Ntembezelo we ntjetjana akadziyidzika
1 Ihwani ntembezelo wangu, imwi Yahwe,
tjililo tjangu ngatjiswike kumuli.
2 Musindisumbikile buso gwenyu
mu zhuba le kudziyidzika kwangu.
Zhulani zebe dzenyu,
mutjimbidze kundidabila andidana!
3 Ngobe mazhuba angu anopinda se busi,
mafupa angu anopisa se moto we vutho.
4 Moyo wangu wakaputa wakaswaba se bushwa,
ndokangang'wa kuja zojiwa.
5 Anditjina nyama ndabe mafupa woga,
ngekugomelela kwangu pezhugwi.
6 Ndonga gola le tjilambanyika,
se gunda le matongo.
7 Ndolala ndakalinga,
ndonga nyuni iyoga pezhugwi kwe tjilungwani tje ng'umba.
8 Zwita zwangu zoshwa zwileba nge kwangu,
ibabo banondigongobola banoshingisa
zina langu kupa bhiso.
9 Ndoja nlota se zojiwa,
mishodzi yangu yakashangana ne tjandinong'wa,
10 ngobe kugwadza moyo kwenyu kukulu,
makandimilidza mukandiposela kutjena.
11 Mazhuba angu anonga ntutshi we madekwana,
ndoswaba se bushwa.
12 Koga imwi Yahwe, mugele mu bushe nge kusingapele kose,
zina lenyu loswika ku zwizekugwana zose.
13 Mowomilika mukahwilangoni Ziyoni,
ngobe gwabe lubaka gwe kummilila,
lubaka gwakabigwa gwatjiswika.
14 Ngobe mabgwe awo ndianodika kwazo mu balanda benyu,
kakale banohwila ngoni hwuluba yawo.
15 Zwitjaba zowotja zina la Yahwe,
na bomambo bose be shango banowotja gudzo labo.
16 Ngobe Yahwe banowomusa Ziyoni kakale,
banowoboneka mu gudzo labo.
17 Banowodabila ntembezelo we bashayi,
abatowolingila pasi ntembezelo wabo.
18 Oku ngakukwaligwe tjizekugwana tjinowozha,
kuti itjaba tjisathu tjazwagwa tjizhe tjikudze Yahwe.
19 Ngobe bakalinga pasi kudwa
kudzimu ku bugalo gwabo gwakayengemala,
kudwa kudzimu Yahwe bakalinga shango,
20 kuti bahwe gomela kwe basungwa,
kusunungula ibabo bakabe basumikilisigwa lufu,
21 kuti ndizo balume basumikile zina la Yahwe mu Ziyoni,
nekuti likudziwe mu Jerusalema,
22 ha zwitjaba zwikubungana,
ne mibuso, kunamata Yahwe.
23 Bakanditema mafupa pakati kwe tjibaka,
bakanditapudzila mazhuba e butjilo.
24 Ndoti, “Imwi Ndzimu wangu, musinditole
makole angu atji pakati,
makole enyu anoswika
ku zwizekugwana zose.”
25 Imwi makati ntolo mukateya thiwa dze shango,
nenge zhuzhugwi nshigo we maboko enyu.
26 Zowoloba, koga imwi mowogalila tjose.
Zowoshakala se tjiambalo.
Mozwilabadzana se zwiambalo, ngono zopinda,
27 koga imwi monga se kwamagala muli iko,
ne makole enyu aana paanopelela.
28 Bana be balanda benyu banowotjila bakavikiligwa,
bana babo banowotjilila mbeli kwenyu.
(A prayer for someone who hurts and needs to ask the Lord for help.)
A Prayer in Time of Trouble
1 I pray to you, Lord!
Please listen.
2 Don't hide from me
in my time of trouble.
Pay attention to my prayer
and quickly give an answer.
3 My days disappear like smoke,
and my bones are burning
as though in a furnace.
4 I am wasting away like grass,
and my appetite is gone.
5 My groaning never stops,
and my bones can be seen
through my skin.
6 I am like a lonely owl
in the desert
7 or a restless sparrow
alone on a roof.
8 My enemies insult me all day,
and they use my name
for a curse word.
9 Instead of food,
I have ashes to eat
and tears to drink,
10 because you are furious
and have thrown me aside.
11 My life fades like a shadow
at the end of day
and withers like grass.
12 Our Lord, you are King forever
and will always be famous.
13 You will show pity to Zion
because the time has come.
14 We, your servants,
love each stone in the city,
and we are sad to see them
lying in the dirt.
15 Our Lord, the nations
will honor you,
and all kings on earth
will praise your glory.
16 You will rebuild
the city of Zion.
Your glory will be seen,
17 and the prayers of the homeless
will be answered.
18 Future generations must also
praise the Lord,
so write this for them:
19 “From his holy temple,
the Lord looked down
at the earth.
20 He listened to the groans
of prisoners,
and he rescued everyone
who was doomed to die.”
21 All Jerusalem should praise
you, our Lord,
22 when people from every nation
meet to worship you.
23 I should still be strong,
but you, Lord, have made
an old person of me.
24 You will live forever!
Years mean nothing to you.
Don't cut my life in half!
25 In the beginning, Lord,
you laid the earth's foundation
and created the heavens.
26 They will all disappear
and wear out like clothes.
You change them,
as you would a coat,
but you last forever.
27 You are always the same.
You are God for all time.
28 Every generation of those
who serve you
will live in your presence.