14. Koma anati kwa iye, Munthu iwe, ndani anandiika Ine ndikhale woweruza, kapena wakugawira inu?
15. Ndipo iye anati kwa iwo, Yang'anirani, mudzisungire kupewa msiriro uli wonse; cifukwa moyo wace wa munthu sulingana ndi kucuruka kwa zinthu zace ali nazo.
16. Ndipo iye ananena nao fanizo, kuti, Munda wace wa munthu mwini cuma unapatsa bwino.
17. Ndipo anaganizaganiza mwa yekha nanena, Ndidzatani ine, popeza ndiribe mosungiramo zipatso zanga?
18. Ndipo anati, Ndidzatere: ndidzapasula nkhokwe zanga, ndi kumanganso zazikuru, ndipo ndidzasungiramo dzinthu zanga zonse, ndi cuma canga.
19. Ndipo ndidzati kwa moyo wanga, Moyo iwe, uli naco cuma cambiri cosungika kufikira zaka zambiri; tapumulatu, nudye, numwe, nukondwere.
20. Koma Mulungu anati kwa iye, Wopusa iwe, usiku womwe uno udzafunidwa moyo wako; ndipo zinthu zimene unazikonza zidzakhala za yani?
21. Atero iye wakudziunjikira cuma mwini yekha wosakhala naco cuma ca kwa Mulungu,
22. Ndipo Iyeanati kwa ophunzira ace, Cifukwa cace ndinena ndinu, Musade nkhawa ndi moyo wanu, cimene mudzadya; kapena ndi thupi lanu, cimene mudzabvala.
23. Pakuti moyo uli woposa cakudya, ndi thupi liposa cobvala.
24. Lingirirani makungubwi, kuti samafesai, kapena kutemai; alibe nyumba yosungiramo, kapena nkhokwe; ndipo Mulungu awadyetsa: nanga inu simuziposa mbalame kwambiri!
25. Ndipo ndani wa inu, ndi kuda nkhawa angathe kuonjeza mkono pa msinkhu wace?
26. Kotero ngati simungathe ngakhale cacing'onong'ono, muderanji nkhawa cifukwa ca zina zija?
27. Lingalirani maluwa, makulidwe ao; sagwiritsa nchito ndi kusapota; koma ndinena kwa inu, Ngakhale Solomo, mu ulemerero wace wonse, sanabvala ngati limodzi la awa.
28. Koma ngati Mulungu abveka kotere maudzu a kuthengo akukhala lero, ndipo mawa aponyedwa pamoto; nanga inu sadzakuninkhani koposa, inu okhulupirira pang'ono?
29. Ndipo inu musafunefune cimene mudzadya, ndi cimene mudzamwa; ndipo musakayike mtima.