Amalumbo 18:1-50
Ku mukalamba wa bakemba. Ulwimbo ulo Davidi umubomfi wa kwa Yehova aimbile. Ulwimbo ulo aimbiile Yehova pa bushiku Yehova amupuswishe ku balwani bakwe bonse na kuli Shauli. Aimbile ati:+
18 Nalimutemwa mwe Yehova mwe maka yandi.+
2 Yehova e cilibwe candi, e uncingilila kabili e umpususha.+
Lesa wandi e cilibwe candi,+ muli ena e mo nguba,Ni nkwela yandi kabili e lusengo* lwandi ulwe pusukilo,* e cubo candi*+ umo ncingililwa.
3 Ndalilila kuli Yehova uwalinga ukulumbanya,Kabili akampususha ku balwani bandi.+
4 Intambo sha mfwa shalimpombele;+Ibumba lya baume ifinangwa lyalintiinishe kwati ni mulamba umukalamba.+
5 Intambo sha Nshiishi* shalimpombele;Nakumene ne fiteyo fya mfwa.+
6 Ilyo nalecula nalilile kuli Yehova,Nalepaapaata Lesa wandi ukuti angafwe.*
Mwi tempele lyakwe alyumfwile ishiwi lyandi,+Kabili alyumfwile ukupaapaata kwandi ukwa kuti angafwe.+
7 Lyena isonde lyalitendeke ukusunkana no kutenta;+Amashinte ya mpili yalitenteleKabili yalisunkene pantu balimukalifye.+
8 Mu myona yakwe mwafuukile icushi,No mulilo uukali wafumine mu kanwa kakwe;+Amalasha ayaleaka yafumine kuli ena.
9 Asendeke imyulu ilyo aleikila,+Kabili mwi samba lya makasa yakwe mwali imfifi iyafiitisha.+
10 Aninine pali kerubi kabili aishile alepupuka.+
Aishile alefooka ninshi ali pa mapindo ya kwa malaika.*+
11 Lyena aifimbile imfifi,+Yalimushingulwike nge tentiImfifi yali nga menshi ayafiita kabili nga makumbi ayafiita sana.+
12 Ukubengeshima kwafumine kuli enaKabili imfula ya mabwe na malasha ayaleaka fyafumine mu makumbi.
13 Lyena Yehova atendeke ukubulukuta mu muulu;+Uwapulamo alengele ishiwi lyakwe lyaumfwika+Kabili imfula ya mabwe yaleloka na malasha ayaleaka yalepona.
14 Apoosele imifwi yakwe kabili alisalangenye abalwani bandi;+Abyashishe ne nkuba yakwe kabili alibafulungenye.+
15 Panshi ya mimana* palimoneke;+No mufula wa calo washele pa mbilibili pa mulandu wa bukali bwenu mwe Yehova,Pa mulandu wa mupu wa maka uwafumine mu myona yenu.+
