Mlaliki

Mlaliki 1

1:1	Mawu a Mlaliki, mwana wa Davide, mfumu ya ku Yerusalemu.
1:2	Mlaliki anatero: Zachabechabe zachabechabe! Zachabechabe zachabechabe, ndipo zonse ndi zachabechabe!
1:3	Munthu ali ndi chiyani m'ntchito zake zonse?, monga agwira ntchito pansi pano?
1:4	Mbadwo upita, ndipo m’badwo umafika. Koma dziko lapansi lidzakhalapobe mpaka kalekale.
1:5	Dzuwa limatuluka ndi kulowa; imabwerera kumalo ake, ndi kuchokera pamenepo, kubadwa mwatsopano,
1:6	imazungulira kum’mwera, ndi malekezero a kumpoto. Mzimu ukupitirirabe, kuunikira chilichonse m'dera lake, ndi kutembenukanso mu kuzungulira kwake.
1:7	Mitsinje yonse imalowa m’nyanja, ndipo nyanja sisefukira. Kumalo kumene mitsinje imachokera, amabwerera, kuti ayendenso.
1:8	Zinthu zoterezi ndizovuta; munthu sangathe kuwalongosola ndi mawu. Diso silikhutitsidwa ndi kuona, ndiponso khutu silimadza ndi kumva.
1:9	Ndi chiyani chomwe chinalipo? Zomwezo zidzakhalapo mtsogolomu. Ndi chiyani chomwe chachitidwa? Zomwezo zidzapitirira kuchitika.
1:10	Palibe chatsopano pansi pano. Palibe amene anganene: “Taonani!, ichi ndi chatsopano!” Pakuti unabadwa kale m’mibadwo isanayambe ife.
1:11	Palibe chikumbutso cha zinthu zakale. Poyeneradi, ndipo sipadzakhalanso zolembedwa zakale za m’tsogolo, kwa iwo amene adzakhalapo pa mapeto.
1:12	Ine, Mlaliki, anali mfumu ya Israeli ku Yerusalemu.
1:13	Ndipo ndinatsimikiza mumtima mwanga kufunafuna ndi kufufuza mwanzeru, za zonse zichitidwa pansi pano. Mulungu wapereka ntchito yovuta kwambiri imeneyi kwa ana a anthu, kotero kuti akatengeke nazo.
1:14	Ndinaziona zonse zichitidwa pansi pano;, ndipo tawonani: zonse ndi zachabechabe ndi chizunzo cha mzimu.
1:15	Okhota safuna kuwongoleredwa, ndipo chiwerengero cha opusa chilibe malire.
1:16	ndalankhula mumtima mwanga, kunena: “Taonani!, Ndapeza ukulu, ndipo ndaposa anzeru onse amene anakhalapo ine ndisanabadwe mu Yerusalemu.” Ndipo maganizo anga analingalira zinthu zambiri mwanzeru, ndipo ndaphunzira.
1:17	Ndipo ndapereka mtima wanga, kuti ndidziwe nzeru ndi chiphunzitso, komanso cholakwika ndi kupusa. Komabe ndikuzindikira zimenezo, mu zinthu izinso, pali zovuta, ndi chizunzo cha mzimu.
1:18	Chifukwa cha izi, mu nzeru zambiri mulinso mkwiyo wambiri. Ndipo amene aonjezera kudziwa, imawonjezeranso zovuta.

Mlaliki 2

2:1	Ndidati muntima: “Ndidzatuluka ndi kusefukira ndi zokondweretsa, ndipo ndidzasangalala ndi zinthu zabwino.” Ndipo ine ndinaziwona izo, nawonso, ndi zopanda pake.
2:2	Kuseka, Ndinaona zolakwika. Ndi kukondwera, Ndinatero: “N’chifukwa chiyani mukunamizidwa?, popanda cholinga?”
2:3	Ndinaganiza mumtima mwanga kuti ndichotse thupi langa ndi vinyo, kuti ndikonze mtima wanga ku nzeru, ndi kupatuka ku zopusa, mpaka ndione chimene chili chothandiza kwa ana a anthu, ndi chimene ayenera kuchita pansi pano, pa chiwerengero cha masiku a moyo wawo.
2:4	Ndinakulitsa ntchito zanga. Ndinadzimangira nyumba ndekha, ndipo ndinaoka minda yamphesa.
2:5	Ndinapanga minda ndi minda ya zipatso. Ndipo ndinabzala mitengo yamitundumitundu.
2:6	Ndipo ine ndinakumba madziwe a nsomba, kuti ndidzathirira nkhalango ya mitengo yophuka.
2:7	Ndinapeza antchito aamuna ndi aakazi, ndipo ndinali ndi banja lalikulu, ndi ng’ombe ndi nkhosa zambiri, kuposa onse amene anakhalapo ine ndisanabadwe mu Yerusalemu.
2:8	Ndinadzikundikira siliva ndi golidi, ndi chuma cha mafumu ndi abwanamkubwa. Ndinasankha oyimba amuna ndi akazi, ndi zokondweretsa za ana a anthu, mbale ndi mitsuko pofuna kuthira vinyo.
2:9	+ Ndinaposa onse amene analipo ine ndisanabadwe mu Yerusalemu. Nzeru zanganso zinakhalabe nane.
2:10	Ndi zonse zimene maso anga anazifuna, Sindinawakane. Komanso sindinaletse mtima wanga kusangalala ndi zosangalatsa zilizonse, ndi kudziseketsa mu zinthu zimene ndinazikonza. Ndipo ndinachiwona ichi ngati gawo langa, ngati kuti ndikugwiritsa ntchito ntchito zanga.
2:11	Koma pamene ndinatembenukira ku ntchito zonse zimene manja anga anazipanga, ndi ku nchito zimene ndinaturuka nazo cabe, Ndinaona kupanda pake ndi kusautsika kwa moyo m’zinthu zonse, ndi kuti palibe chosatha pansi pano.
2:12	Ndinapitiriza, kuti ulingirire nzeru, komanso cholakwika ndi kupusa. “Munthu ndi chiyani,” ndinatero, “kuti adzatha kutsatira Mlengi wake, Mfumu?”
2:13	Ndipo ndinaona kuti nzeru ipambana utsiru, kotero kuti amasiyana monga kuwunika ndi mdima.
2:14	Maso a munthu wanzeru ali pamutu pake. Munthu wopusa amayenda mumdima. Komabe ndinaphunzira kuti mmodzi adzafa monga winayo.
2:15	Ndipo ndinati mu mtima: “Ngati imfa ya chitsiru ndi ineyo idzakhala imodzi, zimandipindulira bwanji, ngati ndadziperekeza ku ntchito yanzeru?” Ndipo pamene ine ndinali kuyankhula mu malingaliro anga omwe, Ndinazindikira kuti izi, nawonso, ndi zopanda pake.
2:16	Pakuti anzeru sadzakhala chikumbutso mpaka kalekale, kapena opusa. Ndipo nthawi zamtsogolo zidzaphimba zonse pamodzi, ndi kuiwala. Wophunzira amafa m’njira yofanana ndi yosaphunzira.
2:17	Ndipo, chifukwa cha izi, moyo wanga wanditopetsa, popeza ndinaona kuti zonse pansi pano ndi zoipa, ndipo zonse ziri zachabechabe ndi kusautsa kwa mzimu.
2:18	Apanso, Ndinanyansidwa ndi khama langa lonse, chimene ndinasauka nacho pansi pano, kutengedwa ndi wolowa nyumba pambuyo panga,
2:19	ngakhale sindidziwa ngati adzakhala wanzeru kapena wopusa. Ndipo komabe adzakhala ndi mphamvu pa ntchito zanga, m'mene ndagwira ntchito ndi kuda nkhawa. Ndipo pali china chilichonse chopanda kanthu?
2:20	Choncho, Ine ndinasiya, ndipo mtima wanga unasiya kugwira ntchito zina pansi pano.
2:21	Pakuti pamene wina agwira ntchito mwanzeru, ndi chiphunzitso, ndi nzeru, Amasiya zimene wapeza kwa amene wachita ulesi. Ndiye izi, nawonso, ndi chachabechabe komanso cholemetsa chachikulu.
2:22	Pakuti munthu angapindule bwanji ndi ntchito yake yonse ndi kuzunzika kwa mzimu?, amene adazunzika nawo pansi pano?
2:23	Masiku ake onse adzaza ndi zowawa ndi zovuta; komanso sapumitsa maganizo ake, ngakhale usiku. Ndipo izi si zachabechabe?
2:24	Kodi si bwino kudya ndi kumwa?, ndi kusonyeza moyo wake zabwino za ntchito yake? Ndipo izi zachokera m’dzanja la Mulungu.
2:25	+ Choncho amene adzachita phwando ndi kusefukira ndi zokondweretsa monga momwe ndiliri?
2:26	Mulungu wapereka, kwa munthu amene amkomera mtima, nzeru, ndi chidziwitso, ndi kusangalala. Koma kwa wochimwa, wapereka masautso ndi nkhawa zopanda pake, kuti awonjezere, ndi kusonkhanitsa, ndi kupereka, kwa iye amene akondweretsa Mulungu. Koma izi, nawonso, ndi zachabechabe ndi nkhawa zopanda pake za mumtima.

