Elifazi Ayankhanso
Elifazi asiya ulemu. Pakamwa pa Yobu mwini pamamutsutsa, ndipo palibe wobadwa mwa mkazi amene ali woyera. Iye afotokoza chithunzi chodziwika cha munthu woipa, mantha m'makutu mwake, chuma chosakhalitsa, ndipo afuna kuti Yobu adziwone yekha m'chithunzicho.
15 1Ndipo Elifazi Mtemani anayankha, nati: 2“Kodi munthu wanzeru angayankhe ndi nzeru za mphepo, nadzaza mimba yake ndi mphepo ya kummawa? a a v2 Mphepo ya kummawa inali mphepo yotentha ya m'chipululu, yotchedwa siroko — chizindikiro chobwerezabwereza cha zopanda pake ndi chiwonongeko m'buku lonse la Yobu. 3Kodi angatsutsane ndi mawu opanda phindu, ndi mawu amene saphindulitsa kanthu? 4Koma iwe ukuchotsa kuopa Mulungu, ndi kutsekereza kulingalira pamaso pa Mulungu. 5Pakuti tchimo lako limaphunzitsa pakamwa pako, ndipo umasankha lilime la anthu ochenjera. 6Pakamwa pako pomwe pakutsutsa iwe, osati ine; milomo yako yomwe ikuchitira umboni wokutsutsa. 7Kodi ndiwe munthu woyamba kubadwa? Kodi unabadwa mapiri asanakhaleko? 8Kodi unamvetsera mu msonkhano wa Mulungu? Kodi nzeru umaziletsera kwa iwe wekha? b b v8 “Msonkhano wa Mulungu” ndi msonkhano wa kumwamba kumene Mulungu amatsogolera pamodzi ndi zolengedwa zake zakumwamba — Elifazi akunyoza Yobu chifukwa chodziyesa kuti akudziwa zinsinsi. 9Kodi iwe umadziwa chiyani chimene ife sitichidziwa? Kodi umazindikira chiyani chimene chilibe mwa ife tomwe? 10Anthu a imvi ndi okalamba ali pakati pathu, anthu amene ndi okalamba kuposa atate ako. 11Kodi zitonthozo za Mulungu ndi zazing'ono kwa iwe, ndi mawu amene ayankhulidwa kwa iwe mofatsa? 12Chifukwa chiyani mtima wako ukukutengera kutali, ndipo chifukwa chiyani maso ako akung'anima, 13kotero kuti umatembenuzira mzimu wako kutsutsa Mulungu, ndi kutulutsa mawu otere m'kamwa mwako? 14Kodi munthu ndani, kuti akhale woyera? Kodi wobadwa mwa mkazi ndani, kuti akhale wolungama? 15Taonani, Mulungu sakhulupirira oyera ake, ndipo kumwamba sikuli koyera pamaso pake; 16nanji munthu wonyansa ndi woipa, munthu amene amamwa chisalungamo ngati madzi! 17Ndidzakuonetsa; ndimvere; ndidzakuuza zimene ndaziona, 18zimene anthu anzeru alengeza, osabisa zimene analandira kwa makolo awo, 19amene okha anapatsidwa dziko, pamene panalibe mlendo amene anabwerabe pakati pawo. 20Munthu woipa amazunzika ndi ululu masiku ake onse, zaka zonse zimene zasungidwira munthu wankhanza. 21Mawu ochititsa mantha amadzaza m'makutu mwake; pamene ali pa chuma, wowononga amamugwera. 22Sakhulupirira kuti adzapulumuka mu mdima; wayikidwiratu kuti aphedwe ndi lupanga. 23Amayendayenda kufunafuna chakudya, n'kumafunsa, ‘Chili kuti?’ Akudziwa kuti tsiku la mdima layandikira. 24Masautso ndi zowawa zimamuchititsa mantha; zimamugonjetsa ngati mfumu yokonzekera nkhondo, 25chifukwa anatambasula dzanja lake kutsutsa Mulungu, nanyoza Wamphamvuzonse, 26namuthamangira mwamakani ndi chishango chokhuthala, cholimbitsidwa; 27chifukwa anaphimba nkhope yake ndi mafuta, naunjika mnofu m'chiwuno mwake, 28anakhazikika mu mizinda yowonongeka, m'nyumba zimene palibe amene ayenera kukhalamo, zokonzeka kukhala milu ya bwinja. 29Sadzalemera; chuma chake sichidzakhalitsa, ndipo zinthu zake sizidzafalikira pa dziko lapansi. 30Sadzapulumuka ku mdima; lawi lamoto lidzawumitsa mphukira zake, ndipo mpweya wa m'kamwa mwa Mulungu udzamusesa. 31Asadalire zopanda pake, n'kumadzinyenga yekha, pakuti zopanda pake zidzakhala malipiro ake. 32Malipiro ake adzaperekedwa onse nthawi yake isanakwane, ndipo nthambi yake sidzakhala yobiriwira. 33Adzagwetsa mphesa zake zisanapse ngati mpesa, nagwetsa maluwa ake ngati mtengo wa olivi. 34Pakuti gulu la anthu osapembedza Mulungu ndi losabala, ndipo moto umapsereza nyumba za ziphuphu. 35Amatenga mimba ya mavuto, nabereka zoipa; mimba yawo imakonza chinyengo.”