1 “Ini Masimbawose basingabige zwibaka zwe kusumikilisa kene,
ini ibabo banobaziba basingatongobona zhuba le ndulamo kene?
2 Bathu banofulusa migathu,
bakatapa zwithuwo ngono bakazwifudza.
3 Banotapa madonki e siyang'wa
bakatola ngabe ye tjilikadzi bakaibigilidza.
4 Banopinganyidza bashayi mu zila
basheti be shango bose banobgwata.
5 Bonani banonga madonki e shango ali mu tjilambanyika,
banoyenda yenda beshinga, beshaka tjingajiwa,
mu shango beshakila bana zojiwa.
6 Banovuna mu minda dzisi dzabo
banotjela mu minda dze zhambi dze babiibi.
7 Banoizela basakasungila abana zwiambalo,
abana naiyo ngubo yabangafuka akupota.
8 Banonigwa nge vula dze matombo,
ngono bakatizhila hwunde ye shongwe kusina pabangatizhila.
9 Banodzamula siyang'wa dzitjamwa muna bomayi,
bakatola shabana dze bashayi kulipa zwikoloto.
10 Banoyenda yenda basina zwiambalo
bana zhala, besenga zwiyako zwe mathunde.
11 Banokuna mafuta mu mitjelo ye mitoba ne nkumbi mu zhambi,
koga ibo be bulawa nge nyota.
12 Kugomela kwe banofa kohwika mu nzi nkulu
ne be mimoyo yakafubala banolila bekumbila bhatsho
koga nenguba kwakajalo Ndzimu autobateedza.
13 “Bathu ibaba ndibo banofupatila tjedza,
abatozibisisa zila dzatjo kene kuli kutjitobela.
14 Mabamba kuyedza mbulayi unomilika,
kanobulaya ndziyili ne nsheti,
mu busiku kabhuda se mbava.
15 Zhisho le phombgwe lomilila kuti kubhate,
ibe izwidwa iti, ‘Akuna unondibona,’
ngono ikazwifukidza buso nge jila.
16 Mulima mbava dzopkhwanya ng'umba
akuyedza dzozwizhalilila mu ng'umba,
adzitoshaka tjedza pa dzili.
17 Zhalima lakati zwii mangwanana ku bali bose,
ngobe bazwalani be zwinotjisa zwe zhalima.
18 “Unoti, ‘Mbimbi unosengwa nge nkubila,
gobe le shango iye lakalongwa bhiso,
kuti ndizo kushaye unoyenda ku minda dzabo dze mizhambi.
19 Zhuba ne pisa konyawusa kapuku
ndizo bugalo gwe bafi gothamila ibabo bakatjinya saikoku.
20 Mme be ntjinyi ngaban'kangang'we,
ngaazipile hwonyana,
babi basitongotjakumbugwa ndodwa.
Bubi gowokolomogwa se nti watemiwa!’
21 “Banovima balumbila,
bakasilakidze lubu ku tjilikadzi.
22 Koga Ndzimu unowatsha butjilo gwe bakasima nge simba lawo,
banomilika bakasima ha bapelegwa mu butjilo.
23 Unobapa mbakililiko bakakulumbidziwa,
wakabiga zhisho zila dzabo nge njele.
24 Banokudziwa kwe tjibaka tjitukununu, kudwapo abatjipo,
koga banowoyisiwa pasi bakanga mmwe ne mmwe,
bakabuna se zwiyako zwe mathunde.
25 Akuzojalo kene? Ndiani unganyanyaidza kene?
Kalakidza ha matama angu asitjimwe kene?”
1 “Ini Masimbawose basingabige zwibaka zwe kusumikilisa kene,
ini ibabo banobaziba basingatongobona zhuba le ndulamo kene?
2 Bathu banofulusa migathu,
bakatapa zwithuwo ngono bakazwifudza.
3 Banotapa madonki e siyang'wa
bakatola ngabe ye tjilikadzi bakaibigilidza.
4 Banopinganyidza bashayi mu zila
basheti be shango bose banobgwata.
5 Bonani banonga madonki e shango ali mu tjilambanyika,
banoyenda yenda beshinga, beshaka tjingajiwa,
mu shango beshakila bana zojiwa.
6 Banovuna mu minda dzisi dzabo
banotjela mu minda dze zhambi dze babiibi.
7 Banoizela basakasungila abana zwiambalo,
abana naiyo ngubo yabangafuka akupota.
8 Banonigwa nge vula dze matombo,
ngono bakatizhila hwunde ye shongwe kusina pabangatizhila.
9 Banodzamula siyang'wa dzitjamwa muna bomayi,
bakatola shabana dze bashayi kulipa zwikoloto.
10 Banoyenda yenda basina zwiambalo
bana zhala, besenga zwiyako zwe mathunde.
11 Banokuna mafuta mu mitjelo ye mitoba ne nkumbi mu zhambi,
koga ibo be bulawa nge nyota.
12 Kugomela kwe banofa kohwika mu nzi nkulu
ne be mimoyo yakafubala banolila bekumbila bhatsho
koga nenguba kwakajalo Ndzimu autobateedza.
13 “Bathu ibaba ndibo banofupatila tjedza,
abatozibisisa zila dzatjo kene kuli kutjitobela.
14 Mabamba kuyedza mbulayi unomilika,
kanobulaya ndziyili ne nsheti,
mu busiku kabhuda se mbava.
15 Zhisho le phombgwe lomilila kuti kubhate,
ibe izwidwa iti, ‘Akuna unondibona,’
ngono ikazwifukidza buso nge jila.
16 Mulima mbava dzopkhwanya ng'umba
akuyedza dzozwizhalilila mu ng'umba,
adzitoshaka tjedza pa dzili.
17 Zhalima lakati zwii mangwanana ku bali bose,
ngobe bazwalani be zwinotjisa zwe zhalima.
18 “Unoti, ‘Mbimbi unosengwa nge nkubila,
gobe le shango iye lakalongwa bhiso,
kuti ndizo kushaye unoyenda ku minda dzabo dze mizhambi.
19 Zhuba ne pisa konyawusa kapuku
ndizo bugalo gwe bafi gothamila ibabo bakatjinya saikoku.
20 Mme be ntjinyi ngaban'kangang'we,
ngaazipile hwonyana,
babi basitongotjakumbugwa ndodwa.
Bubi gowokolomogwa se nti watemiwa!’
21 “Banovima balumbila,
bakasilakidze lubu ku tjilikadzi.
22 Koga Ndzimu unowatsha butjilo gwe bakasima nge simba lawo,
banomilika bakasima ha bapelegwa mu butjilo.
23 Unobapa mbakililiko bakakulumbidziwa,
wakabiga zhisho zila dzabo nge njele.
24 Banokudziwa kwe tjibaka tjitukununu, kudwapo abatjipo,
koga banowoyisiwa pasi bakanga mmwe ne mmwe,
bakabuna se zwiyako zwe mathunde.
25 Akuzojalo kene? Ndiani unganyanyaidza kene?
Kalakidza ha matama angu asitjimwe kene?”