Mau Oyankhula m'Malo mwa Mulungu
Elihu akulankhula m'malo mwa Mulungu: masautso ndi malangizo, khutu likutsegulidwa, ndipo Yobu akanakokedwa kupita kumalo otakasuka. Kenako mawu ake asintha kukhala odabwa: mvula yosungunuka kuchokera ku nkhungu, bingu, mphezi yolunjikitsidwa ku chandamale chake. Mulungu ndi wamkulu, ndipo sitimudziwa.
36 1Ndipo Elihu anapitiriza nati: 2“Ndilezere pang'ono, ndipo ndidzakuonetsa, pakuti pakalipobe mau oyankhula m'malo mwa Mulungu. 3Ndidzatenga nzeru zanga kuchokera kutali, ndipo ndidzapereka chilungamo kwa Mlengi wanga. 4Pakuti ndithu mau anga si abodza; wangwiro pa nzeru ali ndi iwe. 5Taona, Mulungu ndi wamphamvu, komabe sanyoza; ndi wamphamvu mu mphamvu ya kumvetsa. 6Sasunga oyipa ndi moyo, koma amapereka chilungamo kwa osautsidwa. 7Sachotsa maso ake pa olungama; amawakhazika pamodzi ndi mafumu pa mipando yaufumu kwamuyaya, ndipo amakwezedwa. 8Ndipo ngati amangidwa ndi maunyolo, nakolezedwa ndi zingwe za masautso, 9pamenepo amawawuza ntchito zawo ndi kuwukira kwawo, kuti anachita modzikuza. 10Amatsekula khutu lawo kuti alandire malangizo, ndipo amalamula kuti abwerere kuchoka ku tchimo. 11Ngati amvera ndi kumutumikira, amatsiriza masiku awo mu chuma, ndipo zaka zawo zimathera mosangalala. 12Koma ngati samvera, amawonongeka ndi lupanga, nafa wopanda nzeru. 13Osapembedza Mulungu mu mtima mwawo amasunga mkwiyo; safuulira thandizo pamene Iye amawamanga. 14Mzimu wawo umafa muunyamata, ndipo moyo wawo umathera pakati pa achiwerewere a m'kachisi. 15Amalanditsa osautsidwa mwa masautso awo, ndipo amatsekula khutu lawo kudzera m'mavuto. 16Akanakukokeranso kuchoka m'kamwa mwa masautso kupita ku malo otakata, aakulu, wopanda choletsa, ndipo tebulo lako likanakhala lodzala ndi zonona. 17Koma iwe wadzazidwa ndi chiweruzo choyenera oyipa; chiweruzo ndi chilungamo zakugwira. 18Samala kuti mkwiyo usakukope kulowa m'chipongwe, ndipo usalole kuti dipo lalikulu likusocheretse. 19Kodi kufuula kwako kopempha thandizo kungakupulumutse ku masautso, kapena mphamvu zako zonse? 20Usalakalake usiku, pamene anthu amachotsedwa pa malo awo. 21Samala; usatembenukire ku tchimo, pakuti wasankha ichi m'malo mwa masautso. 22Taona, Mulungu ndi wokwezeka mu mphamvu zake; ndani ali mphunzitsi ngati Iye?
23“Ndani anamuwuzira njira yake, kapena ndani anganene kuti, ‘Mwachita zolakwa’? 24Kumbukira kutamanda ntchito yake, imene anthu anaiimbira nyimbo. 25Anthu onse aona ntchitoyo; mtundu wa anthu umaiona kuchokera kutali. 26Taona, Mulungu ndi wamkulu, ndipo sitimudziwa Iye; chiwerengero cha zaka zake sichingafufuzidwe. 27Pakuti amakweza madontho a madzi; amasungunuka ngati mvula kuchokera ku nkhungu yake, 28imene mitambo imaitsanulira ndi kuigwetsa yochuluka pa anthu. 29Kodi alipo wina angamvetse kutambalala kwa mitambo, kugunda kwa bingu la msasa wake? 30Taona, amamwaza mphenzi yake mozungulira Iye, ndipo amaphimba kuya kwa nyanja. 31Pakuti mwa izi amalamulira anthu a mitundu; amapereka chakudya chochuluka. 32Amadzaza manja ake ndi mphenzi, ndipo amailamula kuti ikanthe pa chandamale. 33Kugunda kwake kumalankhula za Iye; ngakhale ng'ombe zimazindikira kuti mkuntho ukubwera.”