27 Nsembe ya anthu oipa ndi yonyansa.+ Ndiye kuli bwanji munthu akaiperekera limodzi ndi makhalidwe otayirira?+

11 Yehova wanena kuti: “Kodi nsembe zanu zambirimbirizo zili ndi phindu lanji kwa ine? Nsembe zopsereza zathunthu+ za nkhosa zamphongo+ ndiponso mafuta a nyama zodyetsedwa bwino zandikwana.+ Ine sindikusangalalanso+ ndi magazi+ a ana a ng’ombe amphongo, ana a nkhosa amphongo ndiponso a mbuzi zamphongo.+

3 “Munthu amene akupha ng’ombe yamphongo ali ngati wopha munthu.+ Amene akupereka nsembe ya nkhosa ali ngati wothyola khosi la galu.+ Wopereka mphatso ali ngati wopereka magazi a nkhumba.+ Wopereka lubani wachikumbutso+ ali ngati wopereka dalitso pogwiritsa ntchito mawu onenerera zamatsenga.+ Anthuwo asankha njira zawozawo, ndipo amasangalala ndi zinthu zawo zonyansa.+

20 “N’chifukwa chiyani mukundibweretsera lubani* wochokera ku Sheba+ ndi mabango onunkhira ochokera kudziko lakutali? Zimenezi zili ndi ntchito yanji kwa ine? Nsembe zanu zopsereza zathunthu sizikundisangalatsa,+ ndipo nsembe zina zonse zimene mukupereka sizikundikondweretsa.”+

23 “Tsoka kwa inu alembi ndi Afarisi, onyenga inu! Chifukwa mumapereka chakhumi+ cha timbewu ta minti, dilili, ndi chitowe, koma mumanyalanyaza zinthu zofunika za m’Chilamulo, monga chilungamo,+ chifundo+ ndi kukhulupirika.+ Kupereka zinthu zimenezi n’kofunikadi, koma osanyalanyaza zinthu zinazo.