Ntembezelo we mbakililo
1 “Tjinga kwabakandigwisa kudwa mu butjetjana gwangu.”
Iziraela ngaalebeleke ati,
2 “Tjinga kwabakandigwisa kudwa mu butjetjana gwangu,
nenguba kwakajalo abathu bakandikunda.
3 Balimi bakandipalula kushule se bulime,
bakathama foro dzabo dzikabe ndefundefu.”
4 Yahwe bakalulwama,
bakathubula mitjili ye babi.
5 Dzene bose banobenga Ziyoni
bangabhatisiwa shoni bakashandusigwa shule.
6 Ngabange bushwa gunomela ku zwilungwani zwe ng'umba,
gunoswaba gusathu gukakula,
7 gusingazhale tjiazha tje mmwayi
ne basungi abatothama fukatigwa mu maboko abo,
8 bapindi pabasingake bakalebeleka beti,
“Dothodzo la Yahwe ngalibe mu muli!
Tomutothodza nge zina la Yahwe!”
A Prayer against Israel's Enemies
1 Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you
ever since you were young.
2 “Ever since I was young,
my enemies have persecuted me cruelly,
but they have not overcome me.
3 They cut deep wounds in my back
and made it like a plowed field.
4 But the Lord, the righteous one,
has freed me from slavery.”
5 May everyone who hates Zion
be defeated and driven back.
6 May they all be like grass growing on the housetops,
which dries up before it can grow;
7 no one gathers it up
or carries it away in bundles.
8 No one who passes by will say,
“May the Lord bless you!
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”