M'dzanja la Atate
Olungama ndi anzeru ali m'dzanja la Mulungu, komabe imfa imodzi imagwera aliyense, chimene Mlaliki akuchitcha choipa cha pansi pa dzuwa. Choncho idya, imwa, ukonde mkazi wako masiku onse osakhalitsa amene Atate wathu akupatsa, ndipo ugwire ntchito molimbika pamene ungathe. Nthawi ndi mwayi zimagwera aliyense.
9 1Ndinaika mtima wanga kuti ndisanthule zonsezi: olungama, anzeru, ndi ntchito zawo zili m'dzanja la Mulungu. Kaya ndi chikondi kapena chidani, palibe amene adziwa—zonse zili patsogolo pawo. 2Chimodzimodzi chimachitikira aliyense: tsogolo limodzi la olungama ndi oyipa, abwino, oyera ndi odetsedwa, wopereka nsembe ndi amene sapereka. Monga mmene zilili ndi wabwino, momwemonso ndi wochimwa; amene alumbira, monga amene aopa kulumbira. 3Ichi ndicho choyipa pa zonse zochitika pansi pa dzuwa: tsogolo limodzi la onse. Mitima ya anthu yadzala ndi choyipa, misala yadzaza mitima yawo akadali ndi moyo—ndipo kenaka amapita kwa akufa. 4Aliyense wamoyo akadali ndi chiyembekezo: galu wamoyo aposa mkango wakufa. 5Pakuti amoyo adziwa kuti adzafa, koma akufa sadziwa kanthu; alibenso mphotho, pakuti kukumbukiridwa kwawo kwaiwalika. 6Chikondi chawo, chidani chawo, nsanje yawo zatha kale; sadzagawananso mu chilichonse chochitika pansi pa dzuwa.
7Pita, idya buledi wako mwachimwemwe, imwa vinyo wako ndi mtima wokondwa, pakuti Mulungu wavomereza kale ntchito zako. 8Zovala zako zikhale zoyera nthawi zonse, ndipo mutu wako usasowe mafuta. a a v8 Zovala zoyera ndi kudzoza mutu ndi mafuta zinali zizindikiro zakale za chimwemwe ndi chikondwerero. 9Sangalala ndi moyo pamodzi ndi mkazi amene umamukonda, masiku onse osakhalitsa a moyo amene Mulungu wakupatsa pansi pa dzuwa—masiku ako onse osakhalitsa—pakuti icho ndicho gawo lako mu moyo ndi mu ntchito imene umagwira pansi pa dzuwa. 10Chilichonse chimene dzanja lako lingapeze kuchita, uchite ndi mphamvu zako, pakuti kulibe ntchito kapena malingaliro kapena nzeru kapena luntha mu manda, kumene ukupita.
11Ndinaonanso pansi pa dzuwa: mpikisano si wa othamanga, kapena nkhondo si ya amphamvu, kapena buledi si wa anzeru, kapena chuma si cha ozindikira, kapena chisomo si cha aluso—nthawi ndi mwayi zimachitikira onse. 12Palibe amene adziwa nthawi yake: monga nsomba zokodwa mu ukonde woyipa, monga mbalame zokodwa mu msampha, anthu amakodwa mu nthawi yoyipa imene imawagwera mwadzidzidzi.
Munthu Wanzeru Woiwalika
13Ndaonanso chitsanzo ichi cha nzeru pansi pa dzuwa, ndipo chinandioneka chachikulu: 14Panali mzinda waung'ono wa anthu owerengeka: mfumu yaikulu inadza kudzalimbana nao, nauzungulira, namanga mitumbira ikuluikulu yomenyera nao nkhondo. 15Munapezeka munthu wosauka wanzeru amene anapulumutsa mzinda ndi nzeru zake, komabe palibe amene anakumbukira munthu wosauka ameneyo. 16Ine ndinati, “Nzeru zaposa mphamvu,” komabe nzeru za munthu wosauka zimanyozedwa, ndipo mau ake samveka. 17Mau ofatsa a anzeru amamveka bwino kuposa kufuula kwa wolamulira pakati pa opusa. 18Nzeru zaposa zida za nkhondo, koma wochimwa mmodzi awononga zabwino zambiri.
