Kumbukira Iye mu Unyamata Wako
Kumbukira Mlengi wako ukadali wachinyamata, thupi lisanayambe kufooka pang'onopang'ono, alonda asanayambe kunjenjemera, mazenera asanade, mtsuko usanasweke, ndipo fumbi lisanabwerere ku dothi ndi mzimu kwa Mulungu. Zonse ndi zosakhalitsa; komabe, opa Mulungu ndi kusunga malamulo ake. Ntchito iliyonse yobisika idzaweruzidwa.
12 1Kumbukira Mlengi wako m'masiku a unyamata wako, masiku a mavuto asanadze ndipo zaka zisanayandikire zimene udzati, “Sindikondwera nazo,” 2dzuwa ndi kuwala ndi mwezi ndi nyenyezi zisanade, ndipo mitambo isanabwerere mvula itatha; 3tsiku limene alonda a nyumba adzanjenjemera, ndipo amuna amphamvu adzawerama, ndipo akazi opera adzaleka chifukwa ochepa adzatsala, ndipo amene amasuzumira pa mazenera adzada; a a v3 Mavesi awa ndi fanizo lalitali la ndakatulo lofotokoza za thupi lofowoka mu ukalamba ndi kuyandikira kwa imfa — manja onjenjemera, msana wopindika, mano otayika, ndi maso ochita mdima. 4pamene zitseko zoyang'ana mumsewu zidzatsekedwa ndipo phokoso la mphero lidzachepa; pamene munthu adzauka ndi liwu la mbalame, ndipo ana onse a nyimbo adzatsitsidwa; 5pamene adzaopa malo okwera, ndipo zoopsa zidzakhala mu msewu; pamene mtengo wa amondi udzachita maluwa, ndipo dzombe lidzadzikoka, ndipo chilakolako chidzatha—chifukwa munthu adzapita ku nyumba yake yosatha, ndipo olira maliro adzayendayenda mumisewu; 6chingwe cha siliva chisanaduke, kapena mbale yagolide isanaphwanyike, kapena mtsuko usanaswedwe pa kasupe, kapena gudumu lisanathyoke pa chitsime, 7ndipo fumbi lidzabwerera ku dothi monga linalili, ndipo mzimu udzabwerera kwa Mulungu amene anaupatsa. 8“Zosakhalitsa kotheratu,” atero Mphunzitsi. “Zinthu zonse ndi zosakhalitsa.”
Luso la Mphunzitsi
9Mphunzitsi anali wanzeru, ndipo anaphunzitsanso anthu nzeru—kulingalira, kufufuza, ndi kukonza miyambi yambiri. 10Mphunzitsi anafunafuna mau okondweretsa, ndipo zimene analemba zinali zolungama ndi zoona. 11Mau anzeru ali ngati zisonga; miyambi yosonkhanitsidwa, ngati misomali yokhomedwa molimba—yoperekedwa ndi M'busa mmodzi. 12Kuwonjezera pa zimenezi, mwana wanga, chenjezedwa: kupanga mabuku ambiri kulibe malire, ndipo kuphunzira kwambiri kumatopetsa thupi.
13Mathero a nkhaniyi, zonse zamveka: opa Mulungu, sunga malamulo ake—ichi ndi udindo wonse wa munthu. b b v13 Mlaliki watseka pamene anayambira — Koheleti akamba za Mulungu mowalekana, ngati munthu amene akufufuza “pansi pa dzuwa.” Yesu anadza kudzabweretsa Atate wathu pafupi (Yohane 14:9). 14Pakuti Mulungu adzaweruza ntchito iliyonse, kuphatikizapo chinthu chilichonse chobisika, kaya chabwino kapena choipa.