A Prayer in Sickness
1 Happy are those who are concerned for the poor;
the Lord will help them when they are in trouble.
2 The Lord will protect them and preserve their lives;
he will make them happy in the land;
he will not abandon them to the power of their enemies.
3 The Lord will help them when they are sick
and will restore them to health.
4 I said, “I have sinned against you, Lord;
be merciful to me and heal me.”
5 My enemies say cruel things about me.
They want me to die and be forgotten.
6 Those who come to see me are not sincere;
they gather bad news about me
and then go out and tell it everywhere.
7 All who hate me whisper to each other about me,
they imagine the worst about me.
8 They say, “He is fatally ill;
he will never leave his bed again.”
9 Even my best friend, the one I trusted most,
the one who shared my food,
has turned against me.
10 Be merciful to me, Lord, and restore my health,
and I will pay my enemies back.
11 They will not triumph over me,
and I will know that you are pleased with me.
12 You will help me, because I do what is right;
you will keep me in your presence forever.
13 Praise the Lord, the God of Israel!
Praise him now and forever!
Amen! Amen!
Ntembezelo mu kugwala
1 Iye unokumbula bashayi wakakombolegwa,
Yahwe banonsunungula mu nsi we mbatsha.
2 Yahwe banontjengeta bakantjidza.
Unodang'wa wakakombolegwa.
Amutonletjedzela kuda kwe zwita zwizwe.
3 Yahwe banonsimisa ha ali mu thobo dzinopisa.
Mompodza mu kugwala kukwe mukansimisa.
4 Nge kwangu imi ndakati,
“Yahwe, mundihwile ngoni
mundipodze, ngoti ndakamutjinyila.”
5 Zwita zwangu nge yemula mbiimbi zoti nge kwangu,
“Unowofa lini zina lile likatongokanganika?”
6 Koga ha mmwe ezha kuwondibona,
unoleba matama asina tjaanodwa,
mu moyo uwe ekubunganya zwakabipa.
Ha ebhudila kuzhe unozwiandamisa.
7 Bose bakandibenga banondiseba,
banokumbula kuti ndowowigwa ne zwakabipisisa.
8 Beti tjithu tjinobulaya tjakandinamatila,
aatjowomuka kakale paalele.
9 Naiye nzwalani wangu nkulu
wandakabe ndigalabgwe munli,
iye watakabe tija tjiwunga tjangu tose,
wakatjindishandukila.
10 Koga imwi, Yahwe, ibeni ne ngoni nami
mundimilidze kuti ndibabgwilizile.
11 Ndiyeyo zila ndowoziba kuti moshathiswa ndimi,
ngoti tjita tjangu atjizondikunda.
12 Koga makandisimisa nge zila yekutambunuka kwangu,
mukandigadza pa muli nge kusingapele.
13 Ngabakudziwe Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela,
kudwa ntolo kunoti ne kusingapele kose.
Ngakujalo Ngakujalo.