¹ Ndipo Elifazi wa ku Temani anayankha, nati, ² Kodi munthu wanzeru ayankhe ndi nzeru yopanda pake, nadzadzazidwa ndi mphepo ya kum'maŵa? ³ Kodi ayenera kukambirana ndi nkhani zopanda pake kapena ndi malankhulidwe omwe sangapindule nawo? ⁴ Inde, mukuchepetsa ulemu kwa Mulungu; mumuletsa iye kudzipereka, ⁵ pakuti mphulupulu zako zimaphunzitsa pakamwa pako; mumasankha kukhala ndi lilime la munthu wochenjera. ⁶ Pakamwa pako pakutsutsa, si ine ayi. inde milomo yako ikutsutsa. ⁷ Kodi ndiwe munthu woyamba kubadwa? Kodi unakhalapo mapiri asanakhaleko? ⁸ Kodi mwamva chidziwitso chobisika cha Mulungu? Kodi ukudzipangira wekha nzeru? ⁹ Mukudziwa chiyani chomwe ife sitikudziwa? Mukumvetsa chiyani chomwe sichilinso mwa ife? ¹⁰ Kodi ndiwe munthu woyamba kubadwa? Kodi unakhalapo mapiri asanakhaleko? ¹¹ Kodi mwamva chidziwitso chobisika cha Mulungu? Kodi ukudzipangira wekha nzeru? Mukudziwa chiyani chomwe ife sitikudziwa? Mukumvetsa chiyani chomwe sichilinso mwa ife? ¹² Chifukwa chiyani mtima wako umakutenga? Chifukwa chiyani maso ako akuphethira, ¹³ kuti utembenukire mzimu wako motsutsana ndi Mulungu, ndi kutulutsa pakamwa pako mawu otere? ¹⁴ Munthu nchiyani kuti akhale woyera? Ndi ndani amene wabadwa mwa mkazi kuti akhale olungama? ¹⁵ Taonani, Mulungu sakhulupirira ngakhale opatulika ake; inde kumwamba kulibe kuyera pamaso pake; ¹⁶ kuli bwanji munthu wonyansa ndi wonyansa, wakumwa choipa ngati madzi? ¹⁷ Ndikuwonetsa; tandimverani; Ndikulengeza kwa iwe zinthu zomwe ndidaziwona, ¹⁸ zomwe anzeru adatsata kuchokera kwa makolo awo, zomwe makolo awo sanazibise. ¹⁹ Awa anali makolo awo, omwe ndi okhawo omwe nthaka idapatsidwa, ndipo pakati pawo palibe mlendo amene adadutsa. ²⁰ Munthu woipa amapotoza ndi mazunzo masiku ake onse, kuchuluka kwa zaka zosungika kuti wozunza avutike. ²¹ M'makutu mwake mumveka zoopsa. Ali pa mtendere, wowonongayo amamugwera. ²² Samalingalira kuti adzatuluka mumdima; lupanga limudikirira. ²³ Amapita kumadera osiyanasiyana kuti akapeze mkate, nati, 'Ili kuti?' Amadziwa kuti tsiku lamdima layandikira. ²⁴ Zowawa ndi zowawa zimuchititsa mantha; amugonjetsa, monga mfumu yokonzekera nkhondo. ^{25 26} Chifukwa watambasula dzanja lake motsutsana ndi Mulungu ndipo wachita zinthu modzikuza pamaso pa Wamphamvuyonse, munthu woipayu akuthamangira kwa Mulungu ndi khosi lolimba, ndi chishango chakuda. ²⁷ Izi ndi zowona, ngakhale adabisa nkhope yake ndi mafuta ake, nadzola mafuta m'chuuno mwake, ²⁸ nakhala m'midzi yopasuka; m'nyumba zomwe palibe munthu amene akukhalamo panopo ndipo zatsala pang'ono kuunjika milu. ²⁹ Sadzakhala wachuma; Chuma chake sichidzakhalitsa ndipo chuma chake sichidzafalikira padziko lapansi. ³⁰ Sadzatuluka mumdima; lawi lidzaumitsa mapesi ake; adzachoka pakamwa pa Mulungu. ³¹ Asamadalire zopanda pake, kudzinyenga yekha; pakuti zopanda pake zidzakhala mphotho zake. ³² Zidzachitika nthawi zake zisanafike; nthambi yake sidzakhala yobiriwira. ³³ Adzaponya mphesa zake zosapsa ngati mpesa; adzataya maluwa ake ngati mtengo wazitona. ³⁴ Pakuti gulu la osapembedza lidzakhala lopanda kanthu; moto udzawononga mahema awo a ziphuphu. ³⁵ Amakhala ndi pakati pa choyipa, nabala mphulupulu; mimba yawo imakhala ndi chinyengo. "