Lumbo gwe kukudza
1 Izhani, ngati mbileni Yahwe,
ngati pululudzileni shongwe ye jidzo ledu!
2 Ngati zheni mbeli kwabo nge kutenda,
ngati longeni mpululu we shatho ne njimbo dzinoba kudza!
3 Ngobe Yahwe Ndzimu nkulu kwazo,
kakale mambo mu midzimu yose.
4 Shango yose imu luboko gwabo,
zwilungwani zwe matombo naizobo nde zwabo.
5 Gungwa nde gwabo, ngobe bakaguthama,
nenge shango, yakabumbiwa nge maboko abo.
6 Izhani, ngatikotamiseni misholo tinamate,
ngati thigameni mbeli kwa Yahwe, Mbumbi wedu!
7 Ngobe Ndzimu wedu,
iswi ti bathu be mafulo awo,
kakale ti pkhwizi dzaunotjengeta!
Dzene tshene nasi mungateedza hwi lawo!
8 Musitongo simisa mimoyo sa bobatategulu benyu ku Meriba,
se zhuba labakasimisa mimoyo ku Masa mu tjilambanyika.
9 Kwakati pandakalikwa ndi bobatategulu benyu,
bebuya bandishakisisa, nenguba bakabebona nshingo wangu wandakathama.
10 Ndakakuthiwa nge ludzi igogu kwe makole ali makumi manna,
abe ati, “Bathu be mimoyo yakalashika,
kakale abana hanya nge zila dzangu.”
11 Ndizo ndakati mu kugwadzamoyo kwangu atuna nditi,
“Abatowongina mu bugalo gwangu gwe kunyaluluka.”
Worship and Obey the Lord
1 Sing joyful songs to the Lord!
Praise the mighty rock
where we are safe.
2 Come to worship him
with thankful hearts
and songs of praise.
3 The Lord is the greatest God,
king over all other gods.
4 He holds the deepest part
of the earth in his hands,
and the mountain peaks
also belong to him.
5 The ocean is the Lord's
because he made it,
and with his own hands
he formed the dry land.
6 Bow down and worship
the Lord our Creator!
7 The Lord is our God,
and we are his people,
the sheep he takes care of
in his own pasture.
Listen to God's voice today!
8 Don't be stubborn and rebel
as your ancestors did
at Meribah and Massah
out in the desert.
9 For forty years
they tested God and saw
the things he did.
10 Then God got tired of them
and said,
“You never show good sense,
and you don't understand
what I want you to do.”
11 In his anger, God told them,
“You people will never enter
my place of rest.”