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.
30. Pakuti izi zonse mitundu ya anthu a pa dziko lapansi amazifunafuna; koma Atate wanu adziwa kuti musowa zimenezi.
31. Komatu tafuna-funani Ufumu wace, ndipo izi adzakuonjezerani.
32. Musaopa, kagulu ka nkhosa inu; cifukwa Atate wanu akonda kukupatsani Ufumu.
33. Gulitsani zinthu muli nazo, nimupatse mphatso zacifundo; mudzikonzere matumba a ndarama amene sakutha, cuma cosatha m'Mwamba, kumene mbala siziyandikira, ndipo njenjete siziononga.
34. Pakuti kumene kuli cuma canu, komweko kudzakhalanso mtima wanu.