Yobu
27 Yobu anapitiriza kulankhula* kuti:
2 “Pali Mulungu wamoyo amene wandimana chilungamo,+
Ndiponso pali Wamphamvuyonse amene wachititsa moyo wanga kuti ukhale wowawa,+
3 Ngati ndikupitirizabe kupuma,
Ndiponso mzimu wochokera kwa Mulungu uli mʼmphuno mwanga,+
4 Milomo yanga sidzalankhula zopanda chilungamo,
Ndipo lilime langa silidzalankhula zachinyengo.
5 Inetu sindingayerekeze nʼkomwe kunena kuti amuna inu ndinu olungama.
Mpaka ndidzamwalire, sindidzasiya* kukhala wokhulupirika.+
6 Ndipitirizabe kukhala wolungama ndipo sindisiya.+
Mtima wanga sudzanditsutsa* nthawi yonse imene ndidzakhale ndi moyo.*
7 Mdani wanga alangidwe mofanana ndi munthu woipa,
Ndipo wondiukira alangidwe ngati munthu wosalungama.
8 Kodi munthu woipa* akawonongedwa amakhala ndi chiyembekezo chilichonse,+
Mulungu akachotsa moyo wake?
10 Kapena kodi iye adzasangalala ndi Wamphamvuyonse?
Kodi adzapemphera kwa Mulungu nthawi zonse?
12 Ngati nonsenu mwaona masomphenya,
Nʼchifukwa chiyani mukulankhula zopanda nzeru?
13 Ili ndi gawo la munthu woipa lochokera kwa Mulungu,+
Cholowa chimene anthu ozunza anzawo amalandira kuchokera kwa Wamphamvuyonse.
14 Ana ake akachuluka, adzaphedwa ndi lupanga,+
Ndipo mbadwa zake sizidzakhala ndi chakudya chokwanira.
15 Mbadwa zake zimene zidzapulumuke zidzaikidwa mʼmanda zitafa ndi mliri,
Ndipo akazi awo amasiye sadzawalira.
16 Ngakhale ataunjika siliva ngati fumbi,
Nʼkusunga zovala zabwino kwambiri ngati dothi,
17 Ngakhale ataziunjika pamodzi,
Munthu wolungama ndi amene adzazivale,+
Ndipo anthu osalakwa adzagawana siliva wake.
18 Nyumba imene wamanga ndi yosalimba ngati ya kadziwotche,
Ndiponso ngati chisakasa+ chimene mlonda wamanga.
19 Iye adzapita kukagona ali wolemera, koma chuma chake sichidzakhalitsa.
Akadzatsegula maso ake, padzakhala palibe chilichonse.