Mlaliki 7

¹Mbiri yabwino ndi yopambana mafuta onunkhira bwino,

²Kuli bwino kupita ku nyumba yamaliro

³Chisoni nʼchabwino kusiyana ndi kuseka,

⁴Mtima wa munthu wanzeru nthawi zonse umalingalira za imfa,

⁵Kuli bwino kumva kudzudzula kwa munthu wanzeru

⁶Kuseka kwa zitsiru kuli ngati

⁷Kuzunza ena kumasandutsa munthu wanzeru kukhala chitsiru,

⁸Mathero ake a chinthu ndi abwino kupambana chiyambi chake,

⁹Usamafulumire kukwiya mu mtima mwako,

¹⁰Usamafunse kuti, “Nʼchifukwa chiyani masiku amakedzana anali abwino kupambana masiku ano?”

¹¹Nzeru ngati cholowa, ndi chinthu chabwino

¹²Nzeru ndi chitetezo,

¹³Taganizirani zimene Mulungu wazichita:

¹⁴Pamene zinthu zili bwino, sangalala;

¹⁵Pa moyo wanga wopanda phinduwu ndaona zinthu ziwiri izi:

¹⁶Usakhale wolungama kwambiri

¹⁷Usakhale woyipa kwambiri,

¹⁸Nʼkwabwino kuti utsate njira imodzi,

¹⁹Nzeru zimapereka mphamvu zambiri kwa munthu wanzeru

²⁰Palibe munthu wolungama pa dziko lapansi

²¹Usamamvetsere mawu onse amene anthu amayankhula,

²²pakuti iwe ukudziwa mu mtima mwako

²³Zonsezi ndinaziyesa ndi nzeru zanga ndipo ndinati,

²⁴Nzeru zimene zilipo,

²⁵Kotero ndinayikapo mtima wanga kuti ndidziwe,

²⁶Ndinapeza kanthu kowawa kupambana imfa,

²⁷Mlaliki akunena kuti, “Taonani, chimene ndinachipeza ndi ichi:

²⁸pamene ine ndinali kufufuzabe

²⁹Chokhacho chimene ndinachipeza ndi ichi: