Kukudziwa kwe Ndzimu
1 Mazhuzhugwi anoleba bukulu gwe Ndzimu,
zhiyendakuyenda lolakidza mishingo ye maboko awo.
2 Zhuba lolebeleka libudza limwe,
busiku golakidza gumwe zibo.
3 Akuna ndebeleko kene matama,
akuna pasingahwike nsindo wazo.
4 Nsindo wazo unobhudila mu shango yose,
matama awo anohwika ku phelelo dze shango.
Ndzimu wakabakila zhuba nshasha mu ali,
5 ilo linobhuda se nkwasha ebhuda mu ng'umba iye,
lolabuka mu zila yalo lakashatha se nlume wakasima.
6 Lobhuda mu lubizho gumwe gwe shango,
likayenda likanomilila ku gumwe.
Akuna tjakabgwatila kupisa kwalo.
Nlayo wa Yahwe
7 Nlayo wa Yahwe uzhele,
unomusidzila meya.
Ndaulo dza Yahwe dzogalikabgwe,
dzotjenjedza basakatjenjela.
8 Milayo ya Yahwe ina malebeswa,
inoshathisa moyo.
Ndaulo ya Yahwe yakatjena,
inozhula mesho.
9 Kutja Ndzimu kubuyanana,
kugele nge kusingapele.
Milayo ya Yahwe yakatambunuka,
yakalulwama.
10 Inodika kupinda golide,
Inozipa kupinda butji gwe
nyutji gudotha mu mape.
11 Nlanda wenyu unotjenjedziwa ndiyo,
kuyilondolodza kuna mbuzilo hwulu.
12 Koga apa ndiyani ungabona milandu iye kene?
Mundizwiibhatigwe milandu yakasumbikika.
13 Mundidzibe mu matjinyo e mwaza,
musialetje akandilaula.
Ndizo ndowolulwama tjose,
ndowobe ndasununguka mu kutjuluka nlayo.
14 Matama angu nenge njalakang'wa
dzangu ngadziamutjilike kumuli,
imwi Yahwe dizhilo langu, Ndzutunuli wangu.
God's Glory in Creation
1 How clearly the sky reveals God's glory!
How plainly it shows what he has done!
2 Each day announces it to the following day;
each night repeats it to the next.
3 No speech or words are used,
no sound is heard;
4 yet their message goes out to all the world
and is heard to the ends of the earth.
God made a home in the sky for the sun;
5 it comes out in the morning like a happy bridegroom,
like an athlete eager to run a race.
6 It starts at one end of the sky
and goes across to the other.
Nothing can hide from its heat.
The Law of the Lord
7 The law of the Lord is perfect;
it gives new strength.
The commands of the Lord are trustworthy,
giving wisdom to those who lack it.
8 The laws of the Lord are right,
and those who obey them are happy.
The commands of the Lord are just
and give understanding to the mind.
9 Reverence for the Lord is good;
it will continue forever.
The judgments of the Lord are just;
they are always fair.
10 They are more desirable than the finest gold;
they are sweeter than the purest honey.
11 They give knowledge to me, your servant;
I am rewarded for obeying them.
12 None of us can see our own errors;
deliver me, Lord, from hidden faults!
13 Keep me safe, also, from willful sins;
don't let them rule over me.
Then I shall be perfect
and free from the evil of sin.
14 May my words and my thoughts be acceptable to you,
O Lord, my refuge and my redeemer!