Chiyembekezo Chochedwa, Chokhumba Chokwaniritsidwa
Ndalama ndi zilakolako zikudutsa m'mutu wonse, kuyambira kudzionetsa ngati wolemera pamene ulibe kanthu, mpaka chinyengo chimene chimachepa pamene kusunga pang'onopang'ono kumakula. Ukutchulanso ululu wa kudikira, popeza chiyembekezo chochedwa chimadwalitsa mtima. Abwenzi ndi ofunika: yenda ndi anzeru ndipo udzakhala wanzeru.
13 1Mwana wanzeru amamvera malangizo a atate wake, koma wonyoza samvera chidzudzulo. 2Munthu amasangalala ndi zinthu zabwino kuchokera ku chipatso cha pakamwa pake, koma chokhumba cha wonyenga ndi chiwawa. 3Wosunga pakamwa pake amateteza moyo wake, koma wotsegula milomo yake kwambiri adzawonongeka. 4Munthu waulesi amakhumba koma sapeza kanthu, koma chokhumba cha wakhama chimakhutitsidwa kwambiri. 5Wolungama amadana ndi bodza, koma woipa amabweretsa manyazi ndi chitonzo. 6Chilungamo chimateteza munthu amene njira yake ilibe cholakwa, koma kuipa kumagwetsa wochimwa. 7Munthu wina amadziyesa wolemera, komatu alibe kanthu; wina amadziyesa wosauka, komatu ali ndi chuma chambiri. 8Chuma cha munthu chingawombole moyo wake, koma wosauka samva kuopsezedwa. 9Kuwala kwa wolungama kumawala mosangalala, koma nyale ya woipa idzazimitsidwa. 10Kudzikuza kumangobweretsa mikangano, koma nzeru ili ndi iwo amene amafunsa malangizo. 11Chuma chopeza mwachinyengo chimachepa ndi kutha, koma amene amasonkhanitsa pang'onopang'ono amachichulukitsa. 12Chiyembekezo chochedwa chimadwalitsa mtima, koma chokhumba chokwaniritsidwa ndi mtengo wa moyo. 13Amene amanyoza mawu amadziwononga yekha, koma amene amaopa lamulo adzalandira mphoto. 14Chiphunzitso cha anzeru ndi kasupe wa moyo, chomwe chimachotsa munthu ku misampha ya imfa. 15Nzeru zabwino zimapeza chisomo, koma njira ya onyenga imawawononga. 16Munthu aliyense wochenjera amachita zinthu mwanzeru, koma chitsiru chimaonetsera uchitsiru wake. 17Wamthenga woipa amagwera m'mavuto, koma nthumwi yokhulupirika imabweretsa machiritso. 18Umphawi ndi manyazi zimafika kwa amene amanyalanyaza chilango, koma amene amamvera chidzudzulo amalemekezedwa. 19Chokhumba chokwaniritsidwa chimakoma ku moyo, koma kuleka zoipa ndiye chonyansa kwa zitsiru. 20Amene amayenda ndi anzeru amakhala wanzeru, koma mnzawo wa zitsiru amavulazidwa. 21Tsoka limatsatira ochimwa, koma olungama amalandira zabwino. 22Munthu wabwino amasiyira zidzukulu zake cholowa, koma chuma cha wochimwa chimasungidwira wolungama. 23Munda wosalimidwa wa wosauka ukhoza kutulutsa chakudya chochuluka, koma chimasesedwa chifukwa cha kusowa kwa chilungamo. 24Amene amamana ndodo amadana ndi mwana wake, koma amene amamkonda amachita changu kumulanga. 25Wolungama amadya nakhuta, koma mimba ya woipa imakhala ndi njala.
