Deuteronomy 31
1 And Moses finished speaking all these words to all the children of Israel;
Tsono Mose anapita ndi kukayankhula mawu awa kwa Aisraeli onse:
2 and said to them, I am this day a hundred and twenty years [old]; I shall not be able any longer to come in or go out; and the Lord said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan.
“Tsopano ndili ndi zaka 120, ndipo sindingathenso kukutsogolerani. Yehova wandiwuza kuti, ‘Iwe sudzawoloka Yorodani.’
3 The Lord your God who goes before you, he shall destroy these nations before you, and you shall inherit them: and [it shall be] Joshua that goes before your face, as the Lord has spoken.
Mwini wake Yehova Mulungu wanu ndiye amene adzakutsogolerani powoloka. Iye adzawononga mitundu ina yonse, ndipo inu mudzatenga dziko lawo. Yoswa adzakutsogoleraninso powoloka, monga momwe ananenera Yehova.
4 And the Lord your God shall do to them as he did to Seon and Og the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, and to their land, as he destroyed them.
Ndipo Yehova adzawawononga iwo monga momwe anawonongera Sihoni ndi Ogi, mafumu Aamori, amene Iye anawawononga pamodzi ndi dziko lawo.
5 And the Lord has delivered them to you; and you shall do to them, as I charged you.
Ambuye adzawapereka kwa inu, ndipo inu mukawachitire zonse zimene ndakulamulani.
6 Be courageous and strong, fear not, neither be cowardly neither be afraid before them; for [it is] the Lord your God that advances with you in the midst of you, neither will he by any means forsake you, nor desert you.
Khalani amphamvu ndi olimba mtima. Musachite nawo mantha kapena kunjenjemera pamaso pawo, chifukwa Yehova Mulungu wanu apita nanu. Sadzakusiyani kapena kukutayani.”
7 And Moses called Joshua, and said to him before all Israel, Be courageous and strong; for you shall go in before this people into the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, and you shall give it to them for an inheritance.
Pamenepo Yehova anayitana Yoswa pamaso pa Aisraeli onse ndipo anamuwuza kuti, “Khala wamphamvu ndi wolimba mtima, pakuti iwe udzatsogolera anthu awa ku dziko limene Yehova analumbira kulipereka kwa makolo awo, ndipo iwe ukaligawe pakati pawo kuti likakhale cholowa chawo.
8 And the Lord that goes with you shall not forsake you nor abandon you; fear not, neither be afraid.
Yehova mwini ndiye akukutsogolerani ndipo adzakhala nanu. Sadzakusiyani kapena kukutayani. Usachite mantha ndiponso usataye mtima.”
9 And Moses wrote the words of this law in a book, and gave it to the priests the sons of Levi who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the sons of Israel.
Choncho Mose analemba malamulo awa nawapereka kwa ansembe, ana Alevi, amene amanyamula Bokosi la Chipangano la Yehova, ndiponso kwa akuluakulu onse a Aisraeli.
10 And Moses charged them in that day, saying, After seven years, in the time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
Kenaka Mose anawalamula kuti, “Pamapeto pa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zilizonse, chaka cha kukhululukidwa ngongole, pa nthawi ya Chikondwerero cha Misasa,
11 when all Israel come together to appear before the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their ears,
pamene Aisraeli onse abwera kudzaonekera pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wanu pamalo pamene Iye adzasankhe, mudzawerenge malamulo onsewa iwo akumva.
12 having assembled the people, the men, and the women, and the children, and the stranger that is in your cities, that they may hear, and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God; and they shall listen to do all the words of this law.
Mudzasonkhanitse anthu onse pamodzi, amuna, akazi ndi ana pamodzi ndi alendo amene akukhala mʼmizinda yanu, kuti adzawamve ndi kuphunzira kuopa Yehova Mulungu wanu ndi kutsatira mosamala mawu onse a mʼmalamulowa.
13 And their sons who have not known shall hear, and shall learn to fear the Lord your God all the days that they live upon the land, into which you go over Jordan to inherit it.
Ana awo amene sadziwa malamulo awa, ayenera kuwamva ndi kuphunzira kuopa Yehova Mulungu wanu nthawi zonse pamene mukukhala mʼdziko limene mukuwoloka Yorodani kukalitenga.”
14 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, the days of your death are at hand; call Joshua, and stand you by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and I will give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went to the tabernacle of testimony, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.
Yehova anawuza Mose kuti, “Nthawi ya kufa kwako yafika. Itana Yoswa ndipo mubwere ku tenti ya msonkhano, kumene Ine ndidzamulangiza.” Choncho Mose ndi Yoswa anabwera ku tenti ya msonkhano.
15 And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony; and the pillar of the cloud stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.
Pamenepo Yehova anaonekera ku tenti mʼchipilala cha mtambo, ndipo mtambowo unayima pamwamba pa khomo lolowera mu tenti.
16 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will arise and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land, into which they are entering: and they will forsake me, and break my covenant, which I made with them.
