Yobu 15

¹Pamenepo Elifazi wa ku Temani anayankha kuti,

²“Kodi munthu wanzeru angayankhe ndi mawu achabechabe otere,

³Kodi angathe kutsutsa ndi mawu opanda pake,

⁴Koma iwe ukuchepetsa zoopa Mulungu

⁵Tchimo lako ndiye likuyankhulitsa pakamwa pakopo;

⁶Pakamwa pakopo ndiye pakukutsutsa osati pakamwa panga;

⁷“Kodi ndiwe munthu woyamba kubadwa?

⁸Kodi unali mʼgulu la alangizi a Mulungu?

⁹Kodi iwe umadziwa chiyani chimene ife sitichidziwa?

¹⁰Anthu a imvi ndi okalamba ali mbali yathu,

¹¹Kodi mawu otonthoza mtima ochokera kwa Mulungu sakukukwanira,

¹²Chifukwa chiyani ukupsa mtima,

¹³moti ukupsera mtima Mulungu

¹⁴“Kodi munthu nʼchiyani kuti nʼkukhala woyera mtima

¹⁵Ngati Mulungu sakhulupirira ngakhale angelo ake,

¹⁶nanga kuli bwanji munthu amene ndi wonyansa ndi wa njira zokhotakhota,

¹⁷“Mvetsera kwa ine ndipo ndidzakufotokozera;

¹⁸zimene anandiphunzitsa anthu anzeru,

¹⁹(Ndi kwa iwowa kumene dziko lino linaperekedwa

²⁰Munthu woyipa amavutika ndi masautso masiku onse a moyo wake,

²¹Amamva mawu owopsa mʼmakutu mwake,

²²Iye sakhulupirira kuti angathe kupulumuka ku mdima wa imfa;

²³Amangoyendayenda pali ponse kunka nafuna chakudya;

²⁴Masautso ndi nthumanzi zimamuchititsa mantha kwambiri;

²⁵chifukwa iye amatambasula dzanja lake kuyambana ndi Mulungu

²⁶Amapita mwa mwano kukalimbana naye

²⁷“Ngakhale nkhope yake ndi yonenepa

²⁸munthuyo adzakhala mʼmizinda yowonongeka

²⁹Iye sadzalemeranso ndipo chuma chake sichidzakhalitsa,

³⁰Iyeyo sadzapulumuka mu mdimamo;

³¹Asadzinyenge yekha podalira zinthu zachabechabe,

³²Iye adzalandira malipiro ake nthawi yake isanakwane,

³³Iye adzakhala ngati mtengo wamphesa wopululidwa zipatso zake zisanapse,

³⁴Pakuti anthu osapembedza Mulungu adzakhala osabala

³⁵Iwo amalingalira zaupandu ndipo amachita zoyipa;