Lumbo gwa Dafite gwe kukunda
(Njimbo 18)1 Dafite wakambila Yahwe lumbo igogu, mu zhuba Yahwe labakan'angula mu zwita zwizwe zose ne mu luboko gwa Saulo.
2 Ngono wakalebeleka eti, “Yahwe ndibo shongwe yangu,
ndibo dizhilo langu lakasima, kakale n'angulili wangu.
3 Ndzimu wangu, shongwe yangu,
ndibo dizhilo langu,
tjivikili tjangu kakale simba le jidzo langu,
ndibo dizhilo langu lakasima kakale ndibo mabgwatilo angu,
Ndibo ntjidzi wangu, unonditjidza mu ngwa.
4 Ndodana Yahwe, ibo bakafanila kudziwa,
bakandiangula mu zwita zwangu.
5 Lufu gwakandikomba se mapundu e vula ye gungwa,
maphatjaphatja e golomodzo akandikulila.
6 Misungo ye bugalo gwe bafi yakabe yakandipomba,
mapuzhu e lufu a mbeli kwangu.
7 Mukudziyidzika kwangu ndakadana Yahwe;
Ndakalilila ku Ndzimu wangu kuti undibhatshe.
Mu Ng'umba yawo ukahwa hwi langu.
Tjililo tjangu tjikaswika mu zebe dzawo.
8 “Ndizo shango ikazhekazheka ikatengenyeka,
thiwa dze mazhuzhugwi dzikatengenyeka,
ngobe Ndzimu wakabe wazhala bushongola!
9 Busi gukathungayila mu zwimilo zwawo,
moto unopisa ukadwa mu nlomo wawo,
masimbe anothuta kadwa muuli.
10 Ukapalula zhuzhugwi ukadelukila pasi.
Makole matema tema ali kusi kwe makumbo awo.
11 Ukatatha dzikherubhu ukawuluka,
ukazha nge lubilo mu mapapilo e phepo.
12 Ukazwizwimba nge zhalima,
makole akamandana matema e vula akaupoteleka.
13 Masimbe e moto akathuta edwa mu lupenyo mbeli kwawo.
14 Yahwe bakadadamula bali zhuzhugwi,
Upezhugwizhugwi kadusa hwi lile.
15 Bakaposa misebe bakapaladza zwita,
bakapenyesa lupenyo gwe vula bakazwipaladza.
16 Ngolo dze gungwa dzikaboneka,
thiwa dze shango dzikabe patjena,
Yahwe pabakatjemela zwita zwabo,
betjemela nge bushongola.
17 Bakaabilila kudwa zhuzhugwi bakanditola,
bakandidubula mu vula yakangina.
18 Bakandiangula mu tjita tjangu tjakasima,
ne muna ibabo banondibenga,
ngoti bakabe bendikulila.
19 Ndakati ndakasimigwa, bakandigwisa
koga Yahwe bakandiangula.
20 Bakandiyisa mu magalo akatalabuka,
Bakandiangula, ngoti bakandishathila.
21 Yahwe banondilipa kuyenda nge ndulamo yangu,
banondibuzila kuyendidzana ne kushaya nlandu kwangu.
22 Ngobe ndakalondolodza milayo ya Yahwe,
andizoshandukila Ndzimu wangu.
23 Ngobe ndayo dzabo dzose dzakanditungamila,
ne ndaulo dzabo dzose andizodzikupila kutjena.
24 Ndakasibe ne nlandu mbeli kwabo,
ndakazwidziba mu jinyo.
25 Ndizo Yahwe bakandibuzila kuyendidzana ne ndulamo yangu,
ne kuyendidzana ne kushaya nlandu kwangu mu mesho abo.
26 Kuna banogalikabgwe mobalakidza kugalikabgwe.
Kuna basina nlandu mobalakidza kusheta nlandu.
27 Kuna bakatjenapala mozwilakidza makatjenapala,
kuna bakakombama muzwilakidza muna bushongola.
28 Motjidza banozwiyisa pasi,
koga mobhatisa shoni banozwikudza.
29 Imwi, ndimwi luvone gwangu Yahwe,
Yahwe ndibo tjedza tjangu mu zhalima.
30 Nge simba lenyu ndonginilila babhayani,
ha ndina Ndzimu wangu ndotjuluka guma.
31 Ndzimu uwoyu zila dzawo dzakalulwama seni,
kugadzabgwe kwa Yahwe ku malebeswa,
tjivikili tja bose banotizhila ku bali.
32 Dumbu Ndzimu ndiani ha isi Yahwe,
kakale Shongwe ndiani kuzhe kwe Ndzimu wedu?