16 Atambike ukuboko kwakwe ninshi ali ku muulu;Alinjikete e lyo anjabula mu menshi ayengi.+
17 Alimpuswishe ku balwani bandi abali na maka,+Ampuswishe ku bampata, abali na maka ukuncila.+
18 Balinjimiine pa bushiku nali na mafya,+Lelo Yehova alingafwile.
19 Antwele ku cifulo uko nali no kucingililwa;*Alimpuswishe pantu alintemenwe.+
20 Yehova alanambula pa mulandu wa kuti nalilungama;+Alanambula pa mulandu wa kuti iminwe yandiya kaele.*+
21 Pantu ndakonka inshila sha kwa Yehova,Kabili nshacita icabipa, e kutila nshasha Lesa wandi.
22 Nshalaba ubupingushi bwakwe bonse;Nshakasuule amafunde yakwe.
23 Nkatwalilila ukuba uwa kaele kuli ena,+Kabili nkataluka ku membu.+
24 Yehova nanambule pa mulandu wa kuti nalilungama,+Nanambule pa mulandu wa kuti iminwe yandi ya kaele.+
25 Ku wa cishinka mulaba aba cishinka;+Ku wa kaele mulaba aba kaele;+
26 Ku wasanguluka mulaba abasanguluka;+Lelo ku ncenjeshi mulaba abacenjela.+
27 Pantu mulapususha abashakwata ba kubafwa*+Lelo aba matutumuko*+ mulabacefya.
28 Pantu nimwe mwasha inyali yandi mwe Yehova,Lesa wandi uusanika ulubuuto nga ndi mu mfifi.+
29 Nga mwangafwa kuti nalwisha ifipondo;+Lesa nga ampeela amaka kuti nanina icibumba.+
30 Inshila ya kwa Lesa wa cine yalipwililika;+Ifyo Yehova alanda fyalilopololwa.+
Ni nkwela ya bantu bonse abooba muli ena.+
31 Pantu ni Lesa nshi uwaba nga Yehova?+
Kabili cilibwe nshi icaba nga Lesa+ wesu?
32 Lesa wa cine e umfwika amaka,+Kabili akalenga inshila yandi ikabe iyaololoka.+
33 Alenga amakasa yandi yaba nga ya nsebula;Alenga naiminina pa fifulo ifyasansuka.+
34 Asambilisha iminwe yandi ifya kulwa inkondo;Amaboko yandi yalishiba ifya kubomfya ubuta bwa mukuba.
35 Mulampeela inkwela yenu iye pusukilo,+Ukuboko kwenu ukwa ku kulyo kulantungilila,*Kabili ukuicefya kwenu kulankusha.+
36 Mulakusha inshila umupita amakasa yandi;Amakasa yandi tayakashelemuke.*+
37 Nkapepeka abalwani bandi kabili nkabasanga;Nshakabwele mpaka bakalobe.
38 Nkabashonaula ica kuti tabakeme;+Bakawila pa makasa yandi.
39 Mukampeela amaka ya kulwa inkondo;Mukalenga abalwani bandi bakawile pa ntanshi yandi.+
40 Mukalenga abalwani bandi bakambutuke,*Kabili nkalofya* abampata.+
41 Balapunda mutuule, lelo takuba uubapususha;Balalilila na kuli Yehova, lelo tabaasuka.
42 Nkabashonaula mpaka bakabe ngo lukungu ulo umwela ululula;Nkabapoosaika nga matipa mu misebo.
43 Mukampususha ku bantu abafwaya ifilubo muli ine.+
Mukansonta ukuba intungulushi ya nko.+
Abantu abo nshaishiba bakamombela.+
44 Ifyo bakomfwa pali ine fikalenga bakaleng’ufwila;Aba ku fyalo fimbi bakesa kuli ine+ ninshi nabaipetamika.
45 Aba ku fyalo fimbi bakaba no mwenso;Bakesa baletutuma ukufuma mu malinga yabo ayakosa.
46 Yehova wa mweo! Icilibwe candi cicindikwe!+
Acindamikwe Lesa we pusukilo lyandi.+
47 Lesa wa cine alanandwilako;+Alancimfishako abantu.
48 Alampususha ku balwani bandi abakali;Munjimisha pa muulu wa bantu abansansa+Mulampokolola ku munkalwe.
49 E co nkamucindikila mu nko, mwe Yehova,+Kabili ishina lyenu nkalimbila amalumbo.*+
50 Alacita ifikalamba pa kuti apusushe imfumu yakwe;+Alalanga uo asuba ukutemwa ukushipwa,+Davidi na bana* bakwe umuyayaya.+
Amafutunoti
^ Nelyo “uwa kumpususha uwa maka.”
^ Nelyo “ulupili lwandi ulwasansuka.”
^ Nelyo “Sheol,” e kutila inshiishi ya bantu bonse. Moneni Amashiwi ya mu Baibo ne fyo Yapilibula.
^ Mu ciHebere, “ukupaapaata kwandi kwalifikile mu matwi yakwe.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “pa mapindo ya mupashi.”
^ Nelyo “imifoolo ya menshi.”
^ Nelyo “ku cifulo icikalamba.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “yalisanguluka.”
^ Nelyo “abo bacusha.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “amenso ya cilumba.”
^ Nelyo “kulankosha.”
^ Nelyo “inkolokoso shandi tashakashelemuke.”
^ Nelyo “Mukampeela inuma sha balwani bandi.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “nkatalalika.”
^ Nelyo “nkalishikila inyimbo.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “ulubuto lwakwe.”