1Tsoka kwa anthu amene amakonzekera chiwembu,
amene usiku wonse amalingalira ntchito zoipa.
Akadzuka m'maŵa amakazichitadi,
pakuti mphamvu zake ali nazo.
2Akasirira minda, amailanda.
Akakhumbira nyumba, amazilanda.
Amavutitsa munthu ndi banja lake,
naŵatengera zonse zimene ali nazo.
3Nchifukwa chake zimene akunena Chauta ndi izi:
“Imvani, ndidzakufitsirani tsoka
chifukwa cha zoipa zonsezi.
Ndidzakuvekani goli m'khosi mwanu,
limene simungathe kulivula.
Apo simudzayendanso monyada,
chifukwa nthaŵi imeneyo idzakhala yoipa.
4Tsiku limenelo anthu adzakupekerani
nthano yokunyodolani,
adzakuimbani nyimbo yamaliro,
adzati,
‘Taonongeka kotheratu.
Dziko limene Chauta adatigaŵira,
bwanji afuna kutilanda!
Minda yathu aigaŵira amene atigwira ukapolo.’ ”
5Tsono pa nthaŵi imene Chauta
adzabwezeranso dziko kwa anthu ake,
inuyo simudzalandirako gawo lililonse.
6Anthu amandiwuza kuti,
“Musatilalikire,
munthu asalalike zimenezi.
Manyazi sadzatigwera ai.
7Monga zoterezi nzoyenera kuzinena,
inu a banja la Yakobe?
Kodi kuleza mtima kwa Chauta kwatheratu?
Kodi zimenezi nzimene adachita?
Kodi mau ake sadzetsa zabwino
kwa munthu woyenda molungama?”
8Chauta akuti,
“Koma inu mumaukira anthu anga ngati mdani.
Mumaŵavula mkanjo anthu amtendere,
amene amangoyenda ndi mtima wokhazikika,
osaganizako za nkhondo.
9Akazi a anthu anga mumaŵatulutsa
m'nyumba zao zokoma.
Ndipo ana ao mumaŵalanda madalitso anga kosalekeza.
10Nyamukani, chokani,
ano simalo opumulirapo.
Zonyansa zanu zaŵaipitsa,
zadzetsapo chiwonongeko choopsa.
11Munthu wina atamapita uku ndi uku
akulalika zabodza kuti,
‘Ndithudi mudzakhala ndi vinyo
ndi zakumwa zamphamvu zambiri,’
mlaliki wotere ndi amene anthu aŵa angamkonde.
12“Koma inu banja lonse la Yakobe,
ndidzakusonkhanitsani.
Onse otsala a ku Israele ndidzaŵasonkhanitsa pamodzi
ngati nkhosa m'khola,
ngati gulu la zoŵeta pa busa lake.
Malowo adzakhala thithithi ndi chinamtindi cha anthu.”
13Woŵapulumutsa adzaŵatsogolera,
ndipo onse adzathyola pa chipata nathaŵa.
Idzayambira ndi mfumu yao kudutsa,
Chauta adzakhala patsogolo pao.
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