1 Ungati mungapalula kudzimu mukadelukila pasi,
kuyita kuti matombo ateteme pamulipo
2 kufanane ne moto upisa hwunyana ube uthama kuti vula ipa moto ibile,
delukilani pasi muthame zina lenyu kuti lizibgwe nge zwita zwenyu
ngono kuthame zwitjaba zwiteteme mbeli kwenyu.
3 Pamakashinga mishingo inokaabadza yatakabe tisakakumbula,
makadelukila pasi ngono matombo katetema mbeli kwenyu.
4 Kudwila ntolo akuna wakatongohwa ngekwe Ndzimu unonga imwi,
akuna wakatongobona Ndzimu kuzhe kwenyu,
unoshingila ibabo banoulindila.
5 Mozwishanganya naibabo banoshathila tjakalulwama,
banokumbula zila dzenyu.
Bonani, makagwadza moyo ngoti iswi tadwilila titjinya,
takatjinya tjibaka tjilefulefu ngono tingatjidziwa tjini?
6 Tose koga tonga nthu usakatjenapala,
ne mishingo yedu yose yakanaka inonga gandana lina shambgwa,
tose toswaba se zhani, ne zwibi zwedu zonga phepo zotiwulusila kutjena.
7 Akuna unodana zina lenyu, kene kuli kugwisa kuzwibhatilila namwi,
ngoti makatisumbikila buso gwenyu mukathama kuti tishakale ngekwe zwibi zwedu.
8 Kana Yahwe imwi mu Tate bedu. Iswi ti ntapkhwi, imwi mu mbumbi,
iswi tose takathamwa nge maboko enyu.
9 Musigwadze moyo kwakapindilila imwi Yahwe,
musitibalile zwibi zwedu nge kusingapele.
Bonani, iswi tose ti bathu benyu mutihwile ngoni.
10 Mizi yenyu yakayengemala yabe tjilambanyika,
Ziyoni yabe tjilambanyika, nzi we Jerusalema wakathukudzika.
11 Ng'umba yedu mbuya yakayengemala,
botate bedu yabakabe be mukudzila muili yakapisiwa nge moto,
ne magalo edu wose akabe edika abe matongo.
12 Yahwe apa mungadwilila mutifupatila shule kwaikoku kose kene?
Apa munganyalala mukatiloba shamu inolema kwatisingake tikamilana nako kene?
1 Rip the heavens apart!
Come down, Lord;
make the mountains tremble.
2 Be a spark that starts a fire
causing water to boil.
Then your enemies will know
who you are;
all nations will tremble
because you are nearby.
3 Your fearsome deeds
have completely amazed us;
even the mountains shake
when you come down.
4 You are the only God
ever seen or heard of
who works miracles
for his followers.
5 You help all who gladly obey
and do what you want,
but sin makes you angry.
Only by your help
can we ever be saved.
6 We are unfit to worship you;
each of our good deeds
is merely a filthy rag.
We dry up like leaves;
our sins are storm winds
sweeping us away.
7 No one worships in your name
or remains faithful.
You have turned your back on us
and let our sins melt us away.
8 You, Lord, are our Father.
We are nothing but clay,
but you are the potter
who molded us.
9 Don't be so furious
or keep our sins
in your thoughts forever!
Remember that all of us
are your people.
10 Every one of your towns
has turned into a desert,
especially Jerusalem.
11 Zion's glorious and holy temple
where our ancestors praised you
has been destroyed by fire.
Our beautiful buildings
are now a pile of ruins.
12 When you see these things,
how can you just sit there
and make us suffer more?