Mlaliki 3

3:1	Zinthu zonse zili ndi nthawi yake, ndipo zinthu zonse pansi pa thambo zipitirirabe m’nyengo yao.
3:2	Nthawi yobadwa, ndi nthawi yakufa. Nthawi yobzala, ndi nthawi yozula chobzalidwa.
3:3	Nthawi yakupha, ndi nthawi yakuchiritsa. Nthawi yowononga, ndi nthawi yomanga.
3:4	Nthawi ya kulira, ndi nthawi yakuseka. Nthawi yolira, ndi nthawi yovina.
3:5	Nthawi yakumwaza miyala, ndi nthawi yosonkhanitsa. Nthawi yakukumbatira, ndi nthawi yokhala kutali ndi kukumbatirana.
3:6	Nthawi yopeza, ndi nthawi yotayika. Nthawi yosunga, ndi nthawi yotaya.
3:7	Nthawi yopumula, ndi nthawi ya kusoka. Nthawi yokhala chete, ndi nthawi yolankhula.
3:8	Nthawi ya chikondi, ndi nthawi ya chidani. Nthawi ya nkhondo, ndi nthawi yamtendere.
3:9	Kodi munthu ali ndi chiyani kuchokera ku ntchito yake??
3:10	Ndaona nsautso imene Mulungu wapereka kwa ana a anthu, kuti atengeke nazo.
3:11	Iye wapanga zinthu zonse kukhala zabwino pa nthawi yake, ndipo wapereka dziko ku mikangano yawo, kuti munthu asaulule ntchito imene Mulungu anaipanga kuyambira pachiyambi, ngakhale mpaka kumapeto.
3:12	Ndipo ndikuzindikira kuti palibe chabwino kuposa kusangalala, ndi kuchita bwino m’moyo uno.
3:13	Pakuti uwu ndi mphatso yochokera kwa Mulungu: pamene munthu aliyense adya ndi kumwa, ndipo amawona zotsatira zabwino za ntchito yake.
3:14	Ndaphunzira kuti ntchito zonse zimene Mulungu wazipanga zikupitirirabe, mu muyaya. Sitingathe kuwonjezera kalikonse, kapena kutenga kanthu, ku zinthu zimene Mulungu anazipanga kuti aziopedwa.
3:15	Zomwe zidapangidwa, zomwezo zikupitirira. Zomwe zili mtsogolo, zakhalapo kale. Ndipo Mulungu abwezeretsa zomwe zidapita.
3:16	Ndinaona pansi pano: m’malo mwa chiweruzo, kuipa, ndi m’malo mwa chilungamo, kusaweruzika.
3:17	Ndipo ndinati mu mtima: “Mulungu adzaweruza olungama ndi osalungama, ndipo pamenepo idzafika nthawi ya kanthu kalikonse.
3:18	Ndidati muntima, za ana a anthu, kuti Mulungu awayese, ndi kuwavumbulutsa kukhala ngati nyama zakuthengo.
3:19	Pachifukwa ichi, kumwalira kwa munthu ndi nyama ndi chimodzi, ndipo Mkhalidwe wa onse awiriwo ndi wofanana. Pakuti monga munthu amafa, momwemonso iwo amafa. Zinthu zonse zimapuma mofanana, ndipo munthu alibe china koma chirombo; pakuti zonsezi nzachabe.
3:20	Ndipo zinthu zonse zimapitirira pa malo amodzi; pakuti anapangidwa kuchokera ku dziko lapansi, ndipo kunthaka adzabwerera pamodzi.
3:21	Ndani akudziwa ngati mzimu wa ana a Adamu ukukwera kumwamba?, ndipo mzimu wa zilombo ukatsikira pansi?
3:22	+ Ndipo sindinapeza china chabwino kuposa kuti munthu asangalale ndi ntchito yake: pakuti ili ndi gawo lake. Ndipo adzamuonjezera ndani, kuti adziwe zimene zidzachitike pambuyo pake?

