1 Samueli
4:1 Ndipo mawu a Samueli anafika kwa Aisiraeli onse. Tsopano Israeli anapita kukamenyana nawo
Afilistiwo kunkhondo, namanga misasa pafupi Ebenezeri;
Afilisti anamanga misasa ku Afeki.
4:2 Ndipo Afilisti anafola kuti amenyane ndi Isiraeli
+ Anayamba kumenyana + ndipo Aisiraeli anakanthidwa ndi Afilisitiwo
napha ankhondo m'thengo ngati zikwi zinayi.
4:3 Ndipo pamene anthu anafika kuchigono, akulu a Isiraeli anati:
Yehova watikantha bwanji lero pamaso pa Afilisti? Tiyeni
mutitengere likasa la chipangano cha Yehova ku Silo, kuti,
ikafika pakati pathu, ingatipulumutse m'manja mwa adani athu.
4:4 Choncho anthu anatumiza ku Silo kuti akatenge likasa
la pangano la Yehova wa makamu, wokhala pakati pawo
akerubi: ndi ana awiri a Eli, Hofeni ndi Pinehasi, anali komweko
likasa la pangano la Mulungu.
4:5 Ndipo likasa la chipangano cha Yehova analowa m'chigono, onse
Israyeli anafuula ndi mfuu yaikuru, kotero kuti dziko linaombanso.
Act 4:6 Ndipo pamene Afilisti anamva phokoso la kukuwa, anati, Bwanji?
likutanthauza phokoso la kufuula kwakukulu uku mu msasa wa Ahebri? Ndipo
anazindikira kuti likasa la Yehova lafika kuchigono.
Act 4:7 Ndipo Afilistiwo adachita mantha, pakuti adati, Mulungu walowa m'dzikomo
msasa. Ndipo anati, Tsoka kwa ife! pakuti sipanakhale cotero
kale.
4:8 Tsoka kwa ife! adzatilanditsa ndani m’dzanja la milungu yamphamvu iyi?
iyi ndiyo milungu imene inakantha Aaigupto ndi miliri yonse m’menemo
chipululu.
Rev 4:9 Limbani mtima, khalani ngati amuna, Afilisti inu, kuti mukhale
osati akapolo a Ahebri, monga anakhala kwa inu;
monga anthu, ndi kumenyana.
4:10 Ndipo Afilisti anamenyana, ndipo Aisrayeli anakanthidwa, ndipo aliyense anathawa
munthu m'hema wake: ndipo panali kupha kwakukulu ndithu; pakuti adagwa
a Israyeli zikwi makumi atatu oyenda pansi.
Rev 4:11 Ndipo likasa la Mulungu linalandidwa; ndi ana awiri a Eli, Hofeni ndi
Pinehasi, anaphedwa.
4:12 Ndipo munthu wa Benjamini anathamanga kuchokera kunkhondo, nafika ku Silo
tsiku lomwelo ndi zobvala zake zidang'ambika, ndi dothi pamutu pake.
Act 4:13 Ndipo pamene adafika, taonani, Eli adakhala pa mpando m'mbali mwa njira, nayang'anira: pakuti
mtima wake unanjenjemera chifukwa cha likasa la Mulungu. Ndipo pamene munthuyo adalowa m'nyumba
mzinda, ndipo nanena izo, mzinda wonse analira.
Act 4:14 Ndipo pamene Eli anamva phokoso la kulira, anati, Nchiyani?
phokoso la chipolowe ichi? Ndipo munthuyo anadza msanga, nauza Eli.
4:15 Tsopano Eli anali wa zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi kudza zisanu ndi zitatu; ndi maso ace anali mdima, kuti iye
sanathe kuwona.
Act 4:16 Ndipo munthuyo anati kwa Eli, Ndine amene ndinatuluka kunkhondo, ndipo ndathawa
lero kuchokera kunkhondo. Ndipo anati, Watani, mwana wanga?
Act 4:17 Ndipo mthengayo adayankha, nati, Israyeli wathawa pamaso pa Yehova
Afilisti, ndipo pachitikanso kuphana kwakukuru pakati pa Afilisti
ndi ana ako aamuna awiri, Hofeni ndi Pinehasi, afa, ndi ana ako awiri
likasa la Mulungu latengedwa.
4:18 Ndipo kunali, pamene iye ananena za likasa la Mulungu, kuti iye
anagwa chagada kuchokera pampando pa chipata, ndi khosi lake
anasweka, nafa; pakuti anali nkhalamba, ndi wolemera. Ndipo iye anali ataweruza
Israeli zaka makumi anai.
Act 4:19 Ndipo mpongozi wake wamkazi, mkazi wake wa Pinehasi, adali ndi pakati, atatsala pang'ono kubadwa
ndipo pamene iye anamva kuti likasa la Mulungu lalandidwa;
ndi kuti apongozi ake ndi mwamuna wake adamwalira, adawerama
namva zowawa; pakuti zowawa zake zidamgwera.
Mar 4:20 Ndipo ngati nthawi ya imfa yake, akazi akuyimilira pafupi naye adanena kwa iye
iye, Usawope; pakuti wabala mwana wamwamuna. Koma iye sanayankha, ngakhale
adazisamalira.
Act 4:21 Ndipo adatcha mwanayo kuti Ikabodi, nati, Ulemerero wachoka
Israeli: chifukwa likasa la Mulungu linalandidwa, ndi chifukwa cha atate wake
lamulo ndi mwamuna wake.
Act 4:22 Ndipo iye anati, Ulemerero wachoka mwa Israele, pakuti likasa la Mulungu lili
kutengedwa.