[1] Pamenepo Zofari wa ku Naama anayankha kuti
[2] “Kuvutika kwa mʼmaganizo kwanga kwandifulumiza kuti ndiyankhe chifukwa ndasautsidwa kwambiri.
[3] Ndikumva kudzudzula kondinyoza, ndipo kumvetsetsa kwanga kwa zinthu kwandifulumiza kuti ndiyankhe.
[4] “Ndithudi iwe ukudziwa momwe zinthu zakhala zikuchitikira kuyambira kale, kuchoka nthawi imene munthu analengedwa pa dziko lapansi,
[5] kuti chisangalalo cha woyipa nʼchosachedwa kutha, chimwemwe cha wosapembedza Mulungu nʼchakanthawi kochepa.
[6] Ngakhale atamayenda mapewa ake ali mmwamba ndipo mutu wake uli nengʼaa,
[7] iye adzatheratu monga momwe imatayikira ndowe yake yomwe; iwo amene ankamuona adzati, ‘Kodi uje uja ali kuti?’
[8] Adzazimirira ngati maloto ndipo sadzapezekanso, adzachotsedwa ngati masomphenya a usiku.
[9] Diso limene linamuona silidzamuonanso; sadzapezekanso pamalo pake.
[10] Ana ake adzabwezera zonse zimene iyeyo analanda anthu osauka;
[11] Mphamvu zaunyamata zimene zili mʼthupi mwake zidzagona naye limodzi mʼfumbi.
[12] “Ngakhale zoyipa zili zozuna mʼkamwa mwake ndipo amazibisa kunsi kwa lilime lake,
[13] ngakhale salola kuzilavula, ndipo amazisunga mʼkamwa mwake,
[14] koma chakudya chake chidzawawasa mʼmimba mwake; chidzasanduka ngati ndulu ya njoka mʼkati mwa iyeyo.
[15] Adzachisanza chuma chimene anachimeza; Mulungu adzachitulutsa mʼmimba mwa munthuyo.
[16] Iye adzayamwa ndulu ya njoka ndipo ululu wa mphiri udzamupha.
[17] Sadzasangalala ndi timitsinje, mitsinje yoyenda uchi ndi mafuta.
[18] Ayenera kubweza zimene anazigwirira ntchito osazidya; sadzasangalala ndi phindu la malonda ake.
[19] Pakuti iye anapondereza anthu osauka ndipo anawasiya wopanda thandizo; iyeyo analanda nyumba zimene sanamange.
[20] “Chifukwa choti umbombo wake sutha, sadzatha kusunga chilichonse chimene amakondwera nacho.
[21] Palibe chatsala kuti iye adye; chuma chake sichidzachedwa kutha.
[22] Ngakhale ndi munthu wachuma, mavuto adzamugwera; mavuto aakulu adzamugwera.
[23] Akadya nʼkukhuta, Mulungu adzamugwetsera ukali wamoto ngati mvula yosalekeza.
[24] Ngakhale athawe mkondo wachitsulo, muvi wamkuwa wosongoka udzamulasa.
[25] Muviwo adzawutulutsira ku msana, songa yake yowala kuchoka mʼmphafa mwake. Adzagwidwa ndi mantha aakulu;
[26] mdima wandiweyani ukudikira chuma chake. Moto wopanda wowukoleza udzamupsereza ndi kuwononga zonse zotsala mʼnyumba yake.
[27] Zamumlengalenga zidzawulula kulakwa kwake; dziko lapansi lidzamuwukira.
[28] Chigumula cha madzi chidzawononga nyumba yake, katundu wake adzatengedwa pa tsiku la ukali wa Mulungu.
[29] Izi ndi zimene Mulungu amasungira anthu oyipa, mphotho imene Mulungu amayikira iwowo.”