22 Poyankha Samueli anati: “Kodi Yehova amakondwera ndi nsembe zopsereza+ ndi nsembe zina kuposa kumvera mawu a Yehova? Taona! Kumvera+ kuposa nsembe,+ ndipo kumvetsera mosamala kuposa mafuta+ a nkhosa zamphongo.

6 Pakuti ndimakondwera ndi kukoma mtima kosatha,+ osati ndi nsembe.+ Ndimakondweranso ndi kudziwa Mulungu, osati ndi nsembe zopsereza zathunthu.+

7 Kodi Yehova adzakondwera ndi masauzande a nkhosa zamphongo? Kodi adzakondwera ndi mitsinje ya mafuta masauzande makumimakumi?+ Kapena kodi ndipereke mwana wanga wamwamuna woyamba kubadwa chifukwa cha cholakwa changa?+ Kodi ndipereke chipatso cha mimba yanga chifukwa cha tchimo langa?

7 Komabe, ngati mukanamvetsa tanthauzo la mawu akuti, ‘Ndikufuna chifundo,+ osati nsembe,’+ simukanaweruza anthu osalakwa.

33 Kunena za kukonda Mulungu ndi mtima wonse, maganizo onse, mphamvu zonse, komanso kukonda mnzako mmene umadzikondera wekha, n’zofunika kwambiri kuposa nsembe zonse zopsereza zathunthu ndi nsembe zina.”+