Lumbo gwe kukudza
1 Izhani, ngati mbileni Yahwe,
ngati pululudzileni shongwe ye jidzo ledu!
2 Ngati zheni mbeli kwabo nge kutenda,
ngati longeni mpululu we shatho ne njimbo dzinoba kudza!
3 Ngobe Yahwe Ndzimu nkulu kwazo,
kakale mambo mu midzimu yose.
4 Shango yose imu luboko gwabo,
zwilungwani zwe matombo naizobo nde zwabo.
5 Gungwa nde gwabo, ngobe bakaguthama,
nenge shango, yakabumbiwa nge maboko abo.
6 Izhani, ngatikotamiseni misholo tinamate,
ngati thigameni mbeli kwa Yahwe, Mbumbi wedu!
7 Ngobe Ndzimu wedu,
iswi ti bathu be mafulo awo,
kakale ti pkhwizi dzaunotjengeta!
Dzene tshene nasi mungateedza hwi lawo!
8 Musitongo simisa mimoyo sa bobatategulu benyu ku Meriba,
se zhuba labakasimisa mimoyo ku Masa mu tjilambanyika.
9 Kwakati pandakalikwa ndi bobatategulu benyu,
bebuya bandishakisisa, nenguba bakabebona nshingo wangu wandakathama.
10 Ndakakuthiwa nge ludzi igogu kwe makole ali makumi manna,
abe ati, “Bathu be mimoyo yakalashika,
kakale abana hanya nge zila dzangu.”
11 Ndizo ndakati mu kugwadzamoyo kwangu atuna nditi,
“Abatowongina mu bugalo gwangu gwe kunyaluluka.”
A Song of Praise
1 Come, let us praise the Lord!
Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs of praise.
3 For the Lord is a mighty God,
a mighty king over all the gods.
4 He rules over the whole earth,
from the deepest caves to the highest hills.
5 He rules over the sea, which he made;
the land also, which he himself formed.
6 Come, let us bow down and worship him;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
7 He is our God;
we are the people he cares for,
the flock for which he provides.
Listen today to what he says:
8 “Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,
as they were that day in the desert at Massah.
9 There they put me to the test and tried me,
although they had seen what I did for them.
10 For forty years I was disgusted with those people.
I said, ‘How disloyal they are!
They refuse to obey my commands.’
11 I was angry and made a solemn promise:
‘You will never enter the land
where I would have given you rest.’”