1 Ha, mutu wanga ukadakhala madzi, ndi maso anga kasupe wa misozi, kuti usana ndi usiku ndilirire ophedwa a mwana wamkazi wa anthu anga!
2 Ha, ndikadakhala ndi chigono cha anthu aulendo m’chipululu; kuti ndisiye anthu anga, ndiwachokere, pakuti onse ali achigololo, msonkhano wa anthu achiwembu.
3 Ndipo apinda lilime lao ngati uta wao, liname; koma akula mphamvu m’dzikomo, koma si pachoonadi; pakuti alinkunkabe nachita zoipa, ndipo sandidziwa Ine, ati Yehova.
4 Muchenjere naye yense mnansi wake, musakhulupirire yense mbale wake; pakuti abale onse amanyenga, ndipo anansi onse adzayenda ndi maugogodi.
5 Ndipo yense adzanyenga mnansi wake, osanena choonadi; aphunzitsa lilime lao kunena zonama; nadzithodwetsa kuchita zoipa.
6 Ukhala pakati pa manyengo m’manyengo; akana kundidziwa, ati Yehova.
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7 Chifukwa chake atero Yehova wa makamu, Taonani, ndidzawasungunula, ndi kuwayesa, pakuti ndidzachitanji, chifukwa cha mwana wamkazi wa anthu anga?
8 Lilime lao ndi muvi wakuphera; linena manyengo; wina anena mtendere ndi mnansi wake pakamwa pake, koma m’mtima mwake amlalira.
9 Kodi sindidzawalanga chifukwa cha izi? Ati Yehova; kodi moyo wanga sudzabwezera chilango mtundu wotere?
10 Chifukwa cha mapiri ndidzagwa misozi ndi kulira, chifukwa cha mabusa a chipululu ndidzachita maliro, chifukwa apserera, kuti anthu sangathe kupitirirapo; ndiponso anthu sangathe kumva mau a ng’ombe zao; mbalame za mlengalenga ndi nyama zathawa, zapita.
11 Ndipo ndidzayesaYerusalemumiyulu, mbuto ya ankhandwe; ndipo ndidzayesa mizinda ya Yuda bwinja, lopanda wokhalamo.
12 Wanzeru ndani, kuti adziwe ichi? Ndani iye amene kamwa la Yehova lanena naye, kuti achilalikire? Chifukwa chake dziko litha ndi kupserera monga chipululu, kuti anthu asapitemo?
13 Ndipo Yehova ati, Chifukwa asiya chilamulo changa ndinachiika pamaso pao, ndipo sanamvere mau anga, osayenda m’menemo;
14 koma anatsata kuuma kwa mtima wao, ndiBaala, monga makolo ao anawaphunzitsa;
15 chifukwa chake atero Yehova wa makamu, Mulungu wa Israele, Taonani, ndidzadyetsa anthu awa chivumulo, ndi kuwamwetsa madzi andulu.
16 Ndidzawabalalitsanso mwaamitundu, amene iwo kapena makolo ao sanawadziwe; ndipo ndidzatumiza lupanga, liwatsate mpaka ndawatha.
17 Atero Yehova wa makamu, Kumbukirani inu, ndi kuitana akazi akulira, adze; aitaneni akazi ochenjera, kuti adze;
18 afulumire, atikwezere ife mau a maliro, kuti maso athu agwe misozi, ndi zikope zathu ziyendetse madzi.
19 Pakuti mau a kulira amveka muZiyoni, Tafunkhidwa, tanyazitsidwa, pakuti tasiya dziko, pakuti agwetsa zokhalamo zathu.
20 Koma imvani mau a Yehova, akazi inu, khutu lanu lilandire mau a pakamwa pake, phunzitsani ana anu akazi kulira, ndi yense aphunzitse mnzake maliridwe ake.
21 Pakuti imfa yakwera m’mazenera athu, yalowa m’nyumba mwathu; kuchotsa ana kubwalo, ndi anyamata kumiseu.
22 Nenani, atero Yehova, Mitembo yathu idzagwa ngati ndowe pamunda, ndi monga chipukutu pambuyo pa wakusenga, palibe wochitola.
23 Atero Yehova, wanzeru asadzitamandire m’nzeru zake, wamphamvu asadzitamandire m’mphamvu yake, wachuma asadzitamandire m’chuma chake;
24 koma wakudzitamandira adzitamandire adzikweze umo, kuti ali wakuzindikira, ndi kundidziwa Ine, kuti ndine Yehova wakuchita zokoma mtima, chiweruziro, ndi chilungamo m’dziko lapansi, pakuti m’menemo ndikondwerera, ati Yehova.
25 Taonani, masiku alikudza, ati Yehova, kuti ndidzalanga onse odulidwa m’kusadulidwa kwao;
26 Ejipito, ndi Yuda, ndi Edomu, ndi ana a Amoni, ndi a Mowabu, ndi onse ometa m’mphepete mwa tsitsi lao, okhala m’chipululu; pakuti amitundu onse ali osadulidwa, ndi nyumba ya Israele ili yosadulidwa m’mtima.
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