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Za Nzeru ndi Uchitsiru
1 Nzeru inamanga nyumba yake;
inayimika nsanamira zake zisanu ndi ziwiri.
2 Inapha ziweto zake ndipo yasakaniza vinyo wake;
inasakaniza vinyo wake ndi kuyala tebulo lake.
3 Nzeruyo inatuma adzakazi ake,
kuti akakhale pamwamba penipeni pa mzinda ndi kukalengeza kuti,
4 “Aliyense amene ali munthu wamba, abwere kuno!”
Kwa onse opanda nzeru inkanena kuti,
5 “Bwerani, dzadyeni chakudya changa
ndipo dzamweni vinyo amene ndakonza.
6 Lekani zopusa zanu kuti mukhale ndi moyo;
yendani njira ya nzeru yomvetsa zinthu.”
7 Aliyense amene amayesa kukonza munthu wonyoza amadziputira minyozo;
aliyense amene amadzudzula munthu woyipa amadetsa mbiri yake.
8 Usadzudzule munthu wonyoza kuti angadzadane nawe;
dzudzula munthu wanzeru ndipo adzakukonda.
9 Ukalangiza munthu wanzeru ndiye adzapitirira kukhala wanzeru;
ukaphunzitsa munthu wolungama ndiye adzawonjezera kuphunzira kwake.
10 Kuopa Yehova ndiye chiyambi cha nzeru;
kudziwa Woyerayo ndiko kukhala womvetsa bwino zinthu.
11 Chifukwa cha ine nzeru, masiku ako adzachuluka,
ndipo zaka za moyo wako zidzawonjezeredwa.
12 Ngati ndiwe wanzeru, nzeru yakoyo idzakupindulitsa;
ngati ndiwe wonyoza ena, udzavutika wekha.
13 Uchitsiru ndi mkazi waphokoso,
wopulikira ndiponso wosadziwa zinthu.
14 Iye amakhala pa mpando, pa khomo la nyumba yake,
pamalo aatali a mu mzinda,
15 kuti aziyitana anthu ongodutsa,
amene akunka nayenda njira zawo.
16 Amati, “Onse amene ndi anthu wamba abwere kuno,”
ndipo kwa wopanda nzeru amati,
17 “Madzi akuba ndiye amatsekemera;
chakudya chodya mobisa ndi chokoma!”
18 Koma amunawo sadziwa kuti akufa ali kale komweko,
ndi kuti alendo ake alowa kale mʼmanda akuya.