Ekleziaste 7:1-29
7 Dzina yadidi ndi yadidi* kakamwe kupiringana mafuta adidi,+ pontho ntsiku yakufa ndi yadidi kakamwe kupiringana ntsiku yakubalwa.
2 Mphyadidi kakamwe kuenda kunyumba yakuti iri na ciliro kupiringana kuenda kunyumba yakuti iri na phwando,+ thangwi kufa ndi kwa anthu onsene, pontho munthu wakuti aciri na umaso asafunika kunyerezera pyenepi.
3 Kutsukwala ndi kwadidi kakamwe kupiringana kuseka,+ thangwi nkhope yakutsukwala isaphedza munthu toera akhale na ntima wadidi.+
4 Ntima wa munthu waudziwisi uli panyumba ya ciliro, mbwenye ntima wa munthu wakusowa ndzeru uli panyumba inacitwa phwando.+
5 Mphyadidi kakamwe kubvesera kusandika kwa munthu waudziwisi,+ kupiringana kusimbwa na madzemwa.*
6 Thangwi kuseka kwa madzemwa ndi ninga kududumuka* kwa minga zinapya pantsi pa cikalango;+ pyenepi ndi pyakusowambo basa.
7 Mbwenye kupondererwa kusacitisa munthu waudziwisi kukhala dzemwa, pontho kudyekera kusafudza makhaliro adidi.+
8 Kumala kwa cinthu ndi kwadidi kakamwe kupiringana kutoma kwaco. Mphyadidi kakamwe kukhala wakupirira* kupiringana kukhala munthu wakudzikuza.+
9 Leka kuipirwa mwakucimbiza,+ thangwi mitima ya madzemwa ndiyo inakhala yakuipirwa.*+
10 Leka kulonga kuti: “Thangwi yanji kale pinthu pikhali mwadidi kakamwe kupiringana cincino?” Thangwi nee ndi udziwisi unakucitisa kucita mbvundzo unoyu.+
11 Munthu waudziwisi angatambira unthaka, mphyadidi kakamwe, pyenepi pisaphedza anthu pa dziko yapantsi.*
12 Thangwi udziwisi usatsidzikiza,+ ninga kobiri isatsidzikiza.+ Mbwenye cidziwiso cisaphedza kakamwe, thangwi udziwisi usapulumusa umaso wa ule ali nawo.+
13 Nyerezera mwadidi mabasa a Mulungu wandimomwene: Mbani anakwanisa kudzongola pire pidacita iye mwakugongonyeka?+
14 Pa ntsiku yadidi khalambo munthu wadidi,+ mbwenye pa ntsiku ya nyatwa, kumbuka kuti Mulungu wandimomwene atawirisa ntsiku yadidi na yakuipa ene,+ munjira yakuti anthu nee anakwanisa kudziwa pinafuna kuacitikira kutsogolo.+
15 Mu umaso wanga wa ndzidzi wakucepa,*+ ine ndaona pinthu pyonsene: Anthu akulungama asafa maseze ndi akulungama,+ anyakuipa asakhala na umaso mu ntsiku zizinji, maseze iwo ndi anyakuipa.+
16 Leka kukhala wakulungama kakamwe,+ nee kukhala waudziwisi mwakupiringana midida.+ Thangwi yanji usafuna kufudza wekhene umaso wako?+
17 Leka kukhala wakuipa kakamwe, nee kukhala dzemwa.+ Thangwi yanji usafuna ufe mwakucimbiza?+
18 Mphyadidi kakamwe kubvera uphungu wakutoma,* mbukhonda kupwaza waciwiri;*+ thangwi munthu anagopa Mulungu anabvera uphungu wakutoma na waciwiri ene.
19 Udziwisi usacitisa munthu waudziwisi kukhala wamphambvu kakamwe kupiringana amuna khumi akuwanga ali mu nzinda.+
20 Pa dziko yapantsi nkhabepo munthu wakulungama wakuti ndzidzi onsene asacita pinthu pyadidi mbakhonda kudawa.+
21 Kusiyapo pyenepi, leka kutsalakana* mafala onsene analongwa na anthu;+ gopa unadzabva ntumiki wako mbakakulonga mwakuipa;*
22 thangwi muntima mwako iwe usadziwa kuti kazinji kene walongambo mwakuipa* andzako.+
23 Ine ndaona mwaudziwisi pinthu pyenepi pyonsene, mbandilonga: “Ndinakhala waudziwisi.” Mbwenye nee ndapikwanisa.
24 Pinthu pidacitika nkhabe anakwanisa kupibvesesa, ndi ninga piri nʼdjenje yakuzika kakamwe. Nkhabe anakwanisa kupibvesesa.+
25 Ine ndasankhula na ntima wanga onsene toera kudziwa, kusaka kudziwa, kusaka udziwisi na kusaka kudziwa kuti thangwi yanji pinthu pisacitika, pontho toera kubvesesa uipi wa upswiru na udzemwa wa unyansala.+
26 Ine ndadzindikira kuti: Cinthu cakutsukwalisa kakamwe kupiringana kufa ndi nkazi wakuti ndi ninga nsampha, wakuti ntima wace ndi ninga kokota, manja ace ndi ninga maunyolo. Ule anakomeresa Mulungu wandimomwene nee anamangwa naye,+ mbwenye nyakudawa anamangwa naye.+
27 Mpfundzisi alonga:+ “Bvesera, ine ndadzindikira ipi. Ine ndasaka kudziwa cinthu cibodzi na cibodzi toera kubvesesa,
28 mbwenye cinthu cidasaka ine mwakubwereza-bwereza nee ndacigumana. Pakati pa anthu 1.000 ndagumana mamuna mʼbodzi basi wakulungama, mbwenye nee nkazi mʼbodzi wakulungama adagumana ine pakati pawo.
29 Pyonsene pidadzindikira ine, mwacigwagwa ndi ipi: Mulungu wandimomwene acita anthu akulungama,+ mbwenye anthu ndiwo adasankhula kucita pinafuna iwo.”+
Pidzindikiro Pyapantsi
^ Peno: “Kudziwika na makhaliro adidi ndi kwadidi.”
^ Fala na Fala: “kupiringana kubvesera nyimbo ya madzemwa.”
^ Peno: “kuthotomuka; kuthomuka.”
^ Peno: “wakukhurudzika.”
^ Munjira inango: “thangwi madzemwa ndiwo ali na nsambo wakuipirwa.”
^ Pisabveka, anthu akuti aciri na umaso.
^ Peno: “Mu umaso wanga wakusowa basa.”
^ Ndi unagumanika pa vesi 16.
^ Ndi unagumanika pa vesi 17.
^ Fala na Fala: “mbakakupasa dzedze.”
^ Peno: “kubvesera.”
^ Fala na Fala: “wapasambo dzedze.”
