Yobu 9

¹Ndipo Yobu anayankha kuti,

²“Zoonadi, ndikudziwa kuti zimenezi ndi zoona.

³Ngakhale wina atafuna kutsutsana naye,

⁴Mulungu ndi wa nzeru zambiri ndipo mphamvu zake ndi zochuluka.

⁵Iye amasuntha mapiri, mapiriwo osadziwa,

⁶Iye amagwedeza dziko lapansi kulisuntha pamalo pake

⁷Iye amayankhula ndi dzuwa ndipo siliwala;

⁸Ndi Mulungu yekha amene anayala mayiko akumwamba

⁹Iye ndiye mlengi wa nyenyezi zamlalangʼamba ndi akamwiniatsatana,

¹⁰Iye amachita zozizwitsa zimene sizimvetsetseka,

¹¹Akapita pafupi ndi ine sindingathe kumuona;

¹²Ngati Iye alanda zinthu, ndani angathe kumuletsa?

¹³Mulungu sabweza mkwiyo wake;

¹⁴“Nanga ine ndingathe kukangana naye bwanji?

¹⁵Ngakhale nditakhala wosalakwa, sindingamuyankhe;

¹⁶Ngakhale ndikanamuyitana ndipo Iye ndi kuvomera,

¹⁷Iye akanandikantha ndi mphepo yamkuntho,

¹⁸Mulungu sakanandilola kuti ndipumenso

¹⁹Tikanena za mphamvu, Iye ndi wamphamvudi!

²⁰Ngakhale ndikanakhala wosalakwa, zoyankhula zanga zikananditsutsa;

²¹“Ngakhale ine ndili wosalakwa,

²²Zonse nʼzofanana; nʼchifukwa chake ndikuti,

²³Pamene mkwapulo ubweretsa imfa yadzidzidzi,

²⁴Pamene dziko lagwa mʼmanja mwa anthu oyipa

²⁵“Masiku anga ndi othamanga kwambiri kupambana munthu waliwiro;

²⁶Amayenda ngati mabwato a njedza pa nyanja,

²⁷Nʼtanena kuti, ‘Ndidzayiwala madandawulo anga,

²⁸ndikuopabe mavuto anga onse,

²⁹Popeza ndapezeka kale wolakwa

³⁰Ngakhale nditasamba mʼmadzi oyera kwambiri

³¹mutha kundiponyabe pa dzala,

³²“Mulungu si munthu ngati ine kuti ndithe kumuyankha,

³³Pakanapezeka munthu wina kuti akhale mʼkhalapakati wathu,

³⁴munthu wina woti achotse ndodo ya Mulungu pa ine

³⁵Pamenepo ine ndikanatha kuyankhula mosamuopa Mulunguyo,