Masalimo 139
1 Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Salimo la Davide. Inu Yehova, mwandisanthula ndipo mukundidziwa.
For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Inu mumadziwa pamene ndikhala pansi ndi pamene ndidzuka; mumazindikira maganizo anga muli kutali.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Mumapenyetsetsa pamene ndikutuluka ndi kugona kwanga; mumadziwa njira zanga zonse.
Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 Mawu asanatuluke pa lilime langa mumawadziwa bwinobwino, Inu Yehova.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether.
5 Mumandizinga kumbuyo ndi kutsogolo komwe; mwasanjika dzanja lanu pa ine.
Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.
6 Nzeru zimenezi ndi zopitirira nzeru zanga, ndi zapamwamba kuti ine ndizipeze.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Kodi ndingapite kuti kufuna kuzemba Mzimu wanu? Kodi ndingathawire kuti kuchoka pamaso panu?
Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?
8 Ndikakwera kumwamba, Inu muli komweko; ndikakagona ku malo a anthu akufa, Inu muli komweko. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Ngati ndiwulukira kotulukira dzuwa, ngati ndikakhala ku malekezero a nyanja,
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 kumenekonso dzanja lanu lidzanditsogolera, dzanja lanu lamanja lidzandigwiriziza.
Even there would Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand would hold me.
11 Ndikanena kuti, “Zoonadi, mdima udzandibisa ndithu ndipo kuwunika kukhale mdima mondizungulira,”
And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';
12 komabe mdimawo sudzakhala mdima kwa Inu; usiku udzawala ngati masana, pakuti mdima uli ngati kuwunika kwa Inu.
Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.
13 Pakuti Inu munalenga za mʼkati mwanga; munandiwumba pamodzi mʼmimba mwa amayi anga.
For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 Ndimakuyamikani chifukwa ndinapangidwa mochititsa mantha ndi modabwitsa; ntchito zanu ndi zodabwitsa, zimenezi ndimazidziwa bwino lomwe.
I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 Mapangidwe anga sanabisike pamaso panu pamene ndimapangidwa mʼmalo achinsinsi, pamene ndinkawumbidwa mwaluso mʼmimba ya amayi anga.
My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Maso anu anaona thupi langa lisanawumbidwe. Masiku onse amene anapatsidwa kwa ine, analembedwa mʼbuku lanu asanayambe nʼkuwerengedwa komwe.
Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written — even the days that were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 Zolingalira zanu pa ine ndi zamtengowapatali, Inu Mulungu, ndi zosawerengeka ndithu!
How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18 Ndikanaziwerenga, zikanakhala zochuluka kuposa mchenga; pamene ndadzuka, ndili nanube.
If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.
19 Ndi bwino mukanangopha anthu oyipa, Inu Mulungu! Chokereni inu anthu owononga anzanu!
If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God — depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;
20 Amayankhula za Inu ndi zolinga zoyipa; adani anu amagwiritsa ntchito dzina lanu molakwika.
Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies —
21 Kodi ine sindidana nawo amene amakudani, Inu Yehova? Kodi sindinyansidwa nawo amene amakuwukirani?
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?
22 Ndimadana nawo kwathunthu; ndi adani anga.
I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.
23 Santhuleni, Inu Mulungu ndipo mudziwe mtima wanga; Yeseni ndipo mudziwe zolingalira zanga.
Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts;
24 Onani ngati muli mayendedwe aliwonse oyipa mwa ine, ndipo munditsogolere mʼnjira yanu yamuyaya.
And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in the way everlasting.
