Elihu Alankhula ndi Yobu
Elihu auza Yobu kuti iyenso ndi dongo chabe, palibe choopa. Yankho lake ndi lakuti Mulungu amalankhula, m'maloto ndi m'zowawa pabedi la odwala, kuti abweze munthu kuchokera kudzenje, ndipo mkhalapakati anganene kuti: mupulumutseni, ndapeza dipo.
33 1“Koma tsopano, Yobu, imva mau anga; tchera khutu ku zonse zimene ndinena. 2Taona, ndatsekula pakamwa panga; lilime langa likupanga mau m'kamwa mwanga. 3Mau anga achokera mu mtima wolungama, ndipo milomo yanga ikunena mowona zimene ikuzidziwa. 4Mzimu wa Mulungu wandilenga ine, ndipo mpweya wa Wamphamvuzonse umandipatsa moyo. 5Ndiyankhe, ngati ungathe; konza mlandu wako pamaso panga, ndipo uyimirire. 6Taona, ine ndili ngati iwe pamaso pa Mulungu; inenso ndinawumbidwa kuchokera ku dongo. 7Kuopsa kwanga kusakuchititse mantha iwe, ndipo kundipsinja kwanga kusakulemetse.
8“Zoonadi wanena pamene ine ndikumva—ine ndinamva liwu lenileni la mau ako. 9‘Ine ndine woyera, wopanda chiwukiro; ndine wangwiro, ndipo mwa ine mulibe mlandu. 10Komabe Iye apeza zolakwa mwa ine; andiyesa mdani wake. 11Amamanga mapazi anga m'zigoli; amayang'anitsitsa njira zanga zonse.’
12“Koma pa chinthu ichi iwe sukulungama, ndikukuyankha, pakuti Mulungu ndi wamkulu kuposa munthu aliyense. 13Chifukwa chiyani umatsutsana naye, kuti sayankha ngakhale mau amodzi a munthu? 14Pakuti Mulungu amalankhula m'njira imodzi, ndipo kenako m'njira inanso, ngakhale palibe amene amazindikira. 15M'maloto, mu masomphenya a usiku, pamene tulo tofa nato tagwera anthu akugona pa mabedi awo, 16pamenepo amawatsekula makutu awo ndipo amasindikiza machenjezo ake mwa iwo, 17kuti amubweze munthu ku zoipa zake ndi kumuteteza munthu ku kunyada, 18amasunga moyo wawo ku dzenje, moyo wawo kuti usawonongeke ndi lupanga.
19“Munthu amalangidwanso ndi ululu ali pa bedi lake, ndi kupweteka kosalekeza m'mafupa ake, 20kotero kuti moyo wake umanyansidwa ndi chakudya, ndipo mzimu wake umakana chakudya chokoma. 21Thupi lake limawonda, ndipo mafupa ake, amene anali obisika, tsopano aonekera. 22Moyo wake uyandikira ku dzenje, ndipo moyo wake kwa amene amabweretsa imfa.
23“Ngati pali mthenga womuyimirira, mkhalapakati—mmodzi mwa 1,000—wakuti auze munthu zimene zili zoyenera kwa iye, 24nachita naye chifundo nati, ‘Mpulumutse kuti asatsikire ku dzenje; ndapeza dipo,’ a a v24 Dipo limene limapulumutsa moyo ku dzenje likuloza kupitirira mau a Elihu, ku dipo limene Atate wathu adzapereka tsiku lina mwa Yesu, amene anapereka moyo wake kukhala dipo la anthu ambiri. 25pamenepo thupi lake limakhala lofewa kuposa la mwana; amabwerera ku masiku a unyamata wake. 26Amapemphera kwa Mulungu, ndipo wopembedzayo amalandiridwa ndi Iye; wopembedzayo aona nkhope ya Mulungu akufuula ndi chimwemwe, ndipo Mulungu amabwezeretsa chilungamo chake kwa munthuyo. 27Amayimba pamaso pa anzake nati, ‘Ndinachimwa napotoza cholungama, komabe sindinalangidwe molingana nazo. 28Iye anawombola moyo wanga kuti usatsikire ku dzenje, ndipo ndidzaona kuwala.’
29“Taona, Mulungu amachita zonsezi kawirikawiri ndi munthu, 30kuti abwezeretse moyo wake kuchokera ku dzenje, kuti awunikiridwe ndi kuwala kwa amoyo.
31“Mvetsera, Yobu; tchera khutu kwa ine. Khala chete, ndipo ine ndilankhula. 32Ngati uli ndi chonena, ndiyankhe ine; lankhula, pakuti ndikhala wokondwa kukuona iwe utalungamitsidwa. 33Ngati sichoncho, mvetsera kwa ine; khala chete, ndipo ndidzakuphunzitsa nzeru.”
