Cholengedwa Chonse, Mtamandeni Iye
Kuitanidwa kwa matamando kuyambira pamwamba mpaka pansi: angelo, dzuwa ndi mwezi, kenako zolengedwa za m'nyanja, nyengo, mapiri, mitengo, nyama, mafumu ndi ana. Chilichonse chotchulidwa chidapangidwa mwa lamulo, ndipo chilichonse chipemphedwa kuyankha ndi dzina limodzi: Atate athu.
148 1Haleluya! Tamandani Atate wathu kuchokera kumwamba; mtamandeni Iye kumwamba kwenikweni. 2Mtamandeni Iye, angelo ake onse; mtamandeni Iye, magulu ake onse ankhondo. 3Mtamandeni Iye, dzuwa ndi mwezi; mtamandeni Iye, inu nyenyezi zonse zowala. 4Mtamandeni Iye, inu mwamba wa miyamba, ndi inu madzi amene ali pamwamba pa thambo. 5Zitamande dzina la Atate wathu, pakuti Iye analamula ndipo zinalengedwa. 6Anazikhazikitsa kwamuyaya ndi muyaya; anapereka lamulo losadzatha.
7Tamandani Atate wathu kuchokera pa dziko lapansi, inu zolengedwa za m'nyanja ndi kuya konse kwa nyanja, 8moto ndi matalala, chipale chofewa ndi nkhungu, mphepo ya mkuntho yochita mau ake, 9mapiri ndi zitunda zonse, mitengo ya zipatso ndi mikungudza yonse, 10nyama zakutchire ndi ziweto zonse, zokwawa ndi mbalame zowuluka, 11mafumu a dziko lapansi ndi mitundu yonse ya anthu, akalonga ndi olamulira onse a dziko lapansi, 12anyamata ndi atsikana omwe, okalamba ndi ana.
13Zitamande dzina la Atate wathu, pakuti dzina lake lokha ndi lokwezeka; ulemerero wake uli pamwamba pa dziko lapansi ndi kumwamba. 14Wakweza mphamvu ya anthu ake, matamando kwa okhulupirika ake onse, kwa anthu a Israeli amene ali pafupi ndi Iye. Haleluya!
