February 13, 2020

Kuwerenga

Bukhu Loyamba la Mafumu 11: 4-13

11:4And when now he was old, his heart was perverted by the women, so that he followed strange gods. And his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.
11:5For Solomon worshipped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the idol of the Ammonites.
11:6And Solomon did what was not pleasing in the sight of the Lord. And he did not continue to follow the Lord, as his father David did.
11:7Then Solomon built a shrine for Chemosh, the idol of Moab, on the mount that is opposite Jerusalem, and for Milcom, the idol of the sons of Ammon.
11:8And he acted in this manner for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and immolating to their gods.
11:9Ndipo kenako, the Lord became angry with Solomon, because his mind had been turned away from the Lord, Mulungu wa Israeli, who had appeared to him twice,
11:10and who had instructed him about this matter, lest he follow strange gods. But he did not observe what the Lord commanded to him.
11:11Ndipo kenako, the Lord said to Solomon: “Because you have this with you, and because you have not kept my covenant and my precepts, which I commanded to you, I will tear apart your kingdom, and I will give it to your servant.
11:12Komabe moona, I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David. From the hand of your son, I will tear it away.
11:13Neither will I take away the whole kingdom. M'malo mwake, I will grant one tribe to your son, for the sake of David, mtumiki wanga, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

Uthenga

Mark 7: 24-30

7:24Ndi kuwuka, nacokera kumeneko, nanka ku mbali za Turo ndi Sidoni. Ndi kulowa m'nyumba, iye ankafuna kuti palibe aliyense adziwe za izo, koma sadakhoza kubisika.
7:25Kwa mkazi amene mwana wake wamkazi anali ndi mzimu wonyansa, atangomva za iye, analowa nagwa pansi pa mapazi ake.
7:26Pakuti mkaziyo anali wamitundu, kubadwa Msuro-Fonike. Ndipo adampempha Iye, kotero kuti akatulutsa chiwanda mwa mwana wake wamkazi.
7:27Ndipo adati kwa iye: “Choyamba ulole ana aamuna akhute. Pakuti si bwino kutenga mkate wa ana ndi kuutaya kwa agalu.”
7:28Koma iye anayankha nati kwa iye: “Ndithudi, Ambuye. Komabe ana agalu amadyanso, pansi pa tebulo, kuchokera ku zinyenyeswazi za ana.”
7:29Ndipo adati kwa iye, “Chifukwa cha mawu awa, pitani; chiwanda chatuluka mwa mwana wako wamkazi.
7:30Ndipo pamene iye anapita ku nyumba yake, adapeza mtsikanayo ali pa bed; ndipo chiwanda chidachoka.