¹ Chifukwa chake zonsezi ndinaziika mumtima mwanga, kuti ndizimveke bwino, ndipo ndidatsimikiza kuti olungama ndi anzeru, ndi zonse zomwe amachita, zili m'manja mwa Mulungu, koma palibe amene akudziwa ngati akuyembekezera chikondi kapena chidani. ² Aliyense ali ndi tsoka lomwelo. Zofananazo zikuyembekezera olungama ndi oipa, abwino, oyera ndi osayera, ndi amene amapereka nsembe ndi amene samapereka. Monga anthu abwino amafa, momwemonso wochimwa. Monga wolumbira adzafa, momwemonso munthu amene akuopa kulumbira. ³ Chilango choipa chili chonse chomwe chimachitika pansi pano, zomwezi zimawachitikira onsewo. Mitima ya anthu yadzala ndi zoipa, ndipo misala ili m'mitima mwawo pamene ali ndi moyo. Kotero pambuyo pake amapita kwa akufa. ⁴ Woyanjana ndi amoyo ali ndi chiyembekezo, ngakhale galu wamoyo aposa mkango wakufa. ⁵ Pakuti amoyo adziwa kuti adzafa, koma akufa sadziwa kanthu bi. Alibenso mphotho chifukwa kukumbukira kwawo kwaiwalika. ⁶ Chikondi, chidani, ndi kaduka zawo zatha kalekale. Sadzakhalanso ndi malo pachilichonse chachitidwa pansi pano. ⁷ Pita ukadye chakudya chako mosangalala, ndi kumwa vinyo wako ndi mtima wosangalala, chifukwa Mulungu amavomereza kukondwerera ntchito zabwino. ⁸ Zovala zanu zizikhala zoyera nthawi zonse komanso mutu wanu udzoze mafuta. ⁹ Sangalala ndi moyo ndi mkazi wako amene umamukonda masiku onse a moyo wopanda pake uwu umene Mulungu wakupatsa pansi pano, masiku ako onse opanda pake. Pakuti iyi ndi mphoto yako m'moyo chifukwa cha ntchito yako yovuta imene unagwira ntchito pansi pano. ¹⁰ Chilichonse dzanja lako lichipeza kuchichita, gwira ntchito ndi mphamvu yako, chifukwa mulibe ntchito, kapena kulongosola, kapena kudziwa, kapena nzeru, kumanda ulikupitako. ¹¹ Ndawonapo zinthu zosangalatsa pansi pano: Mpikisano suli wa anthu othamanga. Nkhondoyo si ya anthu amphamvu. Mkate si wa anthu anzeru. Chuma sichiri cha anthu ozindikira. Kukondera sikuli kwa anthu odziwa. M'malo mwake, nthawi ndi mwayi zimawakhudza onse. ¹² Zowonadi, palibe amene amadziwa nthawi yake idzafika. Monga nsomba zikodwa mumsampha wakupha, kapena mbalame zikodwa mumsampha, ana a anthu amatcheredwa msampha ndi nthawi zoyipa zomwe zimawagwera modzidzimutsa. ¹³ Ndinaonanso nzeru pansi pano monga mwa nzeru zanga. ¹⁴ Panali mzinda wawung'ono wokhala ndi amuna ochepa okha, ndipo mfumu yayikulu idabwera kudzamenyana nawo, adauzungulira ndikumanga misewu yayikulu yomuzungulira. ¹⁵ Tsopano mu mzinda munapezeka munthu wosauka, wanzeru, amene mwa nzeru zake anapulumutsa mzindawo. Pambuyo pake, palibe amene adakumbukira munthu wosauka yemweyo. ¹⁶ Chifukwa chake ndidamaliza kuti, "Nzeru ipambana mphamvu, koma nzeru ya wosauka imanyozedwa, ndipo mawu ake samvedwa." ¹⁷ Mawu a anthu anzeru amene amalankhulidwa mwakachetechete amamveka bwino kuposa kufuula kwa mtsogoleri aliyense wa zitsiru. ¹⁸ Nzeru iposa zida za nkhondo, koma wochimwa m'modzi akhoza kuwononga zabwino zambiri.