Masalmo
BUKHU YACIWIRI
(Masalmo 42-72)
Kuna nyakutsogolera nyimbo. Nyimbo ya ana a Kora.+ Masikili.*
42 Ninga mbawala yakuti isafuna kakamwe madzi,
Ine ndisakufunani kakamwe Mulungu.
2 Ndiri na nyota ya Mulungu, Mulungu wandimomwene.+
Ndinaenda lini kunyumba ya Mulungu?*+
3 Masiku na masikati ndisalira nee kudya;
Anthu asandisingirira ntsiku yonsene mbalonga: “Ali kupi Mulungu wako?”+
4 Ine ndisakumbuka pinthu ipi mbandifungula ntima wanga kuna imwe,
Kale ine ndikhafamba na mwinji;
Ine ndikhaenda pangʼono-pangʼono patsogolo pawo mpaka panyumba ya Mulungu,
Na nʼkhuwo wakutsandzaya na wakupereka takhuta
Wa mwinji wakuti ukhacita phwando.+
5 Thangwi yanji ndiri wakusowa cidikhiro?+
Thangwi yanji ntima wanga usadzudzumika kakamwe?
6 Mulungu wanga ndiri wakusowa cidikhiro.+
Na thangwi ineyi, ine ndakukumbukirani,+
Pikhali ine ku dziko ya Yordani na padzulu pa mapiri a Ermoni,
Pontho pikhali ine Paphiri ya Mizari.*
7 Madzi akuzika acemera madzi akuzika
Thangwi yakukukuma kwa madzi anabuluka paphiri.
Mabimbi anu onsene makulu andikunda.+
8 Namasikati, Yahova anapangiza ufuni wace wandimomwene kuna ine,
Pontho namasiku, ndinadzaimba nyimbo thangwi ya iye, yakuti ndi phembero kuna Mulungu adandipasa umaso.+
9 Ndinapanga Mulungu wakuti ndi mwala wanga:
“Thangwi yanji mwandiduwala?+
Thangwi yanji ndisafamba wakutsukwala thangwi yakupondererwa na nyamalwa wanga?”+
10 Anyamalwa anga asanditikana mwakuipirwa kakamwe,
Iwo asandisingirira ntsiku yonsene mbalonga: “Ali kupi Mulungu wako?”+
11 Thangwi yanji ndiri wakusowa cidikhiro?
Thangwi yanji ntima wanga usadzudzumika kakamwe?
Ndinadikhira Mulungu,+
Thangwi ndinapitiriza kunsimba ninga Mpulumusi wanga Wankulu na Mulungu wanga.+