¹ Zoonadi, mtima wanga umanjenjemera ndi izi; chachotsedwa pamalo pake. ² Imvani, o, imvani phokoso la mawu ake, phokoso lomwe likutuluka pakamwa pake. ³ Amaitumiza pansi pa thambo lonse, Ndipo imatumiza mphezi zake kumalekezero a dziko lapansi. ⁴ Mawu amveka pambuyo pake; agunda ndi mau a ukulu wace; saletsa mphezi pakumva mawu ake. ⁵ Mulungu abangula ndi mawu ake modabwitsa; amachita zinthu zazikulu zomwe sitingathe kuzimvetsa. ⁶ Pakuti amati kwa chipale chofewa, 'Igwe padziko lapansi'; chimodzimodzi ndi mvula yamvumbi, 'Khalani mvula yambiri.' ⁷ Amaletsa dzanja la munthu aliyense kuti asagwire ntchito, kuti anthu onse amene adawapanga awone ntchito zake. ⁸ Kenako nyamazo zimabisala ndikukhala m'mapanga awo. ⁹ Mkuntho umachokera kuchipinda chake chakumwera komanso kuzizira kuchokera kumphepo zobalalika kumpoto. ¹⁰ Ndi mpweya wa Mulungu ayezi amapatsidwa; thambo lamadzi limaundana ngati chitsulo. ¹¹ Inde, amalemetsa mtambo wakuda ndi chinyezi; Amwaza mphezi m'mitambo. ¹² Amazungulira mitambo ndikuwatsogolera, kuti achite chilichonse chomwe angawalamule pamwamba pa dziko lonse lapansi. ¹³ Amapanga zonsezi; nthawi zina zimachitika pakukonzedwa, nthawi zina kumachitikira nthaka yake, ndipo nthawi zina zimakhala zochitika pangano lokhulupirika. ¹⁴ Mvera ichi, Yobu; Imani ndi kuganizira ntchito zodabwitsa za Mulungu. ¹⁵ Kodi ukudziwa momwe Mulungu amakhazikitsira mitambo? ¹⁶ Kodi mukumvetsa kuyandama kwa mitambo, ntchito zodabwitsa za Mulungu? ¹⁷ Kodi mukumvetsetsa momwe zovala zanu zimatenthedwera nthaka ikakhala bata chifukwa cha mphepo yochokera kumwera? ¹⁸ Kodi mungatambasule thambo monga momwe iye angathere, thambo, lolimba ngati galasi lazitsulo? ¹⁹ Tiphunzitseni zomwe tinganene kwa iye, chifukwa sitingathe kuyika zifukwa zathu chifukwa cha mdima wamaganizidwe athu. ²⁰ Kodi ayenera kuuzidwa kuti ndikufuna ndiyankhule naye? Kodi munthu angafune kumezedwa? ²¹ Tsopano, anthu sangayang'ane dzuwa likamawala mlengalenga mphepo itadutsa ndikuchotsa mitambo yake. ²² Ulemerero wagolidi ubwera kuchokera kumpoto, Kwa Mulungu kuli ulemerero woopsa. ²³ Koma Wamphamvuyonse, sitingamupeze! Ngwamphamvu zoposa; satsendereza chiweruzo ndi chilungamo chochuluka. ²⁴ Chifukwa chake, anthu amamuopa. Sasamala za iwo amene ali anzeru mumtima mwawo. "