Bathu banolumbidziwa kukudza Ndzimu
1 Kudzani Yahwe!
Kudzani Yahwe muli kudzimu,
mubakudze muli pezhugwi tjose!
2 Mubakudze, mose batumwa babo
mibunga yabo yose mubakudze!
3 Mubakudze, imwi zhuba ne mwedzi,
mubakudze, imwi nyenyedzi dzinopenya!
4 Mubakudze, imwi mazhuzhugwi zhugwi,
namwi vula dzipezhugwi ku makole!
5 Zose ngazwikudze zina la Yahwe,
ngobe bakadusa ndaulo ngono zwikathamiwa!
6 Bakazwithama kuti zwibeyapo nge kusingapele kose,
bakabiga milayo igelile tjose.
7 Kudzani Yahwe muli mu shango,
imwi mazhithu e gungwa ne madziba wose,
8 Lipenyo gwe vula ne tjivulamabgwe,
kapuku ne makaa,
dutu linohwa ndaulo yabo!
9 Matombo ne matuthu wose,
miti ye mitjelo ne ye misida!
10 Phuka dze shango ne zwithuwo zose
ne zwitjili zose ne nyuni dzinowuluka!
11 Bomambo be shango ne bathu bose,
bakololo be bushe ne babusi bose be shango.
12 Bazhuzha kose ne baanadi
bathuntana kose ne batjetjana!
13 Ngabakudze zina la Yahwe,
ngobe ndilo zina loga linokudziwa,
gudzo labo lipezhugwi kwe kudzimu ne shango.
14 Bakamilidzila bathu babo lunyanga
kulumbidza bagalimoyo babo bose,
bethamila bathu be Iziraela bapejo ne moyo wabo.
Kudzani Yahwe!
A Call for the Universe to Praise God
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from heaven,
you that live in the heights above.
2 Praise him, all his angels,
all his heavenly armies.
3 Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, shining stars.
4 Praise him, highest heavens,
and the waters above the sky.
5 Let them all praise the name of the Lord!
He commanded, and they were created;
6 by his command they were fixed in their places forever,
and they cannot disobey.
7 Praise the Lord from the earth,
sea monsters and all ocean depths;
8 lightning and hail, snow and clouds,
strong winds that obey his command.
9 Praise him, hills and mountains,
fruit trees and forests;
10 all animals, tame and wild,
reptiles and birds.
11 Praise him, kings and all peoples,
princes and all other rulers;
12 young women and young men,
old people and children too.
13 Let them all praise the name of the Lord!
His name is greater than all others;
his glory is above earth and heaven.
14 He made his nation strong,
so that all his people praise him—
the people of Israel, so dear to him.
Praise the Lord!