Ndulamo ya Yahwe mu bathu babo!
Tendani Yahwe ngobe bakalulwama,
ngobe ludo gwabo gusingazunguzike gumile nge kusingapele kose.
2 Apa ndiyani ungaleba ngekwe mishingo mikulu ya Yahwe,
kene kulakidza kukudziwa kwabo kene?
3 Bakakombolegwa bana njele ne ndulamo,
ibabo banothama ndulamo misi yose.

4 Mundikumbule, imwi Yahwe, ha mumilila bathu benyu,
mundibhatshe amubatjidza,
5 kuti ndibone gombolelo le bashalugwa benyu,
kuti ndishathile shatho ye itjaba tjenyu,
kuti ndimukudzebo ne lukata gwenyu.
6 Takatjinya iswi tose na bobatategulu bedu,
takathama tjibi, tikathama bubi.
7 Bobatategulu bedu bali ku Egipiti,
abazothamila hanya mishingo yenyu inotjenamisa,
abazokumbulukigwa bunji gwe ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike,
koga bakapandukila Upezhugwi pezhugwi pa Gungwa Shaba.
8 Koga ibo bakababhatsha bethamila zina labo,
kuti ndizo kuzibgwe ngekwe simba labo gulu.
9 Bakatjemela Gungwa Shaba, gukapkhwa.
Bakabatungamila mu tjilambanyika.
10 Ndizo bakabadzutunula mu luboko gwe nnyanyayidzi,
bakabadzutunula mu luboko gwe tjita.
11 Vula ika kwididza banyanyayidzi babo.
Akuna ne nng'ompela wabo wakasala.
12 Ndizo bakagalamoyo mu matama abo,
bakamba njimbo dzinokudza Ndzimu.
13 Koga tjinyolotjo bakakangang'wa mishingo yabo,
abazolindila gumbuludzo labo.
14 Koga bakabe ne kudzungayila kwe njemulo pakati kwe shango,
ndizo bakalika Ndzimu mu tjilambanyika,
15 Ukabapa tjabakabe bakumbila,
koga ukatumila bugwele gwakabipa pakati kwabo.
16 Balume ba mu mishasha bakathamila Mushe fupa
na Aroni N'yengemali wa Yahwe,
17 shango ikazhuka ikamidza Dathani,
kakale ikavukidzila goko la Abiramu.
18 Moto na iwobo ukamuka ukapisa goko labo,
nthuto ukapisa babi.
19 Bakathama ifano tje phulu ku Horebu
ngono bakanamata ifano tjakabumbiwa.
20 Bakatetshanya gudzo le Ndzimu
nge ifano tje ngabe inofula bushwa.
21 Bakakangang'wa Ndzimu ntjidzi wabo,
wakathama zwithu zwikulukulu mu Egipiti,
22 mishingo inotjenamisa mu shango ya Hamu,
ne mishingo inotjisa pa Gungwa Shaba.
23 Ndizo wakabe eti unobalobesa,
ha Mushe nshalugwa wawo, akabe,
asama mu nkoto mbeli kwawo,
kushandusa bushongola gwawo mu kubalobesa.
24 Ndizo bakasola shango inoyemulika,
bakashaya kugalamoyo mu kugadzabgwe kwawo.
25 Bakang'ong'ola mu mishasha yabo,
ngono bakasiteedze hwi la Yahwe.
26 Ndizo bakamilidza luboko gwabo bakatuna
kuti banowobathama kuti bawe mu tjilambanyika,
27 kakale banowopaladza zwizekugwana zwabo nge zwitjaba,
bebapaladza bezhala shango.
28 Ndizo bakazwibhatshanya na Bhaale we Pheori,
bakaja zwibhayilo zwakapiwa bafi,
29 Bakashongola Yahwe bebagwadzisa moyo nge mishingo yabo mibi,
ngono shamu ikabawila.
30 Ndizo Finihasi kamilika kabakumbilila,
ngono shamu ikamisiwa.
31 Ikoku kwakatogwa ili ndulamo ya Finihasi
kudwa mu tjizekugwana kunoti ku tjimwe nge kusingapele kose.
32 Bakagwadzisa Yahwe moyo ku misenya ye Meriba,
ngono Mushe wakangina mu manikano nge zila yabo,
33 ngobe bakadzonga meya dzidze,
bakathama kuti Mushe alebe matama mafu.
