Miyambo 3

¹Mwana wanga, usayiwale malangizo anga,

²Ukatero zaka za moyo wako zidzachuluka

³Makhalidwe ochitira ena chifundo ndi owonetsa kukhulupirika asakuchokere.

⁴Ukatero udzapeza kuyanja ndi mbiri yabwino

⁵Uzikhulupirira Yehova ndi mtima wako wonse

⁶Pa zochita zako zonse uvomereze kuti Mulungu alipo,

⁷Usamadzione ngati wa nzeru.

⁸Ukatero thupi lako lidzakhala la moyo wabwino

⁹Uzilemekeza Yehova ndi chuma chako chonse;

¹⁰Ukatero nkhokwe zako zidzadzaza ndi zinthu zambiri,

¹¹Mwana wanga usanyoze malangizo a Yehova,

¹²Paja Yehova amadzudzula amene amamukonda,

¹³Wodala munthu amene wapeza nzeru,

¹⁴pakuti phindu la nzeru ndi labwino kuposa la siliva,

¹⁵Nzeru ndi yoposa miyala yamtengowapatali;

¹⁶Mʼdzanja lake lamanja muli moyo wautali;

¹⁷Njira zake ndi njira zosangalatsa,

¹⁸Nzeru ili ngati mtengo wopatsa moyo kwa oyigwiritsitsa;

¹⁹Yehova anakhazikitsa dziko lapansi pogwiritsa ntchito nzeru.

²⁰Mwa nzeru zake Yehova anatumphutsa madzi kuchokera mʼnthaka

²¹Mwana wanga usunge nzeru yeniyeni ndi khalidwe lomalingarira zinthu bwino.

²²Zimenezi zidzakupatsa moyo,

²³Choncho udzayenda pa njira yako mosaopa kanthu,

²⁴pamene ugona pansi, sudzachita mantha;

²⁵Usaope tsoka lobwera mwadzidzidzi

²⁶pakuti Yehova adzakulimbitsa mtima

²⁷Usaleke kuchitira zabwino amene ayenera kulandira zabwino,

²⁸Usanene kwa mnansi wako kuti,

²⁹Usamukonzere chiwembu mnansi wako,

³⁰Usakangane ndi munthu wopanda chifukwa

³¹Usachite naye nsanje munthu wachiwawa

³²Pakuti Yehova amanyansidwa ndi munthu woyipa

³³Yehova amatemberera nyumba ya munthu woyipa,

³⁴Anthu onyoza, Iye amawanyoza,

³⁵Anthu anzeru adzalandira ulemu,