LUKWALO GWE BUBILI
Ntembezelo we ntapiwa
1 Ndzimu, ndakamushuba
se bhizha lishuba vula dzinowunga.
2 Meya yangu ina nyota ye Ndzimu.
Ndowodza abona buso gwe Ndzimu lini?
3 Mishodzi yangu yatjibe zojiwa zwangu
siku ne sikati,
ha bathu ibo bedwilila beti kundili,
“Ungayi Ndzimu uwo?”
4 Zwithu izwezwi ndozwikumbula
andidusa tjinogwadza meya yangu:
Sekwa ndakayenda ne bunji,
ndakagutungamila takalongolokela ku ng'umba ye Ndzimu,
timimila nge kushatha nenge njimbo dzinoboka,
mbunga uli mu nzano.
5 Ini uli mu buyendasi iwe meya yangu,
ini wakanyalala mukati kwangu?
Galabgwe mu Ndzimu ngoti ndowowukudza kakale,
iwo bhatsho yangu
ne Ndzimu wangu.
6 Meya yangu imu buyendasi mukati kwangu,
ndizo ndomukumbula
ndili mu shango ye Jorodani neye Hemoni,
kudwa ku Dombo le Miza.
7 Misundila inodana misundila
mu nsindo we mabilila enyu.
Matuthu ne mabundo e vula yenyu akandifukidza.
8 Masikati Yahwe banolakidza ludo gwabo gusingazunguzike,
mu busiku ndomba lumbo gwabo,
ntembezelo ku Ndzimu we butjilo gwangu.
9 Ndodwa Ndzimu shongwe yangu nditi,
“Ini makandikangang'wa?
Ini ndakafanila yendayenda nge kuhwazogwadza
ndakatshambilidziwa nge tjita?”
10 Ndonga ndina banga gulu mu mbili wangu,
banyanyayidzi bangu banondisapula,
bedwilila beti,
“Ungayi Ndzimu uwo?”
11 Ini uli mu buyendasi meya yangu,
ini ulinyelele mukati kwangu?
Galabgwe mu Ndzimu, ngobe ndowoti kakale awukudza,
mbhatshi wangu, Ndzimu wangu.
BOOK II
(A special psalm by the clan of Korah and for the music leader.)
Longing for God
1 As a deer gets thirsty
for streams of water,
I truly am thirsty
for you, my God.
2 In my heart, I am thirsty
for you, the living God.
When will I see your face?
3 Day and night my tears
are my only food,
as everyone keeps asking,
“Where is your God?”
4 Sorrow floods my heart,
when I remember
leading the worshipers
to your house.
I can still hear them shout
their joyful praises.
5 Why am I discouraged?
Why am I restless?
I should trust you, Lord.
I will praise you again
because you help me,
6 and you are my God.
I am deeply discouraged,
and so I think about you
here where the Jordan begins
at Mount Hermon
and at Mount Mizar.
7 Your vicious waves
have swept over me
like an angry ocean
or a roaring waterfall.
8 Every day, you are kind,
and at night
you give me a song
as my prayer to you,
the God of my life.
9 You are my mighty rock.
Why have you forgotten me?
Why must enemies mistreat me
and make me sad?
10 Even my bones are in pain,
while all day long
my enemies sneer and ask,
“Where is your God?”
11 Why am I discouraged?
Why am I restless?
I trust you, Lord!
And I will praise you again
because you help me,
and you are my God.