4 Iwe utijiparuwa wamweni mu ukari wako, kumbi charu chikarekekanga chifukwa chako, pamwenga kuti jarawi likasezgekanga pa malo ghake?
Ukari wake, ndi wanditinkha, wandikukutiya minyu ghake, wamawongo wangu wathwanuliya maso ghake paku ine kumikana nani.
“Kweni mapiri ghatuwa ndi kumara, ndi jarawi lituzgikapo pa malo ghake;
Nkhatonga munofo wangu muminyu ghangu, ndi kuŵika umoyo wangu mu manja ghangu.
Ndipo awona mzimu utumto, ndipo wakuta kwamabuchibuchi; ndipo utumviviriska phovu mokumoku, ndipo kwaunononu utuwako kwake, wakumupweteka.
ndipo kose kweniko wamtole, utumtesuwa: ndipo wamokoka phovu ndi kukukuta minyu, ndipo ngwakonda: ndipo ndingufumba ŵasambizi ŵinu kuti ŵamtuzge; kweni kuti ŵenga ŵanthazi cha.”
Kuchanya ndi pasi virutenge, kweni mazu ghangu kuti gharutenge cha.
Ndipo Chiuta wanguti kwaku Yona, “Kumbi uchita umampha kukalipa chifukwa cha mono?” Ndipo Yona wanguti, “Ndachita umampha kukalipa, chingana ndingafwa.”
Iyo wangunena nane, “Uheni wa nyumba yaku Yisraele ndi Yuda ngukuru ukongwa; charu chazaza ndopa, msumba wazaza ukazuzi, pakuti ŵatiti, ‘Ambuya achipata charu, ndipo Ambuya kuti alereska cha.’
Pakuti mapiri ghangaruta mitunthu yinganderezgeka, kweni chanju changu chakufikapo kuti chikatuwangako kwako cha, phanganu langu la chimangu kuti likanderezgekanga cha, atiti Ambuya, wo ŵe ndi chitima paku iwe.
Kumbi ukatinge ndabuda; kumbi ukandisuskanga kuti nde muheni, mwakuti ujirunjiske?
Nadi ukari ubaya wakupusa ndipo sanji yibaya wakuyuyuka.
Kumbi chifukwa nchine tipimika nge ndi ng'ombe, ndi chifukwa nchine tipimika nge ndi mbazereza mu maso ghako?
“Inya, ukweru wa muheni uzimwikenge, ndi mulipu wa moto wake kuti ukaŵalanga cha.