Yobe
3 Pidamala kucitika pinthu pyenepi, Yobe atoma kulonga, mbapasa dzedze ntsiku idabalwa iye.+ 2 Yobe alonga:
3 “Mbifudzike ntsiku idabalwa ine,+
Na masiku adalonga munthu kuti: ‘Mwana amitwa m’mimba!’
4 Ntsiku ineyi mbikhale cidima.
Mulungu kudzulu mbaleke kuitsalakana;
Ntsiku ineyi mbikhonde kumwanikirwa na ceza.
5 Cidima cikulu mbacikwate ntsiku ineyi.
Khole yakupswipa ya madzi mbikhale padzulu payo.
Pire pinacitisa ntsiku kukhala cidima piigopese.
6 Masiku anewa mbakhale cidima cikulu maningi;+
Mbaleke kutsandzaya pakati pa ntsiku za caka,
Masiku anewa mbaleke kulengeswa pakati pa miyezi.
7 Inde, mphyadidi mbadakhonda kubalwa munthu pa masiku anewa;
Anthu mbaleke kukhuwa thangwi yakusekera pa masiku anewa.
9 Nyenyezi zace za macibese mbazikhale cidima;
Mbadikhire papezi ceza ca ntsiku,
Masiku anewa mbaleke kuona ceza ca kuca kwa kunja.
10 Thangwi masiku anewa nee afunga misuwo ya mimba ya mai wanga;*+
Nee abisa nyatwa toera maso anga akhonde kuziona.
11 Thangwi yanji nee ndafa pyanga pa ndzidzi udabalwa ine?
Thangwi yanji nee ndafa pidabuluka ine m’mimba?*+
12 Thangwi yanji ndagumana mabondo toera kundilera
Na mabere toera kundiyamwisa?
13 Thangwi pa ndzidzi uno, mbidagona nee kudzudzumiswa;+
Ine mbidakhala ncitulo mbandipuma pyanga.+
14 Pabodzi na amambo na mapungu awo,
Adasasanya mbuto zawo zakuti cincino ndi madembe,
15 Peno na atsogoleri akuti akhali na ouro,
Ale adadzadza parata n’nyumba zawo.
16 Peno, thangwi yanji nee ndakhala ninga mimba idataiwa nee kudzindikirwa,
Ninga mwana wakuti cipo aona ceza?
17 Anyakuipa angafa, kudzudzuma kwawo kusamala;
Ale adaneta, angafa asapuma pyawo.+
18 Kumasiye anyakaidi asakhala pabodzi muntendere;
Iwo nkhabe kubva fala ya ule anaakakamiza kuphata basa.
19 Kweneko, nkulu na mwana ndi sawasawa,+
Bitcu nkhabe kutongwa na mbuyace.
21 Thangwi yanji ale akuti asafuna kufa nkhabe kufa pyawo?+
Iwo asasaka kufa ninga munasaka iwo mpfuma yakubisika,
22 Ale akuti mbadatsandzaya kakamwe,
Mbakomerwa angagumana nthumbi.
23 Thangwi yanji iye asapasa ceza munthu adataya njira yace,
Wakuti Mulungu anfungira m’makhundu onsene?+
25 Thangwi pire pikhandipswipisa ntima pyandifikira,
Pire pikhagopa ine pyandicitikira.
26 Ine nkhabe ntendere, nee kupfulika, nee kupuma,
Nyatwa zisapitiriza kundigwera.”