Mzimu Wanga Wathyoka
Mzimu wa Yobu wasweka ndipo manda akuoneka ngati bedi lokonzedwa. Afunsa kuti ndani adzamuimirira ngati chikole, popeza palibe bwenzi limodzi lokhala ndi nzeru zopereka. Ngati ayenera kutcha dzenje bambo ake ndi mphutsi mayi ake, chiyembekezo chake chili kuti?
17 1“Mzimu wanga wathyoka, masiku anga azimitsidwa, manda andikonzekera. 2Zoonadi onyoza andizungulira, ndipo maso anga sangaleke kuyang'ana chipongwe chawo.
3“Ikani chikole changa kwa Inu nokha; ndani wina angapereke mau ake kukhala chikole changa? 4Pakuti mwatseka mitima yawo kuti isamvetse; chifukwa chake simudzawalola kupambana. 5Munthu amene amapereka anzake chifukwa cha phindu lake—maso a ana ake adzalefuka.
6“Wandisandutsa chisudzo pakati pa mitundu ya anthu, munthu amene amandilavulira malovu kumaso. 7Diso langa lafooka ndi chisoni, ndipo ziwalo zanga zonse zili ngati mthunzi. 8Olungama adabwa kwambiri ndi zimenezi, ndipo wosalakwa adzutsidwa kutsutsa wosaopa Mulungu. 9Komabe wolungama agwiritsitsa njira yake, ndipo wa manja oyera akulimbikirabe mphamvu kwambiri.
10“Koma bwererani, nonsenu, bweraninso tsopano—sindipeza munthu mmodzi wanzeru pakati panu. 11Masiku anga apita, zolinga zanga zathyoledwa, pamodzi ndi zokhumba za mtima wanga. 12Amasandutsa usiku kukhala usana; ‘kuwala,’ amati, ‘kuli pafupi’—pamene pali mdima. 13Ngati ndiyembekezera manda kukhala nyumba yanga, ngati ndiyala pogona panga mu mdima, 14ngati ndiwuza dzenje kuti, ‘Iwe ndiwe bambo wanga,’ ndi kuwuza mphutsi kuti, ‘Mayi wanga’ ndi ‘Mlongo wanga,’ 15nanga chiyembekezo changa chili kuti? Ndani angaone chiyembekezo chilichonse changa? 16Kodi chidzatsikira ku zipata za manda? Kodi tidzatsikira pamodzi mu fumbi?”
