Ntembezelo we mbakililo
1 “Tjinga kwabakandigwisa kudwa mu butjetjana gwangu.”
Iziraela ngaalebeleke ati,
2 “Tjinga kwabakandigwisa kudwa mu butjetjana gwangu,
nenguba kwakajalo abathu bakandikunda.
3 Balimi bakandipalula kushule se bulime,
bakathama foro dzabo dzikabe ndefundefu.”
4 Yahwe bakalulwama,
bakathubula mitjili ye babi.
5 Dzene bose banobenga Ziyoni
bangabhatisiwa shoni bakashandusigwa shule.
6 Ngabange bushwa gunomela ku zwilungwani zwe ng'umba,
gunoswaba gusathu gukakula,
7 gusingazhale tjiazha tje mmwayi
ne basungi abatothama fukatigwa mu maboko abo,
8 bapindi pabasingake bakalebeleka beti,
“Dothodzo la Yahwe ngalibe mu muli!
Tomutothodza nge zina la Yahwe!”
(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for Protection
1 Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
Let everyone in Israel say:
2 “Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
But they have not defeated me,
3 though my back is like a field
that has just been plowed.”
4 The Lord always does right,
and he has set me free
from the ropes
of those cruel people.
5 I pray that all who hate
the city of Zion
will be made ashamed
and forced to turn and run.
6 May they be like grass
on the flat roof of a house,
grass that dries up
as soon as it sprouts.
7 Don't let them be like wheat
gathered in bundles.
8 And don't let anyone
who passes by say to them,
“The Lord bless you!
I give you my blessing
in the name of the Lord.”