Djona
2 Tenepo Djona adapemba kwa Yahova Mulungu wace pomwe akhali m’mimba mwa cintsomba 2 aciti:
“Pa matsautso yangu ndidacemera Yahova, ndipo iye adanditawira.
Pomwe ndikhali mu thenje* lakuzika* ndidalilira thandizo,
Imwepo mudabva mafala yangu.
3 Pomwe mudandithusa pa mbuto yakuzika, pantsi caipo pa nyanza,
Madzi yamphanvu yadandimiza
Mabimbi yanu yentse yamphanvu yadandimpsinkha.
4 Ndipo ine ndidati: ‘Ndathamangisidwa pamaso panu,
Kodi nin’dzakwanisa kunyang’anisa pomwe templo yanu yakucena?’
5 Madzi yadandimiza mwakuti ndikhadasala pang’ono kufa
Madzi yakuzika yadandizungulira
Bzinthu bzakumera bza m’nyanza bzikhadazengedera* msolo wangu.
6 Ndidamira mpaka kufika pantsi pa mapiri
Bzakufungira bza dziko bzidandifungira mpaka kale-kale.
Tsono imwe Yahova Mulungu wangu mudandicosa m’dindi na moyo.
7 Pomwe ndikhadasala pang’ono kufa, Yahova ndiye omwe ndidamukumbukira
Tenepo mpembo wangu udafika kwa imwepo mu templo yanu yakucena.
8 Wale omwe ambanamata bzifanikiso bzapezi-pezi, ambasiya Mulungu omwe ngwakukhulupirika pakuwalatiza lufoyi lace.
9 Tsono inepano nin’dzakutendani na kupereka ntsembe kwa imwepo,
Bzomwe ndalumbira nin’dzateweza.
Cipulumuso cimbacokera kwa Yahova.
10 Tenepo Yahova adatonga cintsombaco kuti cikasanze Djona kunja.