Yobu 3

¹Pambuyo pake Yobu anatsekula pakamwa pake nayamba kutemberera tsiku limene iyeyo anabadwa.

²Ndipo Yobu anati:

³“Tsiku limene ine ndinabadwa litembereredwe

⁴Tsiku limenelo lisanduke mdima;

⁵Mdima ndi mthunzi wa imfa zikhale pa tsiku limeneli;

⁶Usiku umenewo ukutidwe ndi mdima wandiweyani;

⁷Usiku umenewo usabweretse chilichonse chabwino;

⁸Odziwa kutemberera masiku alitemberere tsikulo,

⁹Nyenyezi zake za mʼbandakucha zikhale mdima;

¹⁰Pakuti tsiku limenelo ndiye ndinatuluka mʼmimba ya amayi anga

¹¹“Bwanji ine sindinawonongeke pamene ndinkabadwa

¹²Chifukwa chiyani panali mawondo wondilandirirapo

¹³Pakuti tsopano bwenzi ndili gone mwamtendere;

¹⁴pamodzi ndi mafumu ndi aphungu a dziko lapansi,

¹⁵pamodzi ndi olamulira amene anali ndi golide,

¹⁶Kapena, bwanji sindinakwiriridwe pansi monga mwana wobadwa wakufa kale,

¹⁷Ku mandako anthu oyipa sakhalanso pa mavuto,

¹⁸A mʼndende kumeneko akusangalala ndi mtendere;

¹⁹Anthu wamba ndi anthu apamwamba ali kumeneko,

²⁰“Chifukwa chiyani dzuwa limawalira iwo amene ali pa mavuto,

²¹kwa iwo amene amalakalaka imfa imene sibwera,

²²amene amakondwa ndi kusangalala

²³Chifuwa chiyani moyo umaperekedwa kwa munthu

²⁴Mʼmalo moti ndidye, ndimalira,

²⁵Chimene ndinkachiopa chandigwera;

²⁶Ndilibe mtendere kapena bata,