Yobu
7 “Kodi moyo wa munthu padziko lapansi suli ngati ntchito yokakamiza?
Ndipo kodi masiku ake sali ngati masiku a munthu waganyu?+
2 Mofanana ndi kapolo, iye amalakalaka mthunzi,
Ndipo mofanana ndi munthu waganyu, iye amadikirira malipiro ake.+
3 Choncho kwa miyezi yambiri moyo wanga wakhala wachabechabe
Ndipo usiku wambiri ndimakhala ndikuvutika.+
4 Ndikagona ndimafunsa kuti, ‘Kodi kucha nthawi yanji?’+
Usikuwo umatalika ndipo ndimangotembenukatembenuka mpaka mʼbandakucha.
6 Masiku anga akuthamanga kuposa mashini owombera nsalu,+
Atha mofulumira ndipo ine ndilibe chiyembekezo.+
7 Kumbukirani kuti moyo wanga uli ngati mphepo,+
Ndiponso kuti diso langa silidzaonanso zinthu zosangalatsa.*
11 Choncho, ine sinditseka pakamwa panga.
Ndilankhula chifukwa cha ululu umene ndikumva mumtima mwanga,
Ndidandaula mopwetekedwa mtima.+
12 Kodi ine ndine nyanja, kapena chilombo cha mʼnyanja,
Kuti mundiikire mlonda?
13 Ndikanena kuti, ‘Bedi langa linditonthoza,
Bedi langa lindithandiza kuchepetsako chisoni changa,’
14 Inuyo mumandiopseza ndi maloto,
Ndipo mumandichititsa mantha ndi masomphenya.
15 Choncho ndikulakalaka kufa chifukwa chobanika,
Kulibwino ndife kusiyana nʼkuti thupi langa likhale chonchi.+
16 Moyo wanga ndikunyansidwa nawo,+ sindikufuna kupitirizanso kukhala ndi moyo.
Ndisiyeni, chifukwa masiku anga ali ngati mpweya wotuluka mʼmphuno.+
19 Nʼchifukwa chiyani simukusiya kundiyangʼana,
Nʼkundipatsa nthawi yokwanira kuti ndingomezako malovu?+
20 Ngati ndachimwa, kodi zimakukhudzani bwanji, Inu amene mumayangʼanitsitsa anthu?+
Nʼchifukwa chiyani mukulimbana ndi ine?
Kodi ndakhala mtolo wolemera kwa inu?
21 Nʼchifukwa chiyani simukundikhululukira machimo anga,
Nʼkunyalanyaza zolakwa zanga?
Chifukwa posachedwapa ndigona mʼfumbi,+
Ndipo mudzandifunafuna koma ine kudzakhala kulibe.”