July 29, 2015

Kuwerenga

Kalata Yoyamba ya Yohane 4: 7- 16

4:7 Okondedwa kwambiri, tikondane wina ndi mzake. Pakuti chikondi chichokera kwa Mulungu. Ndipo yense amene akonda, abadwa mwa Mulungu, nazindikira Mulungu.

4:8 Amene sakonda, sadziwa Mulungu. Pakuti Mulungu ndiye chikondi.

4:9 Chikondi cha Mulungu chinaonekera kwa ife mwanjira imeneyi: kuti Mulungu anatumiza Mwana wake wobadwa yekha padziko lapansi, kuti tikhale ndi moyo mwa iye.

4:10 M’menemo muli chikondi: osati monga tidakonda Mulungu, koma kuti Iye anayamba kutikonda, ndipo chotero anatumiza Mwana wake monga chiwombolo cha machimo athu.

4:11 Okondedwa kwambiri, ngati Mulungu anatikonda ife kotero, ifenso tiyenera kukondana wina ndi mzake.

4:12 Palibe amene anaonapo Mulungu. Koma ngati tikondana wina ndi mzake, Mulungu amakhala mwa ife, ndipo chikondi chake chikhala changwiro mwa ife.

4:13 Mwa njira iyi, tidziwa kuti tikhala mwa Iye, ndi Iye mwa ife: chifukwa watipatsa ife kuchokera kwa Mzimu wake.

4:14 Ndipo tawona, ndipo tikuchitira umboni, kuti Atate anatuma Mwana wake akhale Mpulumutsi wa dziko lapansi.

4:15 Aliyense amene avomereza kuti Yesu ndi Mwana wa Mulungu, Mulungu akhala mwa iye, ndipo iye mwa Mulungu.

4:16 Ndipo ife tazindikira, ndipo takhulupirira chikondicho Mulungu ali nacho pa ife. Mulungu ndiye chikondi. Ndi iye amene akhala m'chikondi, akhala mwa Mulungu, ndi Mulungu mwa iye.

Uthenga

Luka 10: 38-42

10:38	Tsopano izo zinachitika, pamene adali paulendo, adalowa m’mudzi wina. Ndipo mkazi wina, dzina lake Marita, anamulandira iye kunyumba kwake.
10:39	Ndipo iye anali ndi mlongo wake, dzina lake Mary, WHO, pakukhala pambali pa mapazi a Ambuye, anali kumvetsera mawu ake.
10:40	Tsopano Marita anali kutanganidwa ndi kutumikira. Ndipo adayimilira nati: “Ambuye, simukudandaula kuti mlongo wanga wandisiya nditumikire ndekha? Choncho, lankhula naye, kuti andithandize.”
10:41	Ndipo Yehova anayankha nati kwa iye: "Martha, Marita, uda nkhawa ndi kubvutika ndi zinthu zambiri.
10:42	Koma chinthu chimodzi chokha ndichofunika. Mariya wasankha chopereka chabwino koposa, ndipo sichidzachotsedwa kwa iye.