Nzi nkulu we Ndzimu
1 Yahwe bankulukulu kakale bakafanila kudziwa kukulukulu
mu nzi nkulu we Ndzimu wedu.
Dombo labo lakayengemala,
2 lakanaka nge bulefu gwalo,
ndilo shatho ye shango yose,
Dombo le Ziyoni, kulekule ku bunandzwa,
iwo nzi nkulu wa mambo.
3 Mu matizhilo e nzi nkulu
Ndzimu wakazwilakidza uli iwo bhakasa lakasima,
4 Ndizo bomambo bakakubungana,
bakashangana bose.
5 Bakati tjinyolotjo bebona ikoku bakatjenama kukulu;
bakalobgwa nge hana, bakatola makumbo bakatizha
6 Ipapo kutetema kukabe mubali,
bakabe nge zwibhayo zwinonga zwe nkadzi unotshibama,
7 Se phepo inodwa ku bhezhuba
ipkhwanya zwikepe zwe Tashishi.
8 Sekwa takati tikahwa, ngwenu tatjizwibonegwa
mu nzi nkulu wa Yahwe we mibunga, muna
iwo wakabambiwa nge Ndzimu nge kusingapele kose.
Wakabambiwa nge Ndzimu ukagalila tjose nge kusingapele kose.
9 Tokanuka ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike Ndzimu,
pakati pe ng'umba yenyu.
10 Zina lenyu, koga sekudziwa kwenyu,
nailo loswika ku phelelo dze shango.
Luboko gwenyu gwe luji gokunda kwazo.
11 Dombo le Ziyoni ngalishathe,
mizi ye Juda ngayishathe
nge zila yekusumikilisa kwenyu.
12 Yenda mu nzi we Ziyoni, uwupoteleke,
bala thungamakole dzawo.
13 Alakana kwazo makuma akabakilila
nzi nkulu iwoyo ne matizhilo awo
kuti ndizo ubudze tjizekugwana tjinowozha.
14 Kuti iwoyu Ndzimu,
Ndzimu wedu nge kusingapele kose,
unowobe ntungamili wedu nge kusingapele kose!
Zion, the City of God
1 The Lord is great and is to be highly praised
in the city of our God, on his sacred hill.
2 Zion, the mountain of God, is high and beautiful;
the city of the great king brings joy to all the world.
3 God has shown that there is safety with him
inside the fortresses of the city.
4 The kings gathered together
and came to attack Mount Zion.
5 But when they saw it, they were amazed;
they were afraid and ran away.
6 There they were seized with fear and anguish,
like a woman about to bear a child,
7 like ships tossing in a furious storm.
8 We have heard what God has done,
and now we have seen it
in the city of our God, the Lord Almighty;
he will keep the city safe forever.
9 Inside your Temple, O God,
we think of your constant love.
10 You are praised by people everywhere,
and your fame extends over all the earth.
You rule with justice;
11 let the people of Zion be glad!
You give right judgments;
let there be joy in the cities of Judah!
12 People of God, walk around Zion and count the towers;
13 take notice of the walls and examine the fortresses,
so that you may tell the next generation:
14 “This God is our God forever and ever;
he will lead us for all time to come.”