34 Abazolobesa zwitjaba
sekwa kwabakadwiwa ndi Yahwe,
35 koga bakalobolelana ne zwitjaba zwipoga
ngono bakazwidiya mipanga yabo.
36 Bakashingila midzimu yabo,
kwakabe gwanga ku bali.
37 Bakathama bakololo babo zwibhayilo
ne bakololokadzi babo bakababhayila midzimu.
38 Bakatebula lopa lisina nlandu,
lopa le bakololo ne bakololokadzi babo,
babakadusa ili zwibhayilo ku midzimu ye Bakanana,
ngono shango ikatemapadziwa nge lopa lile.
39 Bakazwitemapadza nge mishingo yabo,
kakale bakathama bufukula nge zwabanoshinga.
40 Ndizo Yahwe bakagwadzila moyo bathu babo,
ngono bakashima lukata gwabo,
41 bakabalonga mu maboko e zwitjaba zwipoga,
kuti ndizo babusiwe ndi ibabo bakababenga.
42 Zwita zwabo zwakabatshambilidza,
bakakundiwa bakabe pasi kwe simba lazo.
43 Yahwe bakabagwila kanjinji,
koga ibo bakabapandukila nge mazwimisilo abo,
ngono bakayisiwa pasi ngekwe matjinyo abo.
44 Nenguba kwakajalo bakabayitila hanya mu kuhwa zogwadza kwabo,
pabakahwa tjililo tjabo.
45 Bakakumbulukigwa tjidumano tjabo nge kwabo,
kuyendidzana nge ludo gwabo gusingazunguzike bakabuza moyo.
46 Bakathama kuti bahwigwe zogwadza
nge bathu bose bakabe bakabathama basungwa.
47 Mutitjidze, imwi Yahwe, Ndzimu wedu,
kakale mutikubunganye kudwa mu zwitjaba,
kuti ndizo tiboke zina lenyu lakayengemala
ne gudzo mu kukudziwa kwenyu.
48 Ngakukudziwe Yahwe, Ndzimu we Iziraela,
kudwa kusingapele kunoti kusingapele.
Ngono bathu bose ngabati, “Ngakujalo.”
Kudzani Yahwe!
Ndulamo ya Yahwe mu bathu babo!
Tendani Yahwe ngobe bakalulwama,
ngobe ludo gwabo gusingazunguzike gumile nge kusingapele kose.
2 Apa ndiyani ungaleba ngekwe mishingo mikulu ya Yahwe,
kene kulakidza kukudziwa kwabo kene?
3 Bakakombolegwa bana njele ne ndulamo,
ibabo banothama ndulamo misi yose.

4 Mundikumbule, imwi Yahwe, ha mumilila bathu benyu,
mundibhatshe amubatjidza,
5 kuti ndibone gombolelo le bashalugwa benyu,
kuti ndishathile shatho ye itjaba tjenyu,
kuti ndimukudzebo ne lukata gwenyu.
6 Takatjinya iswi tose na bobatategulu bedu,
takathama tjibi, tikathama bubi.
7 Bobatategulu bedu bali ku Egipiti,
abazothamila hanya mishingo yenyu inotjenamisa,
abazokumbulukigwa bunji gwe ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike,
koga bakapandukila Upezhugwi pezhugwi pa Gungwa Shaba.
8 Koga ibo bakababhatsha bethamila zina labo,
kuti ndizo kuzibgwe ngekwe simba labo gulu.
9 Bakatjemela Gungwa Shaba, gukapkhwa.
Bakabatungamila mu tjilambanyika.
10 Ndizo bakabadzutunula mu luboko gwe nnyanyayidzi,
bakabadzutunula mu luboko gwe tjita.
11 Vula ika kwididza banyanyayidzi babo.
Akuna ne nng'ompela wabo wakasala.
12 Ndizo bakagalamoyo mu matama abo,
bakamba njimbo dzinokudza Ndzimu.
13 Koga tjinyolotjo bakakangang'wa mishingo yabo,
abazolindila gumbuludzo labo.
14 Koga bakabe ne kudzungayila kwe njemulo pakati kwe shango,
ndizo bakalika Ndzimu mu tjilambanyika,
15 Ukabapa tjabakabe bakumbila,
koga ukatumila bugwele gwakabipa pakati kwabo.
