Kuunika Kwanga, Linga Langa
Salimo la Davide.
Davide ali pa chiopsezo chenicheni — magulu ankhondo, mboni zonama, ngakhale mantha oti makolo ake omwe angamusiye. Yankho lake si lakuti ngoziyo ndi yaing'ono, koma lakuti Atate wake ali pafupi kuposa iyo. Akupempha chinthu chimodzi: kukhala pamaso pa Atate wake.
27 1Atate wanga ndiye kuunika kwanga ndi chipulumutso changa—kodi ndingaope yani? Atate wanga ndiye linga la moyo wanga—kodi ndingachite mantha ndi yani?
2Pamene anthu oyipa akundiyandikira kuti adye mnofu wanga—adani anga ndi odana nane—iwowo ndiwo apunthwa nagwa. 3Ngakhale gulu lankhondo lingamange misasa kulimbana nane, mtima wanga sudzachita mantha; ngakhale nkhondo ingandiukire, ngakhale pamenepo ndidzakhala wodalira.
4Chinthu chimodzi ndapempha kwa Atate wanga, ichi ndi chimene ndikuchifuna: kuti ndikhale m'nyumba yake masiku onse a moyo wanga, kuyang'ana kukongola kwake ndi kumufunafuna m'kachisi wake. 5Pakuti adzandibisa mu msasa wake pamene masautso adza; adzandibisa mobisika m'hema wake; adzandikweza pamwamba pa thanthwe. 6Ndipo tsopano mutu wanga udzakwezedwa pamwamba pa adani anga amene andizungulira, ndipo ndidzapereka nsembe m'hema mwake ndi mfuu zachimwemwe; ndidzayimba ndi kuyimbira Atate wanga nyimbo.
7Imvani liwu langa, Atate wanga, pamene ndifuula; mundichitire chisomo ndipo mundiyankhe. 8Mtima wanga ukunena za Inu, “Funafuna nkhope yake.” Nkhope yanu, Atate wanga, ndikuyifunafuna. 9Musabise nkhope yanu kwa ine; musampirikitse mtumiki wanu mwa mkwiyo—Inu mwakhala thandizo langa. Musanditaye kapena kundisiya, Atate wanga, chipulumutso changa. 10Ngakhale bambo anga ndi mayi anga andisiye, Atate wanga adzandilandira. a a v10 Ngakhale chikondi chapafupi kwambiri cha anthu chingalephere, Atate wathu amatola mwana wotayidwa n'kumulowetsa m'nyumba yake yomwe — umu ndi mmene mtima wake ulili pa mwana wake aliyense.
11Ndiphunzitseni njira yanu, Atate wanga, ndipo munditsogolere pa njira yosalala chifukwa cha amene akundibisalira. 12Musandipereke ku chifuniro cha adani anga, pakuti mboni zabodza zandiukira, zikupuma chiwawa.
13Ndikutsimikiza ichi: ndidzaona ubwino wa Atate wanga m'dziko la amoyo. 14Yembekezera Atate wathu; khala wolimba mtima, ndipo mtima wako ulimbike; yembekezera Atate wathu.
