Benjamin, mwana wakhumi ndi chiwiri wa Yakobo ndi Rakele, khanda la m’banjamo, asanduka filosofi ndi wachifundo.
1 Mau a Benjamini amene analamulira ana ace awasunge, atakhala zaka zana limodzi mphambumakumiawirikudzazisanu.
2 Ndipo adawampsompsona, nati, Monga Isake anabadwa kwa Abrahamu mu ukalamba wake, momwemonsondinakhalakwaYakobo.
3 Ndipo popeza Rakele amake anamwalira pobala ine, ndinalibe mkaka; chifukwa chake ndinayamwandiBilihamdzakaziwake.
4 Pakuti Rakele anakhala wosabereka zaka khumi ndi ziwiri, atabala Yosefe; ndipo anapemphera kwa Yehova ndi kusala kudya masiku khumi ndi awiri, ndipo anatenga pakati, nabalaIne.
5 Pakuti atate wanga anamkonda Rakele, ndipo anapemphera kuti awone ana aamuna aŵiri kuchokerakwaiye.
6 Chifukwa chake ndinatchedwa Benjamini, ndikokuti,mwanawamasiku;
7 Ndipo pamene ndinapita ku Aigupto kwa Yosefe, ndipo mlongo wanga anandizindikira, anati kwa ine, Nanga atate wanga ananena chiyanipameneanandigulitsaine?
8 Ndipo ndinati kwa iye, Anadontheza malaya ako ndi mwazi, natumiza, nati, Dziwa ngati ili ndilomalayaamwanawako.
9 Ndipo anati kwa ine, Momwemonso, mbale, pamene anandivula malaya anga, anandipereka kwaAismayeli;
10 Ndipo mmodzi wa iwo amene anandimenya ndindodo,mkangounakomananaye,numupha.
11Ndipoanzakewoadachitamantha.
12 Chifukwa chake inunso ana anga, kondani Ambuye Mulungu wa Kumwamba ndi dziko
lapansi, ndi kusunga malamulo ake, potsata chitsanzo cha Yosefe, munthu wabwino ndi woyera.
13 Ndipo mtima wanu ukhale wabwino, monga mundidziwa Ine; pakuti iye amene asamba bwinoaonazonsemolondola.
14 Opa Yehova, ndi kukonda mnansi wako; Ndipo ngakhale mizimu ya Beliyali ikufuna kukuvutitsani ndi choipa chilichonse, siidzakulamulirani monga siinali ndi ulamuliro paYosefem’balewanga.
15 Ndi anthu angati amene anafuna kumupha, komaMulunguanamuteteza!
16 Pakuti iye amene amawopa Mulungu ndi kukonda mnansi wake sangamenyedwe ndi mzimu wa Beliyali, pokhala wotetezedwa ndi kuopaMulungu.
17 Komanso sangalamuliridwe ndi malingaliro a anthu kapena nyama, chifukwa Yehova amamuthandiza chifukwa cha chikondi chimenealinachopamnansiwake.
18 Yosefe nayenso anapempha atate wathu kuti apempherere abale ake, kuti Yehova asawawerengere iwo monga uchimo choipa chilichonseadamchitiraiye.
19 Ndipo Yakobo anafuula motero, Mwana wanga wabwino, wapambana matumbo a atate wakoYakobo.
20 Ndipo adamfungatira, nampsompsona maola awiri,nati:
21 Mwa inu mudzakwaniritsidwa ulosi wakumwamba wonena za Mwanawankhosa wa Mulungu, Mpulumutsi wa dziko lapansi, ndi kuti munthu wopanda chilema adzaperekedwa chifukwachaanthuosayeruzika;,chifukwacha chipulumutso cha amitundu ndi Israyeli, ndipo adzawonongaBeliyalindiatumikiake.
22 Chotero ana anga, mukuona mapeto a munthuwabwino?
23 Chifukwa chake khalani akutsanza achifundo chake ndi mtima wabwino, kuti inunsomubvalenduwirazaulemerero.
24 Pakuti munthu wabwino alibe diso lakuda; pakuti achitira anthu onse chifundo, angakhale aliwochimwa.
25 Ndipo angakhale alingalira zoipa; za iye, pakuchita zabwino agonjetsa choipa, wotetezedwa ndi Mulungu; ndipo akonda wolungamamongamoyowake.
26 Ngati wina alemekezedwa, sachitira nsanje iye; ngati wina alemedwa alibe nsanje; ngati wina ali wolimba mtima, amlemekeza; munthu wokoma mtima amtama; achitira wosauka chifundo; pa ofooka achitira chifundo; kwa Mulunguaimbirazolemekeza.
27 Ndipo iye amene ali nacho chisomo cha mzimu wabwino akonda ngati moyo wake wa iyeyekha.
28 Chifukwa chake ngati inunso muli ndi mtima wabwino, oipa adzakhala ndi inu pamtendere, ndipo wachiwerewere adzakulemekezani ndi kutembenukira ku zabwino; Ndipo aumbombo sadzasiya zilakolako zawo zoipa, koma adzapereka chumachawokwaiwoamenealiosautsika.
