1 Ndinguti, “Ndikaphwerenga nthowa zangu, mwakuti ndireke kwananga ndi lilime langu; ndimangenge mlomo wangu ndi chakumangiya, penipo pose ŵaheni ŵe pamaso pangu.”
Mweniyo wasunga mlomo wake ndi lilime watijisunga kubwalo ku suzgu.
Ambuya, ŵikani mlinda pa mlomo wangu, mlinda pa khomo la milomo yangu.
Asani munthu wajipima kuti ngwakusopa, wambura kutintha lilime lake kweni wakufuvya mtima wake, chisopa chaku mweniyo nchawaka.
Muhurwa wangatozga uli nthowa yake? Pakuvwiya visimisimivinu.
Sunga lilime lako ku uheni, ndi milomo yako ku kurongoro ubendizi.
Chifukwa chenichi kutenere kwakuruska kuphwere vyo vinguvwika, vinu tingadeukako.
Nyifwa ndi umoyo vye munthazi ya lilime, ndipo ŵeniwo ŵatilanja ŵakarghanga vipasi vyake.
alinga kuti Chiuta wafiske mazu ghenigho wangurongoro paku ine, kuti, ‘Asani ŵana ŵako ŵakaphwerenga nthowa zawo, kwachenda paurongo pangu mu ukongorekwa ndi mtima wawo wose ndi ndimzimu wawo wose, kuti wakaperengapo munthu cha wako pa chitengo chaku Yisraele.’
Mwendenge mu zeru kuchiri ku ŵakubwaro, fiskani kwakulingana ndi mwaŵi wo ulipo.
ŵeniwo ŵatiti, “Ndi lilime lidu tiruskenge, milomo yidu njidu, ndiyani mbuyafwe?”
Kwaku Chiuta pe ulindizga chisisi mzimu wangu; utaski wangu utuliya kwaku iyo.
Kweni iyo wanguti kwaku iyo, “Ukamba kwakulingana nge yumoza wa ŵanthukazi ŵakupusa wangakambiya. Kumbi tikarondiyanga umampha kutuwa ku janja laku Chiuta, kumbi kuti tikarondiyanga uheni cha?” Mwaku chose ichi Jobu kuti wangunanga cha mukurongoro kwake.
Ndiliriya kwaku Chiuta; ndiliya, ndipo watindivya.
Kweni Yehu kuti wanguphwere kwenda mu dangu la Ambuya Chiuta waku Yisraele ndi mtima wake wose cha; kuti wangutuwako cha ku maulakwi ghaku Yeroboamu gho wangulakwiska nagho Yisraele.
Chifukwa ichi ŵakuchenje ŵamujachete mu nyengo yeniyo; chifukwa ndi nyengu yiheni.
Pamoza nawo penga Hemani Yedutuni, ndi ŵanyake ŵaku wo ŵangusankhika ndi kuzumbulika mazina kuŵawonga Ambuya, chifukwa chifundu chawo ncha muyaya.