Masalimo 63

1 Salimo la Davide. Pamene anali mʼchipululu cha Yuda. Inu Mulungu, ndinu Mulungu wanga, moona mtima ine ndimakufunafunani; moyo wanga uli ndi ludzu lofuna Inu, thupi langa likulakalaka inu, mʼdziko lowuma ndi lotopetsa kumene kulibe madzi.

[A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.] God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

2 Inu ndinakuonani ku malo anu opatulika ndipo ndinapenya mphamvu zanu ndi ulemerero wanu.

So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

3 Chifukwa chikondi chanu ndi choposa moyo, milomo yanga idzakulemekezani.

Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

4 Ndidzakutamandani masiku onse a moyo wanga, ndipo mʼdzina lanu ndidzakweza manja anga.

So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.

5 Mudzakhutitsa moyo wanga ndi zonona. Ine ndidzakutamandani ndi mawu anthetemya.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

6 Pa bedi panga ndimakumbukira inu; ndimaganiza za Inu nthawi yonse ya usiku.

when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.

7 Chifukwa ndinu thandizo langa, ine ndimayimba mu mthunzi wa mapiko anu.

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

8 Moyo wanga umakangamira Inu; dzanja lanu lamanja limandigwiriziza.

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

9 Iwo amene akufunafuna moyo wanga adzawonongedwa; adzatsikira kunsi kozama kwa dziko lapansi.

But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

10 Iwo adzaperekedwa ku lupanga ndi kukhala chakudya cha ankhandwe.

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

11 Koma mfumu idzakondwera mwa Mulungu; onse amene amalumbira mʼdzina la Mulungu adzalemekeza Mulunguyo, koma pakamwa pa anthu onama padzatsekedwa.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.