Chigonjetso Ncha Atate wathu
Chilungamo ndi chilakolako. Kuchita zoyenera kumakondweretsa Atate wathu kuposa nsembe, ndipo wotseka makutu ake kwa osauka, kulira kwake komwe sikudzayankhidwa. Chilakolako chimapha munthu waulesi. Kawiri amanena kuti ngodya ya denga imaposa nyumba yogawana ndi mkazi wolongolola.
21 1Mtima wa mfumu uli ngati mtsinje wa madzi m'dzanja la Atate wathu; amawutembenuza kulikonse kumene afuna. 2Njira iliyonse ya munthu imaoneka yolungama pamaso pake, koma Atate wathu amayesa mtima. 3Kuchita chilungamo ndi chiweruzo cholungama kumakondweretsa Atate wathu kuposa nsembe. 4Maso odzikuza ndi mtima wonyada— nyale ya oipa—ndi tchimo. 5Malingaliro a wakhama amafikitsadi ku zochuluka, koma onse ofulumira amatsiriza mu umphawi. 6Kupeza chuma ndi lilime lonama ndi nthunzi yosakhalitsa, msampha wakupha. 7Chiwawa cha oipa chidzawakokera kutali, chifukwa amakana kuchita chilungamo. 8Njira ya munthu wolakwa ndi yokhotakhota, koma makhalidwe a woyera mtima ngolungama. 9Kukhala pa ngodya ya padenga nkwabwino kuposa kukhala m'nyumba imodzi ndi mkazi wolimbana. 10Moyo wa woipa umalakalaka zoipa; mnansi wake sapeza chifundo pamaso pake. 11Pamene wonyoza alangidwa, wopusa amakhala wanzeru; pamene wanzeru aphunzitsidwa, amapeza chidziwitso. 12Atate wathu, Wolungama, amayang'anitsitsa nyumba ya oipa ndipo amagwetsa oipa ku chiwonongeko. 13Aliyense wotseka makutu ake ku kulira kwa osauka nayenso adzalira koma sadzayankhidwa. 14Mphatso yoperekedwa mseri imathetsa mkwiyo, ndipo chiphuphu choperekedwa mobisa mu mkanjo chimatonthoza ukali wamphamvu. 15Pamene chiweruzo cholungama chachitika, chimakhala chimwemwe kwa olungama koma mantha kwa ochita zoipa. 16Munthu wopatuka ku njira ya nzeru adzapumula mu msonkhano wa akufa. 17Aliyense wokonda zokondweretsa adzakhala wosauka; wokonda vinyo ndi mafuta sadzalemera konse. 18Oipa amakhala dipo la olungama, ndipo achinyengo m'malo mwa owongoka mtima. 19Kukhala m'dziko la chipululu nkwabwino kuposa kukhala ndi mkazi wolimbana ndi wodandaula. 20Chuma chamtengo wapatali ndi mafuta zili m'nyumba ya wanzeru, koma chitsiru chimadya zonse zimene chili nazo. 21Aliyense wotsata chilungamo ndi chikondi chokhulupirika adzapeza moyo, chilungamo, ndi ulemu. 22Munthu wanzeru amakwera mzinda wa amphamvu ndipo amagwetsa linga limene amalidalira. 23Aliyense wosamalira pakamwa pake ndi lilime lake amadzisunga ku mavuto. 24“Wonyoza” ndi dzina la wodzikuza ndi wonyada amene amachita zinthu mwa kunyoza kwakukulu. 25Chilakolako cha munthu waulesi chimamupha, pakuti manja ake amakana kugwira ntchito. 26Tsiku lonse chilakolako chimakula, koma olungama amapereka ndipo sabisira. 27Nsembe ya oipa ndi yonyansa—koposatu ikabweretsedwa ndi cholinga choipa. 28Mboni yabodza idzawonongeka, koma aliyense womvetsera adzachitira umboni mpaka muyaya. 29Munthu woipa amaumitsa nkhope yake, koma owongoka mtima amaganizira njira zawo. 30Palibe nzeru, palibe kuzindikira, palibe uphungu umene ungathe kuyima polimbana ndi Atate wathu. 31Hatchi imakonzedwa kukonzekera tsiku la nkhondo, koma chigonjetso ncha Atate wathu.
