Mpfundzisi Asalonga
Ekleziaste isasaka thangwi ya umaso “pantsi pa dzuwa,” mbuto yenekuyo ya dziko yapantsi Mpfundzisi asaona Mulungu ninga wakutali na wakusaya kudziwika—asacemerwa Mulungu basi, kazinji kene nee Baba tayu. Mbwenye pyakupangiza manja ace piri paliponsene: mphaso iri yonsene yadidi ya umaso wa ntsiku na ntsiku isabuluka m'manja mwace.
1 1Mafala a Mpfundzisi, mwana wa Dhavidhi, mambo ku Yerusalemu. a a v1 Bukhu ya Ekleziaste ndi umboni wa Koeleti — 'Nyakumwaza Mphangwa' peno 'Ule anagumanya mpingo wa anthu.' M'bukhu yonsene, Koeleti asalonga pya Mulungu ninga Mulungu wakutali, nkhabe kufika ku dzina yaucibale ya 'Baba.' Bukhu isasunga kuneta kwandimomwene kwa umaso unakhaliwa 'pantsi pa dzuwa' — mwakusowa ufupi udapangizwa wa Baba wathu. Yezu asabwera toera kubweresa Baba cifupi (Juwau 14:9). 2“Pyakupita, pyakupita kakamwe,” asalonga Mpfundzisi, “pyakupita kakamwe! Pyonsene ndi pyakupita basi.”
3Kodi munthu asagumana phindu yanji na basa yonsene inaphata iye mwakuwanga pantsi pa dzuwa? 4Dzindza ibodzi isapita, dzindza inango isabwera, mbwenye dziko isakhala kwa muyaya. 5Dzuwa isatuluka, dzuwa isadoka, mbaicimbiza kubwerera ku mbuto inatulukira iyo. 6Mphepo isawuta mbienda kumwera, mbizungunuka kuenda kumpoto; isazungunuka mwakubwereza, mbibwerera pontho m'mazungunuko mwayo. 7Mikulo yonsene isathamanga kuenda ku bara, mbwenye bara nkhabe kudzala; mikulo isabwerera ku mbuto inatomera iyo, mbitherera pontho. 8Pinthu pyonsene ndi pyakuneta, kupiringana pinakwanisa munthu kulonga; diso nkhabe kukhuta na kuona, ne khutu kudzala na kubva. 9Pidakhalapo ndi pinafuna kukhalapo, pidacitwa ndi pinafuna kucitwa; nkhabe cinthu cipsa pantsi pa dzuwa. 10Kodi pana cinthu cinakwanisa munthu kucipangiza mbalonga kuti: “Lang'ana, ici ndi cipsa”? Cikhalipo kale, mu midzidzi yakalekale ife tidzati kuwapo. 11Nkhabe cikumbuso ca ale adakhalapo kale, ngakhale ale anafuna kubwera nkhabe kudzakumbukwa na ale anafuna kuatowera.
Kusaka kwa Salomoni
12Ine, Mpfundzisi, ndikhali mambo wa Izarayeli ku Yerusalemu. 13Ndapereka ntima wanga toera kusaka na kufufudza mwa udziwi pinthu pyonsene pinacitwa pantsi pa kudzulu — basa yakunentsa idapasa Mulungu anthu toera kuphatana nayo. 14Ndaona mabasa onsene adacitwa pantsi pa dzuwa, na lang'ana — pyonsene ndi pyakupita basi, kutowera mphepo. 15Cinthu cakugwetama nkhabe kwanisika kulungamiswa, na cinthu cakusowa nkhabe kwanisika kulengeswa. 16Ndalonga mu ntima mwanga kuti: “Lang'ana, ndakula kakamwe mbandigumana udziwi wakupiringana onsene adatonga Yerusalemu patsogolo panga; ntima wanga waona udziwi uzinji na cidziwiso cizinji.” 17Ndaikha ntima wanga toera kudziwa udziwi, na upswiru na uzeze; ndadziwa kuti ipimbo ndi kutowera mphepo. 18Thangwi udziwi uzinji usabweresa kutsukwala kukulu, pontho munthu angathimiza cidziwiso, asathimiza kuphamba kwa ntima.
