Ntembezelo wekukumbila simba lekukunda
1 Ndzimu, makatilasha, mukatifupatila,
makabe makagwadzamoyo ngatitjibgwililanani!
2 Makathama kuti shango itengenyeke;
makaipalula ikazhuka;
lulwamisani mikhwe imu shango, ngobe inozunguzika.
3 Makathama kuti bathu benyu badziyidziwe
nge zwithu zwinjinji zwakasima;
makatipa nkumbi kuti ting'we,
nkumbi iwoyo wakatidzungula.
4 Makabigila banomutja tjilakidzo,
kuti batizhile kuguli mathumo anodwa mu dati.
5 Thamani kuti tikunde nge luboko gwenyu,
kakale mutidabile,
kuti ndizo ibabo bamunoda batjidziwe.
6 Ndzimu wakalebeleka mu bugalo
gwawo gwakayengemala eti,
“Nge shatho ye kunda kwangu,
ndowothubukanya Shekemu,
kakale ndowokobanya nkuku we Sukoti.
7 Giliyadi nde yangu na Manase nde yangu;
Ifureimi i hwutshe ye tjivikili tje nsholo wangu,
Juda i swimbo yangu ye bushe.
8 Moabu i bhavu landinongulila;
Edomu iye ndomposa nge shangu yangu;
ndomimilila Filisitiya ngobe ndankunda.”
9 Ndiyani unowondiyisa ku nzi nkulu wakabakiligwa nge luswingo?
Ndiyani unowonditungamila ndiyenda ku Edomu.
10 Apa amuzotilasha kene Ndzimu?
Amutoyenda ne babhayani bedu Ndzimu.
11 Mutibhatshe mu zwita,
ngobe bhatsho ye nthu ayina nshingo.
12 Ndzimu unowotipa tjilopa
ndiwo unowotshamba zwita zwedu nge makumbo.
(For the music leader. To the tune “Lily of the Promise.” A special psalm by David for teaching. He wrote it during his wars with the Arameans of northern Syria, when Joab came back and killed twelve thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.)
You Can Depend on God
1 You, God, are angry with us!
We are rejected and crushed.
Make us strong again!
2 You made the earth shake
and split wide open;
now heal its wounds
and stop its trembling.
3 You brought hard times
on your people,
and you gave us wine
that made us stagger.
4 You gave a signal to those
who worship you,
so they could escape
from enemy arrows.
5 Answer our prayers, God!
Use your powerful arm
and give us victory.
Then the people you love
will be safe.
6 Our God, you solemnly promised,
“I would gladly divide up
the city of Shechem
and give away Succoth Valley
piece by piece.
7 The lands of Gilead
and Manasseh are mine.
Ephraim is my war helmet,
and Judah is the symbol
of my royal power.
8 Moab is merely my washbasin.
Edom belongs to me,
and I shout in triumph
over the Philistines.”
9 Our God, who will bring me
to the fortress,
or lead me to Edom?
10 Have you rejected us
and deserted our armies?
11 Help us defeat our enemies!
No one else can rescue us.
12 You will give us victory
and crush our enemies.