¹ Tsika ukhale m'fumbi, namwaliwe, mwana wamkazi wa Babulo; khala pansi wopanda mpando wachifumu, mwana wamkazi wa Akasidi. Simudzatchedwanso ofooka komanso osakhwima. ² Tenga mphero, nupere ufa; chotsa chophimba chako, vula chovala chako chotseguka, vula miyendo yako, uwoloke mitsinje. ³ Umaliseche wako udzaululika, inde manyazi ako adzawoneka; ndidzabwezera, sindidzasunga munthu. ⁴ Wotiwombola, Yehova wa makamu dzina lake, Woyera wa Israyeli. ⁵ Khala chete, nulowe mumdima, mwana wamkazi wa Akasidi; chifukwa sudzatchedwanso mfumukazi ya maufumu. ⁶ Ndinakwiya ndi anthu anga; Ndinaipitsa colowa canga, ndipo ndinawapereka m'dzanja lanu, koma simunawacitira cifundo; munaika goli lolemera kwambiri pa anthu achikulire. ⁷ Inu munati, "Ndidzalamulira kwamuyaya monga mfumukazi yoyang'anira." Simudasamalire izi, ndipo simudaganizire za kukutulukirani. ⁸ Cifukwa cace tsono, imvani, okonda zokoma, khalani mosatekeseka; iwe amene unena mumtima mwako, Ndilipo, ndipo palibenso wina wonga Ine; sindidzakhala wamasiye, kapena kufedwa ana. ⁹ Koma zinthu ziwiri izi zidzakugwera m'kamphindi pa tsiku limodzi: kumwalira kwa ana ndi umasiye; adzakuthirirani mokwanira, ngakhale muli ndi nyanga, ndi mizimu, ndi zithumwa zambiri. ¹⁰ Wakhulupirira zoipa zako; wanena, Palibe wondiona ine; nzeru zako ndi chidziwitso chako zikusokeretsa iwe, koma iwe umanena mumtima mwako, "Ine ndilipo, ndipo palibenso wina wonga ine." ¹¹ Tsoka lidzakugonjetsa; simudzatha kuyithamangitsa ndi malingaliro anu. Chiwonongeko chidzakugwera; simudzatha kuzithamangitsa. Tsoka lidzakugwerani mwadzidzidzi, musanadziwe. ¹² Limbikirani kutaya matsenga anu ndi matsenga anu ambiri omwe mwawerenga mokhulupirika kuyambira muli mwana; mwina upambana, mwina ungawopsyeze tsoka. ¹³ Watopa ndi kufunsana kwako kochuluka; anthu amenewo ayimirire ndi kukupulumutsani — amene mulinganiza zakumwamba ndi kuyang'ana nyenyezi, amene munena za mwezi watsopano — asiyeni akupulumutseni ku zomwe zidzakuchitikireni. ¹⁴ Onani, adzakhala ngati mapesi. Moto udzawatentha. Sadzadzipulumutsa okha ku dzanja la moto. Kulibe makala amoto otenthetsera ndipo palibe moto woti akhalepo! ¹⁵ Izi ndi zimene akhala kwa iwe, amene ugwira nao nchito, amene wagula ndi kugulitsa nao kuyambira ubwana wako; anayenda yense m'njira yace; Palibe amene angakupulumutse. "