Psalms 44
1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Ndakatulo ya ana a Kora. Ife tamva ndi makutu athu, Inu Mulungu; makolo athu atiwuza zimene munachita mʼmasiku awo, masiku akalekalewo.
2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Ndi dzanja lanu munathamangitsa mitundu ya anthu ena ndi kudzala makolo athu; Inu munakantha mitundu ya anthu, koma makolo athuwo Inu munawapatsa ufulu.
3 For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
Sanalande dziko ndi lupanga lawo, si mkono wawo umene unawabweretsera chigonjetso, koma ndi dzanja lanu lamanja, mkono wanu ndi kuwala kwa nkhope yanu, pakuti munawakonda.
4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Inu ndinu Mfumu yanga ndi Mulungu wanga amene mumalamulira chigonjetso cha Yakobo.
5 Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
Kudzera kwa inu ife timabweza adani athu; kudzera mʼdzina lanu timapondereza otiwukirawo.
6 For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
Sindidalira uta wanga, lupanga langa silindibweretsera chigonjetso;
7 For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
koma Inu mumatigonjetsera adani athu, mumachititsa manyazi amene amadana nafe.
8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever.
Timanyadira mwa Mulungu wathu tsiku lonse, ndipo tidzatamanda dzina lanu kwamuyaya.
9 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
Koma tsopano mwatikana ndi kutichepetsa; Inu simupitanso ndi ankhondo athu.
10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
Munachititsa ife kubwerera mʼmbuyo pamaso pa mdani ndipo amene amadana nafe atilanda katundu.
11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
Inu munatipereka kuti tiwonongedwe monga nkhosa ndipo mwatibalalitsa pakati pa anthu a mitundu ina.
12 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
Inu munagulitsa anthu anu pa mtengo wotsika, osapindulapo kanthu pa malondawo.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
Mwachititsa kuti tikhale chochititsa manyazi kwa anthu a mitundu ina, chonyozeka ndi chothetsa nzeru kwa iwo amene atizungulira.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Mwachititsa kuti tikhale onyozeka pakati pa anthu a mitundu ina; anthu amapukusa mitu yawo akationa.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
Manyazi anga ali pamaso panga tsiku lonse ndipo nkhope yanga yaphimbidwa ndi manyazi
16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
chifukwa cha mawu otonza a iwo amene amandinyoza ndi kundichita chipongwe, chifukwa cha mdani amene watsimikiza kubwezera.
17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Zonsezi zinatichitikira ngakhale kuti ifeyo sitinayiwale Inu kapena kuonetsa kusakhulupirika pa pangano lanu.
18 Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
Mitima yathu sinabwerere mʼmbuyo; mapazi athu sanatayike pa njira yanu.
19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Koma Inu mwatiphwanya ndi kuchititsa kuti tikhale ozunzidwa ndi ankhandwe ndipo mwatiphimba ndi mdima waukulu.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Tikanayiwala dzina la Mulungu wathu kapena kutambasulira manja athu kwa mulungu wachilendo,
21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
kodi Mulungu wathu sakanazidziwa zimenezi, pakuti Iye amadziwa zinsinsi zamumtima?
22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Komabe chifukwa cha Inu timakumana ndi imfa tsiku lonse, tili ngati nkhosa zoyenera kuti ziphedwe.
23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
Dzukani Ambuye! Nʼchifukwa chiyani mukugona! Dziwutseni nokha! Musatikane kwamuyaya.
24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
Nʼchifukwa chiyani mukubisa nkhope yanu, ndi kuyiwala mavuto athu ndi kuponderezedwa kwathu?
25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Tatsitsidwa pansi mpaka pa fumbi; matupi athu amatirira pa dothi.
26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
Imirirani ndi kutithandiza, tiwomboleni chifukwa cha chikondi chanu chosasinthika.
