Masalimo 109

1 Kwa mtsogoleri wamayimbidwe. Salimo la Davide. Mulungu amene ndimakutamandani, musakhale chete,

To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, be not silent:

2 pakuti anthu oyipa ndi achinyengo atsekula pakamwa pawo kutsutsana nane; iwo ayankhula motsutsana nane ndi malilime abodza.

For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

3 Andizungulira ndi mawu audani, amandinena popanda chifukwa.

And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

4 Mʼmalo mwa chikondi changa amandineneza, koma ine ndine munthu wapemphero.

For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.

5 Iwo amandibwezera zoyipa mʼmalo mwa zabwino, ndi udani mʼmalo mwa chikondi changa.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Sankhani munthu woyipa kuti amutsutse iye; lolani wotsutsa ayime ku dzanja lake lamanja.

Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;

7 Pamene aweruzidwa, apezeke kuti ndi wolakwa, ndipo mapemphero ake amutsutse.

When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

8 Masiku ake akhale owerengeka; munthu wina atenge malo ake a utsogoleri.

Let his days be few, let another take his office;

9 Ana ake akhale amasiye ndipo mkazi wake akhale wopanda mwamuna.

Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;

10 Ana ake akhale oyendayenda ndi opemphapempha; apirikitsidwe kuchoka pa mabwinja a nyumba zawo.

Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek [their bread] far from their desolate places;

11 Wokongoza alande zonse zimene ali nazo; alendo afunkhe ntchito za manja ake.

Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

12 Pasapezeke ndi mmodzi yemwe womukomera mtima kapena kumvera chisoni ana ake amasiye.

Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

13 Zidzukulu zake zithe nʼkufa, mayina awo afafanizidwe mu mʼbado wotsatirawo.

Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:

14 Mphulupulu za makolo ake zikumbukiridwe pamaso pa Yehova; tchimo la amayi ake lisadzafafanizidwe.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;

15 Machimo awo akhale pamaso pa Yehova nthawi zonse, kuti Iye achotse chikumbutso chawo pa dziko lapansi.

Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:

16 Pakuti iye sanaganizirepo zochita chifundo, koma anazunza mpaka kuwapha anthu osauka ndi osweka mtima.

Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

17 Anakonda kutemberera, matembererowo abwerere kwa iye; sanakondwe nʼkudalitsa anthu ena, choncho madalitso akhale kutali naye.

And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

18 Anavala kutemberera ngati chovala; kutemberera kunalowa mʼthupi lake ngati madzi, kulowa mʼmafupa ake ngati mafuta.

And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;

19 Matemberero akhale ngati chofunda chodzikutira nacho, ngati lamba wovala tsiku ndi tsiku.

Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

20 Awa akhale malipiro ochokera kwa Yehova pa onditsutsa anga, kwa iwo amene amayankhula zoyipa za ine.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21 Koma Inu Ambuye Wamphamvuzonse, muchite nane molingana ndi dzina lanu, chifukwa cha ubwino wa chikondi chanu, pulumutseni.

But do thou for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:

22 Pakuti ndine wosauka ndi wosowa, ndipo mtima wanga ukuwawa mʼkati mwanga.

For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

23 Ndikuzimirira ngati mthunzi wa kumadzulo, ndapirikitsidwa ngati dzombe.

I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

24 Mawondo anga afowoka chifukwa cha kusala zakudya, thupi langa lawonda ndi mutu wanga womwe.

My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

25 Ndine chinthu chotonzedwa kwa otsutsana nane; akandiona, amapukusa mitu yawo.

And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.

26 Thandizeni Inu Yehova Mulungu wanga; pulumutseni molingana ndi chikondi chanu.

Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:

27 Adaniwo adziwe kuti limeneli ndi dzanja lanu, kuti Inu Yehova mwachita zimenezi.

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

28 Angathe kutemberera, koma Inu mudzadalitsa; pamene iwo andiputa adzachititsidwa manyazi, koma mtumiki wanu adzasangalala.

Let them curse, but bless thou; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

29 Onditsutsa adzavekedwa mnyozo, ndipo adzadzifunditsa manyazi ngati chovala.

Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

30 Ndi pakamwa panga ndidzathokoza Yehova kwambiri; ndidzamutamanda mʼgulu lalikulu la anthu.

I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

31 Popeza Iye amayima ku dzanja lamanja la munthu wosowayo, kupulumutsa moyo wake kwa iwo amene agamula molakwa.

For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.