Ndipo Yehova anawuza Mose kuti, “Iwe ukupita kukapuma kumene kuli makolo ako, ndipo ukangomwalira, anthu awa adzayamba kupembedza milungu yachilendo ya mʼdziko limene akukalowamo. Adzanditaya ndi kuphwanya pangano lomwe ndinachita nawo.
17 And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me.
Tsiku limenelo Ine ndidzawakwiyira ndi kuwataya. Ndidzawabisira nkhope yanga, ndipo adzawonongedwa. Masautso ambiri ndi zovuta zambiri zidzawagwera, ndipo tsiku limenelo adzafunsa kuti, ‘Kodi masautso awa sanagwere ife chifukwa Yehova Mulungu wathu sali nafe?’
18 And I will surely turn away my face from them in that day, because of all their evil doings which they have done, because they turned aside after strange gods.
Ndipo Ine ndidzabisa ndithu nkhope yanga pa tsiku limenelo chifukwa cha zoyipa zimene anachita potembenukira kwa milungu ina.
19 And now write the words of this song, and teach it to the children of Israel, and you shall put it into their mouth, that this song may witness for me amongst the children of Israel to their face.
“Tsopano ulembe mawu a nyimbo iyi ndipo uwaphunzitse Aisraeli, uwawuze kuti aziyimba, kuti ikhale mboni yanga yowatsutsa.
20 For I will bring them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey: and they shall eat and be filled and satisfy [themselves]; then will they turn aside after other gods, and serve them, and they will provoke me, and break my covenant.
Pamene ndawalowetsa mʼdziko loyenda mkaka ndi uchi, dziko limene ndinalonjeza mwalumbiro kwa makolo awo, ndipo pamene adzadya ndi kukhuta ndi kumasangalala, iwo adzatembenukira kwa milungu ina ndi kumayipembedza, kundikana Ine ndi kuphwanya pangano langa.
21 And this song shall stand up to witness against them; for they shall not forget it out of their mouth, or out of the mouth of their seed; for I know their wickedness, what they are doing here this day, before I have brought them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers.
Ndipo pamene masautso ambiri ndi zovuta zambiri zidzawagwera, nyimbo iyi idzakhala mboni yanga yowatsutsa, chifukwa zidzukulu zawo sizidzayiwala nyimboyi. Ine ndikudziwa zimene iwo akulingalira kuchita, ngakhale kuti sindinawalowetse mʼdziko limene ndinalonjeza mwa lumbiro.”
22 And Moses wrote this song in that day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
Choncho Mose analemba nyimbo iyi tsiku limenelo ndi kuwaphunzitsa Aisraeli.
23 And he charged Joshua, and said, Be courageous and strong, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land, which the Lord sware to them, and he shall be with you.
Yehova analamula Yoswa mwana wa Nuni kuti, “Khala wamphamvu ndipo limba mtima, chifukwa udzalowetsa Aisraeli mʼdziko limene ndinawalonjeza mwa lumbiro, ndipo Ine mwini ndidzakhala nawe.”
24 And when Moses finished writing all the words of this law in a book, even to the end,
Mose atatha kulemba malamulowa mʼbuku, osasiyako kanthu,
25 then he charged the Levites who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
analamula Alevi amene ananyamula Bokosi la Chipangano la Yehova kuti,
26 Take the book of this law, and you shall put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God; and it shall be there amongst you for a testimony.
“Tengani Buku ili la Malamulo ndi kuliyika pambali pa Bokosi la Chipangano la Yehova Mulungu wanu. Likhale kumeneko ngati mboni yokutsutsani.
27 For I know your provocation, and your stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, you have been provoking in your conduct towards God: how shall you not also be so after my death?
Pakuti Ine ndikudziwa kuwukira kwanu ndi kuwuma mtima kwanu. Ngati inu mwakhala mukuwukira Yehova ine ndili moyo ndiponso ndili nanu pamodzi, nanga mudzawukira motani ine ndikamwalira!
28 Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.
Mundisonkhanitsire atsogoleri onse a mafuko anu pamodzi ndi akuluakulu onse, kuti ndiyankhule mawu awa iwo akumva ndipo kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi zikhale mboni yowatsutsa.
29 For I know that after my death you will utterly transgress, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you; and evils shall come upon you in the latter days, because you will do evil before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of your hands. And Moses spoke all the words of this song even to the end, in the ears of the whole assembly.
Chifukwa ndikudziwa kuti ine ndikamwalira mudzayipa kwambiri ndi kutembenuka kuleka njira imene ndinakulamulani. Masiku amene akubwera, masautso adzakugwerani chifukwa mudzachita zoyipa pamaso pa Yehova ndi kuputa mkwiyo wake chifukwa cha zimene manja anu anapanga.”
Ndipo Mose ananena mawu a nyimbo iyi kuyiimba koyambira mpaka potsiriza gulu lonse la Aisraeli likumva:
