Miyambo

18 Munthu aliyense amene amadzipatula amangoganizira kuchita zimene amalakalaka.

Iye amakana* nzeru zonse zopindulitsa.

 2 Munthu wopusa sasangalala ndi kumvetsa zinthu.

Iye amangokonda kuulula zimene zili mumtima mwake.+

 3 Munthu woipa akabwera, pamabweranso kunyozeka,

Ndipo munthu akamachita zinthu zochititsa manyazi amanyozeka.+

 5 Si bwino kukondera munthu woipa+

Kapena kulephera kuchitira chilungamo munthu wolungama.+

 6 Zolankhula za munthu wopusa zimayambitsa mikangano,+

Ndipo pakamwa pake pamaitana zikwapu.+

 7 Pakamwa pa munthu wopusa mʼpamene pamamuchititsa kuti awonongedwe,+

Ndipo milomo yake ndi msampha wa moyo wake.

 8 Mawu a munthu wonenera ena zoipa ali ngati chakudya chokoma,*+

Akachimeza chimalowa mʼmimba.+

 9 Munthu waulesi pa ntchito yake

Ndi mʼbale wake wa munthu wobweretsa chiwonongeko.+

11 Chuma cha munthu wolemera chili ngati mzinda wokhala ndi mpanda wolimba.

Ndipo mʼmaganizo mwake chili ngati mpanda umene ukumuteteza.+

12 Munthu asanagwe, mtima wake umadzikweza,+

Ndipo akadzichepetsa amapeza ulemerero.+

13 Munthu akayankhira nkhani asanaimvetsetse,

Kumakhala kupusa ndipo amachita manyazi.+

14 Mtima wa munthu ukhoza kupirira matenda,+

Koma mtima wosweka ndi ndani angaupirire?+

15 Mtima wa munthu womvetsa zinthu umadziwa zinthu,+

Ndipo khutu la munthu wanzeru limafunitsitsa kudziwa zinthu.

16 Mphatso ya munthu imamʼtsegulira njira,+

Ndipo imamuthandiza kuti akafike kwa anthu olemekezeka.

17 Woyamba kufotokoza mbali yake pa mlandu amaoneka ngati wolondola,+

Mpaka mnzake atabwera nʼkudzamufunsa mafunso.*+

18 Kuchita maere kumathetsa mikangano+

Ndipo kumathetsa nkhani pakati pa* anthu amphamvu.

19 Kusangalatsa mʼbale amene walakwiridwa nʼkovuta kwambiri kuposa kulanda mzinda wokhala ndi mpanda wolimba,+

Ndipo mikangano ingathe kulekanitsa anthu ngati mageti otseka a mzinda wolimba.+

20 Mimba ya munthu imakhuta zipatso za mawu otuluka pakamwa pake.+

Iye amakhuta zokolola za milomo yake.

21 Imfa ndiponso moyo zili mumphamvu ya lilime,+

Ndipo amene amakonda kuligwiritsa ntchito adzadya zipatso zake.+

22 Munthu amene wapeza mkazi wabwino wapeza chinthu chabwino,+

Ndipo Yehova amamukomera mtima.*+

23 Munthu wosauka akamalankhula amachita kuchonderera,

Koma munthu wolemera amayankha mwaukali.

24 Pali anthu ogwirizana amene ndi okonzeka kuchitirana zoipa,+

Koma pali mnzako amene amakhala nawe pafupi nthawi zonse kuposa mʼbale wako.+