Sendezani Kuti Mumvetsere
Pita ku nyumba ya Mulungu kukamvera, osati kukalankhula; mawu ako akhale ochepa ndipo kwaniritsa zimene walumbira. Kukonda ndalama sikukhutitsa, chuma chingathe pa malonda amodzi oipa, ndipo umachoka wamaliseche monga unadzera. Kusangalala ndi gawo lako la ntchito ndi mphatso ya Mulungu.
5 1Samala mapazi ako pamene ukulowa m'nyumba ya Mulungu. Sendeza kuti umvetsere, osati kupereka nsembe ya opusa—iwo sadziwa kuti akuchita zoipa. 2Usafulumizitse pakamwa pako, ndipo mtima wako usachite changu kuyankhula pamaso pa Mulungu—Mulungu ali Kumwamba, iwe uli pa dziko lapansi, choncho mau ako akhale ochepa. 3Pakuti maloto amadza chifukwa cha ntchito zambiri, ndipo mau a wopusa amadza chifukwa cha mau ambiri. 4Ukalumbira lumbiro kwa Mulungu, usachedwe kulikwaniritsa—Iye alibe chikondwerero mwa opusa. Kwaniritsa chimene walumbira. 5Nkwabwino kusalumbira kuposa kulumbira ndikusakwaniritsa. 6Usalole pakamwa pako kukuchimwitsa, kapena kuuza mthenga kuti chinali cholakwa. Nchifukwa chiyani Mulungu akwiyire mau ako ndi kuwononga ntchito ya manja ako? a a v6 Mthenga ndi mkulu wa m'kachisi kapena wansembe amene analandira ndi kulemba malumbiro m'malo mwa Mulungu. 7Pakuti m'maloto ambiri ndi mau ambiri muli nthunzi yosakhalitsa. Choncho opa Mulungu.
Kuponderezana ndi Phindu la Dziko
8Ngati uona osauka akuponderezedwa, ndi chilungamo ndi chiweruzo cholungama zikuphwanyidwa m'chigawo, usadabwe—mkulu mmodzi amayang'aniridwa ndi wina wamkulu kuposa iye, ndipo akuluakulu aimirira pamwamba pawo. 9Komabe phindu la dziko ndi la aliyense; ngakhale mfumu imatumikiridwa ndi munda.
10Aliyense wokonda ndalama sakhuta; aliyense wokonda chuma sakhutitsidwa ndi zimene amapeza. Izinso ndi zosakhalitsa. 11Chuma chikachuluka, amachulukanso amene amachidya—kodi mwini wake apindulanji koma kuchiyang'ana ndi maso ake?
12Tulo ta wantchito ndi tokoma, kaya wadya zochepa kapena zochuluka; koma kuchuluka kwa chuma cha wolemera sikumlola kugona.
13Ndaona choipa chonyansa pansi pa dzuwa: chuma chimene mwini wake wachisunga, kuti chimvulaze. 14Chuma chimenecho chinatayika mu malonda oipa, ndipo atabereka mwana wamwamuna analibe kanthu kotsala kuti amusiyire. 15Monga anabwera kuchokera m'mimba mwa amayi ake, amabwereranso wamaliseche, napita monga anadzera, osatenga kanthu pa ntchito yake kuti anyamule m'manja mwake. 16Ichinso ndi choipa chowawa: monga anadza, momwemonso apita. Kodi apindulanji pogwirira ntchito mphepo? 17Masiku ake onse amadya mu mdima, ndi kukhumudwa kwakukulu, matenda, ndi mkwiyo.
18Ichi ndachiona: nkwabwino ndi koyenera kudya, kumwa, ndi kuona zabwino mu ntchito yonse imene munthu amagwira pansi pa dzuwa masiku ochepa a moyo amene Mulungu amapereka—pakuti ichi ndicho gawo lake. 19Komanso, Mulungu akapatsa munthu chuma, katundu, ndi mphamvu zowasangalalira, kulandira gawo lake ndi kupeza chimwemwe mu ntchito yake—ichi ndi mphatso ya Mulungu. 20Sadzakumbukira kawirikawiri masiku a moyo wake, chifukwa Mulungu amamtanganidwitsa ndi chimwemwe cha mtima wake.
