Malamulo a Atate, Moyo wa Mwana
Malangizo kwa mwana, makamaka okhudza kudalira: usatsamire pa luntha lako, lemekeza Atate wathu ndi zimene umapeza, usaipidwe ndi chilango chake. Kenako nzeru ikuyamikidwa koposa siliva, ndipo pali malamulo achindunji a anansi, kuphatikizapo kulipira ngongole lero osati mawa.
3 1Mwana wanga, usaiwale chiphunzitso changa, koma mtima wako usunge malamulo anga, 2pakuti adzakuwonjezera kutalika kwa masiku ndi zaka za moyo ndi mtendere. 3Usalole kuti chikondi cha pangano ndi kukhulupirika zikusiye; uzimange m'khosi mwako, uzilembe pa chapa cha mtima wako. 4Motero udzapeza chiyanjo ndi mbiri yabwino pamaso pa Atate wathu ndi pa anthu.
5Khulupirira Atate wathu ndi mtima wako wonse, ndipo usatsamire pa kumvetsa kwako wekha. 6Pa njira zako zonse umvomereze Iye, ndipo adzaongola njira zako.
7Usadziyese wanzeru pamaso pako wekha; uope Atate wathu, ndipo uchoke ku zoipa. 8Zimenezi zidzakhala machiritso a thupi lako ndi kutsitsimutsa kwa mafupa ako.
9Lemekeza Atate wathu ndi chuma chako ndi zipatso zoyamba za zokolola zako zonse, a a v9 Zipatso zoyamba zinali gawo loyamba ndi labwino koposa la zokolola, loperekedwa kwa Atate wathu zokololazo zisanagwiritsidwe ntchito iliyonse. 10pamenepo nkhokwe zako zidzadzaza ndi zochuluka, ndipo mitsuko yako idzasefukira vinyo watsopano.
11Mwana wanga, usanyoze chilango cha Atate wathu, ndipo usatope ndi chidzudzulo chake, 12pakuti Atate wathu amalanga amene mtima wake umamukonda, monga momwe bambo amalangira mwana amene amakondwera naye.
13Wodala ndi munthu amene apeza nzeru, ndi amene apeza kuzindikira, 14pakuti phindu lochokera mwa iyo liposa phindu la siliva, ndipo malipiro ake aposa golidi. 15Iyo ndi yamtengo wapatali koposa miyala yamtengo wapatali, ndipo palibe chimene umachilakalaka chingafanane nayo. 16Moyo wautali uli m'dzanja lake lamanja; m'dzanja lake lamanzere muli chuma ndi ulemu. 17Njira zake ndi zokondweretsa, ndipo njira zake zonse ndi mtendere. 18Iyo ndi mtengo wa moyo kwa amene amaigwira; amene amaigwiritsitsa amatchedwa odala.
19Atate wathu ndi nzeru anakhazikitsa dziko lapansi; ndi kuzindikira anakhazikitsa kumwamba; 20ndi chidziwitso chake nyanja zozama zinang'ambuka, ndipo mitambo imagwetsa mame.
21Mwana wanga, usazilole zimenezi zichoke pamaso pako; sunga nzeru yeniyeni ndi kulingalira bwino, 22ndipo zidzakhala moyo wa moyo wako ndi chokometsera cha m'khosi mwako. 23Pamenepo udzayenda pa njira yako mosatekeseka, ndipo phazi lako silidzapunthwa. 24Ukagona, sudzachita mantha; ukagona, tulo tako tidzakhala tokoma. 25Usachite mantha ndi zoopsa zadzidzidzi, kapena chiwonongeko cha anthu oipa chikadza, 26pakuti Atate wathu adzakhala chidaliro chako ndipo adzasunga phazi lako kuti lisakodwe.
27Usamane zabwino kwa amene ayenera kuzilandira, pamene uli ndi mphamvu zochitira zimenezo. 28Usanene kwa mnansi wako kuti, “Pita, ndipo ubwerenso, ndipo mawa ndidzakupatsa”—pamene uli nazo. 29Usakonzere mnansi wako zoipa, amene akhala pafupi nawe mokhulupirira. 30Usakangane ndi munthu wina popanda chifukwa, pamene sanakuchitire choipa chilichonse.
31Usachitire nsanje munthu wankhanza, ndipo usasankhe njira zake zina zilizonse, 32pakuti munthu wachinyengo ndi wonyansa kwa Atate wathu, koma amauza wolungama zinsinsi zake. 33Temberero la Atate wathu lili pa nyumba ya anthu oipa, koma amadalitsa khomo la olungama. 34Kwa onyoza Iye amawanyoza, koma kwa odzichepetsa amawapatsa chisomo. 35Anzeru adzalandira ulemu, koma opusa adzapeza manyazi okha.