¹ Samalira mayendedwe ako ukamapita ku nyumba ya Mulungu. Yandikirani kuti mumvere m'malo mongopereka nsembe kwa opusa, omwe sazindikira kuti akuchita zoyipa. ² Musafulumire kulankhula ndi pakamwa panu, ndipo musalole mtima wanu kufulumira kufotokozera Mulungu chilichonse. Mulungu ali kumwamba, koma inu muli padziko lapansi, kotero mawu anu akhale ochepa. ³ Ngati muli ndi zambiri zochita komanso kuda nkhawa, mwina mudzakhala ndi maloto oyipa. Mukamalankhula kwambiri, mudzanenanso zopusa kwambiri. ⁴ Ukalonjeza kwa Mulungu, usachedwe kuzikwaniritsa, chifukwa Mulungu sasangalala ndi anthu opusa. Chitani zomwe mumalonjeza kuti mudzachita. ⁵ Ndibwino kuti usalumbire kusiyana ndi kupanga zomwe sunakwaniritse. ⁶ Musalole pakamwa panu kuchititse thupi lanu kuti lichimwe. Osati kwa wamthenga wa wansembe, "Lumbirolo linali lolakwika." Chifukwa chiyani mukukwiyitsa Mulungu polumbira monama, kuputa Mulungu kuti awononge ntchito ya manja anu? ⁷ Pakuti pamene pali maloto ambiri ndi mawu ambiri, amakhala opanda tanthauzo. Koma opani Mulungu; ⁸ Mukawona osauka akuponderezedwa ndikubedwa chilungamo ndi chilungamo m'chigawo chanu, musadabwe ngati kuti palibe amene akudziwa, chifukwa pali olamulira omwe amawayang'anira omwe ali pansi pawo, ndipo palinso ena apamwamba kuposa iwo. ⁹ Kuphatikiza apo, zokolola za minda ndi za aliyense, ndipo mfumu imatenga zomwezo kuchokera kumunda. ¹⁰ Aliyense wokonda siliva sakhutira ndi siliva, ndipo amene amakonda chuma amangofuna zambiri. Izinso, zilibe tanthauzo. ¹¹ Chuma chikamakula, momwemonso anthu omwe amawononga. Kodi chuma chimapindulanji kwa mwini chuma kupatula kuti aziyang'ana ndi maso? ¹² Tulo ta munthu wogwira ntchito n'tabwino, ngakhale adya pang'ono kapena zambiri, koma chuma cha munthu wolemera sichimamulola kuti agone bwino. ¹³ Pali choyipa chomwe ndidachiwona pansi pano: Chuma chomwe mwiniwake adasunga, zomwe zimadzetsa mavuto ake. ¹⁴ Wolemerayo atataya chuma chake mwangozi, mwana wake wamwamuna, amene wamuberekayo, amasiyidwa wopanda kanthu m'manja. ¹⁵ Monga munthu amachokera m'mimba mwa amake, momwemonso adzasiya wamaliseche. Sangatenge chilichonse cha zipatso za ntchito yake m'manja mwake. ¹⁶ Choipa china ndikuti monga munthu amabwera, amapitanso. Ndiye pali phindu lanji kwa iye amene amagwirira ntchito mphepo? ¹⁷ M'masiku ake amadya mumdima ndipo amasautsika kwambiri ndi matenda ndi mkwiyo. ¹⁸ Taonani, chimene ndaona kuti ndichabwino ndi choyenera kudya, ndi kumwa, ndi kusangalala ndi phindu la ntchito zathu zonse, monga tikugwira ntchito pansi pano kunja kwa masiku a moyo uwu umene Mulungu watipatsa. Pakuti uwu ndi udindo wa munthu. ¹⁹ Munthu aliyense amene Mulungu wapatsa chuma ndi chuma ndi kuthekera kolandira cholowa chake ndi kusangalala ndi ntchito yake — iyi ndi mphatso yochokera kwa Mulungu. ²⁰ Pakuti sakumbukira nthawi zambiri masiku a moyo wake, chifukwa Mulungu amampangitsa kukhala wotanganidwa ndi zinthu zomwe amakonda kuchita.