Miyambo 31

¹Nawa mawu a mfumu Lemueli wa ku Massa amene anamuphunzitsa amayi ake:

²Nʼchiyani mwana wanga? Nʼchiyani mwana wa mʼmimba mwanga?

³Usapereke mphamvu yako kwa akazi.

⁴Iwe Lemueli si choyenera kwa mafumu,

⁵kuopa kuti akamwa adzayiwala malamulo a dziko,

⁶Perekani chakumwa choledzeretsa kwa amene ali pafupi kufa,

⁷amwe kuti ayiwale umphawi wawo

⁸Yankhula mʼmalo mwa amene sangathe kudziyankhulira okha.

⁹Yankhula ndi kuweruza mwachilungamo.

¹⁰Kodi mkazi wangwiro angathe kumupeza ndani?

¹¹Mtima wa mwamuna wake umamukhulupirira

¹²Masiku onse a moyo wake

¹³Iye amafunafuna ubweya ndi thonje;

¹⁴Iye ali ngati sitima zapamadzi za anthu amalonda,

¹⁵Iye amadzuka kusanache kwenikweni;

¹⁶Iye amalingalira za munda ndi kuwugula;

¹⁷Iye amavala zilimbe

¹⁸Iye amaona kuti malonda ake ndi aphindu,

¹⁹Iye amadzilukira thonje

²⁰Iye amachitira chifundo anthu osauka

²¹Iye saopa kuti banja lake lifa ndi kuzizira pa nyengo yachisanu;

²²Iye amadzipangira yekha zoyala pa bedi pake;

²³Mwamuna wake ndi wodziwika pa chipata cha mzinda,

²⁴Iye amasoka nsalu zabafuta nazigulitsa;

²⁵Mphamvu ndi ulemu zimakhala ngati chovala chake;

²⁶Iye amayankhula mwanzeru,

²⁷Iye amayangʼanira makhalidwe a anthu a pa banja lake

²⁸Ana ake amamunyadira ndipo amamutcha kuti wodala;

²⁹“Pali akazi ambiri amene achita zinthu zopambana

³⁰Nkhope yachikoka ndi yonyenga, ndipo kukongola nʼkosakhalitsa;

³¹Mupatseni mphotho chifukwa cha zimene iye wachita