Mlaliki 6 - Buku Lopatulika

Ngakhale Mulungu apatsa munthu zonse azikhumba koma mtima sukhuta nazo

¹ Pali choipa ndachiona kunja kuno chifalikira mwa anthu,

² munthu amene Mulungu wamlemeretsa nampatsa chuma ndi ulemu, mtima wake susowa kanthu kena ka zonse azifuna, koma Mulungu osampatsa mphamvu ya kudyapo, koma mlendo adyazo; ichi ndi chabe ndi nthenda yoipa.

³ Chinkana munthu akabala ana makumi khumi, nakhala ndi moyo zaka zambiri, masiku a zaka zake ndi kuchuluka, koma mtima wake osakhuta zabwino, ndiponso alibe maliro; nditi, Nsenye iposa ameneyo;

⁴ pakuti ikudza mwachabe, nichoka mumdima, mdima nukwirira dzina lake.

⁵ Ngakhale dzuwa siliona ngakhale kulidziwa, imeneyi ipambana winayo kupuma;

⁶ akakhala ndi moyo zaka zikwi ziwiri, koma osakondwera; kodi onse sapita kumalo amodzi?

⁷ Ntchito zake zonse munthu angogwirira m'kamwa mwake, koma mtima wake sukhuta.

⁸ Pakuti wanzeru ali ndi chiyani choposa chitsiru? Waumphawi wodziwa kuyenda pamaso pa amoyo ali ndi chiyani?

⁹ Kupenya kwa maso kuposa kukhumba kwa mtima; ichinso ndi chabe ndi kungosautsa mtima.

¹⁰ Chomwe chinalipo chatchedwa dzina lake kale, chidziwika kuti ndiye munthu; sangathe kulimbana ndi womposa mphamvu.

¹¹ Pokhala zinthu zambiri zingochulukitsa zachabe, kodi anthu aona phindu lanji?

¹² Pakuti ndani adziwa chomwe chili chabwino kwa munthu ali ndi moyo masiku onse a moyo wake wachabe umene autsiriza ngati mthunzi? Pakuti ndani adzauza munthu chimene chidzaoneka m'tsogolo mwake kunja kuno?