Yobu 12

¹Pamenepo Yobu anayankha kuti,

²“Ndithudi inuyo ndinu anthu

³Koma inenso ndili nazo nzeru ngati inu;

⁴“Ndasanduka chinthu choseketsa kwa abwenzi anga,

⁵Anthu amene ali pabwino amanyoza anzawo amene ali pa tsoka.

⁶Nyumba za anthu achifwamba zimakhala pa mtendere,

⁷“Koma funsa nyama zakuthengo ndipo zidzakuphunzitsa,

⁸kapena uyankhule ndi dziko lapansi ndipo lidzakuphunzitsa,

⁹Kodi mwa zonsezi ndi chiti chimene sichidziwa

¹⁰Mʼmanja mwake ndi mʼmene muli moyo wa cholengedwa chilichonse,

¹¹Kodi khutu sindiye limene limamva mawu

¹²Kodi nzeru sipezeka pakati pa anthu okalamba?

¹³“Kwa Mulungu ndiye kuli nzeru ndi mphamvu;

¹⁴Chimene Iye wapasula palibe angachimangenso.

¹⁵Iyeyo akamanga mvula dziko limawuma;

¹⁶Kwa Iye kuli mphamvu ndi kupambana;

¹⁷Iye amalanda aphungu nzeru zawo

¹⁸Iye amachotsa zingwe zimene mafumu anawamanga nazo

¹⁹Iye amasocheretsa ansembe atawalanda nzeru zawo

²⁰Iye amakhalitsa chete aphungu odalirika

²¹Iye amanyoza anthu otchuka

²²Iye amatulutsira poyera zinthu zozama za mu mdima

²³Iye amakuza mitundu ya anthu ndipo amayiwononganso;

²⁴Iye amalanda nzeru za atsogoleri a dziko lapansi;

²⁵Iwo amafufuzafufuza njira mu mdima wopanda chowunikira;