Ndzimu nsumikilisi
1 Toboka imwi, imwi Ndzimu tomuboka.
Toboka, zina lenyu li pejo pejo.
Bathu banoleba ngekwe makaabadzo enyu.
2 “Mu lubaka gwandakabiga,
ndowosumikilisa kwakatambunuka.”
3 Ha shango itengenyeka ne bagali bayo bose,
ndimi ndinosimisa phanda dzayo.
4 Ndoti kuna banozwikudza, “Musizwikudze,”
ku babi ndoti, “Musizwikukumadze.
5 Musitongo yita manyimwe,
kene kuli lebeleka makawomeledza mitshibha.”
6 Ngobe kumilidzigwa pezhugwi akutodwa ku bhezhuba
kene golombedzo kene kuli ku tjilambanyika.
7 Koga Ndzimu ndiwo unosumikilisa,
udelusila mmwe pasi, umilidzila mmwe pezhugwi.
8 Ngobe mu luboko gwa Yahwe kuna bhepe,
lina nkumbi we nzhambi unotutuma, wakavubegwa zubuyanana,
banowoutebulila pasi,
ngono babi bose be shango
banowoung'wa bakakunika kose ne matshikidi.
9 Koga ndowoshatha nge kusingapele,
ndowomba ndikudza Ndzimu wa Jakubo.
10 Ndowopedza simba le babi bose,
koga nyanga dze bayengemali dzowomilidziwa.
God the Judge
1 We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks to you!
We proclaim how great you are
and tell of the wonderful things you have done.
2 “I have set a time for judgment,” says God,
“and I will judge with fairness.
3 Though every living creature tremble
and the earth itself be shaken,
I will keep its foundations firm.
4 I tell the wicked not to be arrogant;
5 I tell them to stop their boasting.”
6 Judgment does not come from the east or from the west,
from the north or from the south;
7 it is God who is the judge,
condemning some and acquitting others.
8 The Lord holds a cup in his hand,
filled with the strong wine of his anger.
He pours it out, and all the wicked drink it;
they drink it down to the last drop.
9 But I will never stop speaking of the God of Jacob
or singing praises to him.
10 He will break the power of the wicked,
but the power of the righteous will be increased.