Mutu 17
1
Mzimu wanga watha, masiku anga atha; manda andikonzera.
2
Zowonadi pali onyoza pamodzi ndi ine; diso langa liyenera kuwona kuyipidwa kwawo nthawi zonse.
3
Pereka tsopano chikole, ukhale chikole pa ine ndi iwe; alipo winanso amene angandithandize?
4
Chifukwa imwe, Mulungu, munateteza mitima yawo kuti isamvetsetse; chifukwa chake, simudzawakweza pamwamba panga.
5
Wotsutsa abwenzi ace kuti am’patse mphotho; Maso a ana ace adzalephera.
6
Koma andisandutsa mwambi wa anthu; andilavulira kunkhope.
7
Diso langa nalonso lafota chifukwa cha chisoni; ziwalo zonse za thupi langa ndi zoonda ngati mthunzi.
8
Anthu owongoka mtima adzadabwa ndi izi; munthu wosalakwa adzalimbana ndi anthu osapembedza.
9
Wolungama asungabe panjira yake; iye amene ali ndi manja oyera adzakulira mphamvu.
10
Koma inu nonse, bwerani tsopano; Sindipeza munthu wanzeru pakati panu.
11
Masiku anga apita; zolinga zanga zawonongeka, komanso zokhumba za mtima wanga.
12
Anthu awa, onyoza awa, amasintha usiku kukhala usana; kuunika kuli pafupi ndi mdima.
13
Ngati nyumba yokha yomwe ndikuyembekezera ndi Manda;
14
ndipo ngati ndiyala kama wanga mumdima; Ndipo ndikanena ndi dzenje, Iwe ndiwe atate wanga, ndi nyongolotsi, Ndiwe amayi wanga, kapena mlongo wanga,
15
Ponena za chiyembekezo changa, ndani angawone chilichonse?
16
Kodi chiyembekezo chidzatsikira ndi ine pazipata za manda tikamatsika kufumbi? "