Ntembezelo we kukundiwa kwe zwita zwe Iziraela
1 Imwi Ndzimu, musinyalale koga,
musidzikame koga makati hwuu, imwi Ndzimu!
2 Bonani sekwa zwita zwenyu zwamumukila,
ibabo bakamubenga bamilidza misholo yabo.
3 Banolukila bathu benyu gwanga,
banolangana kuti bagwise ibabo bamunobakilila.
4 Banoti, “Izhani, ngati balobeseni bose,
zina le Iziraela lisitongotjafa lakumbugwa ndodwa.”
5 Banolangana bakadumana,
bethama tjidumano nge kwenyu,
6 mishasha ye Edomu ne Baishimaela, Moabu ne Bahagiri,
7 Gebhala na Amoni na Amaleke,
Filisitiya ne bagali be Tire,
8 Asiriya na iye wazwibhatshanya nabo,
ndibo babhayani bakasima be bana ba Lote.
9 Bathamileni tjamakathama ne Midiya,
ne Sisera ne Jabhini ku gwizi gwe Kishoni,
10 bakakolomogwa ku Endo,
bakabe dokonobe linodigwa mu mavu.
11 Thamilani banokudziwa tjamakathama
ne Orebhe ne Zeebhi,
hadzasha dzabo Zebha na Zalimuna,
12 ibo bakati, “Ngatizwitolegweni shango ye Ndzimu ibe yedu.”
13 Ndzimu wangu, mubathame bange
hwuluba ye tjampupudze,
bange bunye gunotogwa nge phepo.
14 Se moto upisa ishaka,
kene se nthuto upisa matombo.
15 Mubatutudze nge dutu lenyu,
mubuye mubatjise nge dutu gulu.
16 Njiso dzabo mudziambadze nge shoni,
kuti ndizo bashake zina lenyu, imwi Yahwe.
17 Ngababhatisiwe shoni
kakale bahwumanyiwe nge kusingapele,
ngabalobe bakalengudzika.
18 Ngabazibe kuti mumoga,
imwi be zina linoyi Yahwe,
muli pezhugwi zhugwi kwe shango yose.
A Prayer for the Defeat of Israel's Enemies
1 O God, do not keep silent;
do not be still, do not be quiet!
2 Look! Your enemies are in revolt,
and those who hate you are rebelling.
3 They are making secret plans against your people;
they are plotting against those you protect.
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy their nation,
so that Israel will be forgotten forever.”
5 They agree on their plan
and form an alliance against you:
6 the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
the people of Moab and the Hagrites;
7 the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
and of Philistia and Tyre.
8 Assyria has also joined them
as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.
9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites,
and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 You defeated them at Endor,
and their bodies rotted on the ground.
11 Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb;
defeat all their rulers as you did Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, “We will take for our own
the land that belongs to God.”
13 Scatter them like dust, O God,
like straw blown away by the wind.
14 As fire burns the forest,
as flames set the hills on fire,
15 chase them away with your storm
and terrify them with your fierce winds.
16 Cover their faces with shame, O Lord,
and make them acknowledge your power.
17 May they be defeated and terrified forever;
may they die in complete disgrace.
18 May they know that you alone are the Lord,
supreme ruler over all the earth.