Masalimo 73
1 Salimo la Asafu. Mulungu ndi wabwino ndithu kwa Israeli, kwa iwo amene ndi oyera mtima.
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
2 Koma kunena za ine, mapazi anga anali pafupi kuterereka; ndinatsala pangʼono kugwa.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
3 Pakuti ndinkachitira nsanje odzitamandira, pamene ndinaona mtendere wa anthu oyipa.
For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
4 Iwo alibe zosautsa; matupi awo ndi athanzi ndi amphamvu.
For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
5 Saona mavuto monga anthu ena; sazunzika ngati anthu ena onse.
They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
6 Nʼchifukwa chake kunyada kuli monga mkanda wa mʼkhosi mwawo; amadziveka chiwawa.
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
7 Mʼmitima yawo yokhota mumachokera zolakwa; zoyipa zochokera mʼmaganizo awo sizidziwa malire.
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
8 Iwowo amanyogodola ndi kumayankhula zoyipa; mwa kudzikuza kwawo amaopseza ena nʼkumati, “Tikuponderezani.”
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
9 Pakamwa pawo pamayankhula monyoza Mulungu kumwamba ndipo lilime lawo limayenda pa dziko lapansi.
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Nʼchifukwa chake anthu awo amapita kwa iwowo ndi kumwa madzi mochuluka.
Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
11 Iwo amati, “Kodi Mulungu angadziwe bwanji? Kodi Wammwambamwamba angadziwe kalikonse?”
And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Umu ndi mmene oyipa alili; nthawi zonse ali pabwino ndipo chuma chawo chimachulukirachulukira.
Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
13 Ndithudi ine ndawusunga pachabe mtima wanga woyera; pachabe ndasamba mʼmanja mwanga mwa kusalakwa kwanga.
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
14 Tsiku lonse ndapeza mavuto; ndakhala ndi kulangidwa mmawa uliwonse.
For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 Ndikanati, “Ndidzayankhula motere,” ndikanachita chosakhulupirika kwa ana anu.
If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
16 Pamene ndinayesa kuti ndimvetse zonsezi, zinandisautsa kwambiri
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
17 kufikira nditalowa mʼmalo opatulika a Mulungu; pamenepo ndinamvetsa mathero awo.
Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
18 Zoonadi Inu munawayika pa malo woterera; Mumawagwetsa pansi kuti awonongeke.
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
19 Mwamsangamsanga iwo amawonongedwa, amasesedwa kwathunthu ndi mantha!
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
20 Monga loto pamene wina adzuka, kotero pamene Inu muuka, Inu Ambuye, mudzawanyoza ngati maloto chabe.
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
21 Pamene mtima wanga unasautsidwa ndi kuwawidwa mu mzimu mwanga,
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
22 ndinali wopusa ndi wosadziwa; ndinali chirombo chopanda nzeru pamaso panu.
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
23 Komabe ineyo ndili ndi Inu nthawi zonse; mumandigwira dzanja langa lamanja.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
24 Inu mumanditsogolera ndi malangizo anu ndipo pambuyo pake mudzanditenga ku ulemerero.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
25 Kodi kumwamba ndili ndi yani kupatula Inu? Ndipo dziko lapansi lilibe chilichonse chimene ndimachilakalaka koposa Inuyo.
Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
26 Thupi ndi mtima wanga zitha kufowoka, koma Mulungu ndiye mphamvu ya mtima wanga ndi cholandira changa kwamuyaya.
My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
27 Iwo amene ali kutali ndi Inu adzawonongeka; Inu mumawononga onse osakhulupirika pamaso panu.
For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.
28 Koma kunena za Ine ndi kwabwino kukhala pafupi ndi Mulungu. Ndatsimikiza kuti Ambuye Yehova ndiwo pothawirapo panga ndipo ndidzalalika ntchito zanu zonse.
But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.
