Kuperekedwa ndi Mnzanga Weniweni
Kwa mtsogoleri wa oyimba: ndi zoimbira za zingwe. Salimo la nzeru la Davide.
Mantha ndi kunjenjemera; wamasalimo akulakalaka mapiko a nkhunda kuti aulukire kuchipululu. Ululu wakuthwa kwambiri si chiwawa chodzaza mzinda koma mnzake wofanana naye, bwenzi lapamtima limene linkayenda naye ku nyumba ya Atate wathu ndipo linaphwanya chikhulupiriro.
55 1Imvani pemphero langa, Atate wanga, ndipo musadzibise ku pempho langa la chifundo. 2Munditcherere khutu, ndipo mundiyankhe ine; ndilibe mtendere m'madandaulo anga, ndipo ndikubuula, 3chifukwa cha mawu a mdani, chifukwa cha kuzunza kwa oyipa. Pakuti akundibweretsera mavuto pa ine, ndipo mwaukali akundisungira chakukhosi. 4Mtima wanga ukupweteka mkati mwanga; zoopsa za imfa zandigwera. 5Mantha ndi kunthunthumira zabwera pa ine, ndipo mantha woopsa andiphimba. 6Ndipo ndinati, “Aa, ndikanakhala ndi mapiko ngati a nkhunda! Ndikanawuluka nkukapuma.
7Inde, ndikanathawira kutali; ndikanabisala m'chipululu. a a v7 Sela: mawu a kuimba kapena a mapemphero amene tanthauzo lake silidziwika bwino, mwina ndi kaimidwe koganizira kapena kuimba kwa pakatikati. 8Ndikanafulumira kumalo anga obisalira, kutali ndi mphepo yamkuntho ndi namondwe.” 9Asokonezeni, Atate Wolamulira; gawani zoyankhula zawo, pakuti ndikuona chiwawa ndi ndewu mu mzinda. 10Usana ndi usiku akuzungulira malinga ake; kuyipa ndi mavuto zili mkati mwake. 11Chiwonongeko chili pakati pake; kuzunza ndi chinyengo sizichoka m'misewu yake. 12Pakuti si mdani amene akundinyoza—zimenezo ndikanazipirira; si amene amandida amene akudzikuza pa ine—kwa iye ndikanabisala. 13Koma ndiwe, munthu wofanana nane, mnzanga ndi bwenzi langa lapamtima. 14Ife amene tinkacheza mokoma pamodzi, amene tinkayenda ndi gulu la anthu kupita ku nyumba ya Atate wathu. 15Imfa iwagwere; apite ku manda ali amoyo, pakuti kuyipa kuli m'nyumba zawo, pakati pawo penipeni. 16Koma ine ndiyitana Atate wanga, ndipo Atate wanga adzandipulumutsa. 17Madzulo, m'mawa ndi masana ndimalira ndi kubuula, ndipo Iye amamva mawu anga. 18Wawombola moyo wanga mu mtendere ku nkhondo imene anali kundithira ine, ngakhale anali ambiri olimbana nane.
19Atate wathu adzamva ndi kuwatsitsa—Iye amene amakhala pa mpando wachifumu kuyambira kalekale. Chifukwa sasintha, saopa Atate wathu. 20Woperekayo wakweza manja ake kulimbana ndi iwo amene anali naye pa mtendere; waswa pangano lake. 21Zoyankhula zake zinali zosalala kuposa batala, koma nkhondo inali mu mtima mwake; mawu ake anali ofewa kuposa mafuta, koma anali malupanga osolola. 22Taponya cholemetsa chako pa Atate wathu, ndipo Iye adzakuchirikiza iwe; sadzalola konse kuti wolungama agwedezeke. 23Koma Inu, Atate wanga, mudzawatsitsa ku dzenje la chiwonongeko; anthu okhetsa magazi ndi achinyengo sadzakhala ndi moyo mpaka theka la masiku awo. Koma ine ndidzakhulupirira Inu.
