Mika unokayikanya batungamili be Iziraela
1 Ngono ndakati,
“Ihwani woku imwi batungamili ba Jakubo,
imwi babusi be bathu be Iziraela.
Apa ate kulikwenyu kuziba kutambunuka kene?
2 Imwi munobenga tjakanaka ngono mukada tjakabipa,
imwi muno mwawula ganda le bathu bangu,
ne nyama muyimwawula mu mafupa abo,
3 imwi munoja nyama ye bathu bangu
muviya ganda labo mulisundula mubali,
muvunilila mafupa abo ebe zwitibhutibhu
mubatemelela semunoti i nyama inolongwa mu ikajana,
se nyama inolongwa mu hali.”
4 Ngono ipapo banowolilila Yahwe
koga abatowobadabila.
Banowobasumbikila buso gwabo mu tjibaka itjetjo
ngekwe bubi gwabakashinga.
5 Yahwe bakati ngekwe balebesambeli banotungamilila bathu bangu ntome, belebeleka
beti, “Kunyalala,”
bedwa wabapa tjinojiwa,
koga usabapa tjinojiwa
bebe belulwamisila kugwa naye.
6 Ndizo wali kowobe busiku kumuli gusina mbono,
zhalima lowobe mu muli lisina ndakidzo.
Zhuba lowomilila balebesambeli,
ngono masikati anowobatundubalila balebesambeli.
7 Baboni banowolengudzika,
bakandili banowobhakhwa nge shoni,
bose koga banowozwimba njiso dzabo
ngoti kusina dabilo kudwa ku Ndzimu.
8 Koga imi ndizhele simba,
nge Meya ya Yahwe
ne kutambunuka ne masimba
kubudza Jakubo bupanduki gugwe,
kubudza Iziraela tjibi tjitje.
9 “Ihwani woku imwi batungamili be nsha wa Jakubo,
imwi babusi be bathu be Iziraela
banoshima kutambunuka,
mube muleyanya kose kwakatambunuka,
10 imwi munobaka Ziyoni ngotebula malopa,
mubaka Jerusalema nge mbipo.
11 Babusi bayo banosumikilisila tjizwimba nlomo,
bapirisiti banodiyila themba,
ne balebesambeli bayo banokandila bebona mari.
Koga benayila Yahwe bebe beti,
‘Apa Yahwe abateli pakati kwedu kene?
Akuna mbatsha dzingatiwila.’
12 Ndizo wali nge kwenyu
Ziyoni inowolimiwa se nnda,
Jerusalema inowobe duluthulu le malala
duthu le ng'umba ye Ndzimu likabe datha lakamela ishakana.”
Mika unokayikanya batungamili be Iziraela
1 Ngono ndakati,
“Ihwani woku imwi batungamili ba Jakubo,
imwi babusi be bathu be Iziraela.
Apa ate kulikwenyu kuziba kutambunuka kene?
2 Imwi munobenga tjakanaka ngono mukada tjakabipa,
imwi muno mwawula ganda le bathu bangu,
ne nyama muyimwawula mu mafupa abo,
3 imwi munoja nyama ye bathu bangu
muviya ganda labo mulisundula mubali,
muvunilila mafupa abo ebe zwitibhutibhu
mubatemelela semunoti i nyama inolongwa mu ikajana,
se nyama inolongwa mu hali.”
4 Ngono ipapo banowolilila Yahwe
koga abatowobadabila.
Banowobasumbikila buso gwabo mu tjibaka itjetjo
ngekwe bubi gwabakashinga.
5 Yahwe bakati ngekwe balebesambeli banotungamilila bathu bangu ntome, belebeleka
beti, “Kunyalala,”
bedwa wabapa tjinojiwa,
koga usabapa tjinojiwa
bebe belulwamisila kugwa naye.
6 Ndizo wali kowobe busiku kumuli gusina mbono,
zhalima lowobe mu muli lisina ndakidzo.
Zhuba lowomilila balebesambeli,
ngono masikati anowobatundubalila balebesambeli.
7 Baboni banowolengudzika,
bakandili banowobhakhwa nge shoni,
bose koga banowozwimba njiso dzabo
ngoti kusina dabilo kudwa ku Ndzimu.
8 Koga imi ndizhele simba,
nge Meya ya Yahwe
ne kutambunuka ne masimba
kubudza Jakubo bupanduki gugwe,
kubudza Iziraela tjibi tjitje.
9 “Ihwani woku imwi batungamili be nsha wa Jakubo,
imwi babusi be bathu be Iziraela
banoshima kutambunuka,
mube muleyanya kose kwakatambunuka,
10 imwi munobaka Ziyoni ngotebula malopa,
mubaka Jerusalema nge mbipo.
11 Babusi bayo banosumikilisila tjizwimba nlomo,
bapirisiti banodiyila themba,
ne balebesambeli bayo banokandila bebona mari.
Koga benayila Yahwe bebe beti,
‘Apa Yahwe abateli pakati kwedu kene?
Akuna mbatsha dzingatiwila.’
12 Ndizo wali nge kwenyu
Ziyoni inowolimiwa se nnda,
Jerusalema inowobe duluthulu le malala
duthu le ng'umba ye Ndzimu likabe datha lakamela ishakana.”