Zikole ndi Malonjezo
Machenjezo anayi osagwirizana. Tuluka msanga m'chikole chimene unalonjeza mofulumira m'malo mwa mnansi. Penya nyerere ngati sungathe kudzuka pabedi. Chenjera ndi woyambitsa mavuto amene amatsinzina ndi kukodola. Zinthu zisanu ndi ziwiri zimene Atate wathu amadana nazo. Kenako chigololo kachiwiri, ngati moto wonyamulidwa m'kati mwa malaya ako.
6 1Mwana wanga, ngati wapereka chikole cha mnansi wako, ngati wagwirana chanza polonjeza chikole cha mlendo, 2wakodwa ndi mau a pakamwa pako, wagwidwa ndi mau a pakamwa pako. 3Chita izi, mwana wanga, udzipulumutse, pakuti tsopano uli m'manja mwa mnansi wako: pita, udzichepetse, ndipo ukachonderere mnansi wako. 4Usapatse maso ako tulo, ngakhale zikope zako kuwodzera. 5Dzipulumutse ngati mphoyo yothawa m'dzanja, ngati mbalame yothawa m'dzanja la wokola.
6Pita kwa nyerere, iwe waulesi; linganiza njira zake, ndipo ukhale wanzeru. 7Popanda mkulu wake, kapena woyang'anira, kapena wolamulira, 8imakonza chakudya chake m'chilimwe ndipo imaunjika zakudya zake pa nthawi yokolola.
9Kodi udzagonabe mpaka liti, iwe waulesi? Udzadzuka liti ku tulo tako? 10Tulo pang'ono, kuwodzera pang'ono, kupinda manja pang'ono kuti upumule, 11ndipo umphawi udzakugwera ngati wachifwamba, ndipo kusowa kudzakugwera ngati munthu wokhala ndi zida.
12Munthu wopanda pake, munthu woipa, amayendayenda ndi mau okhotakhota, 13amatsinzina ndi maso ake, amachita zizindikiro ndi mapazi ake, amaloza ndi zala zake, 14ndi mtima wokhotakhota amakonza zoipa, nthawi zonse amafesa mikangano; 15chifukwa chake tsoka lidzamugwera mwadzidzidzi; mwakamphindi adzawonongedwa popanda kuchiritsidwa.
16Pali zinthu zisanu ndi chimodzi zimene Atate wathu amadana nazo, zisanu ndi ziwiri zimene zimamunyansa: 17maso onyada, lilime lonama, ndi manja okhetsa mwazi wa munthu wosalakwa, 18mtima umene umakonza zolinga zoipa, mapazi othamangira ku zoipa, 19mboni yonama yoyankhula mabodza, ndi munthu wofesa mikangano pakati pa abale.
Mau a Bambo Wako, Chishango Chako
20Mwana wanga, sunga lamulo la bambo ako, ndipo usasiye chiphunzitso cha mayi ako. 21Uzimangirire pa mtima pako nthawi zonse; uzikulungire m'khosi mwako. 22Pamene ukuyenda, zidzakutsogolera; pamene ukugona, zidzakuyang'anira iwe; ndipo pamene udzuka, zidzayankhula nawe. 23Pakuti lamulo ndi nyale, ndipo chiphunzitso ndi kuwala, ndipo chidzudzulo cha chilango ndiwo njira ya moyo, 24kuti akuteteze kwa mkazi woipa, ku lilime losalala la mkazi wachigololo.
25Usasirire kukongola kwake mu mtima mwako, ndipo usamulole kuti akugwire ndi zikope zake; 26pakuti mtengo wa mkazi wachiwerewere ndi chakudya chokha, koma mkazi wa mwini amasaka moyo wamtengo wapatali. 27Kodi munthu angathe kunyamula moto pachifuwa pake, zovala zake zosapsa? 28Kapena munthu angayende pa makala amoto mapazi ake wosapsa? 29Momwemonso ndi munthu wogona ndi mkazi wa mnansi wake; palibe womukhudza amene adzakhale wosalangidwa.
30Anthu sanyoza wakuba ngati waba kuti akhutitse mimba yake pamene ali ndi njala, 31koma akagwidwa, adzalipira kasanu ndi kawiri; adzapereka chuma chonse cha m'nyumba mwake. 32Munthu wochita chigololo alibe nzeru; amene amachita zimenezi amadziwononga yekha. 33Adzalandira mabala ndi manyazi, ndipo mnyozo wake sudzafafanizidwa.
34Pakuti nsanje imamukwiyitsa mwamuna, ndipo sadzachita chifundo pa tsiku lobwezera. 35Sadzalandira dipo lililonse; adzakana ngakhale chiphuphu chikhale chachikulu motani.