Nthanthi
29 Munthu yo wanonopesa khosi laki* pavuli pakuti wachenyeka mwakuwerezawereza,+
Wafyokengi mwamabuchibuchi ndipu wachilengi cha.+
2 Asani pe ŵanthu arunji anandi, ŵanthu akondwa,
Kweni asani munthu muheni ndiyu walamuliya, ŵanthu akuta.+
3 Munthu yo watanja zeru wakondwesa awisi,+
Kweni yo watanja kwenda ndi mahuli wasakaza chuma chaki.+
4 Chifukwa cha urunji, fumu yichitiska kuti mucharu muje chimangu,+
Kweni munthu yo wakhumba vinyeda, watichichitiska kuti chiparanyiki.
5 Munthu yo walumba munyaki mwakugozga
Watimuthyiya chilepa kuti malundi ngaki ngawiremu.+
9 Asani munthu wazeru wapindana ndi muzereza,
Pajengi chiwawa ndi kunyoza, kweni pakumaliya, paŵengevi phindu lelosi.+
10 Ŵanthu wo akhumbisiska kudira ndopa, atinkha weyosi wambula kunanga,*+
Ndipu yiwu akhumba kubaya ŵanthu akunyoloka.*
12 Asani munthu wakulamuliya wavwisiya maboza,
Ateŵeti ŵaki wosi nawu aja aheni.+
13 Munthu mukavu kweniso yo wakandirizga anyaki, ayanana pa fundu yimoza iyi:*
Yehova wapereka ukweru ku masu kwaku wosi ŵaŵi.*
14 Asani fumu yiyeruzga ŵanthu akavu mwaurunji,+
Mpandu waki waufumu ujengi wakuvikilirika nyengu zosi.+
16 Asani ŵanthu aheni aŵa anandi, maubudi nangu ngaja nganandi,
Kweni ŵanthu arunji awonengi ŵanthu aheni achiwa.+
17 Langa mwana waku, ndipu wakuchitiskengi kuti upumuwi;
Kweniso wakuchitiskengi kuti ukondwi ukongwa.+
18 Asani palivi chiwona, ŵanthu achita vinthu mo angakhumbiya,+
Kweni mbakukondwa ŵanthu wo asunga dangu.+
19 Mteŵeti wazomera cha kuchenyeka ndi mazu pe,
Pakuti chinanga wavwisa, kweni wavwiya cha.+
20 Kumbi wamuwona munthu yo wapupuluma kulongoro?+
Muzereza we ndi chilindizga chikulu kuphara iyu.+
21 Asani mteŵeti amuleremeka kutuliya pa unyamata waki,
Kunthazi waja wambula kuwonga.
22 Munthu yo watanja kukwiya, watambisa mphindanu;+
Munthu yo watanja kukalipa, wachita maubudi nganandi.+
23 Kujikuzga kwa munthu kumuyuyuwengi,+
Kweni weyosi yo ngwakujiyuyuwa mu mzimu, wasaniyengi unkhankhu.+
24 Munthu yo wachitiya limoza vinthu ndi munkhungu watijitinkha.
Iyu wangavwa kudana kuti wakapereki ukaboni,* kweni wajapu ŵaka cheti.+