29 Ngati muchita bwino, ingakhale mizimu yonyansa idzakuthawani; ndipo zilombo zidzakuopani.
30 Pakuti kumene kuli kulemekeza ntchito zabwino ndi kuunika m’maganizo, ngakhale mdimaumamuthawa.
31 Pakuti ngati wina achita chipongwe kwa woyera mtima, alapa; pakuti munthu woyera achitirawonyozawacechifundo,nakhalachete.
32 Ndipo ngati wina apereka munthu wolungama,munthuwolungamaamapemphera;
33 Lingaliro la munthu wabwino silili m’chinyengo cha mzimu wa Beliyali, pakuti mngelowamtendereamatsogoleramoyowake.
34 Ndipo sayang’ana zinthu zovunda ndi mtima wonse, kapena kusonkhanitsa chuma chifukwa chachilakolakochachisangalalo.
35 Iye sakondwera ndi zokondweretsa, wosakwiyitsa mnansi wake, wosakhuta ndi zokondweretsa, wosalakwa pakukweza maso, pakutiYehovandiyegawolake.
36 Lingaliro labwino sililandira ulemerero kapena chitonzo kuchokera kwa anthu, ndipo silidziwa chinyengo chilichonse, kapena bodza, kapena ndewu, kapena chipongwe; pakuti Ambuye akhala mwa iye, naunikira moyo wace, ndipoakondwerakwaanthuonsenthawizonse.
37 Mtima wabwino ulibe malilime awiri, dalitso ndi temberero, chipongwe ndi ulemu, chisoni ndi chisangalalo, bata ndi chisokonezo, chinyengo ndi choonadi, cha kusauka ndi chuma; koma liri nawo mtima umodzi, wosabvundandiwoyera,mwaanthuonse.
38Palibekupenyakawiri,kapenakumvakawiri; pakuti m’zonse azicita, kapena kuzilankhula, kapena kuzipenya, adziwa kuti Yehova ayang’anamoyowace.
39 Ndipo ayeretsa maganizo ake kuti angatsutsidwendianthukomansondiMulungu.
40MomwemonsontchitozaBeliyalizilipawiri, ndipomulibeumodzimwaizo.
41Chifukwachake, anaanga, ndinenakwainu, thawani zoipa za Beliyari; pakuti apatsa lupangaiwoakumveraIye.
42 Ndipo lupanga limabala zoyipa zisanu ndi ziwiri. Poyamba malingaliro amatenga mwa Beliyari, ndipo poyamba pali kukhetsa mwazi; kachiwiri kuwonongeka; chachitatu, chisautso; chachinayi, kuthamangitsidwa; chachisanu, njala; chachisanu ndi chimodzi, mantha; chachisanundichiwiri,chiwonongeko.
43 Cifukwa cace Kaini nayenso anampereka ku maweruzo asanu ndi awiri ndi Mulungu, pakuti zaka zana zonse Yehova anamgwera iye mliri umodzi.
44 Ndipo pamene iye anali wa zaka mazana awiri anayamba kumva zowawa, ndipo m’chaka cha mazana asanu ndi anayi adawonongedwa.
45 Pakuti chifukwa cha Abele mbale wake anaweruzidwa ndi zoipa zonse, koma Lameke anaweruzidwa makumi asanu ndi awiri kuchulukitsakasanundikawiri.
46 Chifukwa iwo amene ali ngati Kaini m’nsanje ndi udani ndi abale, adzalangidwa ku chiweruzochomwechokunthawizonse.
MUTU 2
Vesi 3 lili ndi chitsanzo chochititsa chidwi cha kukhala kunyumba komabe kumveketsa bwino mafanizoa makoloakale ameneŵa.
1 Ndipo inu, ana anga, thaŵani zoipa, njiru, ndi udani wa abale, ndi kumamatira ku ubwino ndi chikondi.
2 Iye amene ali ndi mtima woyera m’chikondi, sasamaliramkazindicholingachadama; pakuti alibe chodetsa m’mtima mwake, chifukwa MzimuwaMulunguukhalapaiye.
3 Pakuti monga dzuŵa silidetsedwa ndi kuwalitsa ndowe ndi matope, koma liumitsa zonse ndi kutulutsa fungo loipa; momwemonso maganizo oyera, angakhale atazingidwa ndi zodetsa za dziko lapansi, makamaka amawayeretsandiposadetsedwa.
4 Ndipo ndikhulupirira kuti padzakhalanso zoipa pakati panu, zochokera m’mawu a Enoke wolungama: kuti mudzachita chigololo ndi chigololochaSodomu,ndipomudzawonongeka, onse kupatula ochepa, ndipo mudzayambiranso zonyansa ndi akazi. ; ndipo ufumu wa Ambuye sudzakhala mwa inu, pakuti pomwepo Iye adzauchotsa.