Mlaliki 4

4:1	Ndinatembenukira kuzinthu zina, ndipo ndinaona mabodza amene akuchitidwa pansi pano, ndi misozi ya wosalakwa, ndi kuti panalibe wowatonthoza; ndi kuti sanathe kupirira chiwawa chawo, kukhala wopanda thandizo lililonse.
4:2	Ndipo kenako, Ndinalemekeza akufa koposa amoyo.
4:3	Ndipo wokondwa kuposa zonsezi, Ndinamuweruza kuti ali, amene sanabadwe, ndi amene sanawone zoipa zimene zikuchitika pansi pano.
4:4	Apanso, Ndinali kulingalira ntchito zonse za anthu. Ndipo ndinazindikira kuti zoyesayesa zawo ndi zotseguka kwa anansi awo. Ndipo kenako, mu izi, nawonso, pali chopanda pake ndi nkhawa mopambanitsa.
4:5	Wopusa apinda manja ake pamodzi, ndipo amadya nyama yake, kunena:
4:6	“Dzanja limodzi lokhala ndi mpumulo liposa manja onse aŵiri odzala ndi ntchito ndi chizunzo cha moyo.”
4:7	Poganizira izi, Ndinapezanso zachabechabe zina pansi pano.
4:8	Iye ndi mmodzi, ndipo alibe mphindi imodzi: ayi, ayi m'bale. Ndipo komabe iye saleka kugwira ntchito, ngakhale maso ake sakhuta chuma, komanso samasinkhasinkha, kunena: “Kodi ndimagwirira ntchito ndani ndi kuchitira chinyengo moyo wanga pa zinthu zabwino?” Mu ichi, nawonso, ndi chachabechabe ndi chowawa cholemetsa.
4:9	Choncho, nkwabwino kuti awiri akhale pamodzi, kuposa kuti munthu akhale yekha. Pakuti iwo ali ndi ubwino wa kuyanjana kwawo.
4:10	Ngati wina agwa, adzathandizidwa ndi winayo. Tsoka kwa amene ali yekha. Pakuti akagwa, alibe womukweza.
4:11	Ndipo ngati awiri akugona, amatenthetsana wina ndi mzake. Munthu m’modzi yekha angafundidwe bwanji??
4:12	Ndipo ngati munthu angathe kumugonjetsa, awiri akhoza kulimbana naye, ndipo chingwe cha nkhosi zitatu chimaduka movutikira.
4:13	Bwino ndi mnyamata, osauka ndi anzeru, kuposa mfumu, wokalamba ndi wopusa, amene sadziwa kuyang'ana m'tsogolo chifukwa cha mbadwa.
4:14	Kwa nthawi zina, wina aturuka m'ndende ndi unyolo, ku ufumu, pamene wina, wobadwa ku mphamvu ya ufumu, zimadyedwa ndi kusowa.
4:15	Ndinaona amoyo onse akuyenda pansi pano, ndipo ndinawona m'badwo wotsatira, amene adzauka m’malo mwao.
4:16	Chiwerengero cha anthu, mwa onse amene analipo iwo asanabadwe, alibe malire. Ndipo amene adzakhalepo pambuyo pake Sadzakondwera nawo. Koma izi, nawonso, ndi chopanda pake ndi chowawa cha mzimu.
4:17	Tetezani phazi lanu, pamene mulowa m’nyumba ya Mulungu, ndi kuyandikira, kuti mumve. Pakuti kumvera kuli bwino koposa nsembe za opusa, amene sadziwa zoipa zimene akuchita.

