Job 15 (BOGWICC)
1 Pamenepo Elifazi wa ku Temani anayankha kuti, 2 “Kodi munthu wanzeru angayankhe ndi mawu achabechabe otere,kapena angakhutitse mimba yake ndi mphepo yotentha yochokera kummawa? 3 Kodi angathe kutsutsa ndi mawu opanda pake,kapena kuyankhula mawu opanda phindu? 4 Koma iwe ukuchepetsa zoopa Mulungundipo ukutchinga zodzikhuthulira kwa Mulungu. 5 Tchimo lako ndiye likuyankhulitsa pakamwa pakopo;ndipo watengera mayankhulidwe a atambwali. 6 Pakamwa pakopo ndiye pakukutsutsa osati pakamwa panga;milomo yakoyo ikukutsutsa. 7 “Kodi ndiwe munthu woyamba kubadwa?Kodi unalengedwa mapiri asanalengedwe? 8 Kodi unali mʼgulu la alangizi a Mulungu?Kodi ukudziyesa wanzeru ndiwe wekha? 9 Kodi iwe umadziwa chiyani chimene ife sitichidziwa?Kodi iwe uli ndi chidziwitso chanji chimene ife tilibe? 10 Anthu a imvi ndi okalamba ali mbali yathu,anthu amvulazakale kupambana abambo ako. 11 Kodi mawu otonthoza mtima ochokera kwa Mulungu sakukukwanira,mawu oyankhula mofatsawa kwa iwe? 12 Chifukwa chiyani ukupsa mtima,ndipo chifukwa chiyani ukutuzula maso ako, 13 moti ukupsera mtima Mulungundi kuyankhula mawu otero pakamwa pako? 14 “Kodi munthu nʼchiyani kuti nʼkukhala woyera mtimakapena wobadwa mwa amayi nʼchiyani kuti nʼkukhala wolungama mtima? 15 Ngati Mulungu sakhulupirira ngakhale angelo ake,ngakhale zakumwamba sizoyera pamaso pake, 16 nanga kuli bwanji munthu amene ndi wonyansa ndi wa njira zokhotakhota,amene kuchita zoyipa kuli ngati kumwa madzi. 17 “Mvetsera kwa ine ndipo ndidzakufotokozera;ndilole ndikuwuze zimene ndaziona, 18 zimene anandiphunzitsa anthu anzeru,sanandibisire kalikonse kamene anamva kuchokera kwa makolo awo. 19 (Ndi kwa iwowa kumene dziko lino linaperekedwapamene panalibe mlendo wokhala pakati pawo). 20 Munthu woyipa amavutika ndi masautso masiku onse a moyo wake,munthu wankhanza adzavutika zaka zake zonse. 21 Amamva mawu owopsa mʼmakutu mwake,pamene zonse zikuoneka ngati zili bwino, anthu achifwamba amamuthira nkhondo. 22 Iye sakhulupirira kuti angathe kupulumuka ku mdima wa imfa;iyeyo ndi woyenera kuphedwa. 23 Amangoyendayenda pali ponse kunka nafuna chakudya;amadziwa kuti tsiku la mdima lili pafupi. 24 Masautso ndi nthumanzi zimamuchititsa mantha kwambiri;zimamugonjetsa iye monga imachitira mfumu yokonzekera kukathira nkhondo, 25 chifukwa iye amatambasula dzanja lake kuyambana ndi Mulungundipo amadzitama yekha polimbana ndi Wamphamvuzonse. 26 Amapita mwa mwano kukalimbana nayeatanyamula chishango chochindikala ndi cholimba. 27 “Ngakhale nkhope yake ndi yonenepandipo mʼchiwuno mwake muli mnofu wambiri, 28 munthuyo adzakhala mʼmizinda yowonongekandi mʼnyumba zosayenera kukhalamo anthu,nyumba zimene zikugwa ndi kuwonongeka. 29 Iye sadzalemeranso ndipo chuma chake sichidzakhalitsa,ngakhale minda yake sidzabala zipatso pa dziko lapansi. 30 Iyeyo sadzapulumuka mu mdimamo;lawi lamoto lidzawumitsa nthambi zake,ndipo mpweya wochokera mʼkamwa mwa Mulungu udzamusesa. 31 Asadzinyenge yekha podalira zinthu zachabechabe,pakuti pa mapeto pake sadzaphulapo kanthu. 32 Iye adzalandira malipiro ake nthawi yake isanakwane,ndipo nthambi zake sizidzaphukanso. 33 Iye adzakhala ngati mtengo wamphesa wopululidwa zipatso zake zisanapse,adzakhala ngati mtengo wa olivi umene wayoyola maluwa ake. 34 Pakuti anthu osapembedza Mulungu adzakhala osabalandipo moto udzapsereza nyumba za onse okonda ziphuphu. 35 Iwo amalingalira zaupandu ndipo amachita zoyipa;mtima wawo umakonzekera zachinyengo.”