Elifazi Alankhulanso
Pomaliza Elifazi apeka milandu: kuvula osauka zovala zawo, kukana kupatsa madzi otopa, kubweza akazi amasiye opanda kanthu. Auza Yobu kuti agonjere, aike golide wake m'fumbi ndipo Wamphamvuzonse akhale golide wake. Uphungu ukumveka wokongola ndipo mlanduwo ndi wabodza.
22 1Ndipo Elifazi wa ku Temani anayankha nati: 2“Kodi munthu angapindulitse Mulungu? Ndithu munthu wanzeru amadzipindulitsa yekha. 3Kodi Wamphamvuzonse amasangalala ngati uli wolungama, kapena amapindula kanthu ngati umakhala mopanda cholakwa? 4Kodi chifukwa cha kuopa kwako ndiye amakudzudzula, nakuzenga mlandu? 5Kodi kuyipa kwako sikwakukulu? Kodi machimo ako alibe malire? 6Pakuti unkalanda chikole kwa abale ako popanda chifukwa, navula zovala za amaliseche. 7Sunapatse madzi munthu wotopa kuti amwe, ndipo unamana wanjala chakudya. 8Munthu wamphamvu ndiye anali ndi dziko, ndipo woyanjidwa ankakhala m'menemo. a a v8 Elifazi akusonyeza kuti Yobu ankaona dziko ngati lili la amphamvu okha, nasiya osauka opanda kanthu. 9Unawachotsa akazi amasiye manja opanda kanthu, naphwanya mikono ya ana amasiye. 10Ichi ndiye chifukwa chake misampha yakuzungulira iwe, ndipo mantha adzidzidzi akukugwira; 11kapena mdima, kotero kuti sungathe kuona, ndipo madzi osefukira akukuphimba. 12Kodi Mulungu sali kumwambamwamba kwa kumwamba? Taona momwe nyenyezi zapamwamba koposa zilili zazitali! 13Komabe iwe umati, ‘Kodi Mulungu amadziwa chiyani? Kodi angaweruze kudzera mu mdima wakuda chotere? 14Mitambo yakuda imamuphimba kotero kuti sangaone, ndipo amayenda pa thambo la kumwamba.’ 15Kodi udzasunga njira yakale imene anthu oyipa anayendamo? 16Iwo anachotsedwa nthawi yawo isanakwane, maziko awo nakokoloka ndi madzi osefukira. 17Iwo anati kwa Mulungu, ‘Tisiyeni tokha! Kodi Wamphamvuzonse angatichitire chiyani?’ 18Komabe anali Iye amene anadzaza nyumba zawo ndi zinthu zabwino—motero ine sindifuna kanthu ndi malingaliro a anthu oyipa. 19Olungama amaona zimenezi nasangalala; osalakwa amaseka oyipa, nanena kuti, 20‘Ndithu adani athu awonongeka, ndipo moto wapsereza zimene anasiya.’ 21Gonjera Mulungu tsopano ukhale pa mtendere ndi Iye; m'njira imeneyi zabwino zidzafika kwa iwe. 22Landira malangizo ochokera pakamwa pake, nausunge mau ake mu mtima mwako. 23Ngati ubwerera kwa Wamphamvuzonse udzabwezeretsedwa; ngati uchotsa kusalungama kutali ndi nyumba yako, 24ndi kuika golide wako mu fumbi, golide wa ku Ofiri pakati pa miyala ya mumtsinje, b b v24 Ofiri anali wotchuka m'dziko lakale ngati malo opezeka golide wabwino koposa. 25pamenepo Wamphamvuzonse mwini adzakhala golide wako, siliva wako wamtengo wapatali. 26Pamenepo udzakondwera mwa Wamphamvuzonse ndipo udzakweza nkhope yako kwa Mulungu. 27Udzapemphera kwa Iye, ndipo adzakumva, ndipo udzakwaniritsa malumbiro ako. 28Chimene udzatsimikiza chidzachitika, ndipo kuunika kudzawala pa njira zako. 29Pamene ena atsitsidwa ndipo iwe unena kuti, ‘Kwezani iwo!’, Iye adzapulumutsa odzichepetsa. 30Adzapulumutsa ngakhale amene sali wosalakwa, amene adzapulumutsidwa chifukwa cha kuyera kwa manja ako.”