Mlaliki 5

5:1	Musalankhule mopupuluma, kapena mtima wako usafulumire kunena mawu pamaso pa Mulungu. Pakuti Mulungu ali kumwamba, ndipo inu muli padziko lapansi. Pachifukwa ichi, mawu anu akhale ochepa.
5:2	Maloto amatsata nkhawa zambiri, ndipo m’mawu ambiri mudzapeza chitsiru.
5:3	Ngati mwalonjeza chilichonse kwa Mulungu, musachedwe kubweza. Ndi chilichonse chimene mwalumbira, perekani izo. Koma lonjezo losakhulupilika ndi lopusa silimukondweletsa.
5:4	Ndipo ndi bwino kwambiri kusalumbira, kuposa, pambuyo pa lumbiro, osati kukwaniritsa zomwe adalonjezedwa.
5:5	Musagwiritse ntchito pakamwa panu kuti muchimwitse thupi lanu. Ndipo musanene, pamaso pa Mngelo, "Palibe Providence." Kwa Mulungu, kukwiyira mawu ako, angamwaza ntchito zonse za manja anu.
5:6	Kumene kuli maloto ambiri, pali zambiri zachabe ndi mawu osawerengeka. Komabe moona, muziopa Mulungu.
5:7	Ngati muwona zoneneza zabodza kwa osowa, ndi ziweruzo zachiwawa, ndi kusokoneza chilungamo m’boma, musadabwe ndi izi. Kwa iwo omwe ali pamwamba ali ndi ena apamwamba, ndipo pali enanso, otchuka kwambiri, pa izi.
5:8	Koma potsiriza, pali Mfumu imene ikulamulira dziko lonse lapansi, chimene chili pansi pake.
5:9	Munthu waumbombo sakhutitsidwa ndi ndalama. Ndipo amene akonda chuma Sadzakolola zipatso zake. Choncho, izi, nawonso, ndi zopanda pake.
5:10	Kumene kuli chuma chambiri, padzakhalanso ambiri akudya izi. Ndipo zingampindulitse bwanji amene ali nazo, Kupatula kuti akuzindikira chumacho ndi maso ake?
5:11	Tulo timakoma kwa wogwira ntchito, kaya amadya zochepa kapena zambiri. But the satiation of a wealthy man will not permit him to sleep.
5:12	There is even another most burdensome infirmity, which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept to the harm of the owner.
5:13	For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.
5:14	Just as he went forth naked from his mother’s womb, so shall he return, and he shall take nothing with him from his labors.
5:15	It is an utterly miserable infirmity that, in the same manner as he has arrived, so shall he return. How then does it benefit him, since he has labored for the wind?
5:16	All the days of his life he consumes: in darkness, and with many worries, and in distress as well as sadness.
5:17	Ndipo kenako, this has seemed good to me: that a person should eat and drink, and should enjoy the fruits of his labor, in which he has toiled under the sun, for the number of the days of his life that God has given him. For this is his portion.
5:18	And this is a gift from God: that every man to whom God has given wealth and resources, and to whom he has granted the ability to consume these, may enjoy his portion, and may find joy in his labors.
5:19	And then he will not fully remember the days of his life, because God occupies his heart with delights.

Mlaliki 6

6:1	There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, ndi, poyeneradi, it is frequent among men.
6:2	It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, ndi ulemu; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the ability to consume these things, but instead a man who is a stranger will devour them. This is emptiness and a great misfortune.
6:3	If a man were to produce one hundred children, and to live for many years, and to attain to an age of many days, and if his soul were to make no use of the goods of his resources, and if he were lacking even a burial: concerning such a man, I declare that a miscarried child is better than he.
6:4	For he arrives without a purpose and he continues on into darkness, and his name shall be wiped away, into oblivion.
6:5	He has not seen the sun, nor recognized the difference between good and evil.
6:6	Even if he were to live for two thousand years, and yet not thoroughly enjoy what is good, does not each one hurry on to the same place?
6:7	Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled.
6:8	What do the wise have which is more than the foolish? And what does the pauper have, except to continue on to that place, where there is life?
6:9	It is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. Koma izi, nawonso, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit.
6:10	Whoever shall be in the future, his name has already been called. And it is known that he is a man and that he is not able to contend in judgment against one who is stronger than himself.
6:11	There are many words, and many of these, in disputes, hold much emptiness.

