Yobu 6

¹Tsono Yobu anayankha kuti,

²“Achikhala mavuto anga anayezedwa,

³Ndithu, zikanalemera kupambana mchenga wa ku nyanja;

⁴Mivi ya Wamphamvuzonse yandibaya,

⁵Kodi bulu wakuthengo amalira akakhala ndi msipu,

⁶Kodi chakudya chosakoma nʼkuchidya chopanda mchere,

⁷Zakudya zimenezi sindifuna nʼkuzilawa komwe;

⁸“Aa, ndikanalandira chimene ndikuchipempha,

⁹achikhala chinamukomera Mulungu kuti anditswanye,

¹⁰Pamenepo ine ndikanakhalabe ndi chitonthozo ichi,

¹¹“Kodi mphamvu zanga nʼzotani kuti ndizikhalabe ndi chiyembekezo?

¹²Kodi ine ndili ndi mphamvu?

¹³Kodi ndili ndi mphamvu zodzithandizira ndekha,

¹⁴“Munthu amene ali kakasi ayenera kukhala ndi abwenzi odzipereka,

¹⁵Koma abale anga ndi wosadalirika ngati mitsinje yowuma msanga,

¹⁶Ali ngati mitsinje ya madzi akuda nthawi ya dzinja,

¹⁷koma madziwo amasiya kuyenda nthawi yachilimwe,

¹⁸Anthu oyenda pa ngamira amapatukirako kufuna madzi;

¹⁹Anthu oyenda pa ngamira a ku Tema amafunafuna madzi,

²⁰Amataya mtima chifukwa ankayembekezera kupeza madzi;

²¹Tsono inunso mukuonetsa kuti ndinu osathandiza,

²²Kodi ine ndinanenapo kuti, ‘Ndiperekereni kenakake,

²³ndilanditseni mʼdzanja la mdani,

²⁴“Phunzitseni, ndipo ine ndidzakhala chete;

²⁵Ndithu, mawu owona ndi opweteka!

²⁶Kodi inu mukufuna kundidzudzula pa zimene ndikunena,

²⁷Inu mungathe kuchita maere kuti mugulitse ana amasiye

²⁸“Koma tsopano ndichitireni chifundo pamene mukundiyangʼana.

²⁹Fewani mtima, musachite zosalungama;

³⁰Kodi pali choyipa chilichonse pa milomo yanga?