Yobu 22

¹Pamenepo Elifazi wa ku Temani anayankha kuti,

²“Kodi munthu nʼkukhala waphindu kwa Mulungu?

³Kodi Wamphamvuzonse akanapeza chabwino chotani iweyo ukanakhala wolungama?

⁴“Kodi nʼchifukwa choti umamuopa, kuti azikudzudzula,

⁵Kodi osati nʼchifukwa chakuti kuyipa kwako nʼkwakukulu?

⁶Iwe unkawumiriza abale ako kuti akupatse chikole popanda chifukwa;

⁷Sunawapatse madzi anthu otopa,

⁸ngakhale unali munthu wamphamvu, wokhala ndi malo akeake,

⁹Ndipo akazi amasiye unawachotsa wopanda kanthu,

¹⁰Nʼchifukwa chake misampha yakuzungulira,

¹¹nʼchifukwa chake kuli mdima kuti sungathe kuona kanthu,

¹²“Kodi Mulungu sali kutalitali kumwamba?

¹³Komabe iweyo ukunena kuti, ‘Kodi Mulungu amadziwa chiyani?

¹⁴Mitambo yakuda yamuphimba, kotero kuti Iye sakutiona

¹⁵Kodi iwe udzayendabe mʼnjira yakale

¹⁶Iwo anachotsedwa nthawi yawo isanakwane,

¹⁷Anthuwo anati kwa Mulungu, ‘Tichokereni!

¹⁸Chonsecho ndi Iye amene anadzaza nyumba zawo ndi zinthu zabwino,

¹⁹“Anthu olungama amaona kuwonongeka kwawo ndipo amakondwera;

²⁰Amanena kuti, ‘Ndithudi adani athu awonongeka

²¹“Gonjera Mulungu kuti ukhale naye pamtendere;

²²Landira malangizo a pakamwa pake

²³Ukabwerera kwa Wamphamvuzonse udzabwezeretsedwa;

²⁴ndipo chuma chamtengowapatali nuchiona ngati fumbi,

²⁵Pamenepo Wamphamvuzonseyo adzakhala golide wako,

²⁶Pamenepo udzakondwera naye Wamphamvuzonse

²⁷Udzamupempha ndipo adzakumvera,

²⁸Chimene watsimikiza kuti uchite, chidzachitikadi,

²⁹Pamene anthu agwetsedwa pansi, iwe nʼkunena kuti, ‘Akwezeni!’

³⁰Iye adzapulumutsa ngakhale munthu amene ndi wolakwa,