Mwana Wanga, Undipatse Mtima Wako
Makhalidwe a pa tebulo, ndipo pansi pake pali china chovuta kwambiri. Samala pa zakudya zokoma za wolamulira, ndipo usadzitopetse kuthamangira chuma chimene chimamera mapiko ndi kuuluka. Chimatha ndi chithunzi cha chidakwa, chomenyedwa koma osamva, chimene chimadzuka kuti chifunefune chakumwa china.
23 1Pamene wakhala pansi kudya ndi wolamulira, ganizira mosamala zimene zili pamaso pako, 2ndipo uyike mpeni pa mmero wako ngati ndiwe munthu wolamulidwa ndi dyera. 3Usasirire zakudya zake zokoma, pakuti ndi chakudya chonyenga.
4Usadzitopetse kuti ulemere; khala ndi nzeru zodziletsa. 5Ukangoyang'ana chuma, chimasowa, pakuti mwadzidzidzi chimamera mapiko nuuluka kumwamba ngati chiwombankhanga.
6Usadye chakudya cha munthu waumbombo, ndipo usasirire zakudya zake zokoma, 7pakuti iye ndi munthu amene amawerengabe mtengo mumtima mwake. “Idya ndipo umwe!” amatero iye kwa iwe, koma mtima wake suli ndi iwe. 8Udzasanza zochepa zimene wadya, ndipo udzaonongera pachabe mau ako okoma.
9Usayankhule chitsiru chikumva, pakuti chidzanyoza nzeru za mau ako.
10Usasunthe mwala wa malire wakalekale, kapena kulowerera m'minda ya ana amasiye, 11pakuti Mwomboli wawo ndi wamphamvu; Atate wathu adzawateteza pa mlandu wawo kutsutsana ndi iwe. a a v11 Munthu akalakwira wamasiye amene alibe womuteteza, Atate wathu mwini amakhala womuteteza nadzitengera mlandu wake ngati wawo.
12Perekeza mtima wako ku malangizo, ndi makutu ako ku mau a chidziwitso.
13Usamane mwana chilango; ngati umkwapula ndi ndodo, sadzafa. 14Umkwapule ndi ndodo, ndipo udzapulumutsa moyo wake ku manda.
15Mwana wanga, ngati mtima wako uli wanzeru, mtima wanganso udzakondwera. 16Zam'kati mwanga zonse zidzasangalala pamene milomo yako idzayankhula zolungama.
17Usalole mtima wako kuchitira nsanje anthu ochimwa, koma khalabe mu kuopa Atate wathu tsiku lonse. 18Zoonadi kuli tsogolo, ndipo chiyembekezo chako sichidzadulidwa.
19Imva, mwana wanga, nukhale wanzeru, ndipo usunge mtima wako pa njira yoyenera. 20Usakhale pakati pa amene amaledzera vinyo, kapena amene amadya nyama mwadyera, 21pakuti woledzera ndi wadyera adzafika pa umphawi, ndipo tulo tochuluka tidzawaveka nsanza.
22Imvera atate wako, amene anakubala, ndipo usanyoze amayi ako pamene akalamba. 23Gula choonadi, ndipo usachigulitse; gula nzeru, malangizo, ndi kumvetsetsa. 24Bambo wa mwana wolungama adzakondwera kwambiri; aliyense amene amabala mwana wanzeru adzasangalala naye. 25Bambo ndi amayi ako akondwere; amene anakubereka asangalale.
26Mwana wanga, undipatse mtima wako, ndipo maso ako asangalale ndi njira zanga. 27Pakuti hule ndi dzenje lozama, ndipo mkazi wachigololo ali ngati chitsime chopapatiza. 28Iye amabisalira ngati mbava, ndipo amatsogolera amuna ambiri ku kupanda chikhulupiriro.
29Ndani ali ndi tsoka? Ndani ali ndi chisoni? Ndani ali ndi mikangano? Ndani ali ndi madandaulo? Ndani ali ndi mabala a pachabe? Ndani ali ndi maso ofiira? 30Ndi amene amakhalitsa pa vinyo, amene amapita kukalawa mbale za vinyo wosakaniza. 31Usayang'anitsitse vinyo pamene uli wofiira, pamene ukunyezimira mu chikho ndipo umatsetsereka bwino m'mmero. 32Pa mapeto umaluma ngati njoka, nululuma ngati mphiri. 33Maso ako adzaona zinthu zachilendo, ndipo mtima wako udzayankhula zinthu zokhotakhota. 34Udzakhala ngati munthu wogona pakati pa nyanja, ngati munthu wogona pamwamba pa mtengo wa ngalawa. 35“Andimenya, koma sindinamve ululu; andikwapula, koma sindinadziwe zimenezo. Kodi ndidzadzuka liti? Ndidzafunafuna chakumwa chinanso.”
