A Prayer for God's Protection
1 I run to you, Lord,
for protection.
Don't disappoint me.
2 You do what is right,
so come to my rescue.
Listen to my prayer
and keep me safe.
3 Be my mighty rock, the place
where I can always run
for protection.
Save me by your command!
You are my mighty rock
and my fortress.
4 Come and save me, Lord God,
from vicious and cruel
and brutal enemies!
5 I depend on you,
and I have trusted you
since I was young.
6 I have relied on you
from the day I was born.
You brought me safely
through birth,
and I always praise you.
7 Many people think of me
as something evil.
But you are my mighty protector,
8 and I praise and honor you
all day long.
9 Don't throw me aside
when I am old;
don't desert me
when my strength is gone.
10 My enemies are plotting
because they want me dead.
11 They say, “Now we'll catch you!
God has deserted you,
and no one can save you.”
12 Come closer, God!
Please hurry and help.
13 Embarrass and destroy
all who want me dead;
disgrace and confuse
all who want to hurt me.
14 I will never give up hope
or stop praising you.
15 All day long I will tell
the wonderful things you do
to save your people.
But you have done much more
than I could possibly know.
16 I will praise you, Lord God,
for your mighty deeds
and your power to save.
17 You have taught me
since I was a child,
and I never stop telling about
your marvelous deeds.
18 Don't leave me when I am old
and my hair turns gray.
Let me tell future generations
about your mighty power.
19 Your deeds of kindness
are known in the heavens.
No one is like you!
20 You made me suffer a lot,
but you will bring me
back from this deep pit
and give me new life.
21 You will make me truly great
and take my sorrow away.
22 I will praise you, God,
the Holy One of Israel.
You are faithful.
I will play the harp
and sing your praises.
23 You have rescued me!
I will celebrate and shout,
singing praises to you
with all my heart.
24 All day long I will announce
your power to save.
I will tell how you disgraced
and disappointed those
who wanted to hurt me.
Ntembezelo unokumbila butjilo gulefu
1 Ndotizhila kumuli Yahwe;
thamani kuti ndisitongo bhatisiwa shoni.
2 Mu bululwami gwenyu munditjidze kakale mundigwile;
munditeedze kakale munditjidze.
3 Ibeni shongwe ye dizhilo langu.
Ibeni luswingo gwakasima, kuti nditjidziwe,
ngobe mu shongwe yangu kakale mu luswingo gwangu.
4 Munditjidze, imwi Ndzimu wangu,
mundiduse mu simba le babi,
mu kubhakhwa nge basingazibe ndulamo kakale
bana mimoyo mikukutu mu kushinga bubi.
5 Imwi She Yahwe, ndimwi kugalabgwe kwangu,
ndakagalabgwe mu muli Yahwe
kudwa mu butjetjana gwangu.
6 Ndakanayila imwi kudwa mu kuzwagwa kwangu;
ndimwi makandidusa mu ntumbu wa mmeyangu.
Ndodwilila nge kumukudza.
7 Ku banji ndakabe ndinga tjilema,
koga imwi mu dizhilo langu lakasima.
8 Nlomo wangu uzhele kumukudza,
ne kukudza zina lenyu zhuba lose.
9 Musindilashe mu nsi we kukwegula kwangu;
musindifupatile andapelegwa nge masimba.
10 Zwita zwangu zolebeleka nge kwangu,
ibabo banoshaka ndibulaya banolangana.
11 Banoti, “Muntatamile mu mbhate,
Ndzimu wankanlasha
akuna ungantjidza.”
12 Imwi Ndzimu, musibe kule nami;
Imwi Ndzimu wangu, libilidzani kundibhatsha!
13 Ibabo banonditilika nlandu
ngababhatisiwe shoni kakale banyeledziwe;
ibabo banoshaka kundihwisa zogwadza
ngabadadigwe bashayigwe hanya kunobhatisa shoni.
14 Koga imi ndowodwilila ndigalabgwe,
kakale ndowodwilila ndimukudza kakale kanjinji.
15 Nlomo wangu unowoleba ngekwe mishingo yenyu ye ndulamo,
ne ngekwe mishingo yenyu ye jidzo zhuba lose,
nenguba ili minji kusina tjilizanyo.
16 Ndowozha ndikudza mishingo mikulu ya She Yahwe,
ndowokudza ndulamo yenyu koga.
17 Imwi Ndzimu, kudwila mu butjetjana gwangu makandidiya,
ndizo ndodwilila ndikudza mishingo yenyu inotjenamisa.
18 Ndizo ne mu nsi we kukwegula ne kuthunya nsholo,
imwi Ndzimu musindilashe,
kuswikila ndileba ngekwe simba lenyu gulu
mu zwizekugwana zose zwinowozha.
19 Simba lenyu nenge ndulamo yenyu, imwi Ndzimu,
zoswika pezhugwi zhugwi,
imwi makathama zwithu zwikulu,
imwi Ndzimu, ndiani unonga imwi kene?
20 Imwi makathama kuti ndibone kudziyidzika
kunjinji ne zogwadza zwinjinji
mowondimusa kakale;
kudwa pasi pasi kwe shango
mowondimilidzila pezhugwi kakale.
21 Mowopapha kukudziwa kwangu,
mukandinyaladza kakale.
22 Ndowomukudzabo nge dende
ndimukudzila kugalikabgwe kwenyu imwi Ndzimu.
Ndowomba njimbo dzinomukudza
ndilidza tjilidzo tje laya,
imwi N'yengemali we Iziraela.
23 Nlomo wangu unowomimila ngoshatha
andimumbila njimbo dzinomukudza;
na iyo meya yangu yamakatjidza.
24 Zhuba lose lulimi gwangu gowolebeleka
ngekwe bululwami gwe bhatsho yenyu,
ngobe ibabo bakagwisa kundihwisa zogwadza
bakabhatisiwa shoni, bakashayigwa ngoni.