Salimo
BUKU LACHIWIRI
(Masalimo 42-72)
Kwa wotsogolera nyimbo. Masikili* ya ana a Kora.+
2 Mofanana ndi munthu amene akulakalaka madzi, ndikulakalaka* Mulungu, Mulungu wamoyo.+
Ndidzapita liti kukaonekera pamaso pa Mulungu?*+
3 Misozi yanga ili ngati chakudya changa masana ndi usiku.
Anthu amandinyoza tsiku lonse kuti: “Mulungu wako ali kuti?”+
4 Ndikukumbukira zinthu zimenezi ndipo mtima wanga ukupweteka kwambiri.
Chifukwa poyamba ndinkayenda ndi gulu lalikulu la anthu,
Ndinkayenda pangʼonopangʼono patsogolo pawo kupita kunyumba ya Mulungu,
Gulu la anthu likuimba mosangalala nyimbo zoyamika Mulungu,
Pa nthawi ya chikondwerero.+
5 Nʼchifukwa chiyani ndataya mtima?+
Nʼchifukwa chiyani ndikuvutika mumtima mwanga?
6 Inu Mulungu wanga, ine ndataya mtima.+
Nʼchifukwa chake ndakukumbukirani,+
Pamene ndili mʼdziko la Yorodano ndi mʼmapiri a Herimoni,
Pamene ndili mʼPhiri la Mizara.*
7 Madzi akuya akufuulira madzi akuya
Kudzera mumkokomo wa mathithi anu.
Mafunde anu onse amphamvu andimiza.+
8 Masana Yehova adzandisonyeza chikondi chake chokhulupirika,
Ndipo usiku ndidzamuimbira nyimbo, ndidzapemphera kwa Mulungu amene amandipatsa moyo.+
9 Ndidzauza Mulungu, thanthwe langa kuti:
“Nʼchifukwa chiyani mwandiiwala?+
Kodi ndiziyenda wachisoni chifukwa chiyani? Nʼchifukwa chiyani adani anga akundipondereza?”+
10 Anthu amene amadana nane kwambiri akundinyoza,*
Amandinyoza tsiku lonse kuti: “Mulungu wako ali kuti?”+
11 Nʼchifukwa chiyani ndataya mtima?
Nʼchifukwa chiyani ndikuvutika mumtima mwanga?