Ntembezelo wekutjidza balulwami mu zwita
1 Mundiangule mu zwita zwangu, Ndzimu;
mundivikile muna ibabo banondigwisa.
2 Mundiangule muna ibabo banoshinga bubi;
munditjidze muzwing'wamalopa.
3 Nangwenu bakandilalila beshaka pedza butjilo gwangu.
Ibabo bakasima banondigwisa,
ngono kusina mmwe nlandu
kene tjibi tjabanondigwisila Yahwe,
4 akuna itjo tjandakatjinya, koga banolabuka
bezwilulwamisila kundihwisa zogwadza.
Milikani, mundibhatshe kakale mubone tjinoshingikala!
5 Yahwe Ndzimu we mibunga, Ndzimu we Iziraela.
Mukani mulobe zwitjaba zose;
mushaye wamasiya wa ibabo bematjenjedu
banotjenjelela kuthama bubi.
6 Madekwana mamwe ne mamwe banobuya, bebukula
se mbgwa kakale beyendayenda mu nzi nkulu.
7 Habajee, banobomba nge milomo yabo,
ne matama anopitsha mu milomo yabo,
banoalakana beti, “Ndiani unowotihwa?”
8 Koga mobaseka, Yahwe
moseka tjaba dzose bulengwe.
9 Imwi simba langu, ndowogala ndilipejo namwi;
ngobe imwi, Ndzimu, ndimwi luswingo gwakandibakilila.
10 Ndzimu wangu unowondishanganidza mu ludo gwawo gusingazunguzike;
Ndzimu wangu unowothama kuti ndikunde zwita zwangu.
11 Musibabulaye, pamwe bathu bakanyi kwangu bangadwa bekangang'wa;
thamani kuti badzungayile nge simba lenyu,
mubadelusile pasi, imwi She, tjivikili tjedu.
12 Muthamila tjibi tje milomo yabo ne matama anodwa mu milomo yabo.
Ngababhatshigwe nge mazwikudzu abo.
Muthamila bhiso ne manyepkhwa abanoleba.
13 Mubalobese nge bushongola gwenyu,
mubalobese kuswikila bepelela.
Kuti bathu bazibe kuti Ndzimu unobusa tjaba ya Jakubo
kunoti ku phelelo dze shango.
14 Madekwana mamwe ne mamwe banobuya,
bebukula se mbgwa
kakale beyendayenda mu nzi nkulu.
15 Banotendeleka beshaka zojiwa,
kakale bebomba ha basingawane tjinobagutsha.
16 Koga ndowomba ngekwe simba lenyu;
ndowombila pezhugwi ngekwe ludo gwenyu
gusingazunguzike kuli mangwanana.
Ngobe makabe luswingo gwakandibakilila
nenge dizhilo langu mu nsi we kudziyidzika.
17 Imwi simba langu, ndowomumbila njimbo dzinomukudza,
ngobe imwi, Ndzimu, mu luswingo gwakandipoteleka,
mu iwo Ndzimu unondilakidza ludo gusingazunguzike.
A Prayer for Safety
1 Save me from my enemies, my God;
protect me from those who attack me!
2 Save me from those evil people;
rescue me from those murderers!
3 Look! They are waiting to kill me;
cruel people are gathering against me.
It is not because of any sin or wrong I have done,
4 nor because of any fault of mine, O Lord,
that they hurry to their places.
5 Rise, Lord God Almighty, and come to my aid;
see for yourself, God of Israel!
Wake up and punish the heathen;
show no mercy to evil traitors!
6 They come back in the evening,
snarling like dogs as they go about the city.
7 Listen to their insults and threats.
Their tongues are like swords in their mouths,
yet they think that no one hears them.
8 But you laugh at them, Lord;
you mock all the heathen.
9 I have confidence in your strength;
you are my refuge, O God.
10 My God loves me and will come to me;
he will let me see my enemies defeated.
11 Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget.
Scatter them by your strength and defeat them,
O Lord, our protector.
12 Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful;
may they be caught in their pride!
Because they curse and lie,
13 destroy them in your anger;
destroy them completely.
Then everyone will know that God rules in Israel,
that his rule extends over all the earth.
14 My enemies come back in the evening,
snarling like dogs as they go about the city,
15 like dogs roaming about for food
and growling if they do not find enough.
16 But I will sing about your strength;
every morning I will sing aloud of your constant love.
You have been a refuge for me,
a shelter in my time of trouble.
17 I will praise you, my defender.
My refuge is God,
the God who loves me.