Ndikanangomupeza
Yobu afuna bwalo la milandu, osati nkhondo. Akanapeza kumene Mulungu amakhala, akanafotokoza mlandu wake ndi kumasulidwa. Koma Mulungu sali kum'mawa kapena kumadzulo, ndipo amachita chilichonse chimene wafuna. Yobu anena kuti adzatuluka ngati golide, ndipo akhalabe ndi mantha aakulu.
23 1Ndipo Yobu anayankha nati: 2“Ngakhale lero kudandaula kwanga nkowawa; dzanja lake ndilolemera ngakhale ndikubuula. 3Ndikanangodziwa kumene ndikampeza, kuti ndifike pa malo ake okhala! 4Ndikanayika mlandu wanga pamaso pake, ndi kudzaza pakamwa panga ndi mau otsutsa. 5Ndikanaphunzira mau amene akanandiyankha, ndi kuzindikira zimene akananena kwa ine. 6Kodi akanalimbana nane mwa kukula kwa mphamvu yake? Ayi—Iye ndithu akanandimvera. 7Kumeneko munthu wolungama akanazengerana naye mlandu, ndipo ndikanamasulidwa kwamuyaya ndi woweruza wanga. 8Koma ndikapita kummawa, Iye kulibe; ndipo kumadzulo sindingampeze. 9Pamene akugwira ntchito kumpoto, sindingamuone; pamene atembenukira kumwera, sindingampeze. 10Koma Iye amadziwa njira imene ndimayenda; akandiyesa, ndidzatuluka ngati golidi. 11Phazi langa lagwiritsitsa mapazi ake; ndasunga njira yake ndipo sindinapatuke. 12Sindinachoke pa lamulo la milomo yake; ndasunga mosamalitsa mau a pakamwa pake kuposa chakudya changa cha tsiku ndi tsiku. 13Koma Iye sasintha—ndani angamubweze? Chilichonse chimene akufuna, amachita. 14Pakuti adzachita chimene wandikonzera, ndipo zinthu zambiri zotere zili m'maganizo mwake. 15Nchifukwa chake ndichita mantha pamaso pake; ndikaganizira zimenezi, ndimamuopa. 16Mulungu wafowoketsa mtima wanga; Wamphamvuzonse wandichititsa mantha. 17Komabe sindinatontholetsedwe ndi mdima, ndi mdima wandiweyani umene waphimba nkhope yanga.”