Bukulu gwe Ndzimu ne mamo e nthu
1 Yahwe, She wedu,
zina lenyu lakanaka seni mu shango yose!
Makabiga gudzo lenyu pezhugwi
kwe mazhuzhugwi!
2 Nge milomo ye zwitole ne ngawana,
makathama kuti mukudziwe.
Makazwivikilila mu zwita zwenyu.
Mozhalila nlomo we tjita newe mbgwilizili.
3 Ha ndilinga mazhuzhugwi enyu,
amakathama nge maboko enyu,
mwedzi ne nyenyedzi
dzamakagadza nge magalo adzo;
4 nthu ini kene wamungashwa mukumbula,
mwana we nthu ini kene
wamungashwa makatjengeta?
5 Makanthama kabe pasi
kwe batumwa be kudzimu kuli kutukununu,
makammbadza gudzo ne dendo.
6 Makampa ndaulo mu tjimwe ne tjimwe
tjamakabumba nge maboko enyu,
mukabiga tjimwe ne tjimwe pasi kukwe:
7 kose pkhwizi ne ng'ombe
nenge phuka dze shango,
8 nyuni dzinowuluka ne hwobe dze gungwa,
ne zwitjili zose zwinobhukutja mu gungwa.
9 Yahwe She wedu zina lenyu
ligulu seni mu shango yose!
God's Glory and Human Dignity
1 O Lord, our Lord,
your greatness is seen in all the world!
Your praise reaches up to the heavens;
2 it is sung by children and babies.
You are safe and secure from all your enemies;
you stop anyone who opposes you.
3 When I look at the sky, which you have made,
at the moon and the stars, which you set in their places—
4 what are human beings, that you think of them;
mere mortals, that you care for them?
5 Yet you made them inferior only to yourself;
you crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You appointed them rulers over everything you made;
you placed them over all creation:
7 sheep and cattle, and the wild animals too;
8 the birds and the fish
and the creatures in the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,
your greatness is seen in all the world!