Masalimo 124

1 Salimo la Davide. Nyimbo yoyimba pokwera ku Yerusalemu. Akanapanda kukhala mbali yathu Yehova, anene tsono Israeli,

A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;

2 akanapanda kukhala mbali yathu Yehova, potiwukira anthuwo,

'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us,

3 iwo atatipsera mtima, akanatimeza amoyo;

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 chigumula chikanatimiza, mtsinje ukanatikokolola,

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

5 madzi a mkokomo akanatikokolola.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

6 Atamandike Yehova, amene sanalole kuti tikhale chakudya cha mano awo.

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Moyo wathu wawonjoka ngati mbalame yokodwa mu msampha wa mlenje; msampha wathyoka, ndipo ife tapulumuka.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Thandizo lathu lili mʼdzina la Yehova wolenga kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.