Nzeru Zimawalitsa Nkhope
Nzeru imalangiza kusamala pamaso pa mfumu imene imachita chilichonse chimene yafuna. Palibe amene amalamulira mphepo kapena tsiku la imfa. Chiweruzo chikachedwa, choipa chimalimba mtima, ndipo nthawi zambiri olungama amalandira zimene oipa ayenera kulandira. Mlaliki amayamikira kusangalala, ndipo amavomereza kuti ntchito ya Mulungu sitingathe kuidziwa.
8 1Kodi ndani ali ngati munthu wanzeru? Ndani amadziwa tanthauzo la chinthu? Nzeru za munthu zimawalitsa nkhope yake; ndipo kuuma kwa nkhope yake kumasinthidwa.
2Sunga lamulo la mfumu, ndikunena, chifukwa cha lumbiro lako pamaso pa Mulungu.
Kuyenda Pansi pa Mphamvu ya Mfumu
3Usafulumire kuchoka pamaso pake, kapena kuyima mu nkhani yoipa—pakuti mfumu imachita chilichonse chimene ikufuna. 4Pakuti mau a mfumu ali ndi ulamuliro waukulu koposa, ndipo ndani angathe kunena naye kuti, “Mukuchita chiyani?” 5Aliyense amene amasunga lamulo sadziwa choipa; ndipo mtima wanzeru umadziwa nthawi ndi njira. 6Nkhani iliyonse ili ndi nthawi yake ndi njira yake, ngakhale mavuto a munthu amamlemera kwambiri. 7Pakuti palibe amene amadziwa chimene chidzachitika, ndipo ndani angamuuze mmene zidzakhalire? 8Palibe munthu amene amalamulira mphepo kuti ailetse, kapena tsiku la imfa. Palibe amene amamasulidwa ku nkhondo imeneyo, ndipo choipa sichidzapulumutsa amene amachichita. 9Zonsezi ndinaziona, ndikupereka mtima wanga ku ntchito iliyonse yochitika pansi pa dzuwa—nthawi imene munthu wina analamulira mnzake kuti amuvulaze.
Pamene Chilungamo Chikuoneka Kuchedwa
10Ndipo ndinaona oipa akuikidwa m'manda ndi kupumulitsidwa; iwo ankabwera ndi kuchoka ku malo opatulika, nayamikidwa mu mzinda umene anachitira zimenezo. Izinso ndi zosakhalitsa. a a v10 Malo opatulika akunena za kachisi wa ku Yerusalemu. 11Chifukwa chiweruzo cha ntchito yoipa sichikwaniritsidwa msanga, mitima ya anthu yaikika kwathunthu pochita zoipa. 12Ngakhale wochimwa achita zoipa maulendo zana ndipo akhale ndi moyo wautali, komabe ndikudziwa kuti zidzayenda bwino kwa iwo amene amaopa Mulungu, amene amaopa pamaso pake. 13Oipa sadzayenda bwino, ngakhalenso sadzatalikitsa masiku awo ngati mthunzi, popeza saopa Mulungu.
14Chinthu chosakhalitsa chimachitika padziko lapansi: anthu olungama amalandira zimene oipa akuyenera, ndipo anthu oipa amalandira zimene olungama akuyenera. Ndinati izinso ndi zosakhalitsa. 15Choncho ndinayamika chisangalalo: palibe chinthu chabwino kwa munthu pansi pa dzuwa kupambana kudya, kumwa, ndi kukondwa. Izi zimamuperekeza pa ntchito yake, masiku a moyo amene Mulungu anamupatsa pansi pa dzuwa.
16Pamene ndinaika mtima wanga kudziwa nzeru ndi kuona ntchito yochitika padziko lapansi—ngakhale maso a munthu saona tulo usana kapena usiku— 17pamenepo ndinaona ntchito yonse ya Mulungu: palibe munthu amene angathe kupeza ntchito yochitika pansi pa dzuwa. Ngakhale afufuze mwamphamvu motani, sadzaipeza; ngakhale wanzeru atanena kuti akudziwa, sangathe kuipeza.
