Nahumu 1

¹Uthenga wonena za Ninive. Buku la masomphenya a Nahumu wa ku Elikosi.

²Yehova ndi Mulungu wansanje

³Yehova sakwiya msanga koma ndi wa mphamvu yayikulu;

⁴Amalamulira nyanja ndipo imawuma;

⁵Mapiri amagwedera pamaso pake

⁶Ndani angathe kuyima pamaso pake Iye akalusa?

⁷Yehova ndi wabwino,

⁸koma ndi madzi achigumula choopsa

⁹Chiwembu chilichonse chimene akukonzekera kumuchitira Yehova

¹⁰Iwo adzakodwa mu ziyangoyango za minga

¹¹Kwa iwe, Ninive, kunachokera munthu wa cholinga choyipa,

¹²Yehova akuti,

¹³Tsopano ndidzathyola goli lake pa khosi lako

¹⁴Yehova walamulira za iwe, Ninive kuti,

¹⁵Taonani, pa phiripo,