Ndigona Mwamtendere
Kwa mtsogoleri wa oimba. Pa zoimbira za zingwe. Salmo la Davide.
Pemphero la usiku pakati pa miseche ya poyera. Davide akupempha Atate wake kuti amuyankhe, akuuza anthu omuchititsa manyazi kuti aleke kukonda mawu opanda pake, ndipo akunena kuti chimwemwe chimene wapatsidwa chimaposa zokolola zabwino. Akumaliza pogona pansi kuti agone mwamtendere.
4 1Ndiyankheni pamene ndiitana, Inu Atate wanga, amene mumachirikiza chilungamo changa. Pa masautso anga munandipatsa malo opumira; ndichitireni chisomo, ndipo mumve pemphero langa. 2Kodi mpaka liti, inu anthu, ulemu wanga udzasandutsidwa manyazi? Kodi mpaka liti mudzakonda mau achabe ndi kuthamangira bodza? a a v2 Sela: chizindikiro cha nyimbo kapena cha mapemphero m'masalmo; tanthauzo lake lenileni silidziwika bwino, koma mwina likusonyeza kuima pang'ono kapena kuimba kwapakati.
3Koma dziwani kuti Atate wathu wadzipatulira wokhulupirika; Atate wathu amamva pamene ndiitana kwa Iye. 4Njenjemerani, ndipo musachimwe; santhulani mitima yanu pa mabedi anu, ndipo khalani chete.
5Perekani nsembe za chilungamo, ndipo ikani chikhulupiriro chanu mwa Atate wathu. 6Ambiri akunena kuti, “Kodi ndani adzatisonyeza chinthu chabwino?” Kwezani kuwala kwa nkhope yanu pa ife, Inu Atate wathu!
7Mwaika chimwemwe chochuluka m'mtima mwanga, kuposa chimene iwo amakhala nacho pamene tirigu wawo ndi vinyo watsopano zichuluka. 8Mwamtendere ndidzagona ndi kupeza tulo, pakuti Inu nokha, Atate wanga, mumandikhalitsa mwachitetezo.