Masalimo 69
1 Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Salimo la Davide. Potsata mayimbidwe a “Akakombo.” Pulumutseni Inu Mulungu, pakuti madzi afika mʼkhosi
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
2 Ine ndikumira mʼthope lozama mʼmene mulibe popondapo. Ndalowa mʼmadzi ozama; mafunde andimiza.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 Ndafowoka ndikupempha chithandizo; kummero kwanga kwawuma gwaa, mʼmaso mwanga mwada kuyembekezera Mulungu wanga.
I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
4 Iwo amene amadana nane popanda chifukwa ndi ochuluka kuposa tsitsi la kumutu kwanga; ambiri ndi adani anga popanda chifukwa, iwo amene akufunafuna kundiwononga. Ndikukakamizidwa kubwezera zomwe sindinabe.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
5 Mukudziwa uchitsiru wanga, Inu Mulungu, kulakwa kwanga sikuli kobisika kwa Inu.
God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
6 Iwo amene amadalira Inu asanyozedwe chifukwa cha ine, Inu Ambuye Wamphamvuzonse. Iwo amene amafunafuna Inu asachititsidwe manyazi chifukwa cha ine, Inu Mulungu wa Israeli.
Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
7 Pakuti ndimapirira kunyozedwa chifukwa cha Inu, ndipo manyazi amaphimba nkhope yanga.
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
8 Ndine mlendo kwa abale anga, munthu wakudza kwa ana aamuna a amayi anga;
I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
9 pakuti changu chochitira nyumba yanu chandiphetsa ndipo chipongwe cha iwo amene amanyoza Inu chandigwera.
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 Pamene ndikulira ndi kusala kudya, ndiyenera kupirira kunyozedwa;
When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
11 pomwe ndavala chiguduli, anthu amandiseweretsa.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
12 Iwo amene amakhala pa chipata amandinena, ndipo ine ndine nyimbo ya zidakwa.
Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
13 Koma ndikupempha kwa Inu Ambuye, pa nthawi yanu yondikomera mtima; mwa chikondi chanu chachikulu Inu Mulungu, mundiyankhe pondipulumutsa.
But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
14 Mundilanditse kuchoka mʼmatope, musalole kuti ndimire, pulumutseni ine kwa iwo amene amadana nane, kuchoka mʼmadzi ozama.
Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Musalole kuti chigumula chindimeze, kuya kusandimeze ndipo dzenje lisatseke pakamwa pake kundimiza.
Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
16 Ndiyankheni Inu Yehova mwa ubwino wanu wa chikondi chanu; mwa chifundo chanu chachikulu tembenukirani kwa ine.
Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
17 Musabisire nkhope yanu mtumiki wanu, ndiyankheni msanga, pakuti ndili pa mavuto.
Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
18 Bwerani pafupi ndi kundilanditsa; ndiwomboleni chifukwa cha adani anga.
Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
19 Inu mukudziwa momwe ndanyozedwera, kunyozedwa ndi kuchititsidwa manyazi; adani anga onse ali pamaso panu.
You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
20 Mnyozo waswa mtima wanga ndipo wandisiya wopanda thandizo lililonse; ndinafunafuna ena woti andichitire chisoni, koma panalibe ndi mmodzi yemwe woti anditonthoze, sindinapeze ndi mmodzi yemwe.
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
21 Iwo anayika ndulu mʼchakudya changa ndi kundipatsa vinyo wosasa chifukwa cha ludzu.
They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Chakudya chomwe chayikidwa patsogolo pawo chikhale msampha; chikhale chobwezera chilango ndiponso khwekhwe.
Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
23 Maso awo adetsedwe kotero kuti asaonenso ndipo misana yawo ipindike mpaka kalekale.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.
24 Khuthulirani ukali wanu pa iwo; mkwiyo wanu woyaka moto uwathe mphamvu.
Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
25 Malo awo akhale wopanda anthu pasapezeke ndi mmodzi yemwe wokhala mʼmatenti awo.
Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
26 Pakuti iwo amazunza amene inu munamuvulaza ndi kuyankhula zowawa kwa amene munawapweteka.
For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
27 Awonjezereni kulakwa pa kulakwa kwawo, musalole kuti akhale ndi gawo pa chipulumutso chanu.
Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
28 Iwo afufutidwe mʼbuku la amoyo ndipo asalembedwe pamodzi ndi olungama.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
29 Ndikumva zowawa ndi kuzunzika; lolani chipulumutso chanu, Inu Mulungu, chinditeteze.
But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
30 Ine ndidzatamanda dzina la Mulungu mʼnyimbo, ndidzalemekeza Iye ndi chiyamiko.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 Izi zidzakondweretsa Yehova kupambana ngʼombe, kupambananso ngʼombe yayimuna, pamodzi ndi nyanga ndi ziboda zake.
It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
32 Wosauka adzaona ndipo adzasangalala, Inu amene mumafunafuna Mulungu, mitima yanu ikhale ndi moyo!
The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
33 Yehova amamvera anthu osowa ndipo sanyoza anthu ake omangidwa.
For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.
34 Kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi zitamanda Iye, nyanja ndi zonse zomwe zimayenda mʼmenemo,
Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
35 pakuti Mulungu adzapulumutsa Ziyoni ndi kumanganso mizinda ya Yuda, anthu adzakhala kumeneko ndipo dzikolo lidzakhala lawo;
For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
36 ana atumiki ake adzalitenga kukhala cholowa chawo, ndipo iwo amene amakonda dzina lake adzakhala kumeneko.
The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
