Yobu
32 Choncho amuna atatuwa anasiya kumuyankha Yobu, chifukwa iye ankakhulupirira kuti anali wolungama.*+ 2 Koma Elihu mwana wa Barakeli, mbadwa ya Buza+ wamʼbanja la Ramu anakwiya kwambiri. Iye anakwiyira kwambiri Yobu chifukwa ankadziikira kumbuyo kuti iye ndi wolungama, osati Mulungu.+ 3 Iye anakwiyiranso anzake atatu a Yobu aja chifukwa chakuti sanapeze yankho labwino, mʼmalomwake ankanena kuti Mulungu ndi woipa.+ 4 Elihu anali ndi mawu oti amuyankhe Yobu koma ankadikira kuti anthuwo, amene anali aakulu kwa iyeyo, amalize kulankhula.+ 5 Elihu ataona kuti amuna atatuwo analibe choyankha, anakwiya kwambiri. 6 Choncho Elihu mwana wa Barakeli mbadwa ya Buza, anayamba kulankhula kuti:
Nʼchifukwa chake mwaulemu ndinakhala chete,+
Ndipo sindinayese nʼkomwe kukuuzani zimene ndikudziwa.
7 Mumtimamu ndinati, ‘Zaka zilankhule.*
Ndipo amene akhala ndi moyo kwa zaka zambiri alankhule zanzeru.’
8 Koma mzimu umene uli mwa anthu,
Mpweya wa Wamphamvuyonse, ndi umene umawathandiza kuti azimvetsa zinthu.+
9 Si zaka zokha zimene zimapangitsa* kuti munthu akhale wanzeru,
Ndipo si achikulire okha amene amadziwa zinthu zoyenera.+
10 Choncho ndikuti, ‘Ndimvetsereni,
Ndipo inenso ndikuuzani zimene ndikudziwa.’
11 Inetu ndimadikira kuti inu mumalize kulankhula.
Ndakhala ndikumvetsera mfundo zanu+
Pamene mumafufuza zoti munene.+
12 Ndakhala ndikukumvetserani mwachidwi,
Koma palibe aliyense wa inu amene wapereka umboni wosonyeza kuti Yobu ndi wolakwa*
Kapena kuyankha zonena zake.
13 Choncho musanene kuti, ‘Tapeza nzeru.
Mulungu ndi amene wamupeza kuti ndi wolakwa, osati munthu.’
14 Iye sanalankhule mawu ondinena,
Choncho ine sindimuyankha potengera mfundo zimene inu mwafotokoza.
15 Iwo achita mantha, mayankho awathera,
Alibenso choti anene.
16 Ine ndadikira, koma sakupitiriza kulankhula.
Iwo angoima, ndipo alibe choyankha.
17 Choncho inenso ndiyankha,
Inenso ndinena zimene ndikudziwa,
18 Chifukwa ndili nʼzambiri zoti ndinene.
Mzimu umene uli mwa ine ukundikakamiza.
19 Ndikungomva ngati ndine* vinyo amene alibe potulukira,
Ngati matumba atsopano a vinyo, amene atsala pangʼono kuphulika.+
20 Ndiloleni ndilankhule kuti ndipeze mpumulo.
Nditsegula pakamwa panga kuti ndiyankhe.