Kugalabgwe mu Ndzimu
1 Meya yangu yakalindila Ndzimu koga nge kunyalala;
jidzo langu lodwa muwuli.
2 Ndzimu woga ndiwo bgwe langu kakale jidzo langu,
ndiwo luswingo gwakandibakilila;
anditowotongo zunguzika.
3 Apa mowotatana ne nthu wamunukunda kuswikila lini kene?
Kuti mutshindike guma lakaleleka,
guma linozunguzika kene?
4 Kulangana kwabo hwupinganyidza nthu unobhudilila.
Banoshathisiwa nge manyepkhwa.
Banokombolela nge milomo yabo,
koga mukati kwabo banolonga bhiso.
5 Meya yangu yakalindila Ndzimu koga nge kunyalala,
ngobe kugalabgwe kwangu kumu Ndzimu.
6 Ndzimu woga ndiwo jidzo langu,
ndiwo luswingo gwakandibakilila; andingazunguziwe.
7 Tjidziwa kwangu ne kudziwa kwangu kumu Ndzimu.
Ndzimu i dombo ne dizhilo langu.
8 Galanibgwe muwuli misi yose imwi bathu;
dusilani Ndzimu mazwihwo
anodwa mukatikati kwe mimoyo yenyu;
Ndzimu i dizhilo ledu.
9 Ibabo bapasi banonga mafemo e nthu,
ibabo bakamilidzika banonga mawoloto asina nshingo;
ha bebigwa mu ikale banobe balelulelu;
balelulelu kupinda phepo.
10 Usigalebgwe mu kutolela,
kakale usigalebgwe mu kukwiba;
ha fumwa ipaphidzika, usibige moyo uwo muili.
11 Ndzimu wakalebeleka ka nng'ompela;
imi ha hwa ikoku kabili:
kuti simba ngele Ndzimu,
12 nenge ludo gusingazunguzike
nge gwenyu, imwi She.
Molipa mmwe ne mmwe kuyendidzana ne mishingo iye.
(A psalm by David for Jeduthun, the music leader.)
God Is Powerful and Kind
1 Only God can save me,
and I calmly wait for him.
2 God alone is the mighty rock
that keeps me safe
and the fortress
where I am secure.
3 I feel like a shaky fence
or a sagging wall.
How long will all of you
attack and assault me?
4 You want to bring me down
from my place of honor.
You love to tell lies,
and when your words are kind,
hatred hides in your heart.
5 Only God gives inward peace,
and I depend on him.
6 God alone is the mighty rock
that keeps me safe,
and he is the fortress
where I feel secure.
7 God saves me and honors me.
He is that mighty rock
where I find safety.
8 Trust God, my friends,
and always tell him
each of your concerns.
God is our place of safety.
9 We humans are only a breath;
none of us are truly great.
All of us together weigh less
than a puff of air.
10 Don't trust in violence
or depend on dishonesty
or rely on great wealth.
11 I heard God say two things:
“I am powerful,
12 and I am very kind.”
The Lord rewards each of us
according to what we do.