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 shalt go over the Jordan this day; to possess nations very great, and stronger than thyself, cities great, and walled up to the sky,
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 Enacims, whom thou hast seen, and heard of, against whom no man is able to stand.
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.
Thou shalt know therefore this day that the Lord thy God himself will pass over before thee, a devouring and consuming fire, to destroy and extirpate and bring them to nothing before thy face quickly, as he hath 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.
Say not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God shall have destroyed them in thy sight: For my justice hath the Lord brought me in to possess this land, whereas these nations are destroyed for their wickedness.
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.
For it is not for thy justices, and the uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands: but because they have done wickedly, they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the Lord might accomplish his word, which he promised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and 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 the Lord thy God giveth thee not this excellent land in possession for thy justices, for thou art a very stiffnecked 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, and forget not how then provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou camest out of Egypt unto this place, thou hast always strove against the Lord.
8 Ku Horebu munaputa mkwiyo wa Yehova, kotero kuti anakwiya kwambiri nafuna kukuwonongani.
For in Horeb also thou didst provoke him, and he was angry, and would have destroyed thee,
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 went up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you: and I continued in the mount forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking 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 the Lord gave me two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and containing all the words that he spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the Are, when the people were assembled together.
11 Pakutha pa masiku makumi anayi usiku ndi usana, Yehova anandipatsa miyala iwiri, miyala ya pangano.
And when forty days were passed, and as many nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables 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 said to me: Arise, and go down from hence quickly: for thy people, which thou hast brought out of Egypt, have quickly forsaken the way that thou hast shewn them, and have made to themselves a molten idol.
13 Ndipo Yehova anati kwa ine, “Anthu awa ndawaona ndipo ndi anthu okanikadi!
And again the Lord said to me: I see that this people is stiffnecked:
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 abolish their name from under heaven, and set thee over a nation, that is greater and stronger than this.
15 Choncho ndinatembenuka ndi kutsika phiri moto ukanayakabe. Ndipo miyala iwiri ya pangano inali mʼmanja mwanga.
And when I came down from the burning mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with both 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 saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made to yourselves a molten calf, and had quickly forsaken his way, which he had shewn you:
17 Motero ine ndinaponya pansi miyala imene inali mʼmanja mwanga, ndi kuyiphwanya inu mukuona.
I cast the tables out of my hands, and broke them in your sight.
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 the Lord as before, forty days and nights neither eating bread, nor drinking water, for all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and had provoked him to wrath:
19 Ine ndinachita mantha ndi mkwiyo ndi ukali wa Yehova chifukwa anakwiya nanu kokwanira kukuwonongani. Koma Yehova anandimveranso.
For I feared his indignation and anger, wherewith being moved against you, he would have destroyed you. And the Lord heard me this time also.
20 Ndipo Yehova anakwiya ndi Aaroni ndipo akanamuwononga, koma ine ndinamupemphereranso Aaroniyo.
And he was exceeding angry against Aaron also, and would have destroyed him, and I prayed in like manner for him.
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 your sin that you had committed, that is, the calf, I took, and burned it with fire, and breaking it into pieces, until it was as small as dust, I threw it into the torrent, which cometh down from the mountain.
22 Inu munamukwiyitsanso Yehova ku Tabera, ku Masa ndi ku Kibiroti Hatava.
At the burning also, and at the place of temptation, and at the graves of lust you provoked the Lord:
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 he sent you from Cadesbarne, saying: Go up, and possess the land that I have given you, and you slighted the commandment of the Lord your God, and did not believe him, neither would you hearken to his voice:
24 Kuyambira pamene ndinakudziwani, mwakhala owukira Yehova.
But were always rebellious from the day that I began to know you.
25 Ine ndinagwa chafufumimba pamaso pa Yehova kwa masiku makumi anayi usana ndi usiku chifukwa Yehova ananena kuti akuwonongani.
And I lay prostrate before the Lord forty days and nights, in which I humbly besought him, that he would not destroy you as he had threatened:
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 praying, I said: O Lord God, destroy not thy people, and thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed in thy greatness, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt with a strong 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 on the stubbornness of this people, nor on their wickedness and 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 perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which thou hast brought us, say: The Lord could not bring them into the land that he promised them, and he hated them: therefore he brought them out, that he might kill them in the wilderness,
29 Koma iwowa ndi anthu anu, chuma chanu chimene munachitulutsa ndi mphamvu yanu yayikulu ndi mkono wanu wotambasuka.”
Who are thy people and thy inheritance, whom thou hast brought out by thy great strength, and in thy stretched out arm.
