Ekleziaste 4:1-16
4 Ine ndanyerezera pontho kupondererana konsene kunacitika pa dziko yapantsi. Ndaona misozi ya ale anapondererwa, mbwenye nee pakhali na munthu toera kuabalangaza.+ Ale anaaponderera akhali na mphambvu, mbwenye nee pakhali na munthu toera kuabalangaza.
2 Pontho ine ndadzindikira kuti anyakutsandzaya ndi ale adamala kufa, kupiringana ale akuti aciri na umaso.+
3 Mbwenye wadidi kakamwe kupiringana onsene ndi ule wakuti adzati kubalwa,+ wakuti adzati kuona pinthu pyakutsukwalisa pinacitwa pa dziko yapantsi.+
4 Ine ndaona kuwangisira kakamwe na mabasa aluso anaphata anthu thangwi yakupikisana;+ pyenepi ndi pyakusowambo basa, ninga kuthamangira mphepo.
5 Dzemwa asafunya mikono yace, mbafudza ekhene manungo ace.+
6 Mphyadidi kupuma pangʼono kupiringana kuphata basa mwakuwanga kakamwe, thangwi pyenepi ndi ninga kuthamangira mphepo.+
7 Ine ndanyerezera pontho pinthu pinango pyakusowa basa pinacitika pa dziko yapantsi:
8 Alipo munthu wakuti ali ekhene, iye nkhabe ndzace; nkhabe ana nee abale, mbwenye basa yace yakuwanga nkhabe kumala. Iye nkhabe kukwana na mpfuma ziri na iye.+ Kodi iye asabvundzika kuti: ‘Mbani anaphatira ine basa mwakuwanga, mbandikhonda kutsandzaya na pinthu pyadidi’?+ Pyenepi ndi pyapezi, pontho ndi basa yakutsukwalisa.+
9 Mphyadidi kakamwe kukhala awiri kupiringana mʼbodzi,+ thangwi iwo asaphedzeka kakamwe na basa yawo yakuwanga.
10 Thangwi mʼbodzi angagwa, unango anaphedza ndzace toera alamuke. Mphapo ninji pinafuna kucitika kuna ule anagwa mbasowa munthu wakumʼphedza toera alamuke?
11 Kusiyapo pyenepi, anthu awiri angagona pabodzi pene anapisirwa, mphapo pinakwanisika tani kuti munthu mʼbodzi basi apisirwe?
12 Munthu angakhala ekhene anakwanisa kukundwa, mbwenye awiri anakwanisa kuthimbana na nyamalwa. Pontho nkhambala idalukwa na usalu utatu nee inakwanisa kuthumulwa mwakucimbiza.*
13 Mʼphale wakutcerenga wakuti ndi waudziwisi ndi wadidi kakamwe kupiringana mambo wakukalamba wakuti ndi dzemwa,+ wakuti nkhabebve ndzeru toera kubva uphungu.+
14 Thangwi iye abuluka nkaidi toera kukhala mambo,+ maseze iye abalwa ntcerengi mu ndzidzi ukhatonga mambo unango.+
15 Ine ndaona anthu onsene akuti ali na umaso anafamba pa dziko yapantsi na pinacitika kuna mʼphale anapita pa mbuto ya mambo.
16 Maseze anthu anamʼphedzera ndi akukhonda lengeseka, mukupita kwa ndzidzi anthu nee anadzakomerwa na iye.+ Pyenepi ndi pyakusowambo basa, ninga kuthamangira mphepo.
Pidzindikiro Pyapantsi
^ Peno: “mwakukhonda nentsa.”
