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22 Elifazi+ wa ku Temani anayankha kuti:
2 “Kodi munthu angakhale waphindu kwa Mulungu?
Kodi aliyense wozindikira angakhale waphindu kwa iye?+
3 Kodi zoti ndiwe wolungama, Wamphamvuyonse ali nazo ntchito?*
Kapena kodi amapindula chilichonse chifukwa choti umachita zinthu mokhulupirika?+
4 Kodi iye adzakulanga
Nʼkupita nawe kwa woweruza chifukwa choti umaopa Mulungu?
6 Paja umalanda abale ako chikole popanda chifukwa,
Ndipo anthu umawavula zovala zawo nʼkuwasiya ali maliseche.*+
9 Koma akazi amasiye unawabweza chimanjamanja,
Ndipo mikono ya ana amasiye unaiphwanya.
10 Nʼchifukwa chake misampha* yakuzungulira,+
Ndipo umachita mantha ndi zoopsa zadzidzidzi.
11 Nʼchifukwa chake pali mdima waukulu moti sungathe kuona,
Ndipo wamira mʼmadzi osefukira.
12 Kodi Mulungu sali pamwamba kuposa kumwamba?
Ndipo ona kuti nyenyezi zonse zilinso pamwamba kwambiri.
13 Koma iwe wanena kuti: ‘Mulungu akudziwa chiyani?
Kodi angathe kuweruza pali mdima wandiweyani?
14 Mitambo imamutchingira moti sangathe kuona,
Pamene akuyendayenda kumwamba.’
15 Kodi uyenda panjira yakalekale
Imene anthu oipa anayendamo,
17 Iwo ankauza Mulungu woona kuti: ‘Tisiyeni!
Komanso kuti ‘Kodi Wamphamvuyonse angatichite chiyani?’
18 Chonsecho Mulungu ndi amene anadzaza nyumba zawo ndi zinthu zabwino.
(Maganizo oipawa ndi osiyana ndi maganizo anga.)
19 Olungama adzaona anthu amenewa akuwonongedwa ndipo adzasangalala,
Ndipo wosalakwa adzawaseka kuti:
20 ‘Adani athu awonongedwa,
Ndipo moto udzapsereza chilichonse chimene asiya.’
21 Udziwe Mulungu ndipo udzakhala pa mtendere.
Ukatero zinthu zabwino zidzabwera kwa iwe.
23 Ukabwerera kwa Wamphamvuyonse, udzabwezeretsedwa mwakale.+
Ngati utachotsa zosalungama mutenti yako,
24 Ukataya golide wako mʼfumbi,
Ndipo ukataya golide wa ku Ofiri+ mʼzigwa zamiyala,*
25 Wamphamvuyonse adzakhala golide wako,
Ndiponso adzakhala siliva wako wabwino kwambiri.
26 Ukatero udzasangalala kwambiri ndi Wamphamvuyonse,
Ndipo udzakweza nkhope yako kwa Mulungu.
27 Udzamudandaulira ndipo adzakumvetsera.
Udzapereka zimene unalonjeza.
28 Chilichonse chimene ukufuna kuchita chidzakuyendera bwino,
Ndipo kuwala kudzaunikira njira yako.
30 Iye adzapulumutsa anthu osalakwa.
Choncho ngati manja ako ali oyera, udzapulumutsidwa ndithu.”