Ndzimu ne bathu bawo
(1 Zwiyitikalo 16:8-22)1 Tendani Yahwe, danani zina labo,
thamani kuti mishingo yabo izibike mu bathu.
2 Mubambile, imbani njimbo dzinobakudza,
lebani ngekwe mishingo yabo yose inotjenamisa.
3 Gudzo mu zina labo lakayengemala.
Mimoyo ya ibabo banoshaka Yahwe ngaishathe.
4 Shakani Yahwe nenge simba labo,
dwililani mushake buso gwabo.
5 Kumbulani mishingo inotjenamisa yabakathama,
matjenamiso abo, nenge kusumikilisa kwabakathama.
6 Imwi lutshinga gwa Abhurahama nlanda wabo,
bakololo ba Jakubo, bashalugwa babo.
7 Ndibo Yahwe Ndzimu wedu,
kusumikilisa kwabo kumu shango yose.
8 Banokumbulukigwa tjidumano tjabo nge kusingapele,
ngekwe dama labakadwa, zwizekugwana zwili tjiwulu.
9 Tjidumano tjabakathama na Abhurahama,
kutuna kwabo begadzabgwe Isaki,
10 kwabakatshambilidza muna Jakubo se nlayo,
muna Iziraela tjili tjidumano nge kusingapele,
11 beti, “Ndowomupa shango ye Kanana
se gobe lenyu kube lukata.”
12 Pabakabe basibangana nge mbalo,
bali bashomanana, kakale bali bazhi muili,
13 beyenda kudwa mu tjaba imwe benoti ku imwe,
bedwa mu mbuso mmwe benoti ku mmwe,
14 akuna wabakadumilila kuti abatshambilidze,
bakatjemela bomambo mu bumo gwabo,
15 beti, “Musitongo kuma bazhodziwa bangu,
musitongogwadzisa balebesambeli bangu.”
16 Bakati bezhisa bhamba mu shango
bakapedza zojiwa zose,
17 bakabe batungamidza nlume mbeli kwabo,
Josefa, wakabe atengesiwa ali nlanda.
18 Makumbo awe akahwisiwa zogwadza nge miketani,
ntshibha uwe wakapombedziwa tshipi,
19 kuswikila tjaakaleba tjishingikala,
dama la Yahwe lakanlika.
20 Mambo wakalaila kuti asunungugwe,
nlauli we itjaba wakansunungula.
21 Wakanthama she we ng'umba iye,
ne nlauli we thundu iye yose,
22 kuti ape ndaulo hadzasha dzawo se kwaanoda
kakale kuti adiye batungamili babe butjenjedu.
23 Ndizo Iziraela akazha mu Egipiti,
Jakubo wakagala se nzhi mu shango ya Hamu.
24 Ngono Yahwe bakawatsha bathu babo kwazo,
kakale bakabasimisa kupinda zwita zwabo,
25 bakashandula mimoyo yabo kuti babenge bathu babo,
kuti bashinge ne balanda babo nge bupitipiti.
26 Bakatuma nlanda wabo Mushe,
na Aroni ibo babakashalula.
27 Bakathama zwilakidzo zwabo pakati kwabo,
ne matjenamiso mu shango ya Hamu.
28 Bakatuma zhalima, bakathama kuti shango iti zwii,
bakashandukila matama abo
29 bakashandula vula dzabo dzikabe malopa,
bakathama kuti hwobe dzabo dzife.
30 Shango yabo ikazhala mazhula,
nenge mu ng'umba dza bomambo babo.
31 Bakalebeleka, kukazha nlunda we thuzi,
ne nyunyu dzikazhala mu shango yabo yose.
32 Bakabaligila tjivulamabgwe mu bumo gwe vula,
ne lupenyo gwe vula gukapenya mu shango yabo yose.
33 Bakaloba mizhambi ne mipaya yabo,
ngono bakavunilila miti ye shango yabo.
34 Bakalebeleka, phashu dzikazha
ne phashwana dze bunji gusingabalike,
35 dzakaja zwimela zose mu shango yabo.
36 Bakabulaya mbano dzose mu shango yabo,
zwizwalo zwe kutanga zwe simba labo lose.
