Habakuki
1 Mafala yomwe mpolofeta Habakuki* adatambira m’masomphenya:
2 Imwe Yahova, mpaka lini nin’dzakukumbirani thandizo mucisaya kundibva?
Mpaka lini nin’dzakukumbirani kuti mundipulumuse ku ciwembo imwe mucisaya kucita cinthu?*
3 Thangwe ranyi mukundicitisa kuwona bzinthu bzakuipa?
Thangwe ranyi mumbalekerera wanthu omwe ambaboneresa anzawo?
Thangwe ranyi nimbandokhalira kuwona kupfudzidwa kwa bzinthu na ciwembo?
Ndipo thangwe ranyi wanthu akupopotezana na kunesana tenepa?
4 Ndipopa lamulo liribe mphanvu,
Ndipo cirungamo cikucitika lini.
Pakuti anyakuipa akuboneresa wanthu wakulungama,
Ndipopa cirungamo cikucitika lini.
5 “Nyang’anisani mitundu ya wanthu ndipo khalani tceru,
Anyang’anisiseni bwino-bwino ndipo dabwani,
Pakuti mu ntsiku zanu mun’dzacitika cinthu
Comwe imwepo mun’dzakhulupira lini napo munthu acikuuzani.
6 Pakuti ninkubwereserani Akalideya,
Mtundu wakusaya ntsisi na waukali.
Iwo ambapita pa mbuto ikulu ya pa dziko la pantsi
Kuti apambe nyumba zomwe n’zawo lini.
7 Iwo mbakugopswa ndipo wanthu ambacita nawo mantha
Iwo ambakhazikisa okha malamulo yawo na utongi.*
8 Makavalo yawo yambathamanga kwene-kwene kuposa anyalugwe,
Ndipo njaukali kwene-kwene kuposa mphumphi usiku.
Makavalo yawo yambathamanga kwene-kwene;
Makavalo yawo yambacokera kutali.
Makavaloyo yambathamanga ninga mphungu yomwe ikumbuluka kuti iphate cakudya cace.
9 Wentse ambabwera adakonzeka kuti adzacite ciwembo.
Akagumana wentse pabodzi, ambakhala ninga conzi cakucokera kumabvadzuwa,
Ndipo ambatsonkhanisa akapolo azinji ninga mcenga.
10 Iwo ambanyoza amambo
Ndipo ambaseka akulu-akulu.
Iwo ambaseka mimuro* yentse yakulimba,
Ambakonza mitumbira acikunda mizindayo.
11 Iwo an’dzafamba ninga conzi ndipo an’dzapita na pakati pa mzindayo,
Tsono iwo an’dzakhala na mulandu,
Thangwe mphanvu zawo, ni mulungu wawo.
12 Imwe Yahova, kodi imwepo mulipo lini kuyambira kale-kale?
Imwe Mulungu wangu, Mulungu Wakucena, imwepo mumbafa lini.*
Imwe Yahova, mwawasankhula kuti acite bzomwe imwepo mwatonga;
Tsendwa langu, imwepo mwawakhazikisa kuti mubwerese nyathwa.*
13 Maso yanu njakucena kwene-kwene ndipo yan’themera lini kuwona bzakuipa,
Ndipo mumbakwanisa lini kulekerera bzakuipa kucitika.
Tsono thangwe ranyi mumbalekerera wanthu omwe ambacita bzinthu bzacinyengo?
Ndipo thangwe ranyi mukupitiriza kukhala mudanyamala pomwe anyakuipa akukhudyula wanthu wakulungama kuposa iwo?
14 Thangwe ranyi mukucitisa munthu kukhala ninga ntsomba za m’nyanza,
Ninga bzirombo bzakukwawa bzomwe bziribe mtongi?
15 Iye* ambamedza bzentsenebzi na medzo.
Iye ambawaphata na khokota wace,
Ndipo ambawatsonkhanisa m’bwazi bwace.
Ndipopa iye ambakondwa kwene-kwene.
16 Ndipopa iye ambapereka ntsembe* kwa khokota wace
Ndipo ambapereka ntsembe kwa bwazi bwace,
Thangwe bzimwebzi ndibzo bzimbamucitisa kukhala na cakudya cakununa*
Na cakupasa thanzi.
17 Kodi iye an’dzapitiriza kupfuwa khokota wace omwe alibe bzinthu?
Kodi iye an’dzapitiriza kupha mitundu ya wanthu mwakusaya ntsisi?