Matama a Aguri
1 Matama a Aguri nkololo wa Jake we Masa.
Nthu unoti kuna Itiyeli, kuna Itiyeli ne kuna Ukali:
2 Malebeswa wose ndi tjilengwesa kuti ndibe nthu.
Andina hwisiso ye nthu.
3 Andizozwidiya butjenjedu,
naiko kuziba ngekwa iye Wakayengemala.
4 Ndiyani wakatathila kudzimu kabuya ka delukila pasi?
Ndiani wakafumbatila phepo mu mbaka dzidze?
Ndiyani wakapetela vula nge tjiambalo?
Ndiyani wakasika mbizho dzose dze shango?
Zina lile ndiani, ne zina le nkololo uwe ndiani?
Nge malebeswa unoziba!
5 Dama limwe ne limwe le Ndzimu lakanatshiwa;
ndiwo tjivikiso kuna banotizhila kuwuli.
6 Usitongo paphidza matama awo,
ungadwa ukakutjemela, udwa uwangwa uli nnyepi.
7 Zwithu zwibili zwandinokumbila kumuli,
musindilambile izo ndisathu afa,
8 Dusilani kule nami zwisiyizo ne manyephwa,
musindipe bushayi kene fumwa,
mundigutshe ne zojiwa zwandinosheta,
9 ndingadwa ndi guta, ndibe ndimuzwilandula,
nditi, “Yahwe ndiyani?”
Kene ndidwa ndibe nshayi ndibe ndikwiba,
ndibe nditjinya zina le Ndzimu wangu.
10 Usitongo nyeya nlanda kuna tetshi uwe,
asidwe ekulonga bhiso, ubouwang'wa uli nlandu.
11 Kuna ibabo banolonga botate babo bhiso,
basingakombolele bomme babo.
12 Kuna ibabo babuya mu mesho abo,
koga basakangudziwa shambgwa yabo.
13 Kuna ibabo be mesho anozwikudza,
anolingila pezhugwi!
14 Kuna ibabo bana meno anopitsha
be meno e mipanga,
kuponda bashayi mu shango,
bashayi kubadusa mu bathu.
15 Munyopi tjina bakololokadzi babili;
“Mundipe, mundipe,” banolila.
Kuna zwithu zwitatu zwisingafe zwa gutshika,
zwinna azwitotongoti, “Kwa lizana”:
16 ikumbu, mbeleko isingazwale,
shango inogala ina nyota ye vula,
ne moto usingatongoti, “Kwa lizana.”
17 Zhisho linodadila tate,
linolingila kuhwa mme balo pasi
lowokopogwa nge makungubo e nkuku
likanojiwa nge magola.
18 Zwithu zwitatu zwinonditjenamisa,
zwinna anditozwihwisisa,
19 zila ye dzu mu makole,
zila ye nyoka mu shongwe,
zila ye ikepe mu makungwa,
ne zila ye nlume ne nsikana.
20 Ndiyo zila ye phombgwekadzi,
unoja, ebe bukusha nlomo,
ebuya eti, “Hakuna tja ndatjinya.”
21 Zwithu zwitatu zwinozunguza shango,
zwinna zwaisingatubule kumilana nazo,
22 nlanda ha ebe mambo,
ne tjilengwe ha tjakaguta zojiwa,
23 nkadzi usingadiwe ha ewana nlume,
ne nlandakadzi ha etolela tetshikadzi uwe nlume.
24 Zwithu zwinna mu shango zwitukununu,
koga zwakatjenjela kwazo,
25 ntjenje ludzi gusakasima,
ngono unozwikubunganyila zojiwa mu zhizha,
26 mbila ludzi gusakasima,
ngono dzothama mizi yadzo mu shongwe,
27 phashu adzina mambo,
ngono dzoyenda dzili nlunda,
28 tjibululu ungatjibhata ne luboko,
koga tjogala mu ng'umba dza bomambo.
29 Zwithu zwitatu zwinotshamba tjimambo,
zwinna zotshamba sa bomambo,
30 shumba, iyo yakasima kupinda zwibandana zose,
akuna tjainotja,
31 gukurume linotanyaila, phoko ye mbudzi,
na mambo unotanyayila mbeli kwe bathu babe.
32 Ha wakabe uli tjilengwe, uzwikudza,
kene wakabe uluka bubi,
bhata nlomo uwo.
33 Ngoti nkaka ha unonubugwa unodusa mafuta,
kutshamba tjimilo kodusa malopa,
ne kushoka kugwadzamoyo ko zhisa kukwebakwebana.
