Lumbo gunokudza
1 Kwakanaka kutenda Yahwe,
ne kumba njimbo dzinokudza zina lenyu,
imwi mu pezhugwi zhugwi.
2 Kuleba ngekwe ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike mangwanana,
nenge kugalikabgwe kwenyu kuli busiku,
3 kulidza tjilidzo tje misungo ne dende,
ne nlidzo we tjilidzo tje laya.
4 Ngobe imwi Yahwe, mandishathisa nge nshingo wenyu,
ndomba nge shatho ndimbila mishingo ye maboko enyu.
5 Mishingo yenyu mikulu seni, imwi Yahwe!
Njalakang'wa dzenyu dzimukatikati!
6 Tjimata atjingazibe,
tjilengwe atjingahwisise woku:
7 Kuti nenguba babi betutuma se dishwa
ne bashingi be mbipo benaka,
bakalingisana nge golomodzo nge kusingapele.
8 Koga imwi Yahwe, mu pezhugwi nge kusingapele.
9 Ngobe zwita zwenyu, imwi Yahwe,
tjoselele zwita zwenyu zowoloba,
bose bashingi be mbipo banowopaladziwa.
10 Koga makamilidza lunyanga gwangu se gwe phofu.
Makandizhodza mafuta matshwa.
11 Mesho angu akabona kukundiwa kwe zwita zwangu.
Zebe dzangu dzakahwa phipiti ye zwita zwangu.
12 Balulwami banonaka se nlala,
kakale banokula se miti ye misida ye Lebanoni.
13 Bakadzwagwa mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe,
banokula mu misha ye Ndzimu wedu.
14 Mu bukwegu gwabo batjina mitjelo,
banogala bekwidzima kakale bakasima.
15 Kulakidza kuti Yahwe bakatambunuka,
ndibo shongwe yangu, kakale akuna mbipo mu bali.
(A psalm and a song for the Sabbath.)
Sing Praises to the Lord
1 It is wonderful to be grateful
and to sing your praises,
Lord Most High!
2 It is wonderful each morning
to tell about your love
and at night to announce
how faithful you are.
3 I enjoy praising your name
to the music of harps,
4 because everything you do
makes me happy,
and I sing joyful songs.
5 You do great things, Lord.
Your thoughts are too deep
6 for an ignorant fool
to know or understand.
7 Though the wicked sprout
and spread like grass,
they will be pulled up
by their roots.
8 But you will rule
over all of us forever,
9 and your hateful enemies
will be scattered
and then destroyed.
10 You have given me
the strength of a wild ox,
and you have chosen me
to be your very own.
11 My eyes have seen,
and my ears have heard
the doom and destruction
of my evil enemies.
12 Good people will prosper
like palm trees,
and they will grow strong
like the cedars of Lebanon.
13 They will take root
in your house, Lord God,
and they will do well.
14 They will be like trees
that stay healthy and fruitful,
even when they are old.
15 And they will say about you,
“The Lord always does right!
God is our mighty rock.”