Pemphero la Habakuku
1Pemphero la mneneri Habakuku potsata mayimbidwe a Sigionoti.
2Inu Yehova, ndamva za kutchuka kwanu;
Inu Yehova, ntchito zanu zandiopsa.
Muzichitenso masiku athu ano,
masiku athu ano zidziwike;
mu ukali wanu mukumbukire kuchita chifundo.
3Mulungu anabwera kuchokera ku Temani,
Woyerayo kuchokera ku Phiri la Parani.
Sela
Ulemerero wake unaphimba mlengalenga
ndipo dziko lapansi linadzaza ndi matamando ake.
4Kuwala kwa ulemerero wake kunali ngati kutuluka kwa dzuwa;
kunyezimira kunkatuluka mʼdzanja lake,
mʼmene anabisamo mphamvu zake.
5Patsogolo pake pankagwa mliri;
nthenda yoopsa inkagwa kumbuyo kwake.
6Iye anayimirira ndi kugwedeza dziko lapansi;
anayangʼana ndipo mitundu ya anthu inanjenjemera.
Mapiri okhazikika anagumuka
ndipo zitunda zakalekale zinatitimira.
Njira zake ndi zachikhalire.
7Ndinaona matenti a ku Kusani ali pa mavuto,
mokhala a ku Midiyani muli ululu waukulu.
8Inu Yehova, kodi munakwiyira mitsinje?
Kodi munakalipira timitsinje?
Kodi munapsera mtima nyanja
pamene munakwera pa akavalo anu
ndiponso magaleta anu achipulumutso?
9Munasolola uta wanu mʼchimake,
munayitanitsa mivi yambiri.
Sela
Munagawa dziko lapansi ndi mitsinje;
10mapiri anakuonani ndipo anagwedezeka.
Madzi amphamvu anasefukira;
nyanja yozama inakokoma
ndipo mafunde ake anakwera kwambiri.
11Dzuwa ndi mwezi zinayima chilili mlengalenga,
pa kungʼanima kwa mivi yanu yowulukayo,
pa kunyezimira kwa mkondo wanu.
12Munayendayenda mʼdziko lapansi muli ndi ukali,
ndipo munapondereza mitundu ya anthu muli ndi mkwiyo.
13Munapita kukalanditsa anthu anu,
kukapulumutsa wodzozedwa wanu.
Munakantha mtsogoleri wa dziko la anthu oyipa,
munawononga anthu ake onse.
Sela
14Ndi mkondo wake womwe munalasa mtsogoleri wake
pamene ankhondo ake anabwera mwamphamvu kudzatibalalitsa,
ankasangalala ngati kuti akudzawononga
osauka amene akubisala.
15Munapondaponda pa nyanja ndi akavalo anu,
kuvundula madzi amphamvu.
16Ndinamva ndipo mtima wanga unagunda kwambiri,
milomo yanga inanjenjemera pakumva phokosolo;
mafupa anga anaguluka,
ndipo mawondo anga anawombana.
Komabe ndikuyembekezera mofatsa,
tsiku la masautso limene lidzafike pa mtundu wa anthu umene ukutithira nkhondo.
17Ngakhale mtengo wa mkuyu usachite maluwa,
ndipo mipesa ikhale yopanda mphesa.
Ngakhale mitengo ya olivi isabereke zipatso,
ndipo mʼminda musatuluke kanthu.
Ngakhale nkhosa
ndi ngʼombe zithe mʼkhola,
18komabe ine ndidzakondwera mwa Yehova,
ndidzasangalala mwa Mulungu Mpulumutsi wanga.
19Ambuye Yehova ndiye mphamvu yanga;
amalimbitsa miyendo yanga ngati ya mbawala yayikazi,
amandithandiza kukafika pamwamba pa phiri.
Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Pa zoyimbira za nsambo.
Habakkuk’s Prayer
1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.3:1 Probably a literary or musical term
2Lord, I have heard of your fame;
I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord.
Repeat them in our day,
in our time make them known;
in wrath remember mercy.
3God came from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran.3:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13.
His glory covered the heavens
and his praise filled the earth.
4His splendor was like the sunrise;
rays flashed from his hand,
where his power was hidden.
5Plague went before him;
pestilence followed his steps.
6He stood, and shook the earth;
he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled
and the age-old hills collapsed—
but he marches on forever.
7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
the dwellings of Midian in anguish.
8Were you angry with the rivers, Lord?
Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea
when you rode your horses
and your chariots to victory?
9You uncovered your bow,
you called for many arrows.
You split the earth with rivers;
10the mountains saw you and writhed.
Torrents of water swept by;
the deep roared
and lifted its waves on high.
11Sun and moon stood still in the heavens
at the glint of your flying arrows,
at the lightning of your flashing spear.
12In wrath you strode through the earth
and in anger you threshed the nations.
13You came out to deliver your people,
to save your anointed one.
You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness,
you stripped him from head to foot.
14With his own spear you pierced his head
when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,
gloating as though about to devour
the wretched who were in hiding.
15You trampled the sea with your horses,
churning the great waters.
16I heard and my heart pounded,
my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
and my legs trembled.
Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity
to come on the nation invading us.
17Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
18yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
19The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.
For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
