Zimene Zimakhalitsa
Maliro aposa phwando, popeza amoyo amaika imfa pamtima. Kudzudzula kumaposa kusyasyalika, kuleza mtima kumaposa kunyada, ndipo kupitirira malire mbali iliyonse kumawononga munthu. Mlaliki anafunafuna nzeru ndipo avomereza kuti inakhala kutali naye: Mulungu analenga anthu owongoka; iwo anapanga machenjerero.
7 1Dzina labwino ndi lopambana mafuta onunkhira abwino, ndipo tsiku la imfa ndi lopambana tsiku lobadwa. 2Nkwabwino kupita ku nyumba yamaliro kuposa kupita ku nyumba yamadyerero, pakuti kumeneko ndiko mathero a munthu aliyense, ndipo amoyo ayenera kuzilabadira mu mtima. 3Chisoni ndi chopambana kuseka, pakuti nkhope yachisoni njabwino kwa mtima. 4Mtima wa anzeru uli mu nyumba yamaliro, koma mtima wa opusa uli mu nyumba yachisangalalo. 5Nkwabwino kumva chidzudzulo cha anzeru kuposa kumva nyimbo ya opusa. 6Pakuti monga kuthetheka kwa minga pansi pa mphika, ndi momwemonso kuseka kwa chitsiru. Ichinso ndi chosakhalitsa. 7Zoonadi kuponderezana kumasandutsa munthu wanzeru kukhala chitsiru, ndipo chiphuphu chimawononga mtima. 8Mathero a nkhani ndi opambana chiyambi chake, ndipo mzimu woleza mtima ndi wopambana mzimu wodzikuza. 9Usafulumire mu mzimu wako kukwiya, pakuti mkwiyo umakhala m'chifuwa mwa opusa. 10Usanene kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani masiku akale anali abwino kuposa ano?” Pakuti sikuchokera ku nzeru kufunsa kwako kumeneku. 11Nzeru njabwino pamodzi ndi cholowa, phindu kwa iwo amene amaona dzuwa. a a v11 'Iwo amene amaona dzuwa' ndi mawu achihebri otanthauza amoyo — iwo amene adakali ndi moyo. 12Pakuti nzeru ndi pothawira, monganso ndalama ziliri, koma phindu la chidziwitso ndi ili: nzeru imasunga moyo wa amene ali nayo. 13Lingalira ntchito ya Mulungu: ndani angawongole chimene Iye wachikhotetsa? 14Pa tsiku la ulemerero khala wosangalala, ndipo pa tsiku la masautso ganizira: Mulungu wapanga ili ngakhalenso lija, kuti palibe amene angathe kudziwa kanthu kalikonse kamene kadzabwera pambuyo pake.
15Mmasiku anga osakhalitsa ndaona zonse: munthu wolungama akufa mu chilungamo chake, munthu woipa akukhala nthawi yaitali mu kuipa kwake. 16Usakhale wolungama mopambanitsa, ndipo usadzipange wanzeru mopitirira muyeso; nchifukwa chiyani udziwononge wekha? 17Usakhale woipa kwambiri, ndipo usakhale chitsiru—nchifukwa chiyani ufe nthawi yako isanakwane? 18Nkwabwino kugwiritsa ichi, ndipo kusataya icho komwe, pakuti aliyense woopa Mulungu amatuluka bwino mu zonse ziwirizi. 19Nzeru imapangitsa munthu wanzeru kukhala wamphamvu kuposa olamulira khumi amene ali mu mzinda. 20Zoonadi palibe munthu wolungama padziko lapansi amene amachita zabwino ndipo sachimwa konse. 21Komanso, usalabadire mu mtima zonse zimene anthu amanena, kuti ungamve wantchito wako akukutemberera, 22pakuti mtima wako womwe umadziwa kuti nthawi zambiri iwe wekha unatemberera ena. 23Ndinayesa zonsezi ndi nzeru. Ndinati, “Nditsimikiza mtima kukhala wanzeru”—koma zinandiposa. 24Chilichonse chimene chilipo chili kutali ndipo chakuya, chakuya kwambiri—ndani angachipeze? 25Ndinatembenuza mtima wanga kuti ndidziwe, ndifufuze, ndi kufunafuna nzeru ndi tanthauzo la zinthu, ndi kudziwa kuipa kwa uchitsiru ndi uchitsiru umene ndi misala. 26Ndapeza kuti mkazi ndi wowawa kuposa imfa: mtima wake ndi misampha ndi maukonde, manja ake ndi maunyolo. Munthu wabwino pamaso pa Mulungu amamuthawa; koma wochimwa amakodwa ndi iye.
27“Taona, ichi ndi chimene ndapeza,” akutero Mphunzitsi, “ndikuwonjezera chimodzi pa china kuti ndipeze tanthauzo lonse, 28chimene moyo wanga unapitirira kufunafuna koma sunachipeze. Mwamuna mmodzi mwa 1,000 ndinampeza, koma mkazi pakati pa onsewa sindinampeza. 29Taona, ichi chokha ndapeza: Mulungu anapanga anthu olungama, koma iwo anafunafuna machenjerero ambiri.”