Mikeya
7 Dzedze kuna ine! Ine ndakhala ninga munthu wakuti
Nee asagumana mauva toera kudya,
Pontho nee asagumana masambvu akutapira anafuna iye,
Anthu angamala kutcoda misapo ya mu ndzidzi wa malimwe,
Pontho angamala kusaka mauva adasala mu ndzidzi wakubvuna.
Nkhabepo anakhonda kutandira ndzace panjira toera kumupha.+
Mʼbodzi na mʼbodzi asateya ukonde* toera kumanga mʼbale wace.
3 Manja awo asadziwa mwadidi kucita pinthu pyakuipa;+
Ntsogoleri asapanga anthu toera ampase miyoni,
Nyakutonga miseru asaphemba kulipwa,+
Munthu wakubvekera asalonga pinafuna iye,+
Pontho iwo asacita pabodzi pene masasanyiro anewa.
4 Wadidi kakamwe pakati pawo asakhala ninga minga,
Munthu wakulungama kakamwe pakati pawo, ndi wakuipa kakamwe kupiringana mpanda wa minga.
Inadzafika ntsiku idalonga anyakuonera anu, pontho inadzafika ntsiku yakutongwa kwanu.+
Penepo onsene anadzasowa cakucita thangwi yakugopa.+
5 Lekani kukhulupira andzanu,
Peno kunyindira axamwali anu a ponda-ndipondembo.+
Cita mphole-mphole na pinthu pinalonga iwe kuna nkazi anafuna iwe.
6 Thangwi mwana wamamuna asapwaza babace,
Mwana wankazi nkhabe kubverana na mai wace,+
Pontho nkwenya nkhabe kubverana na mebzwalace;+
Anyamalwa a munthu ndi anthu a panyumba pace.+
7 Mbwenye ine, ndinapitiriza kuyangʼanira mbandidikhira Yahova.+
Ndinadikhira mwakupirira kuna Mulungu wacipulumuso canga.+
Mulungu wanga anadzandibva.+
8 Iwe nyamalwa* wanga, leka kukomerwa thangwi ine ndiri pa nyatwa.
Maseze ine ndagwa, ndinadzalamuka;
Maseze ine ndisakhala ncidima, Yahova anadzakhala ceza canga.
9 Ine ndinadzapirira ukali wa Yahova
Mpaka iye akhale kukhundu yanga, mbandicitira ulungami
Thangwi ine ndanʼdawira.+
Iye anadzandiendesa pa ceza,
Pontho ine ndinadzaona ulungami wace.
10 Nyamalwa wanga anadzaonambo pyenepi,
Pontho anadzaphatwa na manyadzo nkazi ule analonga kuna ine kuti:
“Ali kupi Yahova Mulungu wako?”+
Maso anga anaona nkazi unoyu.
Iye anadzapondwa-pondwa ninga matope a nʼnjira.
11 Ineyi inadzakhala ntsiku yakumanga mpanda wanu wa miyala;
Pa ntsiku ineyi, madire a dziko yanu anadzathimizirwa.
12 Pa ntsiku ineyi anthu anadzabwera kuna iwe
Bulukira ku Asirya na ku mizinda ya Ejitu,
Bulukira ku Ejitu mpaka ku Nkulo;*
Bulukira ku bara mpaka ku bara, pontho bulukira kuphiri ibodzi mpaka kuphiri inango.+
13 Dziko ineyi inadzakhala madembe thangwi ya anthu anakhala mwenemo,
Pyenepi pinadzacitika thangwi ya pinthu pidacita iwo.
14 Imwe Mulungu, ndaphata miyendo, kumbizani mbumba yanu na ndodo yanu, kumbizani nkumbi wa mabira wakuti ndi unthaka wanu,+
Nkumbi wakuti ukhali okhene mu nsitu, pakati pa miti ya misapo.
Iwo mbadye ku Bhasani na ku Jiliyadhi+ ninga pikhacita iwo kale.
15 “Ninga pidacitika mu ntsiku zikhabuluka imwe mu dziko ya Ejitu,
Ine ndinadzakuonesani pinthu pyakudzumisa.+
16 Madzindza anango anadzaona, mbakhala na manyadzo mwakukhonda tsalakana mphambvu zawo.+
Iwo anadzaikha manja pamulomo pawo;
Makutu awo anadzafungika.
17 Iwo anadzanyanguta pfumbi ninga nyoka;+
Ninga pinthu pinafamba na pfufu ya mimba pa dziko yapantsi, iwo anadzabwera mbakatetemera buluka mʼmbuto zinabisala iwo.
Iwo anadzabwera kuna Yahova Mulungu wathu mbakagopa,
Pontho iwo anadzakugopani.”+
18 Mbani Mulungu wakulandana na imwe,
Wakuti asalekerera madodo na madawo+ a ale adasala a unthaka wace?+
Iye nee anadzakhala wakuipirwa kwenda na kwenda,
Thangwi asakomerwa na kupangiza ufuni kuna mbumba yace.+
19 Iye anadzatibvera pontho ntsisi;+ iye anadzakunda madodo athu.
Madawo awo onsene imwe munadzaaponya pa mbuto yakuzika kakamwe ya bara.+
20 Imwe munadzapangiza kukhulupirika kwanu kuna Yakobe,
Pontho munadzapangiza ufuni wandimomwene kuna Abhrahamu,
Ninga pidadumbira imwe kale kuna ambuyathu.+