Moyo Womva Ludzu
Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Salimo la nzeru la ana a Kora.
Atalekanitsidwa ndi Nyumba ya Mulungu ndi kunyozedwa kuti 'Ali kuti Mulungu wako?', woimbayo akukumbukira momwe ankatsogolera khamu la chikondwerero limene sangalowenso. Kawiri akufunsa moyo wake wopsinjika, ndipo akuuyankha mofanana: yembekeza Atate wathu, ndidzamutamandanso.
42 1Monga mbawala ilakalaka mitsinje ya madzi, chomwecho moyo wanga ulakalaka Inu, Atate wanga.
2Moyo wanga uli ndi ludzu la Atate wanga, Atate wamoyo. Kodi ndidzabwera liti kudzaonekera pamaso pake? 3Misozi yanga yakhala chakudya changa usana ndi usiku, pamene akunena kwa ine tsiku lonse kuti, “Mulungu wako ali kuti?”
4Zinthu izi ndimazikumbukira, pamene ndikukhuthula moyo wanga: mmene ndinkapita ndi khamu la anthu ndi kuwatsogolera kupita ku nyumba ya Atate wathu, ndi mfuu zachimwemwe ndi nyimbo zamatamando, khamu lalikulu likukondwerera.
5N'chifukwa chiyani wakhumudwa, iwe moyo wanga, ndipo n'chifukwa chiyani ukuvutika m'kati mwanga? Khulupirira Atate wathu; pakuti ndidzamutamanda Iye kachiwiri, chipulumutso changa ndi Atate wanga.
6Atate wanga, moyo wanga wakhumudwa m'kati mwanga; n'chifukwa chake ndimakumbukira Inu kuchokera ku dziko la Yorodani ndi la Herimoni, kuchokera ku phiri la Mizara.
7Phompho likuyitana phompho pa mkokomo wa mathithi anu; mafunde anu amphamvu onse ndi mafunde anu andimiza. 8Masana Atate wathu amalamula chikondi chake cha pangano, ndipo usiku nyimbo yake ili ndi ine, pemphero kwa Atate wa moyo wanga.
9Ndinena kwa Atate wanga, thanthwe langa, kuti, “N'chifukwa chiyani mwandiyiwala ine? N'chifukwa chiyani ndiyenda ndikulira chifukwa cha chizunzo cha mdani?” 10Ngati chilonda chakupha m'mafupa mwanga, adani anga akundinyoza ine, pamene akunena kwa ine tsiku lonse kuti, “Mulungu wako ali kuti?”
11N'chifukwa chiyani wakhumudwa, iwe moyo wanga, ndipo n'chifukwa chiyani ukuvutika m'kati mwanga? Khulupirira Atate wathu; pakuti ndidzamutamanda Iye kachiwiri, chipulumutso changa ndi Atate wanga.