Mlaliki 7

7:1	Why is it necessary for a man to seek things that are greater than himself, when he does not know what is advantageous for himself in his life, during the number of the days of his sojourn, and while time passes by like a shadow? Or who will be able to tell him what will be in the future after him under the sun?
7:2	A good name is better than precious ointments, and a day of death is better than a day of birth.
7:3	It is better to go to a house of mourning, than to a house of feasting. For in the former, we are admonished about the end of all things, so that the living consider what may be in the future.
7:4	Anger is better than laughter. For through the sadness of the countenance, the soul of one who offends may be corrected.
7:5	The heart of the wise is a place of mourning, and the heart of the foolish is a place of rejoicing.
7:6	It is better to be corrected by a wise man, than to be deceived by the false praise of the foolish.
7:7	Za, like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of the foolish. Koma izi, nawonso, ndi zopanda pake.
7:8	A false accusation troubles the wise man and saps the strength of his heart.
7:9	The end of a speech is better than the beginning. Patience is better than arrogance.
7:10	Do not be quickly moved to anger. For anger resides in the sinews of the foolish.
7:11	You should not say: “What do you think is the reason that the former times were better than they are now?” For this type of question is foolish.
7:12	Wisdom with riches is more useful and more advantageous, for those who see the sun.
7:13	For as wisdom protects, so also does money protect. But learning and wisdom have this much more: that they grant life to one who possesses them.
7:14	Consider the works of God, that no one is able to correct whomever he has despised.
7:15	In good times, enjoy good things, but beware of an evil time. For just as God has establish the one, so also the other, in order that man may not find any just complaint against him.
7:16	I also saw this, in the days of my vanity: a just man perishing in his justice, and an impious man living a long time in his malice.
7:17	Do not try to be overly just, and do not try to be more wise than is necessary, lest you become stupid.
7:18	Do not act with great impiety, and do not choose to be foolish, lest you die before your time.
7:19	It is good for you to support a just man. Komanso, you should not withdraw your hand from him, for whoever fears God, neglects nothing.
7:20	Wisdom has strengthened the wise more than ten princes of a city.
7:21	But there is no just man on earth, who does good and does not sin.
7:22	Ndiye ndiye, do not attach your heart to every word that is spoken, lest perhaps you may hear your servant speaking ill of you.
7:23	For your conscience knows that you, nawonso, have repeatedly spoken evil of others.
7:24	I have tested everything in wisdom. I have said: “I will be wise.” And wisdom withdrew farther from me,
7:25	so much more than it was before. Wisdom is very profound, so who shall reveal her?
7:26	I have examined all things in my soul, so that I may know, ndi kulingalira, and seek out wisdom and reason, and so that I may recognize the impiety of the foolish, and the error of the imprudent.
7:27	And I have discovered a woman more bitter than death: she who is like the snare of a hunter, and whose heart is like a net, and whose hands are like chains. Whoever pleases God shall flee from her. But whoever is a sinner shall be seized by her.
7:28	Taonani!, Mlaliki anatero, I have discovered these things, one after another, in order that I might discover the explanation
7:29	which my soul still seeks and has not found. One man among a thousand, I have found; a woman among them all, I have not found.
7:30	This alone have I discovered: that God made man righteous, and yet he has adulterated himself with innumerable questions. Who is so great as the wise? And who has understood the meaning of the word?

