Zofari Ayankha

Zofari ndiye wankhanza koposa onse: Yobu amalankhula kwambiri, ndipo Mulungu wamulanga mocheperapo kuposa momwe machimo ake akuyenera. Chotsa tchimo m'mahema ako, akutero, ndipo moyo udzawala kuposa usana. Iye ali wotsimikiza kotheratu, ndipo akunena zimenezi kwa munthu wosalakwa.

Chaputala 11.

Pamenepo Zofari Mnaamati anayankha nati: “Kodi mau ochuluka awa asayankhidwe? Kodi munthu wodzala ndi kuyankhula chotere atsimikizidwe kukhala wolondola? Kodi kuyankhula kwako kopanda pake kukhalitse ena chete? Kodi udzanyoza popanda wokuchititsa manyazi? Pakuti iwe unena kuti, ‘Chiphunzitso changa nchoyera, ndipo ndine woyera pamaso panu.’ Koma haa, Mulungu akanayankhula, natsekula milomo yake kutsutsana ndi iwe, nakuwululira zinsinsi za nzeru— pakuti nzeru yeniyeni ili ndi mbali ziwiri. Dziwa tsono kuti Mulungu wakulanga pang'ono kuposa mmene kulakwa kwako kuyenera. Kodi ungathe kuzindikira zinthu zakuya za Mulungu? Kodi ungathe kupeza malire a Wamphamvuzonse? Ndi zapamwamba kuposa miyamba—kodi ungachite chiyani? Ndi zakuya kuposa manda—kodi ungadziwe chiyani? Muyeso wake ndi wautali kuposa dziko lapansi ndipo ndi waukulu kuposa nyanja. Ngati Iye adutsa, namanga munthu m'ndende, naitanitsa ku chiweruzo, ndani angamubweze? Pakuti Iye amawadziwa anthu achabe; akaona kulakwa, kodi sadzalabadira? Koma munthu wopanda nzeru adzakhala wanzeru pamene mwana wa bulu wakuthengo adzabadwa munthu. Ngati ukonza mtima wako, natambasula manja ako kwa Iye, ngati tchimo lili m'dzanja lako, ulichotse, ndipo usalole kusalungama kukhale m'mahema ako, pamenepo ndithu udzakweza nkhope yako, wopanda manyazi; udzaima molimba ndipo sudzachita mantha. Udzaiwala masautso ako, ndipo udzawakumbukira ngati madzi amene apita. Moyo wako udzawala kuposa masana; mdima wake udzakhala ngati m'mawa. Udzakhala motetezeka, chifukwa pali chiyembekezo; udzayang'ana mozungulira ndipo udzagona mwamtendere. Udzagona popanda wokuopsa, ndipo ambiri adzafunafuna kukoma mtima kwako. Koma maso a oipa adzalefuka; njira iliyonse yothawira idzawatayika, ndipo chiyembekezo chawo chokha ndi kupuma mpweya wotsiriza.”