Deuteronomo 9
1 Mvera Israeli. Watsala pangʼono kuwoloka Yorodani ndi kukathamangitsa mitundu ikuluikulu ndi yamphamvu kuposa iweyo, imene mizinda yake ndi ikuluikulu yokhala ndi makoma ofika mpaka kumwamba.
Hear, O Israel: Thou are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
2 Anthuwo ndi ataliatali, Aanaki! Ukudziwa za iwo ndipo unamvapo zikunenedwa kuti, “Ndani amene angalimbane ndi Aanaki?”
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou know, and of whom thou have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
3 Koma khulupirira lero kuti Yehova Mulungu wako amene ali patsogolo pako ali ngati moto wonyeketsa. Adzawononga iwowo ndipo adzawagonjetsa iweyo ukuona. Pamenepo udzawathamangitsa ndi kuwakantha mwamsanga, monga momwe Yehova wakulonjezera.
Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goes over before thee as a devouring fire. He will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee. So thou shall drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah has spoken to thee.
4 Yehova Mulungu wako akadzawapirikitsa pamaso pako, usadzanene mu mtima mwako kuti, “Yehova wandibweretsa kuno kudzalanda dziko lino chifukwa cha kulungama kwanga.” Ayi, koma ndi chifukwa cha kuyipa kwa anthu amene Yehova ati awapirikitse pamaso pako.
Do not speak thou in thy heart, after Jehovah thy God has thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah has brought me in to possess this land. Whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah drives them out from before thee.
5 Sukalowa ndi kutenga dziko lawolo chifukwa cha kulungama kwako kapena kukhulupirika kwako koma chifukwa cha kuyipa kwa anthuwo. Yehova Mulungu wako awapirikitsa pamaso pako kuti akwaniritse zimene analumbira kwa makolo ako Abrahamu, Isake ndi Yakobo.
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, do thou go in to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God drives them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
6 Tsono zindikira kuti si chifukwa cha kulungama kwako kuti Yehova Mulungu wako akukupatsa dziko labwinoli kuti ulitenge popeza ndiwe wokanika.
Know therefore, that Jehovah thy God does not give thee this good land to possess it for thy righteousness, for thou are a stiff-necked people.
7 Kumbukirani izi ndipo musayiwale mmene munaputira mkwiyo wa Yehova Mulungu mʼchipululu muja. Kuyambira tsiku limene munatuluka mu Igupto mpaka pamene munafika kuno, mwakhala owukira Yehova.
Remember, do not thou forget how thou provoked Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou went forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.
8 Ku Horebu munaputa mkwiyo wa Yehova, kotero kuti anakwiya kwambiri nafuna kukuwonongani.
Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.
9 Nditakwera ku phiri kuti ndikalandire miyala iwiri ya malamulo, ya pangano limene Yehova anachita ndi inu, ndinakhala ku phiriko kwa masiku makumi anayi usiku ndi usana, sindinadye buledi kapena kumwa madzi.
When I was gone up onto the mount to receive the tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode on the mount forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
10 Yehova anandipatsa miyala iwiri yolembedwa ndi chala chake. Pa miyalapo panali malamulo onse amene Yehova analengeza kwa inu pa phiri kuchokera mʼmoto pa tsiku la msonkhano.
And Jehovah delivered to me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God. And on them was according to all the words, which Jehovah spoke with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
11 Pakutha pa masiku makumi anayi usiku ndi usana, Yehova anandipatsa miyala iwiri, miyala ya pangano.
And it came to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant.
12 Tsono Yehova anandiwuza, “Tsikako kuno msanga, chifukwa anthu ako aja unawatulutsa ku Iguptowa adziyipitsa. Iwo apatukapo mofulumira pa zimene ndinawalamulira ndipo adzipangira fano lachitsulo.”
And Jehovah said to me, Arise, get thee down quickly from here, for thy people that thou have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them. They have made them a molten image.
