Psalms 122

1 A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.”

Salimo la Davide. Nyimbo yoyimba pokwera ku Yerusalemu. Ndinakondwera atandiwuza kuti, “Tiyeni ku nyumba ya Yehova.”

2 Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.

Mapazi athu akuyima mʼzipata zako, Iwe Yerusalemu.

3 Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself.

Yerusalemu anamangidwa ngati mzinda umene uli wothithikana pamodzi.

4 For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.

Kumeneko ndiye kumene kumapita mafuko, mafuko a Yehova, umboni wa kwa Israeli, kuti atamande dzina la Yehova.

5 For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.

Kumeneko anayikako mipando yaufumu yachiweruzo, mipando yaufumu ya nyumba ya Davide.

6 Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.

Pemphererani mtendere wa Yerusalemu: “Iwo amene amakukonda iwe zinthu ziwayendere bwino.

7 Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers.

Mukhale mtendere mʼkati mwa makoma ako, ndipo mʼnyumba zako zaufumu mukhale chitetezo.”

8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, I spoke peace about you.

Chifukwa cha abale anga ndi abwenzi anga ndidzati, “Mtendere ukhale mʼkati mwako.”

9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I sought good things for you.

Chifukwa cha Nyumba ya Yehova Mulungu wathu, ndidzakufunira zabwino.