² Ukali wa mfumu uli ngati kubangula kwa mkango;
    amene amawuputa mkwiyowo amataya moyo wake.

³ Nʼchaulemu kwa munthu kupewa mikangano,
    koma chitsiru chilichonse chimafulumira kulongolola.

⁴ Munthu waulesi satipula mʼmunda pa nthawi yoyenera;
    kotero pa nthawi yokolola adzafunafuna zinthu koma sadzapeza kanthu kalikonse.

⁵ Zolinga za mtima wa munthu zili ngati madzi akuya,
    munthu womvetsa zinthu ndiye yekha angawatunge.

⁶ Anthu ambiri amayankhula za kukhulupirika kwawo,
    koma munthu wokhulupirika angamupeze ndani?

⁷ Munthu wolungama amakhala ndi makhalidwe abwino;
    odala ndi ana ake amene amatsanzira moyo wake.

⁸ Mfumu ikhala pa mpando wake wa chiweruzo,
    imapeta ndi maso ake anthu onse oyipa.

⁹ Ndani amene anganene kuti, “Ndawuyeretsa mtima wanga;
    ndilibe tchimo lililonse?”

¹⁰ Masikelo ndi miyeso ya zinthu imene ili yachinyengo
    zonsezi Yehova zimamunyansa.

¹¹ Ngakhale mwana amadziwika ndi zochita zake,
    ngati zochita zake zili zoyera ndi zoyenera.

¹² Makutu amene amamva ndi maso amene amaona,
    zonsezi anazilenga ndi Yehova.

¹³ Usakonde tulo ungasauke;
    khala maso ndipo udzakhala ndi chakudya chambiri.

¹⁴ Munthu wogula chinthu amati, “Sichabwino, sichabwino.”
    Koma akagula nʼkuchokapo amayamba kudzitama.

¹⁵ Pali golide ndi miyala yamtengowapatali,
    koma milomo yoyankhula zanzeru ndi yamtengowapatali koposa zonsezi.

¹⁶ Utenge chovala cha munthu amene waperekera mlendo chikole;
    kuti chikhale chikole chako chifukwa waperekera chikole munthu wachilendo.

¹⁷ Chakudya chochipeza mwachinyengo chimukomera munthu,
    koma pa mapeto pake chimasanduka ngati mchenga mʼkamwa mwake.

¹⁸ Zokonzekera zimapindula utafunsira uphungu;
    ndipo usanamenye nkhondo yamba wapempha malangizo oyenera.

¹⁹ Amene amanka nanena miseche amawulula zachinsinsi.
    Choncho usamagwirizane naye munthu woyankhula zopusayo.

²⁰ Ngati munthu atemberera abambo ake kapena amayi ake,
    moyo wake udzazimitsidwa ngati nyale mu mdima wandiweyani.

²¹ Cholowa chochipeza mofulumira poyamba,
    sichidzakhala dalitso pa mapeto pake.

²² Usanene kuti, “Ine ndidzabwezera choyipa chimenechi!”
    Dikira Yehova, ndipo Iye adzakupulumutsa.

²³ Miyeso yosintha imamunyansa Yehova;
    ndipo masikelo onyenga si abwino.

²⁴ Mayendedwe a munthu amawalamulira ndi Yehova,
    tsono munthu angadziwe bwanji njira yake?

²⁵ Ndi msampha kwa munthu kuyankhula mofulumira kuti “Chinthu ichi nʼchopatulika kwa Yehova,”
    popeza mwina atha kusintha maganizo utalumbira kale.

²⁶ Mfumu ya nzeru imapeta kwathunthu
    anthu oyipa.

²⁷ Mpweya wa munthu uli ngati nyale ya Yehova;
    imafufuza ziwalo zake zonse zamʼkati.

²⁸ Kukoma mtima ndi kukhulupirika ndizo zimasunga mfumu;
    chilungamo chimalimbikitsa mpando wake waufumu.

²⁹ Ulemerero wa achinyamata uli mu mphamvu zawo,
    imvi ndi ulemerero wa anthu okalamba.

³⁰ Mikwingwirima yopweteka ndiyo imachotsa zoyipa,
    ndipo mikwapulo ndiyo imachotsa zamʼkatikati mwa munthu.