Yobu 19

¹Pamenepo Yobu anayankha kuti,

²“Kodi mudzakhala mukundizunza mpaka liti,

³Inuyo mwandinyoza kwambiri;

⁴Ngati ndi zoona kuti ine ndasochera,

⁵Ngati ndithudi mukudziyika nokha pamwamba panga,

⁶pamenepa dziwani kuti Mulungu wandilakwira

⁷“Ngakhale ndifuwule kuti, ‘Akundizunza!’ Palibe wondiyankha;

⁸Mulungu wanditsekera njira yanga kotero sindingathe kudutsa;

⁹Iye wandilanda ulemu wanga

¹⁰Wandiphwanyaphwanya mbali zonse ndipo ndatheratu;

¹¹Wandikwiyira ndipo

¹²Ankhondo ake akubwera kwa ine mwamphamvu,

¹³“Mulungu wandisiyanitsa ndi abale anga;

¹⁴Abale anga andithawa;

¹⁵Anthu odzacheza ku nyumba kwanga ndiponso antchito anga aakazi andisandutsa mlendo;

¹⁶Ndikayitana wa ntchito wanga, iye sandiyankha,

¹⁷Mpweya wanga umamunyansa mkazi wanga;

¹⁸Inde, ngakhale ana amandinyoza;

¹⁹Anzanga onse apamtima amanyansidwa nane;

²⁰Ndangotsala khungu ndi mafupa okhaokha;

²¹“Mvereni chisoni, inu abwenzi anga, mvereni chisoni,

²²Chifukwa chiyani mukundilondola ngati Mulungu?

²³“Aa, achikhala mawu anga analembedwa,

²⁴akanalembedwa pa mwala ndi chitsulo,

²⁵Koma ndikudziwa kuti mpulumutsi wanga ali ndi moyo,

²⁶Ndipo khungu langa litatha nʼkuwonongeka,

²⁷Ine ndemwe ndidzamuona Iye

²⁸“Koma inu mukuti, ‘Haa! Tingamuzunze bwanji,

²⁹Inu muyenera kuopa lupanga;