Masalimo 69
1 Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Salimo la Davide. Potsata mayimbidwe a “Akakombo.” Pulumutseni Inu Mulungu, pakuti madzi afika mʼkhosi
For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.
2 Ine ndikumira mʼthope lozama mʼmene mulibe popondapo. Ndalowa mʼmadzi ozama; mafunde andimiza.
I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.
3 Ndafowoka ndikupempha chithandizo; kummero kwanga kwawuma gwaa, mʼmaso mwanga mwada kuyembekezera Mulungu wanga.
I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.
4 Iwo amene amadana nane popanda chifukwa ndi ochuluka kuposa tsitsi la kumutu kwanga; ambiri ndi adani anga popanda chifukwa, iwo amene akufunafuna kundiwononga. Ndikukakamizidwa kubwezera zomwe sindinabe.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away.
5 Mukudziwa uchitsiru wanga, Inu Mulungu, kulakwa kwanga sikuli kobisika kwa Inu.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from thee.
6 Iwo amene amadalira Inu asanyozedwe chifukwa cha ine, Inu Ambuye Wamphamvuzonse. Iwo amene amafunafuna Inu asachititsidwe manyazi chifukwa cha ine, Inu Mulungu wa Israeli.
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.
7 Pakuti ndimapirira kunyozedwa chifukwa cha Inu, ndipo manyazi amaphimba nkhope yanga.
For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face.
8 Ndine mlendo kwa abale anga, munthu wakudza kwa ana aamuna a amayi anga;
I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.
9 pakuti changu chochitira nyumba yanu chandiphetsa ndipo chipongwe cha iwo amene amanyoza Inu chandigwera.
For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 Pamene ndikulira ndi kusala kudya, ndiyenera kupirira kunyozedwa;
And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.
11 pomwe ndavala chiguduli, anthu amandiseweretsa.
And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.
12 Iwo amene amakhala pa chipata amandinena, ndipo ine ndine nyimbo ya zidakwa.
They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.
13 Koma ndikupempha kwa Inu Ambuye, pa nthawi yanu yondikomera mtima; mwa chikondi chanu chachikulu Inu Mulungu, mundiyankhe pondipulumutsa.
But I [will cry] to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
14 Mundilanditse kuchoka mʼmatope, musalole kuti ndimire, pulumutseni ine kwa iwo amene amadana nane, kuchoka mʼmadzi ozama.
Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.
15 Musalole kuti chigumula chindimeze, kuya kusandimeze ndipo dzenje lisatseke pakamwa pake kundimiza.
Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.
16 Ndiyankheni Inu Yehova mwa ubwino wanu wa chikondi chanu; mwa chifundo chanu chachikulu tembenukirani kwa ine.
Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me.
17 Musabisire nkhope yanu mtumiki wanu, ndiyankheni msanga, pakuti ndili pa mavuto.
And turn not away thy face from thy servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.
18 Bwerani pafupi ndi kundilanditsa; ndiwomboleni chifukwa cha adani anga.
Draw nigh to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 Inu mukudziwa momwe ndanyozedwera, kunyozedwa ndi kuchititsidwa manyazi; adani anga onse ali pamaso panu.
For thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before thee.
20 Mnyozo waswa mtima wanga ndipo wandisiya wopanda thandizo lililonse; ndinafunafuna ena woti andichitire chisoni, koma panalibe ndi mmodzi yemwe woti anditonthoze, sindinapeze ndi mmodzi yemwe.
My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.
21 Iwo anayika ndulu mʼchakudya changa ndi kundipatsa vinyo wosasa chifukwa cha ludzu.
They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.
22 Chakudya chomwe chayikidwa patsogolo pawo chikhale msampha; chikhale chobwezera chilango ndiponso khwekhwe.
Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling-block.
23 Maso awo adetsedwe kotero kuti asaonenso ndipo misana yawo ipindike mpaka kalekale.
Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.
24 Khuthulirani ukali wanu pa iwo; mkwiyo wanu woyaka moto uwathe mphamvu.
Pour out thy wrath upon them, and let the fury of thine anger take hold on them.
25 Malo awo akhale wopanda anthu pasapezeke ndi mmodzi yemwe wokhala mʼmatenti awo.
Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents:
26 Pakuti iwo amazunza amene inu munamuvulaza ndi kuyankhula zowawa kwa amene munawapweteka.
Because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
27 Awonjezereni kulakwa pa kulakwa kwawo, musalole kuti akhale ndi gawo pa chipulumutso chanu.
Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Iwo afufutidwe mʼbuku la amoyo ndipo asalembedwe pamodzi ndi olungama.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous.
29 Ndikumva zowawa ndi kuzunzika; lolani chipulumutso chanu, Inu Mulungu, chinditeteze.
I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of thy countenance has helped me.
30 Ine ndidzatamanda dzina la Mulungu mʼnyimbo, ndidzalemekeza Iye ndi chiyamiko.
I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;
31 Izi zidzakondweretsa Yehova kupambana ngʼombe, kupambananso ngʼombe yayimuna, pamodzi ndi nyanga ndi ziboda zake.
and [this] shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs.
32 Wosauka adzaona ndipo adzasangalala, Inu amene mumafunafuna Mulungu, mitima yanu ikhale ndi moyo!
Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live.
33 Yehova amamvera anthu osowa ndipo sanyoza anthu ake omangidwa.
For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nought his fettered ones.
34 Kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi zitamanda Iye, nyanja ndi zonse zomwe zimayenda mʼmenemo,
Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things moving in them.
35 pakuti Mulungu adzapulumutsa Ziyoni ndi kumanganso mizinda ya Yuda, anthu adzakhala kumeneko ndipo dzikolo lidzakhala lawo;
For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.
36 ana atumiki ake adzalitenga kukhala cholowa chawo, ndipo iwo amene amakonda dzina lake adzakhala kumeneko.
And the seed of his servants shall possess it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
