Ntembezelo we mahwilo ngoni
1 Ndomilidzila mesho angu kumuli,
imwi mugele mu tjigalo tje bushe kudzimu!
2 Sekwa mesho e balandalume
elinga luboko gwa tetshi wabo,
sekwa mesho e nlandakadzi
elinga luboko gwe nfumakadzi waanoshinga,
naswibo mesho edu anolinga kuna Yahwe Ndzimu wedu,
kuswikila betihwila ngoni.
3 Mutihwile ngoni, imwi Yahwe, mutihwile ngoni,
ngobe takatukwa kwagala.
4 Meya yedu izheligwe kupinda tjilizanyo
nge kudadigwa kwa ibabo bagedzikane
ne tukwa kukulu nge banozwikudza.
A Prayer for Mercy
1 Lord, I look up to you,
up to heaven, where you rule.
2 As a servant depends on his master,
as a maid depends on her mistress,
so we will keep looking to you, O Lord our God,
until you have mercy on us.
3 Be merciful to us, Lord, be merciful;
we have been treated with so much contempt.
4 We have been mocked too long by the rich
and scorned by proud oppressors.