33 Ndzimu ndiwo dizhilo langu lakasima,
ndiwo unothama zila dzangu dzikasibe ne mbatsha.
34 Unothama makumbo angu akanga e phala,
wakandibiga pakatjengeteka pezhugwi.
35 Unodiya zwiazha zwangu kugwa,
kuti ndizo maboko angu atubule peta dati le phangula.
36 Mondipa tjivikili tje jidzo lenyu,
bhatsho yenyu yakandithama nkulu.
37 Makatalabudza pamile makumbo angu,
kuti ndizo makumbo angu asitongo sodzoloka.
38 Ndakatatana ne zwita zwangu azwilobesa
andizoshanduka kudzina zwipela.
39 Ndakazwitemelela zwikawila pasi, kuti ndizo zwisi muke,
zwakawila pasi kwe makumbo angu.
40 Makandiambadza nge simba le ngwa,
mukathama kuti zwita zwangu zwindithigamile.
41 Makathama kuti zwita zwangu zwinditizhe,
ibabo banondibenga, ndakabalobesa.
42 Bakashaka bhatsho, koga bakashaya unobabhatsha,
bakalilila kuna Yahwe, koga bakasibadabile.
43 Ndakabaloba abakwiya bakasala benga hwuluba,
ndakabakanyangila pasi bakasala benga dope le zila.
44 Makandiangula mu bathu be bapanduki,
makandithama adwilila ndili ntungamile we zwitjaba,
bathu bandakabe ndisingazibe bakandishingila.
45 Bataya bakandithigamila,
ndakati ndilebeleka bakandihwa.
46 Bakatemeka mafupa,
bakazha betetema bebhuda mu matizhilo abo.
47 Yahwe banotjila ngakukudziwe shongwe yangu,
ngakukudziwe Ndzimu wangu, shongwe ye jidzo langu,
48 iwo Ndzimu wakandibgwilizila,
ukayisa zwitjaba pasi kwangu.
49 Ukandiangula mu zwita zwangu,
wakandikudza kupinda banyanyaidzi bangu,
ukandiangula mu bathu banopanduka.
50 Ndizo ndowomukudza pakati kwe zwitjaba,
amba njimbo dzinokudza zina lenyu.
51 Ndzimu unopa mambo uwe kukunda kukulu,
unolakidza ludo gusingazunguzike mu nzhodziwa wawo
muna Dafite ne ludzi gugwe nge kusingapele.”
Lumbo gwa Dafite gwe kukunda
(Njimbo 18)1 Dafite wakambila Yahwe lumbo igogu, mu zhuba Yahwe labakan'angula mu zwita zwizwe zose ne mu luboko gwa Saulo.
2 Ngono wakalebeleka eti, “Yahwe ndibo shongwe yangu,
ndibo dizhilo langu lakasima, kakale n'angulili wangu.
3 Ndzimu wangu, shongwe yangu,
ndibo dizhilo langu,
tjivikili tjangu kakale simba le jidzo langu,
ndibo dizhilo langu lakasima kakale ndibo mabgwatilo angu,
Ndibo ntjidzi wangu, unonditjidza mu ngwa.
4 Ndodana Yahwe, ibo bakafanila kudziwa,
bakandiangula mu zwita zwangu.
5 Lufu gwakandikomba se mapundu e vula ye gungwa,
maphatjaphatja e golomodzo akandikulila.
6 Misungo ye bugalo gwe bafi yakabe yakandipomba,
mapuzhu e lufu a mbeli kwangu.
7 Mukudziyidzika kwangu ndakadana Yahwe;
Ndakalilila ku Ndzimu wangu kuti undibhatshe.
Mu Ng'umba yawo ukahwa hwi langu.
Tjililo tjangu tjikaswika mu zebe dzawo.
8 “Ndizo shango ikazhekazheka ikatengenyeka,
thiwa dze mazhuzhugwi dzikatengenyeka,
ngobe Ndzimu wakabe wazhala bushongola!
9 Busi gukathungayila mu zwimilo zwawo,
moto unopisa ukadwa mu nlomo wawo,
masimbe anothuta kadwa muuli.
10 Ukapalula zhuzhugwi ukadelukila pasi.
Makole matema tema ali kusi kwe makumbo awo.
11 Ukatatha dzikherubhu ukawuluka,
ukazha nge lubilo mu mapapilo e phepo.
12 Ukazwizwimba nge zhalima,
makole akamandana matema e vula akaupoteleka.
13 Masimbe e moto akathuta edwa mu lupenyo mbeli kwawo.
14 Yahwe bakadadamula bali zhuzhugwi,
Upezhugwizhugwi kadusa hwi lile.
15 Bakaposa misebe bakapaladza zwita,
bakapenyesa lupenyo gwe vula bakazwipaladza.
