Mu Kukudziwa kwe Jerusalema
1 Mu dombo lakayengemala kumile nzi wawakasika,
2 Yahwe banoda mikoba ye Ziyoni
kupinda magalo wose a Jakubo.
3 Zwithu zwibuyanana zolebgwa nge kuko,
iwe nzi nkulu we Ndzimu.
4 Pakati kwa ibabo banondiziba,
ndonanga Rahabhu ne Bhabhiloni,
Filisitiya na iyebo, ne Tire ne Itopiya banoti,
“Iwoyo wakazwaligwa ikweno.”
5 Ngono ngekwe Ziyoni kowolebgwa kuyi,
“Uwoyo na uwouje bakazwaligwa muwuli.”
Ngobe iwo Upezhugwi pezhugwi ngekwawo unowousika.
6 Yahwe banokwala beti abe kwalisa zwitjaba.
“Iwoyu wakazwaligwa ikweno.”
7 Bambi ne bazani ngofanana banoti,
“Misenya yangu yose imumuli.”
In Praise of Jerusalem
1 The Lord built his city on the sacred hill;
2 more than any other place in Israel
he loves the city of Jerusalem.
3 Listen, city of God,
to the wonderful things he says about you:
4 “I will include Egypt and Babylonia
when I list the nations that obey me;
the people of Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia
I will number among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.”
5 Of Zion it will be said
that all nations belong there
and that the Almighty will make her strong.
6 The Lord will write a list of the peoples
and include them all as citizens of Jerusalem.
7 They dance and sing,
“In Zion is the source of all our blessings.”