37 Ndizo kapeleka Baiziraela bakasenga siliva ne golide,
akuna ne nng'ompela mu ludzi gugwe wakakuthiwa.
38 Baiziraela bakati bemilika Egipiti ikashatha,
ngobe bakabe bobatja.
39 Bakatambunudza gole kubafukidza,
ne moto kuti kube ne tjedza busiku.
40 Bakakumbila, ngono bakabazhisila hwalishanga,
bakabapa zojiwa zwinodwa kudzimu zwili zwinjinji.
41 Bakazhula shongwe vula ikatebukana,
ikawunga ipalama tjilambanyika se gwizi,
42 ngobe bakakumbulukigwa kugadzabgwe kwabo kwakayengemala,
ne nlanda wabo Abhurahama.
43 Ndizo bakapeleka bathu babo ngekushatha,
bashalugwa babo bemba.
44 Bakabapa shango dze zwitjaba,
ngono bakazwitolegwa fumwa yakazwishabigwa nge zwitjaba,
45 kuti ndizo kubupelo babhate milayo yabo
ne kutjengeta ndaulo dzabo.
Kudzani Yahwe!
The Lord Can Be Trusted
1 Praise the Lord
and pray in his name!
Tell everyone
what he has done.
2 Sing praises to the Lord!
Tell about his miracles.
3 Celebrate and worship
his holy name
with all your heart.
4 Trust the Lord
and his mighty power.
5 Remember his miracles
and all his wonders
and his fair decisions.
6 You belong to the family
of Abraham, his servant;
you are his chosen ones,
the descendants of Jacob.
7 The Lord is our God,
bringing justice
everywhere on earth.
8 He will never forget
his agreement or his promises,
not in thousands of years.
* 9 God made an eternal promise
10 to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
11 when he said, “I'll give you
the land of Canaan.”
12 At the time there were
only a few of us,
and we were homeless.
13 We wandered from nation
to nation, from one country
to another.
14 God did not let anyone
mistreat our people.
Instead he protected us
by punishing rulers
15 and telling them,
“Don't touch my chosen leaders
or harm my prophets!”
16 God kept crops from growing
until food was scarce
everywhere in the land.
17 But he had already sent Joseph,
sold as a slave into Egypt,
18 with chains of iron
around his legs and neck.
19 Joseph remained a slave
until his own words
had come true,
and the Lord had finished
testing him.
20 Then the king of Egypt
set Joseph free
21 and put him in charge
of everything he owned.
22 Joseph was in command
of the officials,
and he taught the leaders
how to use wisdom.
23 Jacob and his family
came and settled in Egypt
as foreigners.
24 They were the Lord's people,
so he let them grow stronger
than their enemies.
25 They served the Lord,
and he made the Egyptians plan
hateful things against them.
26 God sent his servant Moses.
He also chose and sent Aaron
27 to his people in Egypt,
and they worked miracles
and wonders there.
28 Moses and Aaron obeyed God,
and he sent darkness
to cover Egypt.
29 God turned their rivers
into streams of blood,
and the fish all died.
30 Frogs were everywhere,
even in the royal palace.
31 When God gave the command,
flies and gnats
swarmed all around.
32 In place of rain,
God sent hailstones
and flashes of lightning.
33 He destroyed their grapevines
and their fig trees,
and he made splinters
of all the other trees.
34 God gave the command,
and more grasshoppers came
than could be counted.
35 They ate every green plant
and all the crops that grew
in the land of Egypt.
36 Then God took the life
of every first-born son.
37 When God led Israel from Egypt,
they took silver and gold,
and no one was left behind.
38 The Egyptians were afraid
and gladly let them go.
39 God hid them under a cloud
and guided them by fire
during the night.
40 When they asked for food,
he sent more birds
than they could eat.
41 God even split open a rock,
and streams of water
gushed into the desert.
42 God never forgot
his sacred promise
to his servant Abraham.
43 When the Lord rescued
his chosen people from Egypt,
they celebrated with songs.
44 The Lord gave them the land
and everything else
the nations had worked for.
45 He did this so that his people
would obey all his laws.
Shout praises to the Lord!