Yobu 5
1 “Itana ngati ungathe, koma ndani adzakuyankhe? Kodi ndi kwa mngelo uti ungapezeko thandizo?
CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2 Mkwiyo umapha chitsiru, ndipo njiru imawononga wopusa.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
3 Ine ndinaona chitsiru chitamera mizu, koma mwadzidzidzi nyumba yake inatembereredwa.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Ana ake alibe ndi chitetezo chomwe; amaponderezedwa mʼbwalo la milandu popanda owateteza.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 Anthu anjala amamudyera zokolola zake, amamutengera ndi za pa minga pomwe, ndipo anthu akhwinthi amafunkha chuma chake.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6 Pakuti masautso satuluka mʼfumbi, ndipo kuwukira sikuchokera mʼdothi.
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Komatu munthu amabadwira kuti azunzike monga momwe mbaliwali zimathethekera mlengalenga.
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 “Koma ndikanakhala ine, ndikanamudandawulira Mulungu; ndikanapereka mlandu wanga kwa Iye.
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Iye amachita zozizwitsa zimene sizimvetsetseka, zodabwitsa zimene sizingatheke kuwerengedwa.
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 Iye amagwetsa mvula pa dziko lapansi, ndipo amathirira minda ya anthu.
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 Iye amakweza anthu wamba, ndipo iwo amene akulira amawayika pa malo otetezedwa.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 Iyeyo amalepheretsa chiwembu cha anthu ochenjera, kotero kuti cholinga chawo sichipindula kanthu.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 Iye amakola anthu ochenjera mu msampha wa kuchenjera kwawo, ndipo zolinga za atambwali amazithetsa msangamsanga.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 Mdima umawagwera nthawi yamasana; nthawi yamasana amayenda moyambasayambasa monga nthawi ya usiku.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 Mulungu amapulumutsa amphawi ku lupanga la mʼkamwa mwawo; amawapulumutsa mʼmanja mwa anthu amphamvu.
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 Choncho osauka ali ndi chiyembekezo, ndipo anthu opanda chilungamo amawatseka pakamwa.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 “Wodala munthu amene Mulungu amamudzudzula; nʼchifukwa chake usanyoze chilango cha Wamphamvuzonse.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 Pakuti Iye amavulaza koma amamanganso mabalawo; Iye amakantha munthu, komanso manja ake amachiritsa.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 Pakuti adzakupulumutsa ku masautso nthawi ndi nthawi, mavuto angachuluke bwanji, sadzakukhudza ndi pangʼono pomwe.
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 Pa nthawi ya njala adzakulanditsa ku imfa, ndipo nthawi ya nkhondo adzakupulumutsa ku lupanga.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Adzakuteteza kwa anthu osinjirira, ndipo palibe chifukwa chochitira mantha pamene chiwonongeko chafika.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 Uzidzaseka pa nthawi ya chiwonongeko ndi ya njala, ndipo palibe chifukwa chochitira mantha ndi zirombo za mʼdziko lapansi.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 Pakuti udzachita pangano ndi miyala ya mʼmunda mwako, ndipo nyama zakuthengo zidzakhala nawe mwamtendere.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Udzadziwa kuti nyumba yako ndi malo otetezedwa; udzawerengera katundu wako ndipo sudzapeza kanthu kamene kasowapo.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 Udzadziwa kuti ana ako adzakhala ambiri, ndipo zidzukulu zako zidzakhala ngati udzu wa mʼdziko lapansi.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Udzafika ku manda utakalamba, monga mitolo ya zokolola pa nyengo yake.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27 “Ife tafufuza zimenezi ndipo ndi zoona, choncho uzimvere ndi kuzitsata.”
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
