Yobu

23 Tsopano Yobu anayankha kuti:

 2 “Ngakhale lero, sindikusangalala ndi mmene zinthu zilili pa moyo wanga. Chotero ndikudandaula.+

Dzanja langa likulemera chifukwa chakuti ndikuusa moyo.

 3 Ndikanadziwa kumene ndingamupeze,+

Bwenzi nditapita kumalo kumene iye amakhala nthawi zonse.+

 4 Bwenzi nditapita pamaso pake ndi nkhani yoti aweruze.

M’kamwa mwanga bwenzi nditadzazamo mfundo zodziikira kumbuyo.

 5 Bwenzi nditadziwa mawu amene amanena pondiyankha,

Ndipo bwenzi nditaganizira zimene amandiuza.+

 6 Kodi bwenzi iye atalimbana nane ndi mphamvu zambiri?

Ayi ndithu! Iye akanandimvera.+

 7 Kumeneko, wowongoka mtima adzathetsa nkhani zake ndi iye,

Ndipo ine ndikanapulumuka kwa woweruza wanga mpaka kalekale.

 8 Ndikapita kum’mawa, iye kulibe.

Ndikabwerako, sindimuona.+

 9 Ndimapita kumanzere kumene iye akugwira ntchito, koma sindimuona.

Amatembenukira kudzanja lamanja, koma ine osamuona,

10 Pakuti iye amadziwa bwino njira imene ine ndimadutsa.+

Akamaliza kundiyesa, ndidzakhala ngati golide.+

11 Mapazi anga amatsata mayendedwe ake.

Ndasunga njira yake, ndipo sindipatukapo.+

12 Sindisiya malamulo otuluka pakamwa pake.+

Ndasunga mosamala mawu a pakamwa pake+ kuposa zimene akufuna kuti ndichite.

13 Iye ali ndi maganizo amodzi, ndani angam’tsutse?+

Zimene moyo wake umalakalaka amazichita.+

14 Iye adzachita zonse zimene wandikonzera,+

Ndipo zinthu zoterezi n’zambiri kwa iye.

15 N’chifukwa chake ndikusokonezeka chifukwa cha iye.

Ndikaganizira za iye, ndikumachita mantha.+

16 Mulungu wachititsa mantha mtima wanga.+

Wamphamvuyonse wandisokoneza,+

17 Pakuti sindinaletsedwe kulankhula chifukwa cha mdima,

Kapenanso chifukwa chakuti mdima wandiweyani waphimba nkhope yanga.