Nzeru Zimanga Nyumba
Kumanga ndi kupulumutsa. Nyumba imamangidwa ndi nzeru, ndipo munthu wolungama amagwa kasanu ndi kawiri nadzukanso. Chimakana kukondwera mdani akagwa, ndipo chimakana chifukwa chakuti sitinadziwe pamene anthu akutengedwa kuti akaphedwe. Munda wa mphesa wodzaza ndi udzu umaphunzitsa.
24 1Usachitire nsanje anthu oyipa, ndipo usalakalake kukhala nawo, 2pakuti mitima yawo imakonzekera chiwawa, ndipo milomo yawo imayankhula za mavuto.
3Ndi nzeru nyumba imamangidwa, ndipo ndi kuzindikira imakhazikika; 4ndipo ndi chidziwitso zipinda zake zimadzala ndi chuma chonse chamtengo wapatali ndi chokondweretsa.
5Munthu wanzeru ndi wodzala ndi mphamvu, ndipo munthu wodziwa zinthu amawonjezera mphamvu zake, 6pakuti ndi malangizo anzeru ukhoza kuchita nkhondo yako, ndipo chipambano chimadza kudzera mwa alangizi ambiri.
7Nzeru ndi yapamwamba kwambiri kwa chitsiru; pa chipata, alibe choti anene. 8Aliyense amene amakonza kuchita zoyipa adzatchedwa wochita chiwembu. 9Chiwembu cha chitsiru ndi uchimo, ndipo wonyoza ndi wonyansa kwa anthu.
10Ngati ulefuka m'nthawi ya mavuto, mphamvu zako ndi zochepa. 11Pulumutsa amene akutengedwa ku imfa, ndipo letsa amene akupunthwa kulowera ku kuphedwa. 12Ngati unena kuti, “Taona, sitidadziwa izi,” kodi Iye amene amayesa mtima sazindikira? Kodi Iye amene amasunga moyo wako sadziwa zimenezi? Ndipo kodi sadzabwezera munthu aliyense molingana ndi ntchito zake?
13Mwana wanga, idya uchi, pakuti ndi wabwino, ndipo madontho a chisa cha uchi ndi okoma pakamwa pako. 14Dziwa kuti nzeru ili chimodzimodzi kwa moyo wako; ngati uipeza, kuli tsogolo, ndipo chiyembekezo chako sichidzadulidwa.
15Usabisale, iwe munthu woyipa, kudikira nyumba ya wolungama; usawononge malo ake opumira, 16pakuti ngakhale wolungama agwa kasanu ndi kawiri, amadzukanso, koma oyipa amagwa mu tsoka.
17Usakondwere pamene mdani wako agwa, ndipo usalole mtima wako kusangalala pamene apunthwa, 18mwina Atate wathu angaone, nakhumudwa, nachotsa mkwiyo Wake pa iye.
19Usavutike mtima chifukwa cha ochita zoyipa, ndipo usachitire nsanje oyipa, 20pakuti munthu woyipa alibe tsogolo; nyale ya oyipa idzazimitsidwa.
21Mwana wanga, uziopa Atate wathu ndi mfumu, ndipo usagwirizane ndi amene amawawukira, 22pakuti tsoka lawo lidzadza mwadzidzidzi, ndipo ndani adziwa chiwonongeko chimene onse awiri angabweretse?
Chiweruzo Chopanda Tsankho
23Awanso ndi mawu a anzeru: Kuonetsa tsankho poweruza si kwabwino. 24Aliyense amene anena kwa wolakwa kuti, “Ndiwe wosalakwa,” mitundu idzamutemberera, ndipo mayiko adzamudzudzula, 25koma zidzawayendera bwino amene amalanga wolakwa, ndipo madalitso ochuluka adzadza pa iwo. 26Yankho loona lili ngati kupsompsona pa milomo. 27Konza ntchito yako kunja, konzekeretsa minda yako, ndipo pambuyo pake umange nyumba yako. 28Usakhale mboni yotsutsa mnansi wako popanda chifukwa; kodi unganyenge ndi milomo yako? 29Usanene kuti, “Ndidzamuchitira monga anandichitira; ndidzabwezera munthuyu molingana ndi zimene wachita.” 30Ndinadutsa pa munda wa munthu waulesi, pa munda wa mpesa wa munthu wopanda nzeru, 31ndipo onani, wonse unali wokutidwa ndi minga; nthaka inali yophimbidwa ndi khwisa, ndipo mpanda wake wa miyala unali wogwetsedwa. 32Pamenepo ndinapenya ndi kuzilingalira mu mtima; ndinaona ndi kulandira chilangizo. 33Kugona pang'ono, kuwodzera pang'ono, kupinda manja pang'ono kuti upume, 34ndipo umphawi udzakudzera ngati wachifwamba, ndipo kusowa ngati munthu wa zida.