Mlaliki Alankhula
Mlaliki akufunafuna tanthauzo la moyo “pansi pa dzuwa,” ndipo kuchokera pa malo apadziko lapansi amenewo Mphunzitsi akuona Mulungu ngati wakutali ndi wosadziwika—akumutchula kuti Mulungu basi, kawirikawiri osati Atate. Komabe zizindikiro za zala zake zili paliponse: mphatso iliyonse yabwino ya moyo wamba imachokera m'dzanja lake.
1 1Mau a Mlaliki, mwana wa Davide, mfumu ya mu Yerusalemu. a a v1 Buku la Mlaliki ndi umboni wa Qoheleti — 'Mlaliki' kapena 'Amene amasonkhanitsa msonkhano.' M'buku lonse Qoheleti amalankhula za Mulungu ngati wa kutali, osafika pa dzina laubale lakuti 'Atate.' Buku ili limasunga kutopa kwenikweni kwa moyo wokhalidwa 'pansi pa dzuwa' — popanda kuyandikira kooneka kwa Atate wathu. Yesu anadza kudzabweretsa Atate pafupi (Yohane 14:9). 2“Zosakhalitsa kotheratu,” atero Mlaliki, “zosakhalitsa kotheratu! Zinthu zonse ndi zosakhalitsa.”
3Kodi munthu amapindula chiyani ndi ntchito yonse imene amagwira molimbika pansi pa dzuwa? 4M'badwo umapita, ndipo m'badwo wina umadza, koma dziko lapansi limakhalabe nthawi zonse. 5Dzuwa limatuluka ndipo dzuwa limalowa, ndipo limafulumira kubwerera kumalo kumene limatulukira. 6Mphepo imawomba kupita kummwera ndipo imatembenukira kumpoto; imazungulirazungulira, nthawi zonse ikubwerera m'mazungulira ake. 7Mitsinje yonse imathamangira kunyanja, koma nyanja sidzaza; mitsinje imabwerera komwe inachokera, n'kuyendanso. 8Zinthu zonse zimatopetsa, kuposa mmene munthu aliyense angafotokozere; diso silikhuta kuona, ngakhale khutu silidzaza ndi kumva. 9Chimene chinakhalapo n'chimene chidzakhalanso, ndipo chimene chinachitika n'chimene chidzachitikanso; palibe chatsopano pansi pa dzuwa. 10Kodi pali chinthu chimene munthu angachiloze nati, “Onani, ichi n'chatsopano”? Chinalipo kale, m'mibadwo imene inatsogolera ife. 11Palibe chikumbutso cha anthu amene anakhalako kale, ndipo ngakhale amene adzabwere m'tsogolo sadzakumbukiridwa ndi amene adzawatsatire.
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12Ine, Mlaliki, ndinali mfumu ya Israeli mu Yerusalemu. 13Ndinapereka mtima wanga kuti ndifufuze ndi kupenda mwa nzeru zonse zimene zimachitika pansi pa thambo—ntchito yovutitsa imene Mulungu anapatsa anthu kuti azivutika nayo. 14Ndinaona ntchito zonse zimene zimachitika pansi pa dzuwa, ndipo taonani—zonse n'zosakhalitsa, nʼkungothamangitsa mphepo. 15Chokhota sichingathe kuwongoledwa, ndipo chimene chikusowa sichingathe kuwerengedwa. 16Ndinadziuza ndekha kuti, “Taona, ndakula ndi kukhala wamkulu, ndipo ndapeza nzeru zambiri kuposa onse amene analamulira Yerusalemu ine ndisanadze; mtima wanga waona nzeru ndi chidziwitso chambiri.” 17Ndinaika mtima wanga kuti ndidziwe nzeru, ndi misala ndi uchitsiru; ndinazindikira kuti ichinso n'kungothamangitsa mphepo. 18Pakuti pamene pali nzeru zambiri pamakhalanso chisoni chambiri, ndipo woonjezera chidziwitso amaonjezeranso chisoni.
