Yobu Ayankha: Chifukwa Chiyani Oyipa Amalemera?
Yobu ayankha ndi umboni umene abwenzi ake akunyalanyaza: oipa amakalamba ndi kukhala amphamvu, ana awo amavina, ndipo amafa mwamtendere atauza Mulungu kuti awaleke. Okhuta ndi owawidwa mtima omwe amagona pansi m'fumbi. Chitonthozo chawo, akutero, ndi bodza.
21 1Ndipo Yobu anayankha nati: 2“Imvani bwinobwino mau anga, ndipo ichi chikhale chitonthozo chimene mukundipatsa. 3Ndilolereni pamene ndikuyankhula, ndipo ndikatha kuyankhula, mukhoza kupitiriza kunyoza. 4Kunena za ine, kodi kudandaula kwanga nkwa munthu chabe? Nanga chifukwa chiyani ine ndisakhale wosaleza mtima? 5Ndiyang'anani ndipo mudabwe, ndipo muike dzanja lanu pakamwa panu. 6Ndikachikumbukira, ndimachita mantha, ndipo kunjenjemera kumagwira thupi langa. 7Chifukwa chiyani oyipa amapitiriza kukhala ndi moyo, nakalamba, nakula mphamvu? 8Ana awo akhazikika ndi otetezeka pamodzi nawo pamaso pawo, ndipo zidzukulu zawo patsogolo pawo. 9Nyumba zawo ndi zotetezeka ndi zopanda mantha, ndipo ndodo ya Mulungu siigwa pa iwo. 10Ng'ombe yawo yamphongo imakwera osalephera; ng'ombe yawo yaikazi imabala osapita padera. 11Amalola tiana tawo kuthamanga ngati gulu la nkhosa, ndipo ana awo amalumphalumpha. 12Amayimba ndi tambolini ndi zeze, ndipo amakondwerera ndi liwu la chitoliro. 13Amakhala masiku awo mu chuma, ndipo mwamtendere amatsikira ku manda. 14Komabe amanena kwa Mulungu, ‘Tisiyeni! Ife tilibe chikhumbo chodziwa njira zanu. 15Kodi Wamphamvuzonse ndani, kuti timtumikire Iye? Nanga tingapindule chiyani popemphera kwa Iye?’ 16Koma chuma chawo sichili m'manja mwawo; ine sindikufuna kanthu ndi uphungu wa oyipa. 17Kodi nthawi zingati nyale ya oyipa imazimitsidwa? Nthawi zingati tsoka lawo limagwera pa iwo? Nthawi zingati Mulungu amagawira zowawa mu mkwiyo wake? 18Kodi nthawi zingati amakhala ngati udzu pamaso pa mphepo, ngati mankhusu amene mphepo yamkuntho imawuuluzira? 19Inu munena, ‘Mulungu amasungira ana ake chilango cha munthu.’ Mulole Iye amubwezere munthuyo mwini, kuti adziwe. 20Maso ake omwe aone chiwonongeko chake, ndipo amwe mkwiyo wa Wamphamvuzonse. 21Pakuti kodi amasamala chiyani za banja lake pambuyo pake, pamene miyezi yake yadulidwa? 22Kodi wina angaphunzitse Mulungu nzeru, pakuti ndiye Iye amene amaweruza a kumwamba? 23Munthu wina amafa ali ndi mphamvu zonse, ali pamtendere kwathunthu ndi wotetezeka, 24thupi lake litakhuta bwino ndipo nyongo ya mafupa ake ikadali yonyowa. 25Wina amafa ndi moyo wowawa, osalawapo chabwino chilichonse. 26Pamodzi amagona m'fumbi, ndipo mphutsi zimawaphimba onse awiri. 27Taonani, ine ndikudziwa maganizo anu, ndi ziwembu zanu zondichitira zoyipa. 28Pakuti inu munena, ‘Kodi tsopano nyumba ya munthu wolemekezeka ili kuti? Chihema chimene munthu woyipa ankakhalamo chili kuti?’ 29Kodi simunafunsepo amene amayenda m'misewu? Kodi simudzavomereza umboni umene amapereka, 30kuti munthu woyipa amapulumutsidwa pa tsiku la tsoka, kuti amalanditsidwa pa tsiku la mkwiyo? 31Ndani amamuyimba mlandu pamaso pake chifukwa cha khalidwe lake, ndipo ndani amamubwezera pa zimene wachita? 32Amanyamulidwa kupita ku manda, ndipo manda ake amalondedwa. 33Dothi la m'chigwa limamukoma; aliyense amamutsatira, ndipo amene anali patsogolo pake ngosawerengeka. 34Nanga mungathe bwanji kunditonthoza ndi mau achabechabe? Mayankho anu ndi bodza lokhalokha.”