2 Samueli 22
1 Davide anayimbira Yehova nyimbo iyi pamene Yehovayo anamupulumutsa mʼdzanja la adani ake onse ndiponso mʼdzanja la Sauli.
And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul:
2 Iye anati, “Yehova ndiye thanthwe langa, chitetezo changa ndi mpulumutsi wanga.
And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3 Mulungu wanga ndiye thanthwe langa, mʼmene ndimathawiramo, chishango changa ndi ndodo yachipulumutso changa. Iye ndi linga langa, pothawirapo panga ndi mpulumutsi wanga. Munandipulumutsa mʼmanja mwa anthu ankhanza.
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my preserver; thou savest me from violence.
4 “Ndimayitana Yehova amene ndi woyenera matamando, ndipo ndapulumutsidwa kwa adani anga.
I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
5 “Mafunde a imfa anandizinga; mitsinje yothamanga yachiwonongeko inandiopsa kwambiri.
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly-men made me afraid;
The sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death seized me; (Sheol h7585)
7 “Mʼmasautso anga ndinapemphera kwa Yehova; ndinapemphera kwa Mulungu wanga. Iye ali mʼnyumba yake, anamva mawu anga; kulira kwanga kunafika mʼmakutu ake.
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry [entered] into his ears.
8 “Dziko lapansi linanjenjemera ndi kuchita chivomerezi, maziko a miyamba anagwedezeka; ananjenjemera chifukwa Iye anakwiya.
Then the earth shook and trembled: the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9 Mʼmphuno mwake munatuluka utsi; moto wonyeketsa unatuluka mʼkamwa mwake, makala amoto anali lawilawi mʼkamwa mwake.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
10 Iye anangʼamba thambo natsika pansi; pansi pa mapazi ake panali mitambo yakuda.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
11 Iye anakwera pa Kerubi ndi kuwuluka; nawuluka ndi mphepo mwaliwiro.
And he rode upon a cherub, and flew: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 Iye anapanga mdima kukhala chofunda chake, mitambo yakuda ya mlengalenga.
And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.
13 Mʼkuwala kumene kunali pamaso pake munkachokera makala amoto alawilawi.
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 Yehova anabangula kumwamba ngati bingu, mawu a Wammwambamwamba anamveka ponseponse.
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15 Iye anaponya mivi yake, nabalalitsa adani ake, ndi zingʼaningʼani zake anawagonjetsa.
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 Zigwa za mʼnyanja zinaonekera poyera, ndipo maziko a dziko lapansi anakhala poyera, Yehova atabangula mwaukali, pamene mpweya wamphamvu unatuluka mʼmphuno mwake.
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid open, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 “Ali kumwamba, Iye anatambalitsa dzanja lake ndipo anandigwira; anandivuwula mʼmadzi ozama.
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18 Anandipulumutsa kwa mdani wanga wamphamvu, adani anga amene anali amphamvu kuposa ine.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 Adaniwo analimbana nane pamene ndinali pa mavuto, koma Yehova anali thandizo langa.
They fell upon me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my support.
20 Iye anandipititsa kumalo otakasuka; anandipulumutsa chifukwa amakondwera nane.
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 “Yehova wandithandiza molingana ndi chilungamo changa; molingana ndi makhalidwe anga abwino, Iye wandipulumutsa.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22 Pakuti ine ndinatsata njira za Yehova; ndilibe mlandu wochoka pamaso pa Mulungu wanga.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 Malamulo ake onse ali pamaso panga, sindinasiye malangizo ake.
For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 Ndakhala moyo wosalakwa pamaso pake ndipo ndakhala ndi kupewa tchimo.
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Yehova wandipatsa mphotho molingana ndi chilungamo changa, molingana ndi makhalidwe anga abwino pamaso pake.
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye-sight.
26 “Kwa wokhulupirika, Inu mumaonetsa kukhulupirika kwanu, kwa anthu amakhalidwe abwino, Inu mumaonetsanso makhalidwe abwino,
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.
