God the Protector of His People
1 What if the Lord had not been on our side?
Answer, O Israel!
2 “If the Lord had not been on our side
when our enemies attacked us,
3 then they would have swallowed us alive
in their furious anger against us;
4 then the flood would have carried us away,
the water would have covered us,
5 the raging torrent would have drowned us.”
6 Let us thank the Lord,
who has not let our enemies destroy us.
7 We have escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap;
the trap is broken, and we are free!
8 Our help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Ndzimu mbhatshi we bathu bawo
1 Ha kwabe kusi Yahwe bakabe bama naswi,
Iziraela ngaalebeleke ngwenu ati,
2 ha kwabe kusi Yahwe bakabe bama naswi,
patakamukigwa nge bathu,
3 bangabe bakatimidza titjila,
pabakabe bakatigwadzilamoyo kwazo
4 tobe takasengwa nge nsundila
vula inobe yakating'wisa nkokhwi.
5 Vula yakabe yakatifukidza
inobe yakating'wisa nkokhwi.
6 Ngakukudziwe Yahwe
ibo basakatilonga
mu milomo ye zwibandana.
7 Takapudzumuka se nyuni
mu dati le bateyi be nyuni,
dati lathubuka,
ngono tikapudzumuka.
8 Bhatsho yedu imu zina la Yahwe,
bakabumba kudzimu ne shango.