(A song and a psalm by the clan of Korah.)
The City of God
1 The Lord God is wonderful!
He deserves all praise
in the city where he lives.
His holy mountain,
2 beautiful and majestic,
brings joy to all on earth.
Mount Zion, truly sacred,
is home for the Great King.
3 God is there to defend it
and has proved to be
its protector.
4 Kings joined forces
to attack the city,
5 but when they saw it,
they were terrified
and ran away.
6 They trembled all over
like women giving birth
7 or like seagoing ships
wrecked by eastern winds.
8 We had heard about it,
and now we have seen it
in the city of our God,
the Lord All-Powerful.
This is the city that God
will let stand forever.
9 Our God, here in your temple
we think about your love.
10 You are famous and praised
everywhere on earth,
as you win victories
with your powerful arm.
11 Mount Zion will celebrate,
and all Judah will be glad,
because you bring justice.
12 Let's walk around Zion
and count its towers.
13 We will see its strong walls
and visit each fortress.
Then you can say
to future generations,
14 “Our God is like this forever
and will always guide us.”
Nzi nkulu we Ndzimu
1 Yahwe bankulukulu kakale bakafanila kudziwa kukulukulu
mu nzi nkulu we Ndzimu wedu.
Dombo labo lakayengemala,
2 lakanaka nge bulefu gwalo,
ndilo shatho ye shango yose,
Dombo le Ziyoni, kulekule ku bunandzwa,
iwo nzi nkulu wa mambo.
3 Mu matizhilo e nzi nkulu
Ndzimu wakazwilakidza uli iwo bhakasa lakasima,
4 Ndizo bomambo bakakubungana,
bakashangana bose.
5 Bakati tjinyolotjo bebona ikoku bakatjenama kukulu;
bakalobgwa nge hana, bakatola makumbo bakatizha
6 Ipapo kutetema kukabe mubali,
bakabe nge zwibhayo zwinonga zwe nkadzi unotshibama,
7 Se phepo inodwa ku bhezhuba
ipkhwanya zwikepe zwe Tashishi.
8 Sekwa takati tikahwa, ngwenu tatjizwibonegwa
mu nzi nkulu wa Yahwe we mibunga, muna
iwo wakabambiwa nge Ndzimu nge kusingapele kose.
Wakabambiwa nge Ndzimu ukagalila tjose nge kusingapele kose.
9 Tokanuka ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike Ndzimu,
pakati pe ng'umba yenyu.
10 Zina lenyu, koga sekudziwa kwenyu,
nailo loswika ku phelelo dze shango.
Luboko gwenyu gwe luji gokunda kwazo.
11 Dombo le Ziyoni ngalishathe,
mizi ye Juda ngayishathe
nge zila yekusumikilisa kwenyu.
12 Yenda mu nzi we Ziyoni, uwupoteleke,
bala thungamakole dzawo.
13 Alakana kwazo makuma akabakilila
nzi nkulu iwoyo ne matizhilo awo
kuti ndizo ubudze tjizekugwana tjinowozha.
14 Kuti iwoyu Ndzimu,
Ndzimu wedu nge kusingapele kose,
unowobe ntungamili wedu nge kusingapele kose!