Pempherani chisomo chotetezeka ... (anatero ndi chikhulupiriro)

 

O, Mbuye wabwino ndi wachifundo;
Ndabwera kuti ndinene pemphelo ili
kuti ndikupempheni chisomo
(bwerezani ndi mawu otsika chisomo chomwe mukufuna kulandira)
Inu amene mungachite chilichonse,
Ndikukupemphani kuti musandiiwale
wochimwa modzicepetsa ndi kundipatsa ine
chisomo choyembekezeredwa kwanthawi yayitali.
Inu amene chifukwa cha machimo athu,
munabweretsa zoyamba kulemera
za mtanda ndi nsembe zambiri;
yatsani njira yanga ndi kundipatsa mphamvu
polimbana ndi mitanda yonse yomwe ndinapatsidwa.
Ndipatseni kulimba mtima kuti ndilandire zanu
chifuniro; Ndikufuna thandizo lanu e
kumva chikondi chanu pafupi.
Ndikukuthokozani chifukwa cha zonsezi mpaka pano
mwandipatsa ine ndi zonse izo
mosayembekezeka mudzandipatsa.
Ndimakupembedzani ndikugwada pamaso panu
kwa inu, kuyembekezera chizindikiro chanu, chimodzi
Yankho Lanu; onetsetsani kuti ndi yanga
pempho lavomerezedwa, Ameni.
(Tamandani Mariya)