Matama a Aguri
1 Matama a Aguri nkololo wa Jake we Masa.
Nthu unoti kuna Itiyeli, kuna Itiyeli ne kuna Ukali:
2 Malebeswa wose ndi tjilengwesa kuti ndibe nthu.
Andina hwisiso ye nthu.
3 Andizozwidiya butjenjedu,
naiko kuziba ngekwa iye Wakayengemala.
4 Ndiyani wakatathila kudzimu kabuya ka delukila pasi?
Ndiani wakafumbatila phepo mu mbaka dzidze?
Ndiyani wakapetela vula nge tjiambalo?
Ndiyani wakasika mbizho dzose dze shango?
Zina lile ndiani, ne zina le nkololo uwe ndiani?
Nge malebeswa unoziba!
5 Dama limwe ne limwe le Ndzimu lakanatshiwa;
ndiwo tjivikiso kuna banotizhila kuwuli.
6 Usitongo paphidza matama awo,
ungadwa ukakutjemela, udwa uwangwa uli nnyepi.
7 Zwithu zwibili zwandinokumbila kumuli,
musindilambile izo ndisathu afa,
8 Dusilani kule nami zwisiyizo ne manyephwa,
musindipe bushayi kene fumwa,
mundigutshe ne zojiwa zwandinosheta,
9 ndingadwa ndi guta, ndibe ndimuzwilandula,
nditi, “Yahwe ndiyani?”
Kene ndidwa ndibe nshayi ndibe ndikwiba,
ndibe nditjinya zina le Ndzimu wangu.
10 Usitongo nyeya nlanda kuna tetshi uwe,
asidwe ekulonga bhiso, ubouwang'wa uli nlandu.
11 Kuna ibabo banolonga botate babo bhiso,
basingakombolele bomme babo.
12 Kuna ibabo babuya mu mesho abo,
koga basakangudziwa shambgwa yabo.
13 Kuna ibabo be mesho anozwikudza,
anolingila pezhugwi!
14 Kuna ibabo bana meno anopitsha
be meno e mipanga,
kuponda bashayi mu shango,
bashayi kubadusa mu bathu.
15 Munyopi tjina bakololokadzi babili;
“Mundipe, mundipe,” banolila.
Kuna zwithu zwitatu zwisingafe zwa gutshika,
zwinna azwitotongoti, “Kwa lizana”:
16 ikumbu, mbeleko isingazwale,
shango inogala ina nyota ye vula,
ne moto usingatongoti, “Kwa lizana.”
17 Zhisho linodadila tate,
linolingila kuhwa mme balo pasi
lowokopogwa nge makungubo e nkuku
likanojiwa nge magola.
18 Zwithu zwitatu zwinonditjenamisa,
zwinna anditozwihwisisa,
19 zila ye dzu mu makole,
zila ye nyoka mu shongwe,
zila ye ikepe mu makungwa,
ne zila ye nlume ne nsikana.
20 Ndiyo zila ye phombgwekadzi,
unoja, ebe bukusha nlomo,
ebuya eti, “Hakuna tja ndatjinya.”
21 Zwithu zwitatu zwinozunguza shango,
zwinna zwaisingatubule kumilana nazo,
22 nlanda ha ebe mambo,
ne tjilengwe ha tjakaguta zojiwa,
23 nkadzi usingadiwe ha ewana nlume,
ne nlandakadzi ha etolela tetshikadzi uwe nlume.
24 Zwithu zwinna mu shango zwitukununu,
koga zwakatjenjela kwazo,
25 ntjenje ludzi gusakasima,
ngono unozwikubunganyila zojiwa mu zhizha,
26 mbila ludzi gusakasima,
ngono dzothama mizi yadzo mu shongwe,
27 phashu adzina mambo,
ngono dzoyenda dzili nlunda,
28 tjibululu ungatjibhata ne luboko,
koga tjogala mu ng'umba dza bomambo.
29 Zwithu zwitatu zwinotshamba tjimambo,
zwinna zotshamba sa bomambo,
30 shumba, iyo yakasima kupinda zwibandana zose,
akuna tjainotja,
31 gukurume linotanyaila, phoko ye mbudzi,
na mambo unotanyayila mbeli kwe bathu babe.
32 Ha wakabe uli tjilengwe, uzwikudza,
kene wakabe uluka bubi,
bhata nlomo uwo.
33 Ngoti nkaka ha unonubugwa unodusa mafuta,
kutshamba tjimilo kodusa malopa,
ne kushoka kugwadzamoyo ko zhisa kukwebakwebana.