Miyambo 1

¹Iyi ndi miyambi ya Solomoni mwana wa Davide, mfumu ya Israeli:

²Ndi yothandiza kuti munthu adziwe nzeru ndi malangizo;

³kuti alandire malangizo othandiza kuti achite zinthu mwanzeru,

⁴Ndi yothandiza munthu wamba kuti aphunzire nzeru za kuchenjera,

⁵Munthu wanzeru amvetse bwino miyamboyi kuti awonjezere kuphunzira kwake,

⁶kuti azimvetsa miyambi ndi mafanizo,

⁷Kuopa Yehova ndiye chiyambi cha nzeru.

⁸Mwana wanga, mvera malangizo a abambo ako

⁹Ali ngati sangamutu yokongola ya maluwa pamutu pako

¹⁰Mwana wanga, ngati anthu oyipa afuna kukukopa

¹¹Akadzati, “Tiye kuno;

¹²tiwameze amoyo ngati manda,

¹³Motero tidzapeza zinthu zosiyanasiyana zamtengowapatali

¹⁴Bwera, chita nafe maere,

¹⁵Mwana wanga, usayende nawo pamodzi,

¹⁶Iwowatu amangofuna zoyipa zokhazokha,

¹⁷Nʼkopanda phindu kutchera msampha

¹⁸Koma anthu amenewa amangobisalira miyoyo yawo yomwe;

¹⁹Awa ndiwo mathero a anthu opeza chuma mwankhanza;

²⁰Nzeru ikufuwula mu msewu,

²¹ikufuwula pa mphambano ya misewu,

²²“Kodi inu anthu osachangamukanu, mudzakondwera ndi kusachangamuka mpaka liti?

²³Tamverani mawu anga a chidzudzulo.

²⁴Popeza ndinakuyitanani koma inu munakana kumvera.

²⁵Uphungu wanga munawunyoza.

²⁶Ndiye inenso ndidzakusekani mukadzakhala mʼmavuto;

²⁷Chiwonongeko chikadzakugwerani ngati namondwe,

²⁸“Tsono mudzandiyitana koma sindidzayankha;

²⁹Popeza iwo anadana ndi chidziwitso

³⁰popeza iwo sanasamale malangizo anga

³¹Tsono adzadya zipatso zoyenera mayendedwe awo

³²Pakuti anthu osachangamuka amaphedwa chifukwa cha kusochera kwawo,

³³Koma aliyense wondimvera adzakhala mwa bata;