8 Ndigomekezga mwaku imwe; ku mlenji ndikumbuskeni vya chifundu chinu. Ndirongoni nthowa yo ndendengemo, marombu ghangu ghakwere ko kwinu.
Viyo atiti Ambuya, Muwombozi winu, Mtuŵa Yumoza waku Yisraele: “Ndine Ambuya Chiuta wako, mweniyo watikurunguchizga kusakata, mweniyo watikurongozga mu nthowa yeniyo utenere kwendamo.
Chiuta we mukati mwake, kuti usukunikenge cha; Chiuta wawovyenge kwambura kuswera.
Ndikurunguchizgenge ndi kukusambizga nthowa yo utenere kwendamo; ndikupangenge fundu, jisu langu liŵengepaku iwe.
Ndipo makutu ghinu ghakavwanga mazu kuvuli kwinu, kuti, “Nthowa ndi iyi, yendaninga mwaku yo,” penipo mupatukiya ku marghe ndi penipo mupatukiya ku maze.
Kweni ine ndikoŵeriyenge nthazi zinu; ndikamburenge kukoŵere chifundu chinu ku mlenji. Chifukwa mwandiŵiya linga ndi chakudingang'amo mu, zuŵa la soka langu.
Ndimwe Chiuta wangu; ndisambizgeni kuchitakhumbo linu. Mzimu winu undichitiye umampha, ndirongozgeni mu nthowa yakunyoroka.
Ambuya, ndisambizgeni nthowa yinu; ndipo ndirongozgeni ku nthowa yakuti ske chifukwa cha ŵarwani ŵangu.
Mlenji ndi mlenji mutigutiske chanju chinu chakufikapo, mwakuti tisekerenge ndi kukondwa mu mazuŵa ghidu ghose.
Tiyeni tiyunuskiye mitima ndi manja ghidu kwaku Chiuta kuchanya:
Ambuya, kondweskani mteŵeti winu, chifukwa ndiyinuskiya kwinu mzimu wangu.
Pakuti ukari wawo ngwa kanyengo kamanavi, kweni chifundu chawo nchaku umoyo wose. Kuliya kungaŵapo usiku wose, kweni ku mlenji kuŵenge chimwemwe.
Ndipaskeni kuwamo, kuti ndisunge dangu linu: ndikalisunganga ndi mtima wangu wose.
Mukundilenga ndimwe; ndipaskeni kuziŵa, mwakuti ndisambire marangu ghinu.
Ndi msana Ambuya alanguliya chifundu chawo; ndipo ndi usiku sumu yawo ye paku ine, rombu kwaku Chiuta wa umoyo wangu.
Ambuya, mundirongozge, mu urunji winu chifukwa cha ŵarwini ŵangu; munyoroske nthowa yinu paurongo pangu.
Tiyeni tiziŵe, ndi tifwiririyepo kuziŵa Ambuya; kuruta kwawo nkhwambura kukayika nge nkhumatandakucha; azenge kwaku ifwe nge ndi vuwa, nge ndi vuwa yakudanga yo yizumbwiska charu.”
Manowa wanguti, “Sono asani mazu ghako ghaneneska, na kajalidu ka umoyo wa mwana kakaŵanga kakutinji, ndipo nanga wakachitanganji?”
Davidi wanguti, “Kumbi ŵanthu ŵaku Keila ŵandiperekenge ine ndi ŵanthu ŵangu mu janja laku Sauli?” Ambuya anguti, “Wakuperekenge.”
O! Vikiriyani umoyo wangu, ndipozomoskeni; ndireke kuchitika soni, chifukwa ndidingang'a mwaku imwe.