Cidindikiro pa Ntima
Nkazi asafuna mbakwanisa kupangiza kufuna kwace pakweru mwakukhonda kunyozwa, mbapempha kuti aikhwe ninga cidindo pa ntima wace. Kufuna kuli na mphambvu ninga kufa, nyalubi ya Baba wathu yakuti madzi mazinji nkhabe kuizimisa, na kobiri ingadaipasa. Nkazi adasankhula iye ene.
8 1Mbudakhala iwe ninga m'bale wanga, ule adamwa m'mabere a mai wanga! Ndingakugumana kunja, mbandikupswompsona, nkhabe munthu mbadandipwaza. 2Mbandikutsogolera iwe, mbandikupitisa n'nyumba ya mai wanga—iye adandipfundzisa ine. Mbandikumwesa vinyu yakusanganizwa na zakununkhira, madzi a romã yanga. 3Nkono wace wakumadzere uli pantsi pa nsolo wanga, nkono wace wamadyo usandikhumbatira. 4Ndisakupangani, imwe ana a akazi a ku Yerusalemu: lekani kutsukusa peno kulamusa kufuna mpaka kudzafika n'dzidzi wace.
5Mbani uyu anakwira mbabuluka ku thando, acitsamira pa ule anamfuna iye? Pantsi pa muti wa maçã ndakulamusa iwe; penepo mai wako akhabva kupha kwa kukubala, penepo ule adakubala iwe abva kupha.
6Ndiikhe ninga cidindikiro pa ntima wako, ninga cidindikiro pa nkono wako; thangwi kufuna ndi kwamphambvu ninga kufa, njiru yace yakukhonda kukunda ninga manda. Isaetima ninga moto, lirimi leneri la moto la Baba wathu. a a v6 Moto wa kufuna pano wacemerwa na dzina ya Mulungu ene — kufuna uku kusapisa na lirimi leneri la moto la Baba wathu, nthombi yakuzika kakamwe ya kufuna konsene kwandimomwene na kwakukhonda kuthimwa. 7Madzi mazinji nkhabe kwanisa kuthimisa kufuna, nee nkulo zinakwanisa kuukokolola. Munthu angapereka mpfuma zonsene za panyumba pace m'mbuto mwa kufuna, mbzidapwazwa kakamwe.
8Tiri na mng'ono wathu wankazi, iye nkhabe mabere. Tinacitanji toera kuphedza mng'ono wathu pa ntsiku inadzafunwa iye kumanga banja? 9Angakhala iye ndi khoma, tinamanga padzulu pace nsanza wa parata; mbwenye angakhala iye ndi nsuwo, tinamphingira na matabwa a cedru.
10Ine ndikhali khoma, mabere anga akhali ninga nsanza; natenepo pa maso pace ndakhala ninga munthu anagumana ntendere. 11Salomoni akhali na munda wa mauva ku Baala-hamoni; iye auphatisa kuna anyakulima, m'bodzi na m'bodzi akhafunika kubweresa 1.000 za parata thangwi ya misapo yace. 12Munda wanga wa mauva, wanga wene, uli pamaso panga. 1.000 ndi yako, Salomoni, 200 ndi za ale anakoyirera misapo yace.
13Iwe unakhala m'minda, axamwali anga asabvesera fala yako; ndibvese iyo.
14Bwera mwakucimbiza, wakufunika wanga, ukhale ninga mbawala peno ninga mphango yaphale pa mapiri a zakununkhira.