Masalimo 37

¹Usamavutike chifukwa cha anthu oyipa

²pakuti monga udzu iwo adzafota msanga,

³Khulupirira Yehova ndipo uzichita zabwino;

⁴Udzikondweretse wekha mwa Yehova

⁵Pereka njira yako kwa Yehova;

⁶Iye adzachititsa chilungamo chako kuwala ngati mʼbandakucha,

⁷Khala chete pamaso pa Yehova ndipo umudikire mofatsa;

⁸Pewa kupsa mtima ndipo tembenuka kuchoka ku ukali,

⁹Pakuti anthu oyipa adzachotsedwa,

¹⁰Kwa kanthawi oyipa sadzapezekanso;

¹¹Koma ofatsa adzalandira dziko

¹²Oyipa amakonza chiwembu kutsutsana ndi olungama

¹³koma Ambuye amaseka oyipa

¹⁴Oyipa amasolola lupanga

¹⁵Koma malupanga awo analasa mitima yawo yomwe,

¹⁶Zabwino zochepa zimene olungama ali nazo

¹⁷pakuti mphamvu ya oyipa idzasweka,

¹⁸Masiku a anthu osalakwa amadziwika ndi Yehova,

¹⁹Pa nthawi ya mavuto iwo sadzafota;

²⁰Koma oyipa adzawonongeka;

²¹Oyipa amabwereka ndipo sabweza

²²Iwo amene Yehova amawadalitsa adzalandira dziko,

²³Ngati Yehova akondwera ndi njira ya munthu,

²⁴ngakhale atapunthwa sadzagwa,

²⁵Ine ndinali wamngʼono ndipo tsopano ndakalamba

²⁶Iwo ndi owolowamanja nthawi zonse ndipo amabwereketsa mwaufulu;

²⁷Tembenuka kuchoka ku zoyipa ndipo chita zabwino;

²⁸Pakuti Yehova amakonda wolungama

²⁹olungama adzalandira dziko

³⁰Pakamwa pa munthu wolungama pamayankhula za nzeru,

³¹Lamulo la Mulungu wake lili mu mtima mwake;

³²Oyipa amabisala kudikira olungama;

³³koma Yehova sadzawasiya pansi pa mphamvu yawo

³⁴Khulupirira Yehova,

³⁵Ine ndinaona munthu woyipa ndi munthu wopanda chifundo

³⁶Koma sanachedwe kumwalira ndipo sanaonekenso;

³⁷Ganizira za munthu wosalakwa, yangʼanitsitsa munthu wolungama;

³⁸Koma anthu ochimwa adzawonongeka;

³⁹Chipulumutso cha olungama chimachokera kwa Yehova;

⁴⁰Yehova amawathandiza ndi kuwalanditsa;