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 of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. God, you are my God! I earnestly search for you, my soul thirsts for you, and 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 looked on you in the sanctuary, to see your power and your glory.

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

Because your covenant faithfulness is better than life, my lips will 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.

It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness; with joyful lips my mouth will praise you,

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

when I think about you on my bed and meditate on you in the night hours.

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

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

8 Moyo wanga umakangamira Inu; dzanja lanu lamanja limandigwiriziza.

I cling to you; your right hand supports me.

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

But those who seek to destroy my life will go down into the lowest parts of the earth;

10 Iwo adzaperekedwa ku lupanga ndi kukhala chakudya cha ankhandwe.

they will be given over to those whose hands use the sword, and they will become food for the jackals.

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

But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who swears by him will be proud of him, but the mouth of those who speak lies will be stopped up.