Wakatjidziwa mu lufu unoboka Ndzimu
1 Ndoda Yahwe, ngobe bakahwa
hwi langu ne mitembezelo yangu.
2 Ngobe bakanditeedza,
ndizo ndowobadana, mu butjilo gwangu gose.
3 Misungo ye lufu yakabe yakandipomba,
zwibhayo zwe gomba le lufu zwakabe zwakandibhata,
ndakakuligwa nge buyendasi nenge kuzhaligwa.
4 Ndizo ndakadana zina la Yahwe:
“Imwi Yahwe, ndomukumbila, munditjidze!”
5 Yahwe bana ngoni, kakale bakalulwama
Ndzimu wedu una lubu.
6 Yahwe banogwila basingatubule
ndakati ndikong'wa, bakanditjidza.
7 Bgwilila, iwe meya yangu mu kunyaluluka kuko,
ngobe Yahwe bagala bakakululwamila.
8 Ngobe imwi Yahwe, makadusa meya yangu mu lufu,
mukapkhwisa mishodzi mu mesho angu,
mukaleesa makumbo angu mu kukuthiwa.
9 Ndoyenda mbeli kwa Yahwe
mu shango ye batjili.
10 Ndakadwilila nge kugalamoyo kwangu,
aleba nditi, “Ndakamanikana kwazo.”
11 Mu gaabadzo langu ndakati,
“Bathu bose abatogalikabgwe.”
12 Apa ndowopani Yahwe
pezhugwi kwe bubuya gose gwabakandithamila kene?
13 Ndowomilidza nkombe we jidzo
ngono adana zina la Yahwe.
14 Ndowoshingikadza tuna kwangu kuna Yahwe
mbeli kwe bathu babo bose.
15 Lufu gwe balulwami,
gosheteka mu mesho a Yahwe.
16 Imwi Yahwe, ndi nlanda wenyu,
ndi nlanda wenyu, nkololo we nlandakadzi wenyu.
Makanyebesa misungo yangu.
17 Ndowomudusila tjibhayilo tje dendo
ndibe ndidana zina la Yahwe.
18 Ndowoshingikadza tuna kwangu kuna Yahwe
mbeli kwe bathu babo bose,
19 mu misha ye ng'umba ya Yahwe,
pakati kuko, iwe Jerusalema.
Kudzani Yahwe.
Someone Saved from Death Praises God
1 I love the Lord, because he hears me;
he listens to my prayers.
2 He listens to me
every time I call to him.
3 The danger of death was all around me;
the horrors of the grave closed in on me;
I was filled with fear and anxiety.
4 Then I called to the Lord,
“I beg you, Lord, save me!”
5 The Lord is merciful and good;
our God is compassionate.
6 The Lord protects the helpless;
when I was in danger, he saved me.
7 Be confident, my heart,
because the Lord has been good to me.
8 The Lord saved me from death;
he stopped my tears
and kept me from defeat.
9 And so I walk in the presence of the Lord
in the world of the living.
10 I kept on believing, even when I said,
“I am completely crushed,”
11 even when I was afraid and said,
“No one can be trusted.”
12 What can I offer the Lord
for all his goodness to me?
13 I will bring a wine offering to the Lord,
to thank him for saving me.
14 In the assembly of all his people
I will give him what I have promised.
15 How painful it is to the Lord
when one of his people dies!
16 I am your servant, Lord;
I serve you just as my mother did.
You have saved me from death.
17 I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving
and offer my prayer to you.
18-19 In the assembly of all your people,
in the sanctuary of your Temple in Jerusalem,
I will give you what I have promised.
Praise the Lord!