Maliro
א [Alefi]*
1 Kodi wakhala tani yekha-yekha mzinda omwe ukhadadzala na wanthu?
Kodi iye wakhala tani mamsiwa pomwe akhana wanthu azinji kuposa mitundu inango?
Ule omwe akhali dona pakati pa bzigawo bzinango wakhala kapolo.
ב [Beti]
2 Iye ambalira kwene-kwene usiku ndipo misozi imbayerera m’maputu mwace.
Pa akwende wace wentse, palibe ne na m’bodzi omwe adasala kuti amutsangalaze.
Anzace wentse amuphindukira ndipo akhala anyamadulanthaka wace.
ג [Gimeli]
3 Djuda watengedwa kuyenda ku ukapolo pomwe ali pa matsautso na pa basa la ukapolo bwadzawoneni.
Iye wakhala pakati pa mitundu inango ya wanthu ndipo alibe kugumana mbuto yakupumira.
Wentse omwe akhamuzunza adamugumana pomwe iye akhatsautsika.
ד [Daleta]
4 Miseu yakuyenda ku Ziyoni ikulira thangwe palibe munthu omwe akuyenda ku maphwando.
Misuwo yace yentse yasiyidwa ndipo antsembe wace akubuula.
Madende* yace yakulamba kutsangalazidwa ndipo iye akubonera kwene-kwene.
ה [Hei]
5 Anyamadulanthaka wace ndiwo omwe akumutonga; anyakumuwenga tsapano akucita lini naye thupo.
Pakuti Yahova wamubweresera msunamo thangwe ra kuwanda kwa pikado zace.
Wana wace aphatidwa aciyendesedwa ku ukapolo na nyamadulanthaka wace.
ו [Vav]
6 Ulemerero bwentse bwacoka kwa mwana wacikazi wa Ziyoni.
Nduna zace ziri ninga abawala omwe akusaya mauswa.
Ndipo akufamba wakuneta pamaso pa nyakuwazunza.
ז [Zayini]
7 Mu ntsiku za matsautso yace na zomwe akhasaya pakukhala, Jeruzalemu adakumbukira
Bzinthu bzace bzentse bzabwino bzomwe akhanabzo kale-kale.
Pomwe wanthu wace adaphatidwa na anyamadulanthaka ndipo iye akhalibe nyakumuthandiza,
Anyamadulanthaka wacewo adamuwona, acimuseka thangwe ra kugwa kwace.
ח [Heti]
8 Jeruzalemu wacita pikado ikulu
Ndipopa iye wakhala cinthu cakunyantsa.
Wentse omwe akhamulemekeza adayamba kumuwona ninga cinthu capezi-pezi thangwe adamuwonera.
Iye akubuula ndipo akubisa nkhope yace thangwe ra manyazi.
ט [Teti]
9 Bzakubvala bzace mpsakupswipa.
Iye alibe kukumbukira bzakutsogolo.
Iye wagwa mwakudabwisa ndipo alibe nyakumutsangalaza.
Imwe Yahova, onani kutsautsika kwangu, pakuti nyamadulanthaka wangu akubzikuza.
י [Yodi]
10 Nyamadulanthaka wapamba cuma cace centse,
Pakuti Jeruzalemu wawona mitundu ya wanthu ikupita m’mbuto yace yakucena,
Mitundu yomwe mudailetsa kupita m’gwere lanu.
כ [Kafi]
11 Wanthu wace wentse akubuula, iwo akunyang’ana cakudya.
Iwo apereka bzinthu bzawo bzakufunika kuti apasidwe cakudya, kuti apitirize kukhala na moyo.
Nyang’anisani muwone, imwe Yahova, momwe ndakhalira mkazi* wapezi-pezi.
ל [Lamedi]
12 Imwepo mwentse omwe mukupita na m’njira, kodi bzimwebzi mulibe nabzo basa?
Nyang’anisani muwone!
Kodi kulipo kuwawa komwe kungandendemerane na kuwawa komwe ndatambira,
Kuwawa komwe Yahova wandicitisa kubva pa ntsiku ya ukali bwace bukulu?
מ [Memi]
13 Iye watumiza moto kucokera kudzulu ucidzatentha mafupa yangu yentse.
Iye wamwaza bwazi m’minyendo mwangu ndipo wandingingimiza kubwerera m’mbuyo.
Iye wandicitisa kukhala mkazi wakusiyidwa.
Ndikuduwala ntsiku yentse.
נ [Nuni]
14 Pikado zangu zamangidwa ninga djoki ndipo iye wazimanga.
Zidaikhidwa pa khosi langu ndipo mphanvu zangu zidamala.
Yahova wandipereka m’manja mwa wale omwe ningakwanise lini kuwakunda.
ס [Samekhi]
15 Yahova wathusira kutali acikunda wangu wentse wamphanvu omwe akhali pakati pangu.
Iye wacemeresa thimu la wanthu kuti lipfudze maswaka yangu.
Yahova waponda-ponda dende, mwana wa Djuda, pa mbuto yakupsinyira uva.
ע [Ayini]
16 Ndikulira thangwe ra bzinthu bzimwebzi ndipo misozi ikuyerera m’maso mwangu.
Pakuti wale omwe angadanditsangalaza na kundilimbikisa ali kutali na inepano.
Wana wangu asiyidwa okha-okha pakuti nyamadulanthaka wangu wakunda.
פ [Pe]
17 Ziyoni wafuthula manja yace ndipo alibe nyakumutsangalaza.
Yahova watonga kuti wentse omwe ali pafupi na Djakobo akhale nyamadulanthaka wace.
Jeruzalemu wakhala cinthu cakunyantsa kwa iwo.
צ [Tsade]
18 Yahova ngwakulungama, pakuti ndine omwe ndiribe kubvera malamulo* yace.
Tetekerani wanthu mwentsenemwe ndipo onani kuwawidwa kwangu.
Madende* na alumbwana wangu ayendesedwa ku ukapolo.
ק [Kofi]
19 Ndidacemera akwende wangu, tsono iwo adandicitira bzinthu mwacinyengo.
Antsembe wangu na akulu-akulu wangu afa mu mzinda,
Pomwe iwo akhanyang’ana cakudya kuti akhale na moyo.
ר [Rexi]
20 Imwe Yahova, onani kuti ndiri pa mabvuto makulu.
M’mimba mwangu mukumonya.
Mtima wangu ukundiwawa kwene-kwene pakuti ndapanduka mwakuti bwerani mudzawone.
Kunja xipada ikupha wana wangu ndipo m’nyumba wanthu akufambo.
ש [Xini]
21 Wanthu adabva kubuula kwangu ndipo palibe omwe adanditsangalaza.
Anyamadulanthaka wangu wentse adabva bza tsoka langu.
Iwo akomedwa thangwe ndimwe omwe mwacitisa bzimwebzi.
Tsono ntsiku yomwe imwepo mudalewa in’dzafika, ntsiku yomwe iwo an’dzakhala ninga ine.
ת [Tavu]
22 Kuipa kwawo kwentse kuwonekere pamaso panu ndipo muwalange kwene-kwene,
Muwalange kwene-kwene ninga momwe mudandilangira thangwe ra pikado zangu zentse.
Pakuti kubuula kwangu n’kukulu ndipo mtima wangu ukuduwala.