Masalimo 88
1 Salimo la ana a Kora. Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Potsata mayimbidwe a nyimbo yoti: “Pa Matenda ndi pa Mazunzo.” Ndakatulo ya Hemani, wa banja la Ezara. Inu Yehova, Mulungu amene mumandipulumutsa, usana ndi usiku ndimalira pamaso panu.
A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, God of my salvation, what time I cry in the night before Thee,
2 Pemphero langa lifike pamaso panu; tcherani khutu lanu kuti mumve kulira kwanga.
Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.
For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. (Sheol h7585)
4 Ndikuwerengedwa pamodzi ndi iwo amene akutsikira ku dzenje; ndine munthu wopanda mphamvu.
I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;
5 Ndayikidwa pambali pamodzi ndi anthu akufa, monga ophedwa amene agona mʼmanda, amene Inu simuwakumbukiranso, amene achotsedwa pa chisamaliro chanu.
Set apart among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom Thou rememberest no more; and they are cut off from Thy hand.
6 Mwandiyika pansi pa dzenje penipeni, mʼmalo akuya a mdima waukulu.
Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
7 Ukali wanu ukundipsinja kwambiri, mwandiopseza kwambiri ndi mafunde anu onse. (Sela)
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. (Selah)
8 Mwandichotsa pakati pa abwenzi anga enieni ndipo mwachititsa kuti ndikhale chonyansa kwa iwo. Ndatsekerezedwa ndipo sindingathe kuthawa;
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9 maso anga ada ndi chisoni. Ndimayitana Inu Yehova tsiku lililonse; ndimakweza manja anga kwa Inu.
Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.
10 Kodi mumaonetsa zozizwitsa zanu kwa anthu akufa? Kodi iwo amene afa amaukanso ndi kutamanda Inu? (Sela)
Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? (Selah)
11 Kodi chikondi chanu chimalalikidwa mʼmanda, za kukhulupirika kwanu ku malo a chiwonongeko?
Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Kodi zozizwitsa zanu zimadziwika ku malo a mdima, kapena ntchito zanu zolungama ku dziko la anthu oyiwalika?
Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Inu Yehova, Ine ndimalirira thandizo; mmawa mapemphero anga amafika pamaso panu.
But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry, and in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.
14 Inu Yehova nʼchifukwa chiyani mukundikana ndi kundibisira nkhope yanu?
LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?
15 Kuyambira ubwana wanga ndakhala ndikuzunzika pafupi kufa; ndakhala ndikuchita mantha ndipo ndine wothedwa nzeru.
I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.
16 Ukali wanu wandimiza; zoopsa zanu zandiwononga.
Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
17 Tsiku lonse zimandizungulira ngati chigumula; zandimiza kwathunthu.
They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together.
18 Inu mwatenga anzanga ndi okondedwa anga kuwachotsa pamaso panga; mdima ndiye bwenzi langa lenileni.
Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
