1 KATUNDU wa Nineve. Buku la masomphenya a Nahumu wa ku Elikosi.
2 Yehova ndiye Mulungu wansanje, nabwezera cilango; Yehova ndiye wobwezera cilango, ndi waukali ndithu; Yehova ndiye wobwezera cilango oyambana naye, nasungira mkwiyo pa adani ace.
3 Yehova ndiye wolekerera mkwiyo, koma wa mphamvu yaikuru; ndi wosamasula ndithu woparamula; njira ya Yehova iri m'kabvumvulu ndi mumkuntho; ndipo mitambo ndiyo pfumbi la mapazi ace.
4 Adzudzula nyanja, naiphwetsa, naumitsa mitsinje yonse; Basana ndi Karimeli afota, ndi duwa la ku Lebano linyala.
5 Mapiri agwedezeka cifukwa ca Iye, ndi zitunda zisungunuka; ndi dziko lapansi likwezeka pamaso pace, ndi maiko ndi onse okhala m'mwemo.
6 Adzaima ndani pa kulunda kwace? ndipo adzakhalitsa ndani pa mkwiyo wace wotentha? ukali wace utsanulidwa ngati moto, ndi matanthwe asweka ndi Iye.
7 Yehova ali wabwino, ndiye polimbikirapo tsiku la msauko; ndipo adziwa iwo omkhulupirira Iye.