Yobu 16

¹Pamenepo Yobu anayankha kuti,

²“Ndinamvapo zambiri monga zimenezi;

³Kodi mawu anu ochulukawo adzatha?

⁴Inenso ndikanatha kuyankhula monga inu,

⁵Ndipo mawu a pakamwa panga akanakulimbikitsani;

⁶“Koma ine ndikati ndiyankhule ululu wanga sukuchepa;

⁷Ndithudi, Inu Mulungu mwanditha mphamvu;

⁸Inu mwandimanga ndipo kundimangako kwakhala umboni;

⁹Mulungu amabwera kwa ine mwankhanza ndipo amadana nane,

¹⁰Anthu amatsekula pakamwa pawo kundikuwiza;

¹¹Mulungu wandipereka kwa anthu ochita zoyipa

¹²Ine ndinali pamtendere, koma Mulungu ananditswanya;

¹³anthu ake oponya mauta andizungulira.

¹⁴Akundivulaza kawirikawiri,

¹⁵“Ndasokerera chiguduli pa thupi langa

¹⁶Maso anga afiira ndi kulira,

¹⁷komatu manja anga sanachite zachiwawa

¹⁸“Iwe dziko lapansi, usakwirire magazi anga;

¹⁹Ngakhale tsopano mboni yanga ili kumwamba;

²⁰Wondipembedzera ndi bwenzi langa,

²¹iye, mʼmalo mwanga, amamudandaulira Mulungu

²²“Pakuti sipapita zaka zambiri