Masalimo 82

1 Salimo la Asafu. Mulungu akutsogolera msonkhano waukulu; Iye akuweruza pakati pa “milungu.”

melody to/for Asaph God to stand in/on/with congregation God in/on/with entrails: among God to judge

2 “Mudzateteza osalungama mpaka liti, ndi kukondera anthu oyipa?

till how to judge injustice and face: kindness wicked to lift: kindness (Selah)

3 Tetezani anthu ofowoka ndi amasiye; mukhazikitse ufulu wa anthu osauka ndi ozunzika.

to judge poor and orphan afflicted and be poor to justify

4 Landitsani anthu ofowoka ndi osowa; apulumutseni mʼdzanja la anthu oyipa.

to escape poor and needy from hand: power wicked to rescue

5 “Iwo sadziwa kanthu, sazindikira kalikonse. Amayendayenda mu mdima; maziko onse a dziko lapansi agwedezeka.

not to know and not to understand in/on/with darkness to go: walk to shake all foundation land: country/planet

6 “Ndinati, ‘Inu ndinu Mulungu, nonsenu ndinu ana a Wammwambamwamba.’

I to say God you(m. p.) and son: descendant/people Most High all your

7 Koma mudzafa ngati anthu wamba; mudzagwa ngati wolamula wina aliyense.”

surely like/as man to die [emph?] and like/as one [the] ruler to fall: fall

8 Dzukani Inu Mulungu, weruzani dziko lapansi, pakuti mayiko onse ndi cholowa chanu.

to arise: rise [emph?] God to judge [emph?] [the] land: country/planet for you(m. s.) to inherit in/on/with all [the] nation