Osakhuta Konse
Munthu angakhale ndi chuma, ulemu, ndi ana zana limodzi koma osaloledwa kusangalala ndi chilichonse cha izo; Mlaliki anena kuti mwana wobadwa wakufa ali ndi mpumulo woposa iye. Chilakolako sichikhuta, nzeru siigula phindu, ndipo palibe amene akudziwa chimene chidzatsatira.
6 1Pali choipa chimene ndachiona pansi pa dzuwa, ndipo chimalemera kwambiri pa anthu: 2Munthu amene Mulungu amamupatsa chuma, katundu, ndi ulemu, kotero kuti sasowa kanthu kalikonse kamene moyo wake umakhumba—koma Mulungu samamulola kudya pa izo; m'malo mwake mlendo ndiye amadya. Ichi ndi chapita msanga, matenda owawitsa.
3Ngati munthu abereka ana zana limodzi nakhala zaka zambiri—kaya moyo wake ndi wautali chotani—koma moyo wake sukhutitsidwa ndi zinthu zabwino, ndipo sayikidwa m'manda ngakhale pang'ono, ine ndikuti mwana wobadwa wakufa ali bwino kuposa iyeyo. 4Amafika ngati nthunzi, napita mu mdima; ndipo mdima umaphimba dzina lake. 5Ngakhale sanaone dzuwa kapena kudziwa kanthu, iye ali ndi mpumulo woposa munthu uja. 6Ngakhale akhale zaka 1,000 kawiri popanda kusangalala ndi zabwino, kodi onse sapita kumalo amodzi? 7Ntchito yonse yolemetsa ya munthu ndi ya pakamwa pake, komabe khumbo lake silikhuta. 8Kodi munthu wanzeru ali ndi phindu lanji kuposa chitsiru? Kodi munthu wosauka apindula chiyani podziwa kudziyendetsa pamaso pa anzake? 9Kuona kwa maso ndi bwino kuposa kuyendayenda kwa chilakolako. Ichinso ndi chapita msanga, kuthamangitsa mphepo. 10Chilichonse chimene chiliko chinapatsidwa kale dzina, ndipo chimene munthu ali chimadziwika; ndipo iye sangathe kutsutsana ndi amene ali ndi mphamvu kuposa iye.
11Mau akachuluka, zonse zimakhala zachabe kwambiri, ndipo kodi zimapindulitsa munthu chotani? 12Pakuti ndani amadziwa chimene chili chabwino kwa munthu masiku ochepa a moyo wake wachabe, umene umapita ngati mthunzi? Pakuti ndani angamuuze chimene chidzachitika iye atapita, pansi pa dzuwa?
