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7 Dzina yadidi ndi yadidi* kakamwe kupiringana mafuta adidi,+ pontho ntsiku yakufa ndi yadidi kakamwe kupiringana ntsiku yakubalwa. 2 Mphyadidi kakamwe kuenda kunyumba yakuti iri na ciliro kupiringana kuenda kunyumba yakuti iri na phwando,+ thangwi kufa ndi kwa anthu onsene, pontho munthu wakuti aciri na umaso asafunika kunyerezera pyenepi. 3 Kutsukwala ndi kwadidi kakamwe kupiringana kuseka,+ thangwi nkhope yakutsukwala isaphedza munthu toera akhale na ntima wadidi.+ 4 Ntima wa munthu waudziwisi uli panyumba ya ciliro, mbwenye ntima wa munthu wakusowa ndzeru uli panyumba inacitwa phwando.+

5 Mphyadidi kakamwe kubvesera kusandika kwa munthu waudziwisi,+ kupiringana kusimbwa na madzemwa.* 6 Thangwi kuseka kwa madzemwa ndi ninga kududumuka* kwa minga zinapya pantsi pa cikalango;+ pyenepi ndi pyakusowambo basa. 7 Mbwenye kupondererwa kusacitisa munthu waudziwisi kukhala dzemwa, pontho kudyekera kusafudza makhaliro adidi.+

8 Kumala kwa cinthu ndi kwadidi kakamwe kupiringana kutoma kwaco. Mphyadidi kakamwe kukhala wakupirira* kupiringana kukhala munthu wakudzikuza.+ 9 Leka kuipirwa mwakucimbiza,+ thangwi mitima ya madzemwa ndiyo inakhala yakuipirwa.*+

10 Leka kulonga kuti: “Thangwi yanji kale pinthu pikhali mwadidi kakamwe kupiringana cincino?” Thangwi nee ndi udziwisi unakucitisa kucita mbvundzo unoyu.+

11 Munthu waudziwisi angatambira unthaka, mphyadidi kakamwe, pyenepi pisaphedza anthu pa dziko yapantsi.* 12 Thangwi udziwisi usatsidzikiza,+ ninga kobiri isatsidzikiza.+ Mbwenye cidziwiso cisaphedza kakamwe, thangwi udziwisi usapulumusa umaso wa ule ali nawo.+

13 Nyerezera mwadidi mabasa a Mulungu wandimomwene: Mbani anakwanisa kudzongola pire pidacita iye mwakugongonyeka?+ 14 Pa ntsiku yadidi khalambo munthu wadidi,+ mbwenye pa ntsiku ya nyatwa, kumbuka kuti Mulungu wandimomwene atawirisa ntsiku yadidi na yakuipa ene,+ munjira yakuti anthu nee anakwanisa kudziwa pinafuna kuacitikira kutsogolo.+

15 Mu umaso wanga wa ndzidzi wakucepa,*+ ine ndaona pinthu pyonsene: Anthu akulungama asafa maseze ndi akulungama,+ anyakuipa asakhala na umaso mu ntsiku zizinji, maseze iwo ndi anyakuipa.+

16 Leka kukhala wakulungama kakamwe,+ nee kukhala waudziwisi mwakupiringana midida.+ Thangwi yanji usafuna kufudza wekhene umaso wako?+ 17 Leka kukhala wakuipa kakamwe, nee kukhala dzemwa.+ Thangwi yanji usafuna ufe mwakucimbiza?+ 18 Mphyadidi kakamwe kubvera uphungu wakutoma,* mbukhonda kupwaza waciwiri;*+ thangwi munthu anagopa Mulungu anabvera uphungu wakutoma na waciwiri ene.

19 Udziwisi usacitisa munthu waudziwisi kukhala wamphambvu kakamwe kupiringana amuna khumi akuwanga ali mu nzinda.+ 20 Pa dziko yapantsi nkhabepo munthu wakulungama wakuti ndzidzi onsene asacita pinthu pyadidi mbakhonda kudawa.+

21 Kusiyapo pyenepi, leka kutsalakana* mafala onsene analongwa na anthu;+ gopa unadzabva ntumiki wako mbakakulonga mwakuipa;* 22 thangwi muntima mwako iwe usadziwa kuti kazinji kene walongambo mwakuipa* andzako.+

23 Ine ndaona mwaudziwisi pinthu pyenepi pyonsene, mbandilonga: “Ndinakhala waudziwisi.” Mbwenye nee ndapikwanisa. 24 Pinthu pidacitika nkhabe anakwanisa kupibvesesa, ndi ninga piri nʼdjenje yakuzika kakamwe. Nkhabe anakwanisa kupibvesesa.+ 25 Ine ndasankhula na ntima wanga onsene toera kudziwa, kusaka kudziwa, kusaka udziwisi na kusaka kudziwa kuti thangwi yanji pinthu pisacitika, pontho toera kubvesesa uipi wa upswiru na udzemwa wa unyansala.+ 26 Ine ndadzindikira kuti: Cinthu cakutsukwalisa kakamwe kupiringana kufa ndi nkazi wakuti ndi ninga nsampha, wakuti ntima wace ndi ninga kokota, manja ace ndi ninga maunyolo. Ule anakomeresa Mulungu wandimomwene nee anamangwa naye,+ mbwenye nyakudawa anamangwa naye.+

27 Mpfundzisi alonga:+ “Bvesera, ine ndadzindikira ipi. Ine ndasaka kudziwa cinthu cibodzi na cibodzi toera kubvesesa, 28 mbwenye cinthu cidasaka ine mwakubwereza-bwereza nee ndacigumana. Pakati pa anthu 1.000 ndagumana mamuna mʼbodzi basi wakulungama, mbwenye nee nkazi mʼbodzi wakulungama adagumana ine pakati pawo. 29 Pyonsene pidadzindikira ine, mwacigwagwa ndi ipi: Mulungu wandimomwene acita anthu akulungama,+ mbwenye anthu ndiwo adasankhula kucita pinafuna iwo.”+