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4 Mulungu akutiuza kuti tingapume pa ntsiku yace yakupuma, tenepo tin’funika kukhala tceru kuti pakati pathu paleke kuwoneka munthu wakusaya kuthemera kudzapuma pa ntsiku yakupuma ya Mulungu. 2 Pakuti mafala yabwino yadapaliziridwa kwa ifepano ninga momwe yadapaliziridwira kwa makolo yathu yakale, tsono mafala yomwe adabvayo yalibe kukhala na phindu kwa iwo thangwe alibe kukhala na cikhulupiro ninga ca wale omwe adabvera. 3 Ife omwe tina cikhulupiro, tikupuma pa ntsiku yakupuma ya Mulungu ninga momwe iye adalewera kuti: “Na tenepo ndidalumbira na ukali bwangu kuti: ‘Iwo an’dzapuma lini pa ntsiku yangu yakupuma,’” napo kuti mabasa yace yakhadamala kuyambira pomwe dziko lidakhazikisidwa. 4 Pakuti pakulewa bza ntsiku yaci 7, cinembo cinango cimbati: “Mulungu adapuma pa ntsiku yaci 7 pomwe adamala kucita mabasa yace yentse,” 5 ndipo iye adalewa pomwe kuti: “Iwo an’dzapuma lini pa ntsiku yangu yakupuma.”
6 Tenepo, pakuti alipo winango omwe akanati kupuma, ndipo wale omwe adayamba kudziwisidwa bza mafala yabwino alibe kupuma thangwe ra kusaya kubvera, 7 iye adakhazikisa pomwe ntsiku inango, yomwe adaicemera kuti “Lero,” mu salimo la Davide pomwe padapita nthawe itali kwene-kwene. Bzimwebzi bzikubverana na bzomwe talewa kale bzire kuti: “Lero, penu mun’tetekera fala lace, lekani kuumisa mitima yanu.” 8 Pakuti penu Djoswe adakutsogolerani kuti mukapume, Mulungu angadakuuzani lini pomwe bza ntsiku inango. 9 Tenepo ikalipo ntsiku yakupuma ninga ntsiku ya Sabudu kwa wanthu wa Mulungu. 10 Pakuti munthu omwe adapuma pa ntsiku yakupuma ya Mulungu, adapumambo pa mabasa yace, ninga momwe Mulungu adapumira pa mabasa yace.
11 Tenepo mbaticiteni bzentse bzomwe tingakwanise kuti tipume pa ntsiku yakupuma ya Mulungu, kuti paleke kuwoneka ne na m’bodzi wakuyamba kufamba mwakusaya kubvera ninga momwe makolo yathu yakale yadacitira. 12 Pakuti fala la Mulungu ndamoyo na lamphanvu ndipo ndakuthwa kwene-kwene kuposa xipada iri-yentse yakuthwa kwentse-kwentse ndipo limbapita mpaka mkati licikasiyanisa moyo na mzimu,* mafupa na muwongola, ndipo limbakwanisa kuzindikira makumbukidwe na bzakufuna bza mtima wa munthu. 13 Palibe cakulengedwa ciri-centse comwe n’cakubisika pamaso pa Mulungu, koma bzinthu bzentse bziri padeca ndipo mpsakuwonekera kwa ule omwe tin’dzatawira mulandu pamaso pace.
14 Tenepo pakuti tina mkulu wa antsembe omwe adayenda kudzulu omwe ni Jezu Mwana wa Mulungu, mbatipitirizeni kupalizira bza cikhulupiro cathu pakulewa bza iye. 15 Pakuti tiribe mkulu wa antsembe omwe angatazire kutibvesesa bzakuphonya bzathu, tsono tinaye m’bodzi omwe adayezedwa m’bzinthu bzentse ninga ifepano, koma akhalibe pikado. 16 Na tenepo, mbatifenderereni ku mpando wa Umambo wa Mulungu omwe ambatilatiza kudeka mtima kukulu ndipo timbapemba kwa iye na ufulu bwa kulewalewa kuti atibvere ntsisi na kutilatiza kudeka mtima kwace kukuluko, pa nthawe yomwe tikufunikira thandizo.