March 12, 2023

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Kuwerenga Koyamba

Eksodo 17:3-7

17:3	And so the people were thirsty in that place, due to the scarcity of water, and they murmured against Moses, kunena: “Why did you cause us to go out of Egypt, so as to kill us and our children, as well as our cattle, with thirst?”
17:4	Then Moses cried out to the Lord, kunena: “What shall I do with this people? A little while more and they will stone me.”
17:5	Ndipo Yehova anati kwa Mose: “Go before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. And take in your hand the staff, with which you struck the river, ndi patsogolo.
17:6	Lo, I will stand in that place before you, on the rock of Horeb. And you shall strike the rock, and water will go forth from it, so that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
17:7	And he called the name of that place ‘Temptation,’ because of the arguing of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, kunena: “Is the Lord with us, kapena osati?”

Kuwerenga Kwachiwiri

The Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans 5:1-2, 5-8

5:1	Choncho, atayesedwa wolungama ndi chikhulupiriro, tikhale pa mtendere ndi Mulungu, kudzera mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu.
5:2	Pakuti mwa iye ifenso tiri ndi mwayi mwa chikhulupiriro chisomo ichi, m’mene timaima nji, ndi ku ulemerero, ndi chiyembekezo cha ulemerero wa ana a Mulungu.
5:3	Ndipo osati izo zokha, koma timapezanso ulemerero m’chisautso, podziwa kuti chisautso chichita chipiriro,
5:4	ndipo chipiriro chimatsogolera pakutsimikizira, komabe kutsimikizira kumabweretsa chiyembekezo,
5:5	koma chiyembekezo sichabe, pakuti chikondi cha Mulungu chidatsanulidwa m’mitima mwathu mwa Mzimu Woyera, amene wapatsidwa kwa ife.
5:6	Komabe chifukwa chiyani Khristu, pamene tinali ofooka, pa nthawi yake, amve imfa chifukwa cha oipa?
5:7	Tsopano wina sangakhale wololera kufa chifukwa cha chilungamo, Mwachitsanzo, kapena wina angayerekeze kufa chifukwa cha munthu wabwino.
5:8	Koma Mulungu amasonyeza chikondi chake kwa ife mmenemo, pamene tinali ochimwa, pa nthawi yake,

