Mapemphero a Solomo MAWU OYAMBA Nazi zina mwa nyimbo zokongola kwambiri za mtendere ndi chisangalalo zomwe dziko lapansi lili nazo. Komabe chiyambi chawo, tsiku lomwe adalembedwa, ndi tanthauzo lenileni la mavesi ambiri akadali chimodzi mwa zinsinsi zazikulu zolemba. Zabwera kwa ife m'chikalata chimodzi chakale kwambiri m'chinenero cha Chisiriya. Mwachionekere chikalata chimenecho ndi chomasuliridwa kuchokera ku Chigiriki choyambirira. Mkangano wotsutsa wakhala ukubuka mozungulira ma Odes awa; chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomveka bwino ndichakuti ndi nyimbo za Akristu obatizidwa kumene a m'zaka za zana loyamba. Mwachilendo, alibe mfundo zakale. Kuwala kwawo sikusonyeza masiku ena. Satenga kuchokera ku Chipangano Chakale kapena Mauthenga Abwino. Mawu ouziridwa a mavesi awa ndi enieni. Amakukumbutsani mawu a Aristides akuti, "Anthu atsopano omwe Mulungu wawasakaniza." Apa pali mphamvu ndi chidziwitso chomwe tingapeze zofanana nacho m'magawo apamwamba kwambiri a Malemba. Chifukwa cha mawu odabwitsa awa achinsinsi, tikufunikira kumasulira kwathu kwa J. Rendel Harris, MA., Hon. Fellow wa Clare College, Cambridge. Iye akunena za iwo kuti: "Palibe chomwe chikuwoneka kuti aliyense akugwirizana nacho pokhapokha ngati ma Odes ndi okongola kwambiri komanso ofunika kwambiri mwauzimu." ODE 1 1 Ambuye ali pamutu panga ngati korona, ndipo sindidzakhala wopanda Iye. 2 Anandilukira korona wa choonadi, ndipo unapangitsa nthambi zako kuphuka mwa ine. 3 Pakuti siili ngati korona wofota wosaphuka; koma umakhala pamutu panga, ndipo waphuka pamutu panga. 4 Zipatso zako zakula bwino ndipo zangwiro, zadzaza ndi chipulumutso chako. ODE 2 (Palibe gawo la Ode iyi lomwe ladziwikapo.)
ODE 3 1 . . . Ndinavala: 2 Ndipo ziwalo zake zili naye. Ndipo pa izo ndimayima, ndipo Iye amandikonda: 3 Pakuti sindikanadziwa kukonda Ambuye, ngati Iye sakanandikonda. 4 Pakuti ndani angathe kusiyanitsa chikondi, kupatula chomwe chimakondedwa? 5 Ndimakonda Wokondedwa, ndipo moyo wanga umamukonda: 6 Ndipo kumene kuli mpumulo wake, ndili komwekonso; 7 Ndipo sindidzakhala mlendo, pakuti kwa Ambuye Wam'mwambamwamba ndi Wachifundo palibe kukhumudwa. 8 Ndagwirizana kuti ndithamange, chifukwa Wokondedwa wapeza Wokondedwa, 9 Ndipo chifukwa ndidzakonda Iye amene ali Mwana, ndidzakhala mwana; 10 Pakuti iye amene agwirizana ndi Iye amene safa, nayenso adzakhala wosafa; 11 Ndipo amene amakondwera ndi Wamoyoyo, adzakhala ndi moyo. 12 Uyu ndi Mzimu wa Yehova, amene sanama, amene amaphunzitsa ana a anthu kudziwa njira zake. 13 Khalani anzeru, omvetsetsa komanso osamala. Aleluya. ODE 4 1 Palibe munthu, Mulungu wanga, amene angasinthe malo anu opatulika; 2 Ndipo sizingatheke kuti asinthe ndikuyiyika kwina, chifukwa alibe mphamvu pa iyo. 3 Munapanga malo anu opatulika musanapange malo ena: 4 Chomwe chili chachikulu sichidzasinthidwa ndi omwe ali aang'ono kuposa icho. 5 Mwapereka mtima wanu, Ambuye, kwa okhulupirira anu: Simudzalephera, kapena kukhala opanda zipatso; 6 Pakuti ola limodzi la chikhulupiriro chanu ndi lamtengo wapatali kuposa masiku ndi zaka zonse. 7 Pakuti ndani amene angavale chisomo chanu, nadzavulazidwa? 8 Pakuti chisindikizo chanu chadziwika: ndipo zolengedwa zanu zikudziwa: ndipo makamu anu (akumwamba) ali nacho: ndipo angelo osankhidwa avala nacho. 9 Mwatipatsa chiyanjano chanu: sikuti munali kufuna kwathu, koma kuti ife tikukusowani; 10 Mutithire mame anu ndipo tsegulani akasupe anu abwino omwe amatitsanulira mkaka ndi uchi. 11 Pakuti palibe kulapa kulikonse komwe ungalape pa chilichonse chimene unalonjeza.