Yobu 5

¹“Itana ngati ungathe, koma ndani adzakuyankhe?

²Mkwiyo umapha chitsiru,

³Ine ndinaona chitsiru chitamera mizu,

⁴Ana ake alibe ndi chitetezo chomwe;

⁵Anthu anjala amamudyera zokolola zake,

⁶Pakuti masautso satuluka mʼfumbi,

⁷Komatu munthu amabadwira kuti azunzike

⁸“Koma ndikanakhala ine, ndikanamudandawulira Mulungu;

⁹Iye amachita zozizwitsa zimene sizimvetsetseka,

¹⁰Iye amagwetsa mvula pa dziko lapansi,

¹¹Iye amakweza anthu wamba,

¹²Iyeyo amalepheretsa chiwembu cha anthu ochenjera,

¹³Iye amakola anthu ochenjera mu msampha wa kuchenjera kwawo,

¹⁴Mdima umawagwera nthawi yamasana;

¹⁵Mulungu amapulumutsa amphawi ku lupanga la mʼkamwa mwawo;

¹⁶Choncho osauka ali ndi chiyembekezo,

¹⁷“Wodala munthu amene Mulungu amamudzudzula;

¹⁸Pakuti Iye amavulaza koma amamanganso mabalawo;

¹⁹Pakuti adzakupulumutsa ku masautso nthawi ndi nthawi,

²⁰Pa nthawi ya njala adzakulanditsa ku imfa,

²¹Adzakuteteza kwa anthu osinjirira,

²²Uzidzaseka pa nthawi ya chiwonongeko ndi ya njala,

²³Pakuti udzachita pangano ndi miyala ya mʼmunda mwako,

²⁴Udzadziwa kuti nyumba yako ndi malo otetezedwa;

²⁵Udzadziwa kuti ana ako adzakhala ambiri,

²⁶Udzafika ku manda utakalamba,

²⁷“Ife tafufuza zimenezi ndipo ndi zoona,