Uthenga

Yohane 4:5-42

4:1	Ndipo kenako, pamene Yesu anazindikira kuti Afarisi anamva kuti Yesu anapanga ophunzira ambiri ndi kuwabatiza kuposa Yohane,
4:2	(ngakhale Yesu mwini sanali kubatiza, koma ophunzira ake okha)
4:3	anachoka ku Yudeya, ndipo adayendanso ku Galileya.
4:4	Tsopano anafunika kudutsa pakati pa Samariya.
4:5	Choncho, adapita ku mzinda wa Samariya wotchedwa Sukari, pafupi ndi munda umene Yakobo anapatsa mwana wake Yosefe.
4:6	Ndipo pamenepo panali chitsime cha Yakobo. Ndiye Yesu, pokhala wotopa ndi ulendo, anali atakhala mwanjira inayake pachitsime. Nthawi inali ngati ola lachisanu ndi chimodzi.
4:7	Anadza mkazi wa ku Samariya kudzatunga madzi. Yesu anati kwa iye, Ndipatseni ndimwe.
4:8	Pakuti ophunzira ake adalowa mumzinda kukagula chakudya.
4:9	Ndipo kenako, mkazi Msamariya uja ananena kwa Iye, “Zili bwanji iwe, kukhala Myuda, akupempha madzi akumwa kwa ine, ngakhale ndine mkazi Msamariya?” Pakuti Ayuda sayanjana ndi Asamariya.
4:10	Yesu anayankha nati kwa iye: “Mukadadziwa mphatso ya Mulungu, ndi amene anena kwa inu, ‘Ndipatseni ndimwe,’ mwina mukadapempha kwa iye, ndipo akadakupatsa madzi amoyo.
4:11	Mkaziyo anati kwa iye: “Ambuye, mulibe chotungira madzi, ndipo chitsime ndi chakuya. Kuchokera kuti, ndiye, muli ndi madzi amoyo?
4:12	Ndithudi, inu simuli wamkulu ndi atate wathu Yakobo, amene anatipatsa ife chitsimecho, namwamo, ndi ana ake aamuna ndi ng’ombe zake?”
4:13	Yesu anayankha nati kwa iye: “Onse akumwa madzi awa adzamvanso ludzu. Koma amene adzamwa madzi amene ndidzampatsa sadzamva ludzu mpaka kalekale.
4:14	M'malo mwake, madzi amene ndidzampatsa adzakhala mwa iye kasupe wamadzi, kuphukira ku moyo wosatha.”
4:15	Mkaziyo anati kwa iye, “Ambuye, ndipatseni madzi awa, kuti ndisamve ludzu, kapena ndisabwere kuno kudzatunga madzi.
4:16	Yesu anati kwa iye, “Pitani, muyitane mwamuna wanu, ndipo bwererani kuno.”
4:17	Mayiyo adayankha nati, "Ndilibe mwamuna." Yesu anati kwa iye: “Mwayankhula bwino, mu kunena, ‘Ndilibe mwamuna.’
4:18	Pakuti wakhala nawo amuna asanu, koma iye amene uli naye tsopano si mwamuna wako. Wanena izi zoona.
4:19	Mkaziyo anati kwa iye: “Ambuye, Ndikuona kuti ndinu Mneneri.
4:20	Makolo athu ankalambira paphiri ili, koma inu munena kuti Yerusalemu ndi malo oyenera kulambiriramo.
4:21	Yesu anati kwa iye: “Mkazi, ndikhulupirireni, ikudza nthawi imene mudzalambira Atate, ngakhale paphiri ili, kapena ku Yerusalemu.
4:22	Inu mukupembedza zomwe simukuzidziwa; timapembedza chimene tikuchidziwa. Pakuti chipulumutso chichokera kwa Ayuda.
4:23	Koma ora likudza, ndipo tsopano, pamene olambira oona adzalambira Atate mumzimu ndi m’chowonadi. Pakuti Atate afuna otere akhale olambira ake.
4:24	Mulungu ndi Mzimu. Ndipo kenako, omlambira ayenera kumlambira mumzimu ndi m’chowonadi.”
4:25	Mkaziyo anati kwa iye: “Ndikudziwa kuti Mesiya akubwera (amene atchedwa Khristu). Kenako, pamene iye afika, adzatiuza zonse.
4:26	Yesu anati kwa iye: “Ine ndine iye, amene akulankhula nawe.”
4:27	Kenako ophunzira ake anafika. Ndipo anazizwa kuti alikulankhula ndi mkaziyo. Komabe palibe amene ananena: “Mukufuna chiyani?” kapena, “N’chifukwa chiyani ukulankhula naye??”
4:28	Chotero mkaziyo anasiya mtsuko wake wamadzi n’kulowa mumzinda. Ndipo iye anati kwa amuna amene anali kumeneko:
4:29	“Bwerani mudzaone munthu amene wandiuza zinthu zonse zimene ndinachita. Kodi iye si Khristu?”
4:30	Choncho, naturuka m'mudzi nadza kwa Iye.
4:31	Panthawiyi, ophunzira anampempha Iye, kunena, “Rabbi, kudya.”
4:32	Koma adati kwa iwo, “Ndili ndi chakudya choti ndidye chimene inu simuchidziwa.”
4:33	Choncho, ophunzira ananena wina ndi mzake, Kodi wina akanamubweretsera chakudya?”
4:34	Yesu adati kwa iwo: “Chakudya changa ndicho kuchita chifuniro cha Iye amene anandituma Ine, kuti ndikwaniritse ntchito yake.
4:35	Kodi simukunena, ‘Kwatsala miyezi inayi, ndipo pamenepo kukolola kumafika?’ Onani, Ine ndinena kwa inu: Kwezani maso anu muyang’ane kumidzi; pakuti wapsa kale kufikira kumweta.
4:36	Kwa iye amene amakolola, alandira malipiro, natuta zipatso ku moyo wosatha, kuti wofesayo akondwere pamodzi ndi wokololayo.
4:37	Pakuti m’menemo mawuwo ali owona: kuti ali wofesa, ndi winanso wotuta.
4:38	Ine ndakutumani kukakolola zimene simunagwirirapo ntchito. Ena atopa, ndipo mwalowa m’ntchito zawo.
4:39	Tsopano Asamariya ambiri a mumzindawo anakhulupirira Iye, chifukwa cha mawu a mkazi amene anali kupereka umboni: “Pakuti anandiuza zonse zimene ndinazichita.”
4:40	Choncho, pamene Asamariya anadza kwa Iye, adampempha agone komweko. Ndipo anakhala kumeneko masiku awiri.
4:41	Ndipo ambiri owonjezera anakhulupirira Iye, chifukwa cha mawu ake.
4:42	Ndipo adati kwa mkaziyo: “Tsopano tikukhulupirira, osati chifukwa cha mawu anu, koma chifukwa tamva ife tokha, ndipo tidziwa kuti iye ndiyedi Mpulumutsi wa dziko lapansi.