Ekleziaste 10:1-20
10 Ninga ntcentce zakufa zisabvundisa mafuta akununkhira mbatoma kununkha, munjira ibodzi ene, udzemwa pangʼono usafudza makhaliro adidi a munthu wakulemedzwa na waudziwisi.+
2 Ntima wa munthu waudziwisi usamuendesa munjira yadidi,* mbwenye ntima wa munthu wakusowa ndzeru usamuendesa munjira yakuipa.*+
3 Munjira zonsene zinafamba iye, dzemwa nee asapangiza makhaliro adidi,+ pontho asapangiza kuna anthu onsene kuti iye ndi dzemwa.+
4 Ntongi angaipirwa na iwe, leka kubuluka pa mbuto pako,+ thangwi kupfulika kusapungula madawo makulu.+
5 Pali na cinthu cakutsukwalisa cidaona ine pa dziko yapantsi, cakuti ndi madodo anacitwa na ale anatonga:+
6 Madzemwa asapaswa pidzo pikulu, mbwenye anyakupfuma asapitiriza kukhala mu mbuto zakupwazika.
7 Ine ndaona mabitcu mbakafamba na makavalo, mbwenye ana a amambo mbakafamba na miyendo ninga mabitcu.+
8 Munthu anakumba djenje anakwanisa kugwera mwenemu;+ pontho ule anagomola mpanda wa miyala anakwanisa kulumwa na nyoka.
9 Ule anaswa miyala anakwanisa kuphekeka nayo, ule anapandula nkhuni asaikhika pangozwi.*
10 Khala macado nee asatemabve mwadidi, angakhonda kunozwa, munthu asafunika kuphatisira mphambvu kakamwe toera kutema naye. Mbwenye udziwisi usaphedza toera pinthu pifambe mwadidi.
11 Nyoka ingaluma mbidzati kubviniswa, ule ali na luso yakuibvinisa* nkhabe cinafuna kuwina iye.
12 Munthu waudziwisi asalemedzwa thangwi ya mafala anabuluka pamulomo pace,+ mbwenye anthu akusowa ndzeru asafudzwa na milomo yawo.+
13 Mafalace akutoma ndi udzemwa,+ mafalace akumalisa ndi unyansala wakuti usatsogolera ku cidengwa.
14 Ngakhale tenepo, dzemwa asapitiriza kulonga.+
Munthu nkhabe kudziwa pinafuna kucitika; mphapo mbani anafuna kumpanga pinthu pinafuna kucitika kutsogolo iye angafa?+
15 Basa yakuwanga ya dzemwa isanʼnetesa, thangwi na njira ene yakuenda ku nzinda iye nkhabe dziwa kuti anaigumana tani.
16 Mphyakutsukwalisa kakamwe kuna dziko yakuti mambo wace ndi mwana,+ pontho atsogoleri ace asacita phwando namacibese!
17 Yakutsandzaya ndi dziko yakuti mambo wace ndi mwana wa ntongi, pontho atsogoleri ace asadya pa ndzidzi wakuthema toera kukhala na mphambvu, tayu toera kuledzera!+
18 Munthu angakhala wakupolola kakamwe, miti ya ntsoi yace isagwa, pontho nakuti manja ace nee asaphata basa, nyumba yace isacuca.+
19 Cakudya ndi toera kutsandzayisa munthu, pontho vinyu isacitisa umaso wa munthu kukhala wakutsandzaya;+ mbwenye kobiri isaphedza mu pinthu pyonsene.+
20 Leka kulonga mwakuipa* mambo,+ ngakhale mʼmanyerezero mwako, pontho leka kulonga mwakuipa munthu wakupfuma nkwartu mwako; thangwi mbalame inakwanisa kukwata mafalako, pontho cimbalame cinaenda kalonga mafala adalonga iwe.
Pidzindikiro Pyapantsi
^ Fala na Fala: “kukhundu yamadyo.”
^ Fala na Fala: “kukhundu yabzwere.”
^ Munjira inango: “asafunika kucita mphole-mphole nazo.”
^ Fala na Fala: “mesiri wa lirimi.”
^ Fala na Fala: “Leka kupasa dzedze.”
