Nahumu
1 Uwu mbuthenga wacheruzgu wakukwaskana ndi Nineve:+ Buku la chiwona chaku Nahumu* wa ku Elikoshi:
2 Yehova ndi Chiuta yo wakhumba kuti ŵanthu ajiperekengi kwaku iyu pe+ ndipuso waweze nduzga;
Yehova waweze nduzga ndipuso ngwakunozgeka kulongo ukali waki.+
Yehova waweze nduzga arwani ŵaki,
Ndipu wasungiya arwani ŵaki ukali.
3 Yehova wakwiya liŵi cha+ ndipu we ndi nthazi zikulu,+
Kweni Yehova walekengi cha kulanga ŵanthu wo ananga.+
Nthowa yaki ye mumphepu yakusakaza kweniso muchimphunga,
Ndipu mitambu, ndi fuvu la kumaphazi ngaki.+
Bashani ndi Karimeli afota,+
Ndipuso maluŵa nga ku Lebanoni ngafota.
5 Mapiri ngasukunyika chifukwa chaku iyu,
Ndipu mitunthu yisongonoka.+
Pacharu chapasi pazamukuŵa chimtimbaheka chifukwa cha chisku chaki,
Limoza ndi charu kweniso wosi wo aja mwenimo.+
6 Ndiyani yo wangama pa masu paki asani wakwiya?+
Ndipu ndiyani yo wangazizipizga ukali waki ukulu?+
Iyu wazamupunguwa ukali waki nge motu,
Ndipu majalawi ngazamusweka chifukwa chaku iyu.
7 Yehova ngwamampha,+ iyu ndi malu ngakuvikilirika mu zuŵa la suzgu.+
Waphwere* wo athaŵiya kwaku iyu.+
8 Wazamunangiya limu malu ngaki* ndi maji ngakusapaliya ngo ngapeya,
Ndipu mdima wazamuskera arwani ŵaki.
9 Kumbi mumunozgiyengi chiŵembu wuli Yehova?
Iyu wakunangiyeningi limu.
Wakunangeningi so kachiŵi cha.+
10 Pakuti yiwu alukika nge minga,
Ndipuso ŵe nge ŵanthu wo aloŵe ndi moŵa;*
Kweni azamupiriya nge mapesi ngakumira.
11 Mwaku yiwi mwazamutuwa munthu yo wanozge chiŵembu Yehova,
Yo wapereka ulongozgi wabwekabweka.
12 Yehova wakamba kuti:
“Chinanga kuti ŵe ndi nthazi ukongwa kweniso mbanandi,
Azamudumulika ndipu azamukufwa.*
Ndakusuzga,* kweni ndazakukusuzga so cha.
13 Ndazamufyo goli laki lo le paku yiwi,+
Ndipu ndazamudumuwa paŵi vingwi vaku.
14 Yehova walamula vakukwaskana ndi yiwi* kuti,
‘Zina laku lazamulutiriya cha.
Ndazamunanga vikozgu vakusema ndipuso vikozgu vachisulu* munyumba* ya achiuta ŵaku.
Ndazakukukumbiya dindi, chifukwa chakuti ndiwi wabwekabweka.’
15 Awona! Pachanya pa mapiri patenda munthu yo watuza ndi uthenga wamampha,
Yo wapharazga chimangu.+
Yiwi Yuda, chita maphwandu ngaku,+ fiska vo walayizga,
Pakuti munthu wabwekabweka wazamujumpha so cha mwaku yiwi.
Iyu wazamumaliya limu.”