Not everyone is able to grasp this word, but only those to whom it has been given.

19:12 For there are chaste persons who were born so from their mother’s womb, and there are chaste persons who have been made so by men, and there are chaste persons who have made themselves chaste for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever is able to grasp this, let him grasp it.”