16 Balume ba mu mishasha bakathamila Mushe fupa
na Aroni N'yengemali wa Yahwe,
17 shango ikazhuka ikamidza Dathani,
kakale ikavukidzila goko la Abiramu.
18 Moto na iwobo ukamuka ukapisa goko labo,
nthuto ukapisa babi.
19 Bakathama ifano tje phulu ku Horebu
ngono bakanamata ifano tjakabumbiwa.
20 Bakatetshanya gudzo le Ndzimu
nge ifano tje ngabe inofula bushwa.
21 Bakakangang'wa Ndzimu ntjidzi wabo,
wakathama zwithu zwikulukulu mu Egipiti,
22 mishingo inotjenamisa mu shango ya Hamu,
ne mishingo inotjisa pa Gungwa Shaba.
23 Ndizo wakabe eti unobalobesa,
ha Mushe nshalugwa wawo, akabe,
asama mu nkoto mbeli kwawo,
kushandusa bushongola gwawo mu kubalobesa.
24 Ndizo bakasola shango inoyemulika,
bakashaya kugalamoyo mu kugadzabgwe kwawo.
25 Bakang'ong'ola mu mishasha yabo,
ngono bakasiteedze hwi la Yahwe.
26 Ndizo bakamilidza luboko gwabo bakatuna
kuti banowobathama kuti bawe mu tjilambanyika,
27 kakale banowopaladza zwizekugwana zwabo nge zwitjaba,
bebapaladza bezhala shango.
28 Ndizo bakazwibhatshanya na Bhaale we Pheori,
bakaja zwibhayilo zwakapiwa bafi,
29 Bakashongola Yahwe bebagwadzisa moyo nge mishingo yabo mibi,
ngono shamu ikabawila.
30 Ndizo Finihasi kamilika kabakumbilila,
ngono shamu ikamisiwa.
31 Ikoku kwakatogwa ili ndulamo ya Finihasi
kudwa mu tjizekugwana kunoti ku tjimwe nge kusingapele kose.
32 Bakagwadzisa Yahwe moyo ku misenya ye Meriba,
ngono Mushe wakangina mu manikano nge zila yabo,
33 ngobe bakadzonga meya dzidze,
bakathama kuti Mushe alebe matama mafu.
34 Abazolobesa zwitjaba
sekwa kwabakadwiwa ndi Yahwe,
35 koga bakalobolelana ne zwitjaba zwipoga
ngono bakazwidiya mipanga yabo.
36 Bakashingila midzimu yabo,
kwakabe gwanga ku bali.
37 Bakathama bakololo babo zwibhayilo
ne bakololokadzi babo bakababhayila midzimu.
38 Bakatebula lopa lisina nlandu,
lopa le bakololo ne bakololokadzi babo,
babakadusa ili zwibhayilo ku midzimu ye Bakanana,
ngono shango ikatemapadziwa nge lopa lile.
39 Bakazwitemapadza nge mishingo yabo,
kakale bakathama bufukula nge zwabanoshinga.
40 Ndizo Yahwe bakagwadzila moyo bathu babo,
ngono bakashima lukata gwabo,
41 bakabalonga mu maboko e zwitjaba zwipoga,
kuti ndizo babusiwe ndi ibabo bakababenga.
42 Zwita zwabo zwakabatshambilidza,
bakakundiwa bakabe pasi kwe simba lazo.
43 Yahwe bakabagwila kanjinji,
koga ibo bakabapandukila nge mazwimisilo abo,
ngono bakayisiwa pasi ngekwe matjinyo abo.
44 Nenguba kwakajalo bakabayitila hanya mu kuhwa zogwadza kwabo,
pabakahwa tjililo tjabo.
45 Bakakumbulukigwa tjidumano tjabo nge kwabo,
kuyendidzana nge ludo gwabo gusingazunguzike bakabuza moyo.
46 Bakathama kuti bahwigwe zogwadza
nge bathu bose bakabe bakabathama basungwa.
47 Mutitjidze, imwi Yahwe, Ndzimu wedu,
kakale mutikubunganye kudwa mu zwitjaba,
kuti ndizo tiboke zina lenyu lakayengemala
ne gudzo mu kukudziwa kwenyu.
48 Ngakukudziwe Yahwe, Ndzimu we Iziraela,
kudwa kusingapele kunoti kusingapele.
Ngono bathu bose ngabati, “Ngakujalo.”
Kudzani Yahwe!