Dzedze kwa Nyakufudza
Nyakupereka anzace, ule hadaperekwa tayu, asafikirwa na ndzidzi wace. Njira zisasala zakusowa anthu, mapangano ali akuphwanyika, na ale akusowa Mulungu ku Siyoni nawo asabvunza kuti mbani anakwanisa kukhala na moto wakupsa. Ntawiro ndi kukhala wakuona basi: khonda ruswa, fumbata maso ako pa kuthimbwa kwa mulopa. Baba wawo ndi ntongi na mambo.
33 1Dzedze kwa iwe, nyakufudza, iwe udakhonda kufudzwa; iwe nyakusandukira, udakhonda kusandukirwa na munthu! Ungamala kufudza, unadzafudzwa; ungasiya kusandukira, unadzasandukirwa.
2Baba wathu, khalani na ntsisi kuna ife; ife tisadikhira Imwe. Khalani mphambvu yathu macibese onsene, upulumuki wathu mu n'dzidzi wa nyatwa. 3Pa kubvuma kwa fala yanu anthu asathawa; mungalamuka Imwe, mitundu ya anthu isabalalika. 4Pinthu pyako pyakupokosera pisagumanywa ninga dzombe linagumana; ninga madzombe akunjipa, anthu asapithamangira.
5Baba wathu ndi wakukuzwa, thangwi Iye asakhala kudzulu; Iye adadzaza Siyoni na kutonga kwadidi na kulungama. 6Iye anadzakhala maziko akuwanga a midzidzi yako, cuma ca upulumuki, nzeru, na cidziwiso; kugopa Baba wathu ndi cuma ca Siyoni.
7Onani, amuna awo acipapo asakhuwa m'misewu; amithenga a ntendere asalira mwakuwawa. 8Njira zikulu zasiyiwa; anyakuyenda ulendo asowa pa njira. Cibverano casweka, mizinda yace yanyozewa, nkhabe munthu analemedzwa. 9Dziko isalira mbiifa; Libanu asamanyazi mbauma; Saroni akhala ninga gwangwa, Bashani na Karmelo asagwisa masamba awo.
10“Cincino Ine ndinalamuka,’ alonga Baba wathu, ‘cincino Ine ndinakuzwa, cincino Ine ndinadzikweza. 11Iwe usatenga pathupi pa makoko, usabala mapesi; mpweya wako ndi moto unadzakupisa iwe. 12Mitundu ya anthu inadzapiswa mpaka kukhala dota, ninga minga yakugwandwa mbipiswa pa moto. 13Bverani, imwe ale muli kutali, pidacita Ine; imwe ale muli cifupi, zindikirani mphambvu zanga.’”
14Anyakudawa a mu Siyoni aphatwa na kugopa; kutetemera kwaphata anthu akusowa Mulungu: “Mbani pakati pathu anakwanisa kukhala pabodzi na moto unapisa? Mbani pakati pathu anakwanisa kukhala na malamba a moto akukhonda kumala?” 15Ule anafamba mwakulungama mbalonga pyakulungama, ule anakhonda phindu yakupatikana mwakupokosera mbakoya manja ace toera akhonde kutambira cipepeso, ule anafunga makutu ace toera akhonde kubva masasanyiro a kuphana mbafunga maso ace toera akhonde kuona pyakuipa, 16uyu ndiye anadzakhala pa mbuto zakulepha, cakubisalira cace cinadzakhala malinga a mapiri; nkate wace unadzaperekwa kwa iye, madzi ace nkhabe kudzamala.
17Maso ako anadzaona mambo mu kubalika kwace; anadzaona dziko inafika kutali kakamwe. 18Ntima wako unadzanyerezera kugopa kwakale: “Ali kupi ule akhalengesa? Ali kupi ule akhapima misonkho? Ali kupi ule akhalengesa nsanja?” 19Nkhabe kudzaona pontho anthu akuuma nkhope ale, mbumba ya anthu ale kulonga kwawo ndi kwakunentsa kakamwe toera kubvesesa, akulonga mu cilongero cakuti nkhabe kucibvesesa iwe.
20Onani Siyoni, nzinda wa maphwando athu akusankhulwa! Maso ako anadzaona Yerusalema, nyumba ya ntendere, nsasa wakuti nkhabe kudzagwedezwa, wakuti mikhomo yace nkhabe kudzazuzwa nee ntambo zace nkhabe kudzaduka. 21Mbwenye penepo Baba wathu mu ukulu wace anadzakhala kwa ife mbuto ya mikulo mikulu yakulapha na mitsinje, kwakuti nkhabe ngalawa ya nkhafi inakwanisa kuenda, nee ngalawa ikulu inakwanisa kupita. 22Thangwi Baba wathu ndi nyakutonga wathu, Baba wathu ndi nyakupereka mitemo yathu, Baba wathu ndi mambo wathu; Iye anadzatipulumusa.
23Ntambo zako zalekerera: nkhabe kukwanisa kuphatisa dhepo pa mbuto yace nee kucitisa nguwo ikhale yakutambaswa. Penepo pinthu pizinji pyakupambira pinadzagawanywa, ngakhala anyakulemala anadzakwata pinthu pyakupokosera. 24Na nkhabe m'bodzi wakukhala mu Siyoni anadzalonga kuti: “Ine ndiri nyakuduwala”; mbumba inakhala kweneko inadzalekererwa madawo awo.