Masalimo 144
1 Salimo la Davide. Atamandike Yehova Thanthwe langa, amene amaphunzitsa manja anga kuchita nkhondo; zala zanga kumenya nkhondo.
Of David. Blest be the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for fighting.
2 Iye ndiye Mulungu wanga wachikondi ndi malo anga otetezedwa, linga langa ndi mpulumutsi wanga, chishango changa mmene ine ndimathawiramo, amene amagonjetsa mitundu ya anthu pansi panga.
My rock and my fortress, my tower, my deliverer, my shield, behind whom I take refuge, who lays nations low at my feet.
3 Inu Yehova, munthu nʼchiyani kuti mumamusamalira, mwana wa munthu kuti muzimuganizira?
Lord, what are mortals that you care for them, humans, that you think of them?
4 Munthu ali ngati mpweya; masiku ake ali ngati mthunzi wosakhalitsa.
They are like a breath, their days as a shadow that passes.
5 Ngʼambani mayiko akumwamba, Inu Yehova, ndipo tsikani pansi; khudzani mapiri kuti atulutse utsi.
Lord, bow your heavens and come down: touch the hills, so that they smoke.
6 Tumizani zingʼaningʼani ndi kubalalitsa adani; ponyani mivi yanu ndi kuwathamangitsa.
Flash forth lightning and scatter them, your arrows send forth and confound them.
7 Tambasulani dzanja lanu kuchokera kumwamba; landitseni ndi kundipulumutsa, ku madzi amphamvu, mʼmanja mwa anthu achilendo,
Stretch out your hand from on high; pluck me out of the mighty waters, out of the hands of foreigners,
8 amene pakamwa pawo ndi podzala ndi mabodza, amene dzanja lawo lamanja ndi lachinyengo.
who speak with the mouth of falsehood, and lift their right hand to swear lies.
9 Ndidzakuyimbirani nyimbo yatsopano Inu Mulungu; ndidzakuyimbirani nyimbo pa zeze wa nsambo khumi,
O God, a new song I would sing you, on a ten-stringed harp make you music.
10 kwa Iye amene amapambanitsa mafumu, amene amapulumutsa Davide mtumiki wake ku lupanga loopsa.
For to kings you give the victory, and David your servant you save.
11 Landitseni ndi kundipulumutsa, mʼmanja mwa anthu achilendo, amene pakamwa pawo ndi podzaza ndi mabodza, amene dzanja lawo lamanja ndi lachinyengo.
Snatch me from the cruel sword, rescue me from the hand of foreigners, who speak with the mouth of falsehood, and lift their right hand to swear lies.
12 Ndipo ana aamuna pa chinyamata chawo adzakhala ngati mbewu yosamalidwa bwino, ana athu aakazi adzakhala ngati zipilala zosemedwa bwino, zokongoletsera nyumba yaufumu.
May our sons in their youth be as plants well tended: our daughters like cornices carved as in palaces.
13 Nkhokwe zathu zidzakhala zodzaza ndi zokolola za mtundu uliwonse. Nkhosa zathu zidzaswana miyandamiyanda pa mabusa athu.
May our barns be bursting with produce of all kinds. In the fields may our sheep bear by thousands and ten thousands.
14 Ngʼombe zathu zidzanyamula katundu wolemera. Sipadzakhala mingʼalu pa makoma, sipadzakhalanso kupita ku ukapolo, mʼmisewu mwathu simudzakhala kulira chifukwa cha mavuto.
May our cattle be fat, our walls unbreached, may no cry of distress ring in our streets.
15 Odala anthu amene adzalandira madalitso awa; odala anthu amene Mulungu wawo ndi Yehova.
Happy the people who fares so well: and so fares the people whose God is the Lord.