Mlaliki 8

8:1	The wisdom of a man shines in his countenance, and even the expression of a most powerful man will change.
8:2	I heed the mouth of the king, and the commandment of an oath to God.
8:3	You should not hastily withdraw from his presence, nor should you remain in an evil work. For all that pleases him, he will do.
8:4	And his word is filled with authority. Neither is anyone able to say to him: “Why are you acting this way?”
8:5	Whoever keeps the commandment will not experience evil. The heart of a wise man understands the time to respond.
8:6	For every matter, there is a time and an opportunity, as well as many difficulties, for man.
8:7	For he is ignorant of the past, and he is able to know nothing of the future by means of a messenger.
8:8	It is not in the power of a man to prohibit the spirit, nor does he have authority over the day of death, nor is he permitted to rest when war breaks out, and neither will impiety save the impious.
8:9	I have considered all these things, and I have applied my heart to all the works which are being done under the sun. Sometimes one man rules over another to his own harm.
8:10	I have seen the impious buried. These same, while they were still living, were in the holy place, and they were praised in the city as workers of justice. Koma izi, nawonso, ndi zopanda pake.
8:11	For the sons of men perpetrate evils without any fear, because judgment is not pronounced quickly against the evil.
8:12	But although a sinner may do evil of himself one hundred times, and by patience still endure, I realize that it will be well with those who fear God, who revere his face.
8:13	Choncho, may it not go well with the impious, and may his days not be prolonged. And let those who do not fear the face of the Lord pass away like a shadow.
8:14	There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are the just, to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the impious. And there are the impious, who are very secure, as though they possess the deeds of the just. Koma izi, nawonso, I judge to be a very great vanity.
8:15	Ndipo kenako, I praised rejoicing, because there was no good for a man under the sun, except to eat and drink, and to be cheerful, and because he may take nothing with him from his labor in the days of his life, which God has given to him under the sun.
8:16	And I applied my heart, so that I might know wisdom, and so that I might understand a disturbance that turns upon the earth: it is a man, who takes no sleep with his eyes, usana ndi usiku.
8:17	And I understood that man is able to find no explanation for all those works of God which are done under the sun. Ndipo kenako, the more that he labors to seek, so much the less does he find. Inde, even if a wise man were to claim that he knows, he would not be able to discover it.

Mlaliki 9

9:1	I have drawn all these things through my heart, so that I might carefully understand. There are just men as well as wise men, and their works are in the hand of God. And yet a man does not know so much as whether he is worthy of love or of hatred.
9:2	But all things in the future remain uncertain, because all things happen equally to the just and to the impious, to the good and to the bad, to the pure and to the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and to those who despise sacrifices. As the good are, so also are sinners. As those who commit perjury are, so also are those who swear to the truth.
9:3	This is a very great burden among all things that are done under the sun: that the same things happen to everyone. And when the hearts of the sons of men are filled with malice and contempt in their lives, afterwards they shall be dragged down to hell.
9:4	There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
9:5	For the living know that they themselves will die, yet truly the dead know nothing anymore, nor do they have any recompense. For the memory of them is forgotten.
9:6	Momwemonso, love and hatred and envy have all perished together, nor have they any place in this age and in the work which is done under the sun.
9:7	Ndiye ndiye, go and eat your bread with rejoicing, and drink your wine with gladness. For your works are pleasing to God.
9:8	Let your garments be white at all times, and let not oil be absent from your head.
9:9	Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your uncertain life which have been given to you under the sun, during all the time of your vanity. For this is your portion in life and in your labor, with which you labor under the sun.
9:10	Whatever your hand is able to do, do it earnestly. For neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge will exist in death, toward which you are hurrying.
9:11	I turned myself toward another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the learned, nor grace to the skilful: but there is a time and an end for all these things.
9:12	Man does not know his own end. Koma, just as fish are caught with a hook, and birds are captured with a snare, so are men seized in the evil time, when it will suddenly overwhelm them.
9:13	This wisdom, chimodzimodzi, I have seen under the sun, and I have examined it intensely.
9:14	There was a small city, with a few men in it. There came against it a great king, who surrounded it, and built fortifications all around it, and the blockade was completed.
9:15	And there was found within it, a poor and wise man, and he freed the city through his wisdom, and nothing was recorded afterward of that poor man.
9:16	Ndipo kenako, I declared that wisdom is better than strength. But how is it, ndiye, that the wisdom of the poor man is treated with contempt, and his words are not heeded?
9:17	The words of the wise are heard in silence, more so than the outcry of a prince among the foolish.
9:18	Wisdom is better than weapons of war. And whoever offends in one thing, shall lose many good things.

