Masalmo
BUKHU YACINAI
(Masalmo 90-106)
Phembero ya Mose, ntumiki wa Mulungu wandimomwene.+
90 Yahova, imwe ndimwe pakuthawira*+ pathu kwenda na kwenda.
2 Mapiri mbadzati kucitwa
Peno mbamudzati kucita dziko yapantsi na mataka,+
Imwe ndimwe Mulungu wakwenda na kwenda.+
3 Imwe musacitisa munthu wakuti asafa kubwerera kupfumbi;
Imwe musalonga: “Imwe ana a anthu, bwererani kupfumbi.”+
6 Namacibese isabulusa maluwa mbikhala ipswa,
Mbwenye namaulo isabunyala mbiuma.+
7 Ife tisafudzwa na ukali wanu+
Pontho tisathuswa na kuipirwa kwanu.
8 Imwe mwaikha madodo athu patsogolo panu;*+
Pinthu pidabisa ife piri pakweca thangwi ya ceza ca nkhope yanu.+
9 Ntsiku zathu zisazambazika* thangwi yakuipirwa kwanu;
Pyaka pyathu pisafika kunkhomo ninga muya wa mʼmphuno.
10 Pyaka pya umaso wathu ndi 70,
Peno 80+ kuna ale ali na mphambvu kakamwe.
Mbwenye ipyo pyadzala na nyatwa na kutsukwala;
Ipyo pisamala mwakucimbiza, ife mbatizambazika.+
11 Mbani anakwanisa kudziwa mphambvu ya ukali wanu?
Kuipirwa kwanu ndi kukulu ninga cilemedzo cinafunika imwe kupaswa.+
12 Tipfundziseni kulengesa ntsiku zathu+
Toera tikhale na ntima wandzeru.
13 Bwererani Yahova!+ Pyenepi pinacitika mpaka lini?+
Bverani ntsisi atumiki anu.+
14 Namacibese tidzadzeni na ufuni wanu wakukhonda mala,+
Toera tikhuwe mwakukomerwa na mwakutsandzaya+ mu ntsiku zathu zonsene.
15 Ticitiseni kutsandzaya mwakubverana na ntsiku zidatithabusa imwe,+
Mwakubverana na pyaka pizinji pidatamba ife nyatwa.+
16 Atumiki anu mbaone pinthu pyadidi pinacita imwe,
Pontho anawo mbaone mphambvu zanu zikulu.+
17 Imwe Yahova Mulungu wathu, tipaseni nkhombo;
Citisani kuti mabasa a manja athu afambe mwadidi.
Inde, citisani kuti mabasa a manja athu afambe mwadidi.+