3 Wakupha ng'ombe alingana ndi wakupha munthu; iye wapereka nsembe ya mwana wa nkhosa alingana ndi wotyola khosi la garu; wothira nsembe yaufa akunga wothira mwazi wa nkhumba; wofukiza conunkhira akunga wodalitsa fano; inde iwo asankha njira zao zao, ndipo moyo wao ukondwerera m'zonyansa zao;
4 Inenso ndidzasankha zodzinyenga nazo, ndipo ndidzatengera mantha ao pa iwo; pakuti pamene ndinaitana, panalibe woyankha; pamene ndinalankhula, iwo sanamva konse; koma anacita coipa m'maso mwanga, ndi kusankha cimene ndisanakondwere naco.
5 Imvani mau a Yehova, inu amene munthunthumira ndi mau ace; abale anu amene akudani inu, amene anaponya inu kunja cifukwa ca dzina langa, iwo anati, Yehova alemekezedwe, kuti ife tione kusangalala kwanu; koma iwo adzakhala ndi manyazi.
6 Mau a phokoso acokera m'mudzi, mau ocokera m'Kacisi, mau a Yehova amene abwezera adani ace cilango.
7 Mkazi asanamve zowawa, anabala mwana; kupweteka kwace kusanadze, anabala mwana wamwamuna.
8 Ndani anamva kanthu kotereko? ndani anaona zinthu zoterezo? Kodi dziko lidzabadwa tsiku limodzi? Kodi mtundu udzabadwa modzidzimutsa? pakuti pamene Ziyoni anamva zowawa, pomwepo anabala ana ace.
9 Kodi Ine ndidzafikitsira mkazi nthawi yakutula osamtulitsa? ati Yehova; kodi Ine amene ndibalitsa ndidzatseka mimba? ati Mulungu wako.