Ndzimu mambo nkulu
1 Yahwe banobusa, bathu ngabateteme!
Bagele mu tjigalo tje bushe pakati kwe dzikherubhu,
shango ngayi tengenyeke!
2 Yahwe bankulu mu Ziyoni,
banokudziwa kupinda zwitjaba zose.
3 Ngabakudze zina lenyu gulu linotjika.
Bakayengemala!
4 Mambo bana masimba, banoda ndulamo
imwi makathama ndizandizanyo
makashingikadza thambunuko
ne ndulamo muna Jakubo.
5 Kudzani Yahwe Ndzimu wedu,
namatani muli pa tjigalo tje makumbo abo.
Bakayengemala!
6 Mushe na Aroni bakabe bali bamwe be bapirisiti babo,
Samuele wakabe ali mmwe we bakadana zina labo.
Bakalilila Yahwe, ngono bakabadabila.
7 Bakalebeleka nabo bali mu gole,
bakahwilila milayo yabo,
ne ndaulo dzabakabapa.
8 Imwi Yahwe Ndzimu wedu, makabadabila,
makabe Ndzimu unobazwiibhatigwa,
koga mu mbgwilizili we matjinyo abo.
9 Kudzani Yahwe Ndzimu wedu,
ngono mubanamate ku dombo labo lakayengemala,
ngobe Yahwe Ndzimu wedu bakayengemala.
God the Supreme King
1 The Lord is king,
and the people tremble.
He sits on his throne above the winged creatures,
and the earth shakes.
2 The Lord is mighty in Zion;
he is supreme over all the nations.
3 Everyone will praise his great and majestic name.
Holy is he!
4 Mighty king, you love what is right;
you have established justice in Israel;
you have brought righteousness and fairness.
5 Praise the Lord our God;
worship before his throne!
Holy is he!
6 Moses and Aaron were his priests,
and Samuel was one who prayed to him;
they called to the Lord, and he answered them.
7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;
they obeyed the laws and commands that he gave them.
8 O Lord, our God, you answered your people;
you showed them that you are a God who forgives,
even though you punished them for their sins.
9 Praise the Lord our God,
and worship at his sacred hill!
The Lord our God is holy.