Iwe wa mtima wangu, ungazanga mu fundu yawo cha; iwe wa mzimu wangu, ungajibatikanga ku mpingu wawo cha; pakuti mu kukara kwawo wangubaya ŵanthu, ndipo mu kuwura kujiko kwawo wangupunduwa ng'ombe.
Mtima wangu uliya chifukwa chaku Moabu, ŵakuthaŵa ŵake ŵachimbiriya ku Zoara, ku Eglatisheshiya. Pakuti pachikwera chaku Luhiti ŵatendachiliya ŵachikwera, mu mseu wakuya ku Horonaimi wasoska chitenje cha pharghaniku.
Chifukwa cho ine ndinguti: “Lereskani kunyake kutuwako kwangu, ndirekeni ndiliyi masozi ghakuŵaŵa; mungatakatakiyanga kundisangaluska cha chifukwa chakumara kwa ŵanthu ŵangu.”
Kweni asani murekenge kutegherezga, mzimu wangu ukatenjenga ku ubende chifukwa cha kujikuzga kwinu; maso ghangu ghakaliyanga ukongwa ndi kumphororoska masozi, pakuti mskambu wa Ambuya wayoreke ku umkoli.
Gha pa ŵamchimi: mtima wangu wasweka mukati mwangu viwanga vyangu visukunika; ndakozgana ndi munthu wakulowe, uli ndi munthu wathereskeka ndi vinyo, chifukwa cha Ambuya ndi chifukwa cha mazu ghawo ghakupaturika.
Kambani mwaku Yuda ndipo memezani mu Yerusalemu, ndi muti, “Mbani mbata kuporota mu charu; kamburani, munene kuti, ‘Wunganani, ndipo tiyeni tirute ku mizi ya malinga!’
Chifukwa cho, ehe, mazuŵa ghakazanga, atiti Ambuya, ndikachiskanga mumemezu wankhondo kuti uvwike kwachirwana ndi Raba wa Amoni; ukaŵanga chimbumira cha mapopa, ndipo mizi yake yikawochekanga ndi moto; sono Yisraele wakapokanga wo ŵangupoka iyo, atiti Ambuya.
“Dangani kuliya ndi kwenjerwa chifukwa cha mapiri, tenjeni chifukwa cha mauliska gha mubozwa, chifukwa ghachitika mapopa palivi yo waporotamo, ndipo kubama kwa ng'ombe kuti kuvwika cha; vyose viyuni vya mude ndi nyama za mudondo vyathaŵa kuti viwoneka so cha.
“Paku ivi vinthu ndiliya; maso ghangu ghadira masozi, pakuti wakusangaruska we kutali ndi ine, yo wangandiwerezgamo nthazi; ŵana ŵangu ŵe ŵija, pakuti wakupindikana wapunda.”
“Ehe, Ambuya mwe, pakuti nde mu suzgu, mzimu wangu wemu viwawa, mtima wangu utumba mukati mwangu, chifukwa chakuti ndaŵa wakugaruka ukongwa, mu mseu lipanga libaya; mu nyumba le nge ndi nyifwa.
Maso ghangu ghajaliya kuliya pe; mzimu wangu usuzgika; mtima wangu upungulikiya mu chitima chifukwa cha kubwangandulika kwa ŵanthu ŵangu, chifukwa malitema ndi ŵana ŵalakatuka, mu miseu ya msumba wo.
Ndipo Danyele, yo wadanikanga so Belteshazara, wanguzizwa kwa kanyengo ndipo maghanaghano ghake ghangumusuzga. Karonga wanguti, “Belteshazara wangwamuka wanguti, ‘Loto ili lirongo wo ŵatimutinkhani, ndi kang'anamuridu kake karongo ŵarwani ŵinu!
Ndipo ine, Danyele ndingugururuka nthazi ndi ndingutama kwa mazuŵa ghanandi; pavuli ndinguchira, ndingutakataka nchitu ya karonga; kweni ndenga wakuzizwa ndi chiwona ichi, kuti ndinguchiziŵiska cha.
Ndituvwa, ndi liŵavu langu litenthema, mlomo wangu umbwambwantha pa mazu ghinu; chiwozga chisere mu viwanga vyangu, nditenthema mukati mwangu. Ndirindizgenge kwa chisisi zuŵa la suzgu lo liziya wo ŵasere kwaku ifwe ndi nkhondo.
Ndipo asani muruta ku nkhondo mu charu chinu kwachirwa ndi wakupindikana winu yo watimusuzgani, po ndipo mukambanga mumemezu ndi zimbata alinga kuti mukumbukike ndi Ambuya Chiuta winu, ndi kutaskika ku ŵarwani ŵinu.