Mlaliki 7 – CCL & NAV

Nzeru

1Mbiri yabwino ndi yopambana mafuta onunkhira bwino,

ndipo tsiku lomwalira ndi lopambana tsiku lobadwa.

2Kuli bwino kupita ku nyumba yamaliro

kusiyana ndi kupita ku nyumba yamadyerero:

Pakuti imfa ndiye mathero a munthu aliyense;

anthu amoyo azichisunga chimenechi mʼmitima mwawo.

3Chisoni nʼchabwino kusiyana ndi kuseka,

pakuti nkhope yakugwa ndi yabwino chifukwa imakonza mtima.

4Mtima wa munthu wanzeru nthawi zonse umalingalira za imfa,

koma mitima ya zitsiru imalingalira za chisangalalo.

5Kuli bwino kumva kudzudzula kwa munthu wanzeru

kusiyana ndi kumvera mayamiko a zitsiru.

6Kuseka kwa zitsiru kuli ngati

kuthetheka kwa moto kunsi kwa mʼphika,

izinso ndi zopandapake.

7Kuzunza ena kumasandutsa munthu wanzeru kukhala chitsiru,

ndipo chiphuphu chimawononga mtima.

8Mathero ake a chinthu ndi abwino kupambana chiyambi chake,

ndipo kufatsa nʼkwabwino kupambana kudzikuza.

9Usamafulumire kukwiya mu mtima mwako,

pakuti mkwiyo ndi bwenzi la zitsiru.

10Usamafunse kuti, “Nʼchifukwa chiyani masiku amakedzana anali abwino kupambana masiku ano?”

pakuti si chinthu chanzeru kufunsa mafunso oterewa.

11Nzeru ngati cholowa, ndi chinthu chabwino

ndipo imapindulitsa wamoyo aliyense pansi pano.

12Nzeru ndi chitetezo,

monganso ndalama zili chitetezo,

koma phindu la chidziwitso ndi ili:

kuti nzeru zimasunga moyo wa munthu amene ali nazo nzeruzo.

13Taganizirani zimene Mulungu wazichita:

ndani angathe kuwongola chinthu

chimene Iye anachipanga chokhota?

14Pamene zinthu zili bwino, sangalala;

koma pamene zinthu sizili bwino, ganizira bwino:

Mulungu ndiye anapanga nthawi yabwinoyo,

ndiponso nthawi imene si yabwinoyo.

Choncho munthu sangathe kuzindikira

chilichonse cha mʼtsogolo mwake.

15Pa moyo wanga wopanda phinduwu ndaona zinthu ziwiri izi:

munthu wolungama akuwonongeka mʼchilungamo chake,

ndipo munthu woyipa akukhala moyo wautali mʼzoyipa zake.

16Usakhale wolungama kwambiri

kapena wanzeru kwambiri,

udziwonongerenji wekha?

17Usakhale woyipa kwambiri,

ndipo usakhale chitsiru,

uferenji nthawi yako isanakwane?

18Nʼkwabwino kuti utsate njira imodzi,

ndipo usataye njira inayo.

Munthu amene amaopa Mulungu adzapewa zinthu ziwiri zonsezi.

19Nzeru zimapereka mphamvu zambiri kwa munthu wanzeru

kupambana olamulira khumi a mu mzinda.

20Palibe munthu wolungama pa dziko lapansi

amene amachita zabwino zokhazokha ndipo sachimwa.

21Usamamvetsere mawu onse amene anthu amayankhula,

mwina udzamva wantchito wako akukutukwana,

22pakuti iwe ukudziwa mu mtima mwako

kuti nthawi zambiri iwenso unatukwanapo ena.

23Zonsezi ndinaziyesa ndi nzeru zanga ndipo ndinati,

“Ine ndatsimikiza mu mtima mwanga kuti ndikhale wanzeru,”

koma nzeruyo inanditalikira.

24Nzeru zimene zilipo,

zili kutali ndipo ndi zozama kwambiri,

ndani angathe kuzidziwa?

25Kotero ndinayikapo mtima wanga kuti ndidziwe,

ndifufuze ndi kumafunafuna nzeru ndi mmene zinthu zimakhalira

ndipo ndinafunanso kudziwa kuyipa kwa uchitsiru

ndiponso kupusa kwake kwa misala.

26Ndinapeza kanthu kowawa kupambana imfa,

mkazi amene ali ngati khoka,

amene mtima wake uli ngati khwekhwe,

ndipo manja ake ali ngati maunyolo.

Munthu amene amakondweretsa Mulungu adzathawa mkaziyo,

koma mkaziyo adzakola munthu wochimwa.

27Mlaliki akunena kuti, “Taonani, chimene ndinachipeza ndi ichi:

“Kuwonjezera chinthu china pa china kuti ndidziwe mmene zinthu zimachitikira,

28pamene ine ndinali kufufuzabe

koma osapeza kanthu,

ndinapeza munthu mmodzi wolungama pakati pa anthu 1,000,

koma pakati pawo panalibepo mkazi mmodzi wolungama.

29Chokhacho chimene ndinachipeza ndi ichi:

Mulungu analenga munthu, anamupatsa mtima wolungama,

koma anthu anatsatira njira zawozawo zambirimbiri.”