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28 “Pali malo amene anthu amakumba siliva,
Ndiponso malo amene amakumba golide yemwe amamuyenga.+
2 Chitsulo chimatengedwa munthaka,
3 Munthu amagonjetsa mdima,
Amafufuza mpaka pamapeto mumdima wandiweyani,
Kufunafuna miyala ya mtengo wapatali.
4 Amakumba mgodi kutali ndi kumene anthu amakhala,
Kumalo oiwalika, kutali ndi kumene anthu amayenda.
Anthu ena amatsikira pansi nʼkumagwira ntchito akulendewera.
6 Mʼmiyala yake mumapezeka miyala ya safiro,
Ndipo mufumbi lake mumapezeka golide.
7 Mbalame yodya nyama sikudziwa njira yopita kumeneko,
Ndipo diso la mphamba wakuda silinaionepo.
8 Zilombo zamphamvu sizinapondemo,
Mkango wamphamvu sunasakemo nyama.
9 Munthu amaswa mwala wolimba ndi manja ake,
Amagwetsa mapiri kuyambira pansi penipeni.
10 Amapanga ngalande zamadzi+ pathanthwe,
Ndipo maso ake amaona chinthu chilichonse chamtengo wapatali.
11 Kumene mitsinje imayambira, amakumbako madamu,
Ndipo chinthu chobisika amachibweretsa poyera.
14 Madzi akuya anena kuti,‘Sizili mwa ine.’
Ndipo nyanja yanena kuti, ‘Sizili ndi ine.’+
17 Nzeru sitingaziyerekezere ndi golide komanso galasi,
Ndipo sitingazisinthanitse ndi mbale ya golide woyenga bwino.+
18 Miyala yamtengo wapatali ya korali ndi kulusitalo sitingaiyerekezere nʼkomwe ndi nzeru.+
Ndipo thumba lodzaza ndi nzeru ndi lamtengo wapatali kuposa thumba lodzaza ndi ngale.
19 Sitingaziyerekezere ndi miyala ya topazi+ ya ku Kusi,
Ngakhale golide woyenga bwino sangagulire nzeru.
22 Chiwonongeko ndi imfa zanena kuti,
‘Makutu athu angomva lipoti chabe lokhudza nzeruzo.’
23 Mulungu yekha ndi amene amadziwa njira yozipezera,
Iye yekha ndi amene amadziwa kumene zimakhala.+
24 Chifukwa amayangʼana kumapeto kwa dziko lapansi,
Ndipo amaona chilichonse chimene chili pansi pa thambo.+
25 Pamene mphepo ankaipatsa mphamvu,*+
Komanso pamene ankayeza kuchuluka kwa madzi,+
26 Pamene mvula ankaipangira lamulo,+
Komanso pamene ankapanga njira ya mtambo wamvula yamabingu,+
27 Pa nthawi imeneyo iye anaona nzeru pa ntchito imene anagwira nʼkuyamba kuzifotokoza.
Iye anazikhazikitsa nʼkuziyesa.
28 Ndiyeno anauza munthu kuti: