¹ Kuchokela apo,Yobo anasegula kamwa yake nakutembelela siku yamene anabadwa. ² Anakamba, ³ ''usiku yamene ninabadwila iwonongeke, usiku wamene unakamba, ' mwana mwamuna ayima. ⁴ Lekani siku yamene ija inkale mudima! mulungu asaisamalile,kapena nyali kusanika pali yeve. ⁵ Lekani mudima nachivwilivwili cha infa vizitengele. Lekani kumbi inkale pamwamba pake; lekani vonse vamene vilengesa kuti siku ifipe viichitise vamanta zoona. ⁶ Koma pali siku ija, lekani mudima ukulu maningi uwugwile. Lekani isasangalale pakati pamasiku ya chaka; lekani isangene muchibelengelo cha myezi. ⁷ Ona, lekani usiku uja unkali osabala; lekani kusabwele mau yachisangalalo muli yeve. ⁸ Lekani baitembelele siku ija, abo bamene baziba moushila leviyatani. ⁹ Lekani nyenyezi za mudakucha wa siku ija zinkale mudima. Lekani siku isakile nyali, koma isaipeze; kapena kuwona zikope za mbadakucha, ¹⁰ chifukwa sina vale chiseko cha mala yaba mai banga, ndipo chifukwa sina bise mavutto kuchokela pa menso yanga. ¹¹ Nichani chamene sinafele pamene ninachoka mumala? nichani chamene sinapasile muzimo wanga pamene ba mai banga bananibala? ¹² Nichani chamene magufi yao yananilandila? Nichani maziba yao yananilandila kuti nikazi nyonka? ¹³ Pali manje ningankale nili gone pansi mwazizizi. Ningankale niligone nakupumula ¹⁴ na nfumu na balangizi bapa ziko ya pansi, bamene banazimangila manda yamene manje yali mukuonongeka. ¹⁵ Kapena ningankale nili gone nabana ba nfumu amene banali na golide, bamene banazulisa manyumba yao na siliva. ¹⁶ Kapena mwina ningankale nikalibe kubadwa, monga bana bamene sibawona nyali. ¹⁷ Kuja boipa bamaleka kuvuta; kuja bolema bapumula. ¹⁸ Kuja bakaili bamankala mwamutendele pamozi; sibamanvela mau yaboyendesa bakapolo. ¹⁹ Bonse bang'ono nabantu bakulu baliko kuja; wanchito niomasuka kuli mbuye wake kuja. ²⁰ Nichali nyali imapasiwa kuliwamene ali mumasauso? Nichani umoyo umapasiwakuli wamene alina mutima wobaba, ²¹ kuli wamene amafunisisa infa yamene simabwela; wamene amakumba infa kuchila chuma chobisika? ²² Nichani nyali imapasiwa kuli wamene amasangalala maningi ndipo niwokondwela akapeza manda? ²³ Nichani nyali imapasiwa kuli mwamuna alina njila yobisika, mwamuna wamene mulungu achingilila? ²⁴ Pakuti kumwaula kwanga kuchitika mumalo ya kudya; ku uluma kwanga kutayiwa monga manzi. ²⁵ Pakuti chintu chamene ninali kuyopa chabwela pali ine; chamene chinali kuniyofya chabwela pali ine. ²⁶ Sindine womasuka, sininkala chete, ndipo nilibe kupumula; mavuto yabwela mumalo mwake.