Nditetezeni, Atate
Salimo la Davide.
Davide akupempha kuti asanthulidwe, mtima wake ndi maganizo ake ayesedwe ndi kuyengedwa, chifukwa wapewa gulu la anthu achinyengo ndi manja odzaza ziphuphu. Chimene akufuna si chigamulo koma malo: nyumba imene ulemerero wa Atate wake umakhala.
26 1Nditetezeni, Atate wanga, pakuti ndayenda m'kuwona mtima kwanga, ndipo mwa Atate wanga ndakhulupirira mosagwedezeka.
2Ndisanthuleni, Atate wanga, ndipo ndiyeseni; yeretsani mtima wanga ndi maganizo anga. 3Pakuti chikondi chanu cha pangano chili pamaso panga, ndipo ndimayenda mu kukhulupirika kwanu.
4Sindikhala pansi ndi anthu achinyengo, kapena kuyanjana ndi achiphamaso. 5Ndimadana ndi msonkhano wa ochita zoipa, ndipo sindidzakhala pansi ndi oipa. 6Ndimasamba manja anga mwa kusalakwa, ndipo ndimazungulira guwa lanu lansembe, Atate wanga, 7ndikulengeza kuyamika kwanga mokweza mawu, ndi kufotokoza za ntchito zanu zonse zodabwitsa.
8Atate wanga, ndimakonda nyumba imene mumakhalamo, malo amene ulemerero wanu umakhazikikapo.
9Musasese mzimu wanga pamodzi ndi ochimwa, kapena moyo wanga ndi anthu ankhanza, 10amene m'manja mwawo muli machenjerero oipa, ndipo manja awo amanja adzaza ndi ziphuphu. 11Koma ine, ndimakhala mwa kuwona mtima; ndiwomboleni ndipo ndichitireni chisomo.
12Ndaimirira pa malo osalala; mu msonkhano waukulu ndidzatamanda Atate wanga.