Mlaliki 10

10:1	Dying flies ruin the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a brief and limited foolishness.
10:2	The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a foolish man is in his left hand.
10:3	Komanso, as a foolish man is walking along the way, even though he himself is unwise, he considers everyone to be foolish.
10:4	If the spirit of one who holds authority rises over you, do not leave your place, because attentiveness will cause the greatest sins to cease.
10:5	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, proceeding from the presence of a prince, as if by mistake:
10:6	a foolish man appointed to a high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath him.
10:7	I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking on the ground like servants.
10:8	Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever tears apart a hedge, a snake will bite him.
10:9	Whoever carries away stones will be harmed by them. And whoever cuts down trees will be wounded by them.
10:10	If the iron is dull, and if it was not that way before, but has been made dull by much labor, then it will be sharpened. And wisdom will follow after diligence.
10:11	Whoever slanders in secret is nothing less than a snake that bites silently.
10:12	Words from the mouth of a wise man are graceful, but the lips of a foolish man will throw him down with violence.
10:13	At the beginning of his words is foolishness, and at the end of his talk is a most grievous error.
10:14	The fool multiplies his words. A man does not know what has been before him, and who is able to reveal to him what will be in the future after him?
10:15	The hardship of the foolish will afflict those who do not know to go into the city.
10:16	Tsoka kwa inu, the land whose king is a boy, and whose princes consume in the morning.
10:17	Blessed is the land whose king is noble, and whose princes eat at the proper time, for refreshment and not for self-indulgence.
10:18	By laziness, a framework shall be brought down, and by the weakness of hands, a house shall collapse through.
10:19	While laughing, they make bread and wine, so that the living may feast. And all things are obedient to money.
10:20	You should not slander the king, even in your thoughts, and you should not speak evil of a wealthy man, even in your private chamber. For even the birds of the air will carry your voice, and whatever has wings will announce your opinion.

Mlaliki 11

11:1	Cast your bread over running waters. Za, patapita nthawi yaitali, you shall find it again.
11:2	Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.
11:3	If the clouds have been filled, they will pour forth rain upon the earth. If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, or to whatever direction it may fall, there it shall remain.
11:4	Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.
11:5	In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.
11:6	M'mawa, sow your seed, and in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.
11:7	Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
11:8	If a man lives for many years, and if he has rejoiced in all of these, he must remember the many days of the dark times, amene, when they will have arrived, will accuse the past of vanity.
11:9	Ndiye ndiye, kondwerani, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.
11:10	Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.

Mlaliki 12

12:1	Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the time of affliction arrives and the years draw near, about which you will say, “These do not please me.”
12:2	Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,
12:3	when the guardians of the house will tremble, and the strongest men will waver, and those who grind grain will be idle, except for a small number, and those who look through the keyholes will be darkened.
12:4	And they will close the doors to the street, when the voice of he who grinds the grain will be humbled, and they will be disturbed at the sound of a flying thing, and all the daughters of song shall become deaf.
12:5	Momwemonso, they will fear the things above them, and they will dread the way. The almond tree will flourish; the locust will be fattened; and the caper plant will scattered, because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall wander around in the street.
12:6	Before the silver cord is broken, and the golden band pulls away, and the pitcher is crushed over the fountain, and the wheel is broken above the cistern,
12:7	and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.
12:8	Zachabechabe zachabechabe, said Ecclesiastes, ndipo zonse ndi zachabechabe!
12:9	And since Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and he described what he had accomplished. And while searching, he composed many parables.
12:10	He sought useful words, and he wrote most righteous words, which were full of truth.
12:11	The words of the wise are like a goad, and like nails deeply fastened, amene, through the counsel of teachers, are set forth by one pastor.
12:12	You should require no more than this, mwana wanga. For there is no end to the making of many books. And excessive study is an affliction to the flesh.
12:13	Let us all listen together to the end of the discourse. Fear God, and observe his commandments. This is everything for man.
12:14	Ndipo kenako, for all that is done and for each error, God will bring judgment: kaya chinali chabwino kapena choipa.