Mlaliki 12 - Buku Lopatulika

¹ Ukumbukirenso Mlengi wako masiku a unyamata wako, asanadze masiku oipa, ngakhale zisanayandikire zakazo zakuti udzati, Sindikondwera nazo;

² ngakhale lisanade dzuwa, ndi kuunika, ndi mwezi, ndi nyenyezi, mitambo ndi kubweranso italeka mvula;

³ tsikulo omwe asunga nyumba adzanthunthumira, amuna olimba nadzawerama, akupera nadzaleka poperewera, omwe ayang'ana pamazenera nadzadetsedwa;

⁴ pa khomo lakunja padzatsekeka; potsika mau akupera, wina nanyamuka polira mbalame, ndipo akazi onse akuimba sadzamveka bwino;

⁵ inde, adzaopa za pamwamba, panjira padzakhala zoopsa; katungurume adzaphuka, dzombe ndi kukoka miyendo, zilakolako ndi kutha; pakuti munthu apita kwao kwamuyaya, akulira maliro nayendayenda panja;

⁶ chingwe chasiliva chisanaduke, ngakhale mbale yagolide isanasweke, ngakhale mtsuko usanaphwanyike kukasupe, ngakhale njinga yotungira madzi isanathyoke kuchitsime;

⁷ fumbi ndi kubwera pansi pomwe linali kale, mzimu ndi kubwera kwa Mulungu amene anaupereka.

⁸ Chabe zachabetu, ati Mlalikiyo; zonse ndi chabe.

Zoyenera munthu ndizo kuopa Mulungu ndi kusunga malamulo ake

⁹ Ndiponso pokhala wanzeru Mlalikiyo anaphunzitsabe anthu nzeru; inde, anatchera makutu nafunafuna nalongosola miyambi yambiri.

¹⁰ Mlalikiyo anasanthula akapeze mau okondweretsa, ndi zolemba zoongoka ngakhale mau oona.

¹¹ Mau a anzeru akunga zisonga, omwe akundika mau amene mbusa mmodzi awapatsa mau ao akunga misomali yokhomedwa zolimba.

¹² Pamodzi ndi izi, mwananga, tachenjezedwa; pakuti saleka kulemba mabuku ambiri; ndipo kuphunzira kwambiri kutopetsa thupi.

¹³ Mau atha; zonse zamveka zatha; opa Mulungu, musunge malamulo ake; pakuti choyenera anthu onse ndi ichi.

¹⁴ Pakuti Mulungu adzanena mlandu wa zochita zonse, ndi zobisika zonse, ngakhale zabwino ngakhale zoipa.