16 Ngolo dze gungwa dzikaboneka,
thiwa dze shango dzikabe patjena,
Yahwe pabakatjemela zwita zwabo,
betjemela nge bushongola.
17 Bakaabilila kudwa zhuzhugwi bakanditola,
bakandidubula mu vula yakangina.
18 Bakandiangula mu tjita tjangu tjakasima,
ne muna ibabo banondibenga,
ngoti bakabe bendikulila.
19 Ndakati ndakasimigwa, bakandigwisa
koga Yahwe bakandiangula.
20 Bakandiyisa mu magalo akatalabuka,
Bakandiangula, ngoti bakandishathila.
21 Yahwe banondilipa kuyenda nge ndulamo yangu,
banondibuzila kuyendidzana ne kushaya nlandu kwangu.
22 Ngobe ndakalondolodza milayo ya Yahwe,
andizoshandukila Ndzimu wangu.
23 Ngobe ndayo dzabo dzose dzakanditungamila,
ne ndaulo dzabo dzose andizodzikupila kutjena.
24 Ndakasibe ne nlandu mbeli kwabo,
ndakazwidziba mu jinyo.
25 Ndizo Yahwe bakandibuzila kuyendidzana ne ndulamo yangu,
ne kuyendidzana ne kushaya nlandu kwangu mu mesho abo.
26 Kuna banogalikabgwe mobalakidza kugalikabgwe.
Kuna basina nlandu mobalakidza kusheta nlandu.
27 Kuna bakatjenapala mozwilakidza makatjenapala,
kuna bakakombama muzwilakidza muna bushongola.
28 Motjidza banozwiyisa pasi,
koga mobhatisa shoni banozwikudza.
29 Imwi, ndimwi luvone gwangu Yahwe,
Yahwe ndibo tjedza tjangu mu zhalima.
30 Nge simba lenyu ndonginilila babhayani,
ha ndina Ndzimu wangu ndotjuluka guma.
31 Ndzimu uwoyu zila dzawo dzakalulwama seni,
kugadzabgwe kwa Yahwe ku malebeswa,
tjivikili tja bose banotizhila ku bali.
32 Dumbu Ndzimu ndiani ha isi Yahwe,
kakale Shongwe ndiani kuzhe kwe Ndzimu wedu?
33 Ndzimu ndiwo dizhilo langu lakasima,
ndiwo unothama zila dzangu dzikasibe ne mbatsha.
34 Unothama makumbo angu akanga e phala,
wakandibiga pakatjengeteka pezhugwi.
35 Unodiya zwiazha zwangu kugwa,
kuti ndizo maboko angu atubule peta dati le phangula.
36 Mondipa tjivikili tje jidzo lenyu,
bhatsho yenyu yakandithama nkulu.
37 Makatalabudza pamile makumbo angu,
kuti ndizo makumbo angu asitongo sodzoloka.
38 Ndakatatana ne zwita zwangu azwilobesa
andizoshanduka kudzina zwipela.
39 Ndakazwitemelela zwikawila pasi, kuti ndizo zwisi muke,
zwakawila pasi kwe makumbo angu.
40 Makandiambadza nge simba le ngwa,
mukathama kuti zwita zwangu zwindithigamile.
41 Makathama kuti zwita zwangu zwinditizhe,
ibabo banondibenga, ndakabalobesa.
42 Bakashaka bhatsho, koga bakashaya unobabhatsha,
bakalilila kuna Yahwe, koga bakasibadabile.
43 Ndakabaloba abakwiya bakasala benga hwuluba,
ndakabakanyangila pasi bakasala benga dope le zila.
44 Makandiangula mu bathu be bapanduki,
makandithama adwilila ndili ntungamile we zwitjaba,
bathu bandakabe ndisingazibe bakandishingila.
45 Bataya bakandithigamila,
ndakati ndilebeleka bakandihwa.
46 Bakatemeka mafupa,
bakazha betetema bebhuda mu matizhilo abo.
47 Yahwe banotjila ngakukudziwe shongwe yangu,
ngakukudziwe Ndzimu wangu, shongwe ye jidzo langu,
48 iwo Ndzimu wakandibgwilizila,
ukayisa zwitjaba pasi kwangu.
49 Ukandiangula mu zwita zwangu,
wakandikudza kupinda banyanyaidzi bangu,
ukandiangula mu bathu banopanduka.
50 Ndizo ndowomukudza pakati kwe zwitjaba,
amba njimbo dzinokudza zina lenyu.
51 Ndzimu unopa mambo uwe kukunda kukulu,
unolakidza ludo gusingazunguzike mu nzhodziwa wawo
muna Dafite ne ludzi gugwe nge kusingapele.”