42Kumbiti Mlungu kawukiti pakati pawu, kawaleka waviguwiri vintu vya kumpindi kwa Mlungu, ntambu yailembitwi mushintola sha wambuyi wa Mlungu, ‘Mwenga wantu wa Israeli! Hashi, neni ndiri yamundaviliriti tambiku na malaviwu kwa shipindi sha vinja malongu msheshi kulii kushiwala?
43Mwenga mshinyasuliti shisasa sha mlungu Moleki, na shinyagu sha ndondu mlungu gwenu Refani. Shinyagu shamshinyawiti ndo shamshiguwiriti. Toziya ayi hanuwajegi lopola kutali kupitira Babiloni!’”
44Kushiwala kulii wambuyi wetu waweriti na lihema liii lilipitawuliti kuwera kwa Mlungu. Lyalinyawitwi handa Mlungu ntambu yakamgambiriti Musa kalinyawi, nakala kamili ya shiraa shakalanguziyitwi.
45Shakapanu wambuyi wetu waliyangiti womberi kwa womberi mpaka shipindi sha Yoshuwa, pawainyasuliti isi ilii kulawa kwa maisi geni Mlungu kagawingiti kuulongolu kwawu. Panu lilikaliti mpaka shipindi sha Dawudi.
46Dawudi kawupatiti upendelewu kwa Mlungu, kamluwa Mlungu kamlekeziyi su kamnyawiri pahala pa kulikala, ulii yakaweriti Mlungu gwa Yakobu.
47Kumbiti Selemani ndo yakamnyawiriti numba Mlungu.
48“Ata hangu, Mlungu mkulu hakatami ndiri munumba zijegitwi na muntu, mbuyi ntambu yakatakula,
49‘Mtuwa kalonga, kumpindi ndo shibanta shangu sha ufalumi na pasipanu ndo pahala pangu pa kutulira magulu. Mtuwa kalonga, “Hashi mwenga hamunyawili numba ya ntambu gaa?” Ama pahala paneni pakwoyera hapaweri koshi?
50Hashi, mawoku gangu ndiri yaganyawiti vintu vyoseri avi?’
Matendu 7
Matendu 7:42-50