Kuzwileba jinyo kwe ndziyili
1 Ndakati, “Ndowotjengeta zila dzangu
kuti ndisitongotjinya nge lulimi gwangu,
ndowobhata nlomo wangu ha babi bali pandili.”
2 Ndakazwiyita tjimumu ha nyalala,
azwibhata kukasibhatshe tjimwe.
Kuhwazogwadza kwangu kukapaphidzika.
3 Moyo wangu ukapisa mukati kwangu.
Ndakati ndiaalakana kwazokwazo, moto ukapisa,
ngono alebeleka nge lulimi gwangu.
4 “Yahwe, thamani kuti ndizibe bhelelo langu,
nenge mbalo ye mazhuba angu.
Thamani kuti ndizibe kuti butjilo
gwangu gopela gulibilidza tjini.”
5 Makathama mazhuba angu kabe mashomanana,
ne butjilo gwangu ategulitjinwe mu mesho enyu.
Malebeswa hwuti mmwe ne mmwe unonga meya yafemiwa.
6 Malebeswa hwuti nthu unoyenda se ntutshi
Malebeswa kuti banodziyidzikila suli,
unokubunganya fumwa asingazibe ntoli wayo.
7 Ngono ngwenu She, nditjakalindilani?
Ndogalabgwe mu muli.
8 Mundisunungule mu matjinyo angu.
Musindithame iseko tje zwilengwe.
9 Ndi tjimumu anditozhula nlomo wangu,
ngobe ndimwi makathama ikoku.
10 Dusani shamu yenyu mundili,
ndatjishakadzwa ngotibugwa nge luboko gwenyu.
11 Ha muloba nthu mu ntjemelela tjibi,
molobesa zwaanoda se sola.
Malebeswa nthu unonga meya koga yafemiwa.
12 Ihwani ntembezelo wangu Yahwe,
muteedzeni tjililo tjangu,
musinyalale ha nditebula mishodzi.
Ngoti ndi mwezi wenyu unopinda,
ndin'yendi sa bobatategulu bangu bose.
13 Musinditjebuke kuti ndizo ndibone kushatha
ndisathu ayenda, ndisingawobong'wa kakale.
(A psalm by David for Jeduthun, the music leader.)
A Prayer for Forgiveness
1 I told myself, “I'll be careful
not to sin by what I say,
and I'll muzzle my mouth
when evil people are near.”
2 I kept completely silent,
but it did no good,
and I hurt even worse.
3 I felt a fire burning inside,
and the more I thought,
the more it burned,
until at last I said:
4 “Please, Lord,
show me my future.
Will I soon be gone?
5 You made my life short,
so brief that the time
means nothing to you.
“Human life is but a breath,
6 and it disappears
like a shadow.
Our struggles are senseless;
we store up more and more,
without ever knowing
who will get it all.
7 “What am I waiting for?
I depend on you, Lord!
8 Save me from my sins.
Don't let fools sneer at me.
9 You treated me like this,
and I kept silent,
not saying a word.
10 “Won't you stop punishing me?
You have worn me down.
11 You punish us severely
because of our sins.
Like a moth, you destroy
what we treasure most.
We are as frail as a breath.
12 “Listen, Lord, to my prayer!
My eyes are flooded with tears,
as I pray to you.
I am merely a stranger
visiting in your home
as my ancestors did.
13 Stop being angry with me
and let me smile again
before I am dead and gone.”