Salimo
71 Inu Yehova, ine ndathawira kwa inu.
Musalole kuti ndichite manyazi.+
2 Mundilanditse ndi kundipulumutsa chifukwa ndinu wolungama.
Tcherani khutu lanu* kwa ine nʼkundipulumutsa.+
3 Mukhale thanthwe langa lachitetezo
Loti ndizilowamo nthawi zonse.
Lamulani kuti ndipulumutsidwe,
Chifukwa inu ndinu thanthwe langa ndi malo anga achitetezo.+
4 Inu Mulungu wanga, ndipulumutseni mʼmanja mwa woipa,+
Kuti ndisagwidwe ndi munthu wochita zinthu mopondereza komanso wopanda chilungamo.
5 Chifukwa chiyembekezo changa ndi inu Yehova, Ambuye Wamkulu Koposa.
Ndakhala ndikudalira inu kuyambira ndili mnyamata.+
6 Ndakhala ndikudalira inu kuchokera tsiku limene ndinabadwa.
Inu ndi amene munanditulutsa mʼmimba mwa mayi anga.+
Ndimakutamandani nthawi zonse.
7 Ndakhala ngati chinthu chodabwitsa kwa anthu ambiri,
Koma inu ndinu malo anga othawirako olimba.
10 Adani anga amandinenera zoipa,
Ndipo anthu amene akufuna kuchotsa moyo wanga, amandikonzera chiwembu,+
11 Iwo akunena kuti: “Mulungu wamusiya.
Muthamangitseni nʼkumugwira chifukwa palibe womupulumutsa.”+
12 Inu Mulungu, musakhale kutali ndi ine.
Inu Mulungu wanga, ndithandizeni mofulumira.+
Amene akufuna nditakumana ndi tsoka
Agwidwe manyazi ndipo anyozeke.+
14 Koma ine ndipitiriza kuyembekezera.
Ndidzakutamandani mowirikiza kuposa kale.
15 Pakamwa panga padzanena za chilungamo chanu,+
Tsiku lonse padzanena za ntchito za chipulumutso chanu,
16 Ndidzabwera nʼkudzanena za zinthu zamphamvu zimene mumachita,
Inu Yehova, Ambuye Wamkulu Koposa.
Ndidzanena za chilungamo chanu chokha basi.
17 Inu Mulungu, mwandiphunzitsa kuyambira ndili mnyamata,+
Ndipo mpaka pano ndikupitiriza kulengeza ntchito zanu zodabwitsa.+
18 Ngakhale nditakalamba nʼkumera imvi, inu Mulungu musandisiye.+
Ndiloleni kuti ndiuze mʼbadwo wotsatira za mphamvu zanu*
Komanso za nyonga zanu kwa onse obwera mʼtsogolo.+
19 Chilungamo chanu, inu Mulungu chafika kumwamba.+
Mwachita zinthu zazikulu,
Inu Mulungu, ndi ndani angafanane nanu?+
20 Ngakhale kuti mwachititsa kuti ndikumane ndi mavuto komanso masoka ambiri,+
Bwezeretsani mphamvu zanga.
21 Chulukitsani ulemu wanga,
Ndipo mundizungulire ndi chitetezo chanu nʼkundilimbikitsa.
22 Mukatero, ndidzakutamandani ndi choimbira cha zingwe
Chifukwa cha kukhulupirika kwanu, inu Mulungu.+
Ndidzakuimbirani nyimbo zokutamandani ndi zeze,
Inu Woyera wa Isiraeli.