Ntembezelo we ntjetjana akadziyidzika
1 Ihwani ntembezelo wangu, imwi Yahwe,
tjililo tjangu ngatjiswike kumuli.
2 Musindisumbikile buso gwenyu
mu zhuba le kudziyidzika kwangu.
Zhulani zebe dzenyu,
mutjimbidze kundidabila andidana!
3 Ngobe mazhuba angu anopinda se busi,
mafupa angu anopisa se moto we vutho.
4 Moyo wangu wakaputa wakaswaba se bushwa,
ndokangang'wa kuja zojiwa.
5 Anditjina nyama ndabe mafupa woga,
ngekugomelela kwangu pezhugwi.
6 Ndonga gola le tjilambanyika,
se gunda le matongo.
7 Ndolala ndakalinga,
ndonga nyuni iyoga pezhugwi kwe tjilungwani tje ng'umba.
8 Zwita zwangu zoshwa zwileba nge kwangu,
ibabo banondigongobola banoshingisa
zina langu kupa bhiso.
9 Ndoja nlota se zojiwa,
mishodzi yangu yakashangana ne tjandinong'wa,
10 ngobe kugwadza moyo kwenyu kukulu,
makandimilidza mukandiposela kutjena.
11 Mazhuba angu anonga ntutshi we madekwana,
ndoswaba se bushwa.
12 Koga imwi Yahwe, mugele mu bushe nge kusingapele kose,
zina lenyu loswika ku zwizekugwana zose.
13 Mowomilika mukahwilangoni Ziyoni,
ngobe gwabe lubaka gwe kummilila,
lubaka gwakabigwa gwatjiswika.
14 Ngobe mabgwe awo ndianodika kwazo mu balanda benyu,
kakale banohwila ngoni hwuluba yawo.
15 Zwitjaba zowotja zina la Yahwe,
na bomambo bose be shango banowotja gudzo labo.
16 Ngobe Yahwe banowomusa Ziyoni kakale,
banowoboneka mu gudzo labo.
17 Banowodabila ntembezelo we bashayi,
abatowolingila pasi ntembezelo wabo.
18 Oku ngakukwaligwe tjizekugwana tjinowozha,
kuti itjaba tjisathu tjazwagwa tjizhe tjikudze Yahwe.
19 Ngobe bakalinga pasi kudwa
kudzimu ku bugalo gwabo gwakayengemala,
kudwa kudzimu Yahwe bakalinga shango,
20 kuti bahwe gomela kwe basungwa,
kusunungula ibabo bakabe basumikilisigwa lufu,
21 kuti ndizo balume basumikile zina la Yahwe mu Ziyoni,
nekuti likudziwe mu Jerusalema,
22 ha zwitjaba zwikubungana,
ne mibuso, kunamata Yahwe.
23 Bakanditema mafupa pakati kwe tjibaka,
bakanditapudzila mazhuba e butjilo.
24 Ndoti, “Imwi Ndzimu wangu, musinditole
makole angu atji pakati,
makole enyu anoswika
ku zwizekugwana zose.”
25 Imwi makati ntolo mukateya thiwa dze shango,
nenge zhuzhugwi nshigo we maboko enyu.
26 Zowoloba, koga imwi mowogalila tjose.
Zowoshakala se tjiambalo.
Mozwilabadzana se zwiambalo, ngono zopinda,
27 koga imwi monga se kwamagala muli iko,
ne makole enyu aana paanopelela.
28 Bana be balanda benyu banowotjila bakavikiligwa,
bana babo banowotjilila mbeli kwenyu.
The Prayer of a Troubled Youth
1 Listen to my prayer, O Lord,
and hear my cry for help!
2 When I am in trouble,
don't turn away from me!
Listen to me,
and answer me quickly when I call!
3 My life is disappearing like smoke;
my body is burning like fire.
4 I am beaten down like dry grass;
I have lost my desire for food.
5 I groan aloud;
I am nothing but skin and bones.
6 I am like a wild bird in the desert,
like an owl in abandoned ruins.
7 I lie awake;
I am like a lonely bird on a housetop.
8 All day long my enemies insult me;
those who mock me use my name in cursing.
9-10 Because of your anger and fury,
ashes are my food,
and my tears are mixed with my drink.
You picked me up and threw me away.
11 My life is like the evening shadows;
I am like dry grass.
12 But you, O Lord, are king forever;
all generations will remember you.
13 You will rise and take pity on Zion;
the time has come to have mercy on her;
this is the right time.
14 Your servants love her,
even though she is destroyed;
they have pity on her,
even though she is in ruins.
15 The nations will fear the Lord;
all the kings of the earth will fear his power.
16 When the Lord rebuilds Zion,
he will reveal his greatness.
17 He will hear his forsaken people
and listen to their prayer.
18 Write down for the coming generation what the Lord has done,
so that people not yet born will praise him.
19 The Lord looked down from his holy place on high,
he looked down from heaven to earth.
20 He heard the groans of prisoners
and set free those who were condemned to die.
21 And so his name will be proclaimed in Zion,
and he will be praised in Jerusalem
22 when nations and kingdoms come together
and worship the Lord.
23 The Lord has made me weak while I am still young;
he has shortened my life.
24 O God, do not take me away now
before I grow old.
O Lord, you live forever;
25 long ago you created the earth,
and with your own hands you made the heavens.
26 They will disappear, but you will remain;
they will all wear out like clothes.
You will discard them like clothes,
and they will vanish.
27 But you are always the same,
and your life never ends.
28 Our children will live in safety,
and under your protection
their descendants will be secure.