Masalimo 31
1 Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Salimo la Davide. Mwa Inu Yehova, ine ndimathawiramo; musalole nʼkomwe kuti ndichititsidwe manyazi; mundipulumutse chifukwa cha chilungamo chanu.
For the leader. A psalm of David. In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. Rescue me in your faithfulness;
2 Tcherani khutu lanu kwa ine, bwerani msanga kudzandilanditsa; mukhale thanthwe langa lothawirapo, linga lolimba kundipulumutsa ine.
incline to me your ear. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a rock of defence, a fortified house, to save me.
3 Popeza Inu ndinu thanthwe langa ndi linga langa, chifukwa cha dzina lanu tsogolereni ndi kundiwongolera.
For my rock and my fortress are you; lead me and guide me so your name will be honoured.
4 Ndimasuleni mu msampha umene anditchera pakuti ndinu pothawirapo panga.
Draw me out of the net they have hid for me, for you yourself are my refuge.
5 Mʼmanja mwanu ndipereka mzimu wanga; womboleni Yehova Mulungu wachoonadi.
Into your hand I commend my spirit: you ransom me, Lord, faithful God.
6 Koma ine ndimadana nawo amene amamamatira mafano achabechabe; ine ndimadalira Yehova.
I hate those devoted to worthless idols; I trust in the Lord.
7 Ndidzakondwa ndi kusangalala mʼchikondi chanu popeza Inu munaona masautso anga ndipo mumadziwa kuwawa kwa moyo wanga.
I will rejoice and be glad in your love, because you have looked on my misery, and cared for me in my distress.
8 Inu simunandipereke kwa mdani koma mwayika mapazi anga pa malo otakasuka.
You have not given me into the enemy’s hand, you have set my feet in a spacious place.
9 Mundichitire chifundo Inu Yehova pakuti ndili pa mavuto; maso anga akulefuka ndi chisoni, mʼmoyo mwanga ndi mʼthupi mwanga momwe mukupweteka.
Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am distressed; my eye is wasted away with sorrow.
10 Moyo wanga ukunyeka chifukwa cha kuwawidwa mtima ndi zaka zanga chifukwa cha kubuwula; mphamvu zanga zatha chifuwa cha masautso, ndipo mafupa anga akulefuka.
For my life is consumed with grief, and my years with sighing. My strength is broken with misery, my bones waste away.
11 Chifukwa cha adani anga onse, ndine wonyozeka kwambiri ndi anansi anga; ndine chochititsa manyazi kwa abwenzi anga. Iwo amene amandiona mu msewu amandithawa.
The scorn of all my foes, the butt of my neighbours am I, a terror to my acquaintance. At the sight of me in the street people turn quickly away.
12 Ine ndinayiwalika kwa iwo ngati kuti ndinamwalira; ndakhala ngati mʼphika wosweka.
I am clean forgotten like the dead, am become like a ruined vessel.
13 Pakuti ine ndamva zonena zoyipa za anthu ambiri; zoopsa zandizungulira mbali zonse; iwo akukonza chiwembu kuti alimbane nane, kuti atenge moyo wanga.
I hear the whispers of many – terror on every side – scheming together against me, plotting to take my life.
14 Koma ndikudalira Inu Yehova; ndikunena kuti, “Ndinu Mulungu wanga.”
But my trust is in you, Lord. ‘You are my God,’ I say;
15 Masiku anga ali mʼmanja mwanu; ndipulumutseni kwa adani anga ndi kwa iwo amene akundithamangitsa.
my times are in your hand, save me from the hand of the foes who pursue me.
16 Walitsani nkhope yanu pa mtumiki wanu; pulumutseni mwa chikondi chanu chosatha.
Make your face to shine on your servant, save me in your love.
17 Yehova musalole kuti ndichite manyazi, pakuti ndalirira kwa Inu; koma oyipa achititsidwe manyazi ndipo agone chete mʼmanda. (Sheol h7585)
Put me not, O Lord, to shame, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
18 Milomo yawo yabodzayo ikhale chete, pakuti chifukwa cha kunyada ayankhula modzikuza kutsutsana ndi wolungama.
Strike the false lips dumb, that speak proudly against the righteous with haughtiness and contempt.
19 Ndi waukulu ubwino wanu umene mwawasungira amene amakuopani, umene mumapereka anthu akuona kwa iwo amene amathawira kwa Inu.
How great is the goodness you have treasured for those who fear you, and wrought for those who take refuge in you, in plain sight of all!
20 Mu mthunzi wa pamalo popezeka panu muwabisa, kuwateteza ku ziwembu za anthu; mʼmalo anu okhalamo mumawateteza kwa anthu owatsutsa.
In your sheltering wings you hide them from plottings of people, you keep them safe in a bower from the chiding of tongues.
21 Matamando akhale kwa Yehova, pakuti anaonetsa chikondi chake chodabwitsa kwa ine pamene ndinali mu mzinda wozingidwa.
Blest be the Lord for the wonderful love he has shown me in time of distress.
22 Ndili mʼnkhawa zanga ndinati, “Ine ndachotsedwa pamaso panu!” Komabe Inu munamva kupempha chifundo kwanga pamene ndinapempha thandizo kwa Inu.
For I had said in panic, ‘I am driven clean out of your sight.’ But you heard my plea, when I cried to you for help.
23 Kondani Yehova oyera mtima ake onse! Yehova amasunga wokhulupirika koma amalanga kwathunthu anthu odzikuza.
Love the Lord, all you faithful; the Lord protects the loyal, but repays the haughty in full.
24 Khalani ndi nyonga ndipo limbani mtima, inu nonse amene mumayembekezera Yehova.
Let your hearts be courageous and strong, all you who wait on the Lord.
