Yobu 39

¹“Kodi iwe umadziwa nthawi imene mbalale yayikazi imaswera?

²Kodi umawerenga miyezi imene zimakhala ndi bere?

³Zimakhala tsonga ndi kuswa ana awo;

⁴Ana a nyamazi amakhala ndi mphamvu ndipo amakulira mʼthengo;

⁵“Kodi bulu wakuthengo amamupatsa ndani ufulu wongodziyendera?

⁶Ine ndinamupatsa chipululu kuti chikhale mudzi wake,

⁷Iye amakhala kutali ndi phokoso la mu mzinda;

⁸Amayendayenda mʼmapiri kudya msipu

⁹“Kodi njati ingavomere kukutumikira?

¹⁰Kodi ungathe kuyimanga ndi zingwe kuti izilima?

¹¹Kodi ungadalire njatiyo chifukwa champhamvu zake?

¹²Kodi ungadalire kuti idzakubweretsera tirigu wako

¹³“Nthiwatiwa imakupiza mapiko ake monyadira,

¹⁴Nthiwatiwa imakwirira mazira ake pansi

¹⁵nthiwatiwayo sidera nkhawa kuti mazira ake angathe kuswanyidwa,

¹⁶Nthiwatiwa imachitira nkhanza ana ake ngati anawo si ake;

¹⁷Chifukwa Mulungu anayimana nzeru,

¹⁸Komatu nthiwatiwa ikadzambatuka ndi kuyamba kuthamanga,

¹⁹“Kodi ndiwe amene umamupatsa mphamvu kavalo

²⁰Kodi ndiwe amene umalipatsa dzombe ulemerero wolumphira,

²¹Iye amalumphalumpha moopseza, kukondwerera mphamvu zake,

²²Iye sachita mantha, saopa chilichonse;

²³Zida zankhondo zimachita kwichikwichi mʼchimake pambali pake

²⁴Kavaloyo amanjenjemera ndi ukali ndi kulumphalumpha;

²⁵Lipenga likalira amati, ‘Twee!’

²⁶“Kodi kabawi amawuluka ndi nzeru zako,

²⁷Kodi umalamulira chiwombankhanga ndiwe kuti chiziwuluka

²⁸Chimakhala pa phiri ndipo chimakhala pamenepo usiku;

²⁹Chili pamenepo chimayangʼanayangʼana choti chigwire kuti chidye;

³⁰Ana ake amayamwa magazi,