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22 Elifaji+ wa ku Temani atawira:
2 “Kodi pinakwanisika kuti munthu akhale wakufunika kuna Mulungu?
Munthu waluso anakwanisa kuphedza Mulungu?+
3 Kodi Wamphambvu Zonsene anapyonji khala ndiwe wakulungama,
Peno ciripo cinawina iye thangwi yakukhala kwako wakukhulupirika?+
4 Kodi iye anakutcunyusa,
Mbaenda katongesana na iwe thangwi yakun’gopa kwako?
5 Kodi pyenepi nee pyacitika thangwi kuipisa kwako ndi kukulu kakamwe,
Pontho madawo ako ndi akukhonda mala?+
6 Thangwi iwe usaphatira cipanda pinthu pya abale ako mwakusowa mathangwi,
Pontho usakwata nguwo za anyakutcerenga, mbuasiya cipezipezi.+
7 Iwe nee usapasa madzi munthu adaneta,
Mbukhonda kupasa cakudya ule ananjala.+
8 Dziko ndi ya munthu wamphambvu,+
Anthu anakomerwa na iye, ndiwo anakhala mwenemu.
10 Na thangwi ineyi, wazungulirwa na misampha,+
Pinthu pyakugopswa pisakututumusa mwakukhonda dikhira;
11 Na thangwi ineyi, cidima cisakupingiza toera ukhonde kuona,
Madzi akudzala mbakubiza.
12 Kodi Mulungu nee ali kudzulu kakamwe?
Pontho, ona kuti nyenyezi zonsene ziri kudzulu.
13 Mbwenye iwe walonga: ‘Mwandimomwene Mulungu asadziwanji?
Kodi iye anakwanisa kutonga kubulukira m’makole akupswipa kakamwe?
14 Makole asam’phimbira toera akhonde kuona,
Mu ndzidzi unafamba iye kudzulu kakamwe.’
15 Kodi iwe unapita na njira zakale,
Njira zidafamba na anthu akuipa,
16 Anthu adakwatwa ndzidzi wawo mbudzati kufika,*
Ale adakwatwa ninga munakwekwetwa nyumba na madzi akudzala?+
17 Iwo akhapanga Mulungu wandimomwene: ‘Tisiyeni pyathu!
Kodi Wamphambvu Zonsene anaticitanji?’
18 Mbwenye ndiye adadzadza nyumba zawo na pinthu pyadidi.
(Manyerezero anewa akuipa ali kutali na ine.)
19 Anthu akulungama anadzaona kufudzwa kwa anthu akuipa, mbakomerwa,
Munthu wakusowa mulando anadzaaseka, mbalonga:
20 ‘Anyamalwa athu amala kufudzwa,
Moto unadzaafudza mbakhonda kuonekabve.’
21 Dziwa Mulungu, iwe unadzakhala muntendere na iye;
Natenepa pinthu pyadidi pinadzakucitikira.
22 Tawira mwambo unabuluka pamulomo pace,
Mbukoya mafalace muntima mwako.+
23 Ungabwerera kuna Wamphambvu Zonsene, unadzakhala pontho ninga mwakale;+
Ungabulusa uipi pa nsasa wako,
24 Ungataya ouro yako pa pfumbi,
Mbutaya Ouro ya ku Ofire+ pakati pa miyala mikulu ya m’magowa,
25 Wamphambvu Zonsene anadzakhala ouro yako,
Iye anadzakhala parata yako yadidi kakamwe.
26 Thangwi unadzatsandzaya na Wamphambvu Zonsene,
Pontho unadzayang’ana kuna Mulungu mbukhonda gopa.
27 Iwe unadzan’dembetera, iye anadzakubvesera;
Pontho unadzacita pidapikira iwe.
28 Pyonsene pinafuna iwe kucita pinafamba mwadidi,
Ceza cinadzamwanikira njira yako.
29 Thangwi ungalonga mwakudzikuza, unadzapaswa manyadzo,
Mbwenye iye anadzapulumusa munthu wakucepeseka.*
30 Iye anadzapulumusa anthu akusowa mulando;
Natenepa, manja ako angakhala akucena, mwandimomwene iwe unadzapulumuswa.”