5 Koma kachisi wa Mulungu adzakhala m’gawolanu, ndipo kachisiwotsirizaadzakhala waulemererokuposawoyamba.
6 Ndipo mafuko khumi ndi awiri adzasonkhanitsidwa kumeneko, ndi amitundu
onse, kufikira Wam’mwambamwamba adzatumiza chipulumutso chake m’kuchezera kwamneneriwobadwayekha.
7 Ndipo adzalowa m’Kachisi woyamba, ndipo pamenepo Yehova adzaipidwa, nadzakwezedwapamtengo.
8 Ndipo chinsalu chotchinga cha m’kachisi chidzang’ambika, ndipo Mzimu wa Mulungu udzapita kwa amitundu, monga ngati moto wotsanulidwa.
9 Ndipo adzakwera kuchokera ku Hade, nadzachokakudzikolapansi kupita kumwamba.
10 Ndipo ndidziwa kunyozeka kwake padziko lapansi,Ndiulemererowakumwamba.
11 Ndipo pamene Yosefe anali m’Aigupto, ndinalakalaka kuona maonekedwe ake ndi maonekedwe a nkhope yake; ndipo m’mapemphero a Yakobo atate wanga ndinamuona, ali maso masana, ngakhale maonekedweakeonsemongamomweanalili.
12 Ndipo m’mene adanenazinthuizi,adati kwa iwo, Chifukwa chake zindikirani ana anga, kuti ndirikufa.
13 Cifukwa cace citani coonadi yense kwa mnansi wace, ndi kusunga cilamulo ca Yehova ndimalamuloace.
14 Chifukwa cha izi ndikusiyirani inu, osati cholowa.
15 Chifukwa chake inunso muwapatse ana anu akhale chuma chawo chosatha; pakuti kotero adachitaAbrahamu,ndiIsake,ndiYakobo.
16 Pakuti zonsezi adatipatsa cholowa, nanena, sungani malamulo a Mulungu, kufikira Ambuye adzaonetsa chipulumutso chake kwa amitunduonse.
17 Ndipo pomwepo mudzawona Enoke, Nowa, ndi Semu, ndi Abrahamu, ndi Isake, ndi Yakobo, akuimirira pa dzanja lamanja m’kukondwera;
18 Pamenepo ifenso tidzanyamuka, aliyense pa fuko lathu, ndi kulambira Mfumu ya Kumwamba, imene inaonekera padziko lapansi m’maonekedweamunthuwodzichepetsa.
19 Ndipo onse amene akhulupirira pa dziko lapansiadzakondweranayepamodzi.
20 Pamenepo anthu onse adzauka, ena ku ulemerero,ndienakumanyazi.
21NdipoYehovaadzayamba kuweruza Israyeli, chifukwa cha kusalungama kwawo; pakuti pamene Iye anawonekera monga Mulungu mu thupi kuti awapulumutse iwo iwo sanamukhulupirireIye.
22 Ndiyeno Iye adzaweruza Amitundu onse, onse amene sanamukhulupirire Iye pamene Iye anawonekerapadzikolapansi.
23 Ndipo Iye adzatsutsa Israyeli mwa osankhidwa a amitundu, monga anadzudzula Esau mwa Amidyani, amene ananyenga abale ao, kotero kuti anagwera m’cigololo ndi kupembedza mafano; ndipo anapatuka kwa Mulungu, nakhala ana m'gawo la iwo akuopa Yehova.
24 Chifukwa chake, ngati inu ana anga, muyenda m’chiyeretso monga mwa malamulo a Yehova, mudzakhalanso ndi ine mosatekeseka, ndipo Israyeli yense adzasonkhanitsidwa kwa Yehova.
25 Ndipo sindidzatchedwanso mmbulu wolusa chifukwachazowonongazako,komawantchito wa Ambuye wogawira chakudya kwa iwo akuchitazabwino.
26 Ndipo m’masiku otsiriza adzauka mmodzi wokondedwa wa Yehova, wa fuko la Yuda ndi Levi, wakuchita zomkomera m’kamwa mwake, ndichidziwitsochatsopanonaunikiraamitundu.
27 Kufikira chimaliziro cha nthawi ya pansi pano, iye adzakhala m’masunagoge a anthu a mitundu ina ndi pakati pa olamulira awo, ngati nyimboyanyimbom’kamwamwaanthuonse.
28 Ndipo adzalembedwa m’mabuku opatulika, ntchito yake ndi mawu ake, ndipo adzakhala wosankhidwawaMulungukosatha.
29 Ndipo kupyolera mwa iwo adzapita uku ndi uko monga Yakobo atate wanga, kuti, Adzakwaniritsachosowachafukolako.
30 Ndipo m’mene adanena izi adatambasula mapaziake.
31Ndipoadafam’tulotokomanditabwino;
32 Ndipo ana ake aamuna anachita monga adawalamulira, nanyamula mtembo wake, nauika m’Hebronipamodzindimakoloake.
33 Masiku a moyo wake ndiwo zaka zana limodzimphambumakumiawirikudzazisanu;