LUKWALO GWE BUNNA
Ntembezelo wa Mushe nlume we Ndzimu
1 She, magala muli bugalo gwedu,
mu zwizekugwana zose.
2 Kwakati matombo asathu kabe yapo, kene kuli iko bumbiwa,
kene musathu mukabumba shango kene lubumbo,
kudwa mu tjibaka tjisingapele kunoti mu tjibaka
tjisingapele mu Ndzimu.
3 Mobgwiliza nthu mu hwuluba,
mube muti, “Bgwililani, imwi bana be bathu!”
4 Makole ali tjiwulu (1 000) mu mesho enyu,
anonga zhuba ling'ompela lipinda.
Kene anonga watji kuli busiku.
5 Motshwailila bathu kutjena, banonga mawoloto,
banonga bushwa gunomela kuli mangwanana,
6 mangwanana gopasula gukabe likulakula,
mu madekwana gotimbama guswaba.
7 Ngobe tolobesiwa nge kugwadzamoyo kwenyu,
totjisiwa nge bushongola gwenyu.
8 Makabiga zwibi zwedu mbeli kwenyu,
zwibi zwedu zwakasumbikika zwimu tjedza tje buso gwenyu.
9 Mazhuba edu wose anopitshiwa mu bushongola gwenyu,
makole edu anopinda se phepo.
10 Mazhuba e bupenyu gwedu makole ali makumi ali kutendeka koga,
kene pamwe ali makumi ali zhanakadzi, ha takasima,
nenguba kwakajalo paphidzo yawo
inobe yabe manyalo koga ne tshiyilo,
anotjimbidza apela, tibe tiwulukila kutjena.
11 Apa ndiani unoziba simba le kugwadzamoyo kwenyu?
Ngobe bushongola gwenyu bukulu,
golizana koga ne sekwa makafanila tjiwa ndiko.
12 Ndizo mutidiye kubala mazhuba edu
kuti pamwe ndizo tiwane moyo we butjenjedu.
13 Shandukani, imwi Yahwe! Apa kowodza kukabe lini kene?
Ibeni ne ngoni mu balanda benyu!
14 Mutigutshe mu mangwanana nge ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike,
kuti ndizo tibe mu kushatha mazhuba wose.
15 Mutishathise mazhuba anolizana ne amakatigwadzisa,
ne makole ano lizana na iyawa atakabona mbipo.
16 Thamani kuti nshingo wenyu ulakidzike mu balanda benyu,
ne simba lenyu gulu ku bana be balanda benyu.
17 She Ndzimu wedu ngababe naswi,
thamani kuti mishingo ye maboko edu ibhudilile.
Ee, mishingo ye maboko edu ngaibhudilile!
BOOK FOUR
(Psalms 90–106)
Of God and Human Beings
1 O Lord, you have always been our home.
2 Before you created the hills
or brought the world into being,
you were eternally God,
and will be God forever.
3 You tell us to return to what we were;
you change us back to dust.
4 A thousand years to you are like one day;
they are like yesterday, already gone,
like a short hour in the night.
5 You carry us away like a flood;
we last no longer than a dream.
We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,
6 that grow and burst into bloom,
then dry up and die in the evening.
7 We are destroyed by your anger;
we are terrified by your fury.
8 You place our sins before you,
our secret sins where you can see them.
9 Our life is cut short by your anger;
it fades away like a whisper.
10 Seventy years is all we have—
eighty years, if we are strong;
yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow;
life is soon over, and we are gone.
11 Who has felt the full power of your anger?
Who knows what fear your fury can bring?
12 Teach us how short our life is,
so that we may become wise.
13 How much longer will your anger last?
Have pity, O Lord, on your servants!
14 Fill us each morning with your constant love,
so that we may sing and be glad all our life.
15 Give us now as much happiness as the sadness you gave us
during all our years of misery.
16 Let us, your servants, see your mighty deeds;
let our descendants see your glorious might.
17 Lord our God, may your blessings be with us.
Give us success in all we do!