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9 Ine ndinafuna kumvetsetsa ndi kuganizira mozama zinthu zonsezi:+ Anthu olungama ndiponso anthu anzeru limodzi ndi ntchito zawo ali m’dzanja la Mulungu woona.+ Anthu sadziwa za chikondi kapena chidani chimene chinalipo iwo asanakhalepo.+ 2 Zimene zimachitikira anthu onse n’zofanana.+ Pali mapeto amodzi+ kwa munthu wolungama+ ndi woipa,+ kwa munthu wabwino, woyera, ndi wodetsedwa, ndiponso kwa munthu amene amapereka nsembe ndi amene sapereka nsembe. Munthu wabwino n’chimodzimodzi ndi munthu wochimwa.+ Munthu amene amalumbira mosaganizira bwino n’chimodzimodzi ndi amene amaopa kulumbira.+ 3 Chimene chimamvetsa chisoni pa zinthu zonse zimene zimachitika padziko lapansi pano n’chakuti, popeza mapeto a anthu onse ndi amodzi,+ mtima wa ana a anthu ndi wodzazanso ndi zoipa.+ Mumtima mwawo mumakhala misala+ pa nthawi imene ali ndi moyo ndipo pamapeto pake, iwo amapita kwa akufa.+
4 Aliyense amene ali pakati pa anthu amoyo ali ndi chiyembekezo, chifukwa galu wamoyo+ ali bwino kuposa mkango wakufa.+ 5 Pakuti amoyo amadziwa kuti adzafa,+ koma akufa sadziwa chilichonse.+ Iwo salandiranso malipiro alionse, chifukwa zonse zimene anthu akanawakumbukira nazo zaiwalika.+ 6 Komanso chikondi chawo, chidani chawo ndiponso nsanje yawo zatha kale,+ ndipo alibenso gawo mpaka kalekale pa chilichonse chimene chikuchitika padziko lapansi pano.+
7 Pita ukadye chakudya chako mokondwera ndi kumwa vinyo wako ndi mtima wosangalala,+ chifukwa Mulungu woona wakondwera kale ndi ntchito zako.+ 8 Nthawi zonse zovala zako zizikhala zoyera,+ ndipo pamutu pako pasamasowe mafuta.+ 9 Sangalala ndi moyo limodzi ndi mkazi wako amene umamukonda+ masiku onse a moyo wako wachabechabe, amene Mulungu wakupatsa padziko lapansi pano. Usangalale masiku ako onse achabechabe, pakuti imeneyo ndiyo mphoto yako pamoyo,+ ndi pa ntchito yovuta imene ukuigwira mwakhama padziko lapansi pano. 10 Chilichonse chimene dzanja lako lapeza kuti lichite, uchichite ndi mphamvu zako zonse,+ pakuti kulibe kugwira ntchito, kuganiza zochita, kudziwa zinthu,+ kapena nzeru,+ ku Manda*+ kumene ukupitako.+
11 Nditaganizanso ndinaona kuti padziko lapansi pano anthu othamanga kwambiri sapambana pampikisano,+ amphamvu sapambana pankhondo,+ anzeru sapeza chakudya,+ omvetsa zinthu nawonso sapeza chuma,+ ndipo ngakhale odziwa zinthu sakondedwa,+ chifukwa nthawi yatsoka ndi zinthu zosayembekezereka zimagwera onsewo.+ 12 Pakuti munthu+ nayenso sadziwa nthawi yake.+ Monga nsomba zimene zagwidwa mu ukonde wakupha,+ ndi mbalame zimene zakodwa mumsampha,+ ana a anthu nawonso amakodwa pa nthawi yatsoka,+ nthawiyo ikawafikira mwadzidzidzi.+
13 Padziko lapansi pano ndinaonapo nzeru izi, zimene zinali zogometsa kwa ine: 14 Panali mzinda winawake waung’ono ndipo mumzindamo munali amuna ochepa. Kenako kunabwera mfumu yamphamvu ndipo inazungulira mzindawo, n’kuunjika milu ikuluikulu yadothi yoti imenyerepo nkhondo.+ 15 Mumzindawo munali munthu wina wosauka koma wanzeru, amene anapulumutsa mzindawo chifukwa cha nzeru zake.+ Koma kenako palibe amene anakumbukira munthu wosaukayo.+ 16 Choncho ineyo ndinati: “Nzeru n’zabwino kuposa mphamvu,+ koma nzeru za munthu wosauka zimanyozedwa ndipo anthu samvera mawu ake.”+
17 Mawu otsitsa a anthu anzeru amamveka kwambiri+ kuposa kukuwa kwa munthu amene akulamulira pakati pa anthu opusa.+
18 Ndi bwino kukhala ndi nzeru kuposa kukhala ndi zida zomenyera nkhondo, ndipo wochimwa mmodzi yekha akhoza kuwononga zabwino zochuluka.+