Dheuteronomyo
18 “Alevi anatumikira ninga anyantsembe pabodzi na dzindza yonsene ya Alevi nee anadzapaswa unthaka pakati pa Aizraeli. Iwo anadzadya ntsembe zakupiswa zinaperekwa kuna Yahova, zakuti ndi unthaka wawo.+ 2 Natenepa iwo nee asafunika kukhala na unthaka pakati pa abale awo. Yahova ndi unthaka wawo ninga pidaapanga iye.
3 “Ipi ndipyo pinafunika kupereka mbumba kuna anyantsembe: Munthu anafuna kupereka ntsembe, mwakukhonda tsalakana khala ntsembe inafuna kupereka iye ndi ya ngʼombe peno ya bira, asafunika kupasa nyantsembe mwendo wakutsogolo, ntsaya na cifu. 4 Usafunika kuapasa pinthu pinatoma iwe kubvuna, vinyu yako ipswa na mafuta ako a azeti, kuphatanizambo maweya akutoma anakwedza iwe mabira ako.+ 5 Yahova Mulungu wako asankhula iye na anace amuna pakati pa madzindza ako onsene toera kutumikira mu dzina ya Yahova kwenda na kwenda.+
6 “Mbwenye Mulevi angabuluka mu ubodzi mwa mizinda ya Aizraeli mule mukakhala iye,+ mbafuna kuenda ku mbuto idasankhula Yahova,*+ 7 kweneko iye anakwanisa kutumikira mu dzina ya Yahova Mulungu wace ninga abale ace onsene, akuti ndi Alevi anatumikira kweneko pamaso pa Yahova.+ 8 Kunjipa kwa cakudya cinafuna kutambira iye cinadzakhala sawasawa na cinatambira iwo,+ kusiyapo pinthu pinafuna kutambira iye thangwi ya kuguliswa kwa pinthu pya ambuyace.
9 “Ungapita mu dziko inakupasa Yahova Mulungu wako, leka kutowezera macitiro akunyanyasa a madzindza anewa.+ 10 Pakati panu mbapaleke kuoneka munthu anapisa pa moto+ mwanace wamamuna peno wankazi, munthu anacita pyakulotera,+ pyaungʼanga,+ munthu anasaka pidzindikiro,+ mpfiti,+ 11 munthu analodza ndzace, munthu anaenda kwa ngʼanga+ toera kudziwa pinthu, nyakulotera,+ peno munthu anasaka kulonga na anyakufa.+ 12 Thangwi munthu anacita pinthu pyenepi ndi wakunyanyasa kuna Yahova, pontho Yahova Mulungu wako ali kuthamangisa madzindza anewa pamaso pako thangwi ya macitiro anewa akunyanyasa. 13 Usafunika kupangiza kuti ndiwe wakusowa mulando pamaso pa Yahova Mulungu wako.+
14 “Madzindza anafuna iwe kuthamangisa asabvera mangʼanga+ na anyakulotera,+ mbwenye Yahova Mulungu wako nee akutawirisa toera kucita pyenepi. 15 Yahova Mulungu wanu anadzakusankhulirani pakati pa abale anu mprofeta mʼbodzi ninga ine; imwe musafunika kumbvera.+ 16 Thangwi ndi pyenepi pidaphemba iwe kuna Yahova Mulungu wako ku Orebhi pa ntsiku idasonkhana mbumba,+ mbulonga: ‘Ine nkhabe funa kubva pontho fala ya Yahova Mulungu wanga, nee kuona pontho moto uyu ukulu toera ndikhonde kufa.’+ 17 Buluka penepo, Yahova andipanga: ‘Pidalonga iwo mphyadidi. 18 Ndinaasankhulira mprofeta pakati pa mbumba yawo, mprofeta wakulandana na iwe,+ ndinadzampanga pinafunika iye kulonga,+ pontho iye anadzaapanga pyonsene pinafuna kumpanga ine.+ 19 Ule anakhonda kubvera mafala anga anafuna kulonga iye mu dzina yanga,+ anadzatawirira thangwi ya pyenepi.
20 “‘Mprofeta angalonga mwakudzikuza mafala mu dzina yanga akuti nee ndampanga toera aalonge peno angalonga mu dzina ya alungu anango, mprofeta unoyu asafunika kufa.+ 21 Panango unalonga muntima mwako: “Tinadziwa tani kuti Yahova nee alonga mafala anewa?” 22 Mprofeta angalonga mu dzina ya Yahova, pidalonga iye mbapikhonda kucitika peno kukwanirisika, natenepa adalonga mafala anewa nee ndi Yahova. Mprofeta unoyu alonga mafala anewa mwakudzikuza. Nee usafunika kunʼgopa.’