Masalimo 43 - The Word of God in Contemporary Chichewa

1Onetsani kusalakwa kwanga Inu Mulungu;

ndipo mundinenere mlandu wanga kutsutsana ndi mtundu wosapembedza;

mundilanditse mʼmanja mwa achinyengo ndi anthu oyipa.

2Pajatu Inu Mulungu ndinu mphamvu zanga.

Nʼchifukwa chiyani mwandikana ine?

Nʼchifukwa chiyani ndiyenera kuyenda ndikulira,

woponderezedwa ndi mdani?

3Tumizani kuwunika kwanu ndi choonadi chanu

kuti zinditsogolere;

mulole kuti zindifikitse ku phiri lanu loyera,

kumalo kumene inu mumakhala.

4Ndipo ndidzapita ku guwa lansembe la Mulungu,

kwa Mulungu, chimwemwe changa ndi chikondwerero changa.

Ndidzakutamandani ndi zeze,

Inu Mulungu wanga.

5Nʼchifukwa chiyani uli ndi chisoni iwe moyo wanga?

Nʼchifukwa chiyani wakhumudwa iwe mʼkati mwanga?

Khulupirira Mulungu,

pakuti ndidzamutamandabe Iye,

Mpulumutsi wanga ndi Mulungu wanga.