¹ Kenako Zofari wa ku Naama anayankha nati, ² "Malingaliro anga andiyankha mwachangu chifukwa cha nkhawa yomwe ili mwa ine. ³ Ndikumva chidzudzulo chomwe chimandinyoza, koma mzimu kuchokera kumvetsetsa kwanga ukundiyankha. ⁴ Kodi simukudziwa izi kuyambira nthawi zakale, pomwe Mulungu adaika munthu padziko lapansi: ⁵ kupambana kwa woipa ndikanthawi kochepa, ndipo chisangalalo cha munthu wosapembedza chimakhala kwakanthawi? ⁶ Ngakhale msinkhu wake ufikira kumwamba, ndi mutu wake ufikira kumitambo, ⁷ komabe munthu wotero adzawonongeka kwamuyaya monga ndowe zake; amene adamuwona adzati, Ali kuti? ⁸ Adzauluka ngati loto, ndipo sadzapezedwa; ndithu, adzathamangitsidwa ngati masomphenya a usiku. ⁹ Diso lomwe lidamuwona silidzamuwonanso; malo ake sadzamuonanso. ¹⁰ Ana ake adzapepesa kwa osauka; Manja ake adzabwezera chuma chake. ¹¹ Mafupa ake amadzaza ndi unyamata, koma adzagona naye m'fumbi. ¹² Ngakhale zoyipa zili zotsekemera m'kamwa mwake, ngakhale amazibisa pansi pa lilime lake, ¹³ ngakhale amazigwira pamenepo osazisiya koma amazisunga mkamwa mwake - ¹⁴ chakudya m'matumbo mwake chimasanduka chowawa; icho chimakhala poizoni wa mamba mkati mwake. ¹⁵ Wameza chuma, koma adzawasanza; Mulungu adzawatulutsa m'mimba mwake. ¹⁶ Adzayamwa poyizoni wa mamba; lilime la mamba lidzamupha. ¹⁷ Sadzasangalala ndi mitsinje, mitsinje ya uchi ndi mafuta. ¹⁸ Adzabwezera zipatso za ntchito yake, ndipo sadzakhoza kuzidya; sangasangalale ndi chuma chopezeka pamalonda ake. ¹⁹ Pakuti wapondereza ndi kunyalanyaza osauka; walanda nyumba zomwe sanamangepo. ²⁰ Chifukwa sakudziwa kukhutira yekha, sangathe kupulumutsa chilichonse chomwe akusangalala nacho. ²¹ Palibe chomwe chinatsalira chomwe sanameze; Chuma chake sichidzakhala mpaka kalekale. ²² Chuma chake chambiri chidzagwa m'mavuto; dzanja la aliyense amene ali wosauka lidzamenyana naye. ²³ Akadzakhuta mimba yake, Mulungu adzaponyera pa iye ukali waukali wake; Mulungu adzavumbitsira mvula pa iye pamene iye akudya. ²⁴ Ngakhale munthu ameneyo adzathawa chida chachitsulo, uta wamkuwa udzawombera iye. ²⁵ Amachikoka kumsana kwake ndipo kuwala kwake kumatuluka pachiwindi. Ziwopsezo zimubwera. ²⁶ Mdima wathunthu wasungira chuma chake. moto wosayatsidwa udza umeze; lidzadya chomwe chatsala m'hema wake. ²⁷ Kumwamba kudzaulula kusaweruzika kwake, ndipo dziko lapansi lidzamuukira ngati mboni. ²⁸ Chuma cha m'nyumba yake chidzatha; katundu wake adzachoka tsiku la mkwiyo wa Mulungu. ²⁹ Ili ndilo gawo la munthu woyipa lochokera kwa Mulungu, Cholowa chosungidwa ndi Mulungu."