13 Ndipo Yehova anati kwa ine, “Anthu awa ndawaona ndipo ndi anthu okanikadi!
Furthermore Jehovah spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
14 Ndilekeni ndiwawononge ndi kufafaniza mayina awo pa dziko lapansi. Ndipo ndidzakuyesa iwe mtundu wa anthu wamphamvu ndi wochuluka kuposa iwo.”
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven, and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
15 Choncho ndinatembenuka ndi kutsika phiri moto ukanayakabe. Ndipo miyala iwiri ya pangano inali mʼmanja mwanga.
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
16 Ine poyangʼana ndinaona kuti inu munachimwira Yehova Mulungu wanu. Munadzipangira fano lowumbidwa ngati mwana wangʼombe. Inuyo munapatuka msanga kuchoka pa njira imene Yehova anakulamulirani.
And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God. Ye had made you a molten calf. Ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you.
17 Motero ine ndinaponya pansi miyala imene inali mʼmanja mwanga, ndi kuyiphwanya inu mukuona.
And I took hold of the two tablets, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
18 Tsono nthawi yomweyo ndinagwa chafufumimba pamaso pa Yehova kwa masiku makumi anayi usiku ndi usana. Sindinadye buledi kapena kumwa madzi chifukwa cha machimo onse amene munawachita, kuchita zoyipa pamaso pa Yehova ndi kumukwiyitsa kwambiri.
And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
19 Ine ndinachita mantha ndi mkwiyo ndi ukali wa Yehova chifukwa anakwiya nanu kokwanira kukuwonongani. Koma Yehova anandimveranso.
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which Jehovah was angry against you to destroy you. But Jehovah hearkened to me that time also.
20 Ndipo Yehova anakwiya ndi Aaroni ndipo akanamuwononga, koma ine ndinamupemphereranso Aaroniyo.
And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
21 Ndiponso ndinatenga chinthu chanu choyipacho, mwana wangʼombe amene munapangayo, ndi kumuwotcha pa moto. Kenaka ndinamuphwanya ndi kumuperapera ndikukhala ngati fumbi ndipo ndinawaza fumbilo mu mtsinje umene unkayenda kuchokera mʼphiri.
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mount.
22 Inu munamukwiyitsanso Yehova ku Tabera, ku Masa ndi ku Kibiroti Hatava.
And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked Jehovah to wrath.
23 Ndipo Yehova atakutulutsani ku Kadesi Barinea anati, “Pitani mukatenge dziko limene ndakupatsani.” Koma munawukira ulamuliro wa Yehova Mulungu wanu. Inu simunamukhulupirire kapena kumumvera.
And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you, then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye did not believe him, nor hearken to his voice.
24 Kuyambira pamene ndinakudziwani, mwakhala owukira Yehova.
Ye have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you.
25 Ine ndinagwa chafufumimba pamaso pa Yehova kwa masiku makumi anayi usana ndi usiku chifukwa Yehova ananena kuti akuwonongani.
So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.
26 Ndinapemphera kwa Ambuye ndi kuti, “Haa Yehova Wamkulukulu, musawawononge anthu anu, chuma chanuchanu chimene munachipulumutsa ndi mphamvu yanu yayikulu ku Igupto ndi dzanja lanu la mphamvu.
And I prayed to Jehovah, and said, O lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou have redeemed through thy greatness, that thou have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27 Kumbukirani atumiki anu Abrahamu, Isake ndi Yakobo. Musatengere kupulupudza, kuyipa ndi kuchimwa kwawo anthuwa.
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their profaneness, nor to their sin,
28 Kupanda kutero, ndiye kuti anthu a ku dziko lija munatitulutsaku adzati, ‘Yehova anawatulutsa kuti akawaphe mʼchipululu popeza sanathe kukawalowetsa mʼdziko limene anawalonjeza ndipo anadana nawo.’
lest the land from where thou brought us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.
29 Koma iwowa ndi anthu anu, chuma chanu chimene munachitulutsa ndi mphamvu yanu yayikulu ndi mkono wanu wotambasuka.”
Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou brought out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm.
