Yobu 29

¹Yobu anapitiriza kuyankhula kwake:

²“Aa! Ndikanakhala momwe ndinalili miyezi yapitayi,

³pamene nyale yake inkandiwunikira

⁴Ndithu, masiku amene ndinali pabwino kwambiri,

⁵nthawi imene Wamphamvuzonse anali nane,

⁶pamene popondapo ine panali patakhathamira mafuta a mkaka,

⁷“Pamene ndinkapita pa chipata cha mzinda

⁸anyamata amati akandiona ankapatuka

⁹atsogoleri ankakhala chete

¹⁰anthu otchuka ankangoti duu,

¹¹Aliyense amene anamva za ine anayankhula zabwino zanga,

¹²chifukwa ndinkapulumutsa mʼmphawi wofuna chithandizo,

¹³Munthu amene anali pafupi kufa ankandidalitsa;

¹⁴Chilungamo chinali ngati chovala changa;

¹⁵Ndinali ngati maso kwa anthu osapenya;

¹⁶Ndinali ngati abambo kwa anthu aumphawi;

¹⁷Ndinkawononga mphamvu za anthu oyipa

¹⁸“Ndinkaganiza kuti, ‘Ndidzafera mʼnyumba yanga,

¹⁹Mizu yanga idzatambalalira ku madzi,

²⁰Ulemerero wanga udzakhala wosaguga mwa ine,

²¹“Anthu ankamvetsera zimene ndinkanena mwachidwi,

²²Ndikayankhula, iwo sankayankhulanso;

²³Ankayembekezera ine monga momwe amayembekezera mvula

²⁴Ndikawasekerera, iwo sankatha kukhulupirira;

²⁵Ndinkawasankhira njira yawo ndipo ndinkawatsogolera ngati mfumu;