27 Kwa woyera mtima, Inu mumaonetsa kuyera mtima kwanu, koma kwa anthu achinyengo mumaonetsanso kunyansidwa nawo.
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.
28 Inu mumapulumutsa anthu odzichepetsa, koma maso anu amatsutsana ndi odzikuza ndipo mumawatsitsa.
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thy eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.
29 Inu Yehova, ndinu nyale yanga; Yehova wasandutsa mdima wanga kukhala kuwunika.
For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
30 Ndi thandizo lanu nditha kulimbana ndi gulu la ankhondo, ndi Mulungu wanga nditha kuchita zosatheka ndi munthu.
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
31 “Kunena za Mulungu, zochita zake ndi zangwiro; mawu a Yehova alibe cholakwika. Iye ndi chishango kwa onse amene amathawira kwa iye.
[As for] God, his way [is] perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him.
32 Mulungu wina ndi uti wofanana nanu Yehova? Ndipo ndani amene ndi Thanthwe kupatula Mulungu wathu?
For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God?
33 Ndi Mulungu amene anandipatsa mphamvu ndi kulungamitsa njira yanga.
God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect.
34 Iye amasandutsa mapazi anga kukhala ngati ambawala yayikazi; Iye amandithandiza kuyimirira pamwamba pa mapiri.
He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places.
35 Iye amaphunzitsa manja anga kuchita nkhondo; manja anga amatha kuthyola uta wachitsulo.
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
36 Inu mundipatsa ine chishango chanu cha chigonjetso; mumawerama kuti mundikweze.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
37 Inu mwalimbitsa njira yanga kuti ndiyende bwino, kuti mapazi anga asaterereke.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet have not slipped.
38 “Ine ndinathamangitsa adani anga ndi kuwakantha; sindinabwerere mpaka iwo atawonongedwa.
I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39 Ndinawakantha kotheratu, ndipo sanathe kudzukanso; Iwo anagwera pansi pa mapazi anga.
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they have fallen under my feet.
40 Inu munandipatsa ine mphamvu yochitira nkhondo; munagwaditsa adani anga pa mapazi anga.
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41 Inu muchititsa kuti adani anga atembenuke ndi kuthawa; ndipo ndinawononga adani anga.
Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42 Iwo anafuwula kupempha thandizo, koma panalibe ndi mmodzi yemwe owapulumutsa. Analirira kwa Yehova, koma sanawayankhe.
They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] to the LORD, but he answered them not.
43 Ine ndinawaperesa ngati fumbi la pa dziko lapansi; ndinawasinja ndipo ndinawapondaponda ngati matope a mʼmisewu.
Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them as the mire of the street, [and] spread them abroad.
44 “Inu mwandipulumutsa mʼmanja mwa mitundu ya anthu; Inu mwandisunga kuti ndikhale mtsogoleri wa anthu a mitundu ina. Anthu amene sindikuwadziwa ali pansi pa ulamuliro wanga.
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew not shall serve me.
45 Alendo amadzipereka okha pamaso panga; akangomva za ine, amandigonjera.
Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.
46 Iwo onse anataya mtima; anatuluka mʼmalinga awo akunjenjemera.
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall tremble from their close places.
47 “Yehova ndi wamoyo! Litamandidwe Thanthwe langa. Akuzike Mulungu, Thanthwe, Mpulumutsi wanga!
The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
48 Iye ndi Mulungu amene amabwezera chilango, amene amayika anthu a mitundu yonse pansi pa ulamuliro wanga,
It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
49 amene amandimasula mʼmanja mwa adani anga. Inu munandikuza kuposa adani anga; munandilanditsa mʼmanja mwa anthu ankhanza.
And that bringeth me forth from my enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
50 Choncho ine ndidzakutamandani Inu Yehova, pakati pa anthu a mitundu ina; ndidzayimba nyimbo zotamanda dzina lanu.
Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises to thy name.
51 “Iye amapereka chipambano chachikulu kwa mfumu yake, amaonetsa kukoma mtima kwa wodzozedwa wake, kwa Davide ndi zidzukulu zake kwamuyaya.”
[He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and [he] showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
