Lumbiro la Yobu la Mtima Woyera
Yobu amaliza ndi lumbiro, akutsegula moyo wake chinthu ndi chinthu: palibe chilakolako choipa, palibe bodza, palibe kukana wantchito chilungamo, palibe kudya yekha pamene mwana wamasiye ali ndi njala, palibe kudalira golide. Asaina ndi kufuna kuti mlandu uwerengedwe. Kenako mawu ake angotha.
31 1“Ndinachita pangano ndi maso anga; nanga nditha bwanji kuyang'ana namwali? 2Pakuti ndikanakhala ndi gawo lanji kuchokera kwa Mulungu wakumwamba, cholowa chanji kuchokera kwa Wamphamvuzonse wakumwambako? 3Kodi si tsoka kwa osalungama, ndi chiwonongeko kwa ochita zoipa? 4Kodi Iye saona njira zanga, ndi kuwerenga mayendedwe anga onse?
5“Ngati ndakhala ndi moyo wabodza, ndipo phazi langa lathamangira kuchinyengo, 6Iye andiyeze pa masikelo olungama, ndipo Mulungu adziwe ungwiro wanga, 7ngati mapazi anga apatuka panjira, ndipo mtima wanga watsatira maso anga, ndipo banga lililonse lamamatira m'manja mwanga, 8pamenepo ine ndifese koma wina adye, ndipo zomera zanga zizulidwe.
9“Ngati mtima wanga wakopeka ndi mkazi, ndipo ndabisalira pa khomo la mnansi wanga, 10pamenepo mkazi wanga atumikire mwamuna wina, ndipo ena agone naye. 11Pakuti icho chikanakhala mlandu wochititsa manyazi, tchimo loyenera chiweruzo; 12pakuti ndi moto umene umapsereza mpaka ku Chiwonongeko, ndipo ukanatentha zokolola zanga zonse.
13“Ngati ndakaniza chilungamo kwa wantchito wanga wamwamuna kapena wamkazi pamene anabwera ndi dandaulo lotsutsana nane, 14nanga ndidzatani pamene Mulungu adzadzuka? Pamene adzandifunsa, ndidzamuyankha chiyani? 15Kodi Iye amene anandipanga m'mimba sanapangenso wantchito wanga? Kodi si Yemweyo amene anatiwumba tonse awiri m'mimba?
16“Ngati ndinamana osauka zomwe ankazifuna, kapena kulola kuti maso a mkazi wamasiye afooke, 17kapena kudya chakudya changa ndekha pamene mwana wamasiye analibe, 18ngakhale kuyambira ubwana wanga ndinamulera ngati bambo momwe akanachitira, ndipo kuyambira m'mimba mwa amayi anga ndinatsogolera mkazi wamasiye, 19ngati ndinaona wina aliyense akufa ndi kusowa chovala, kapena munthu wosowa wopanda chofunda, 20ngati mtima wake wonse sunandidalitse chifukwa chomufunditsa ndi ubweya wa nkhosa zanga, 21ngati ndinakweza dzanja langa kumenya mwana wamasiye chifukwa ndinaona kuti ndili ndi othandizira ku bwalo la milandu, 22pamenepo phewa langa lichotsedwe pa mafupa ake, ndipo mkono wanga uthyoke pa cholumikizira chake. 23Pakuti tsoka lochokera kwa Mulungu linali choopsa kwa ine, ndipo pamaso pa ulemerero wake sindikanatha kuchita kanthu.
24“Ngati ndinayika golide kukhala chikhulupiriro changa, kapena kunena kwa golide wabwino kuti, ‘Iwe ndiwe chitetezo changa,’ 25ngati ndinanyadira kuti chuma changa chinali chachikulu, kuti dzanja langa linapeza zambiri, 26ngati ndinayang'ana dzuwa pamene linkawala, kapena mwezi ukuyenda mu ulemerero, 27kotero kuti mtima wanga unanyengedwa mwachinsinsi, ndipo dzanja langa linazipsompsona polambira, 28ichinso chikanakhala tchimo loyenera chiweruzo, pakuti ndikanakhala wosakhulupirika kwa Mulungu wakumwamba.
29“Ngati ndinakondwera ndi chiwonongeko cha munthu amene anandida, kapena kusangalala pamene tsoka linamugwera. 30Sindinalole pakamwa panga kuchimwa potemberera moyo wake, 31ngati anthu a m'nyumba mwanga sananenepo kuti, ‘Ndani amene sanakhute pa tebulo lake?’, 32palibe mlendo amene anagona mumsewu, pakuti ndinatsegulira makomo anga kwa woyenda. 33Ngati ndinabisa machimo anga monga momwe ena amachitira, kubisa kulakwa kwanga mu mtima mwanga, 34chifukwa ndinaopa kwambiri gulu la anthu, ndipo kunyozedwa ndi mafuko kunandichititsa mantha, kotero kuti ndinakhala chete osatuluka panja.
35“Ha, pakanakhala wina amene akanamva ine! Apa pali siginecha yanga— Wamphamvuzonse andiyankhe ine! Wondineneza alembe mlandu wake! 36Ndithudi ndikanaunyamula pa phewa langa, ndikanaumanga pa ine ngati korona. 37Ndikanamuwuza za mayendedwe anga onse; ngati kalonga ndikanamuyandikira.
38“Ngati munda wanga walira kunditsutsa ine, ndipo mizere yake yalira pamodzi, 39ngati ndinadya zokolola zake popanda kulipira, kapena kuchotsa moyo wa eni ake, 40pamenepo minga imere m'malo mwa tirigu, ndipo udzu wonunkha m'malo mwa balere.” Mau a Yobu atha.