Ntembezelo we mbakililo
1 Mundiangule imwi Yahwe, mu bathu babiibi
mundibakilile muna ibabo banoda ngwa,
2 ibabo banoalakana zwithu zwibiibi mu mikumbulo yabo
kakale bemusa ngwa zhuba ne zhuba.
3 Banokuswa ndimi dzabo dzikapitsha se dze nyoka,
mukati kwe milomo yabo kuzhele bushungu gwe zwitumbimilidzo.
4 Mundibakilile imwi Yahwe mu maboko e babi.
Mundibakilile muna banoda ngwa
bakazwimisila kundidusa mu zila.
5 Banozwikudza bakandisumbikila bhuzha
kakale bakandiwalila gwanga nge misungo,
bakanditeya nenge pakati kwe zila.
6 Ndodwa Yahwe nditi, “Mu Ndzimu wangu,
mundihweni Yahwe, mu ntembezelo wangu!”
7 Imwi Yahwe, She wangu, ntjidzi wangu wakasima,
makafukidza nsholo wangu mu zhuba le ngwa.
8 Musiletje babi bakashinga njemulo dzabo,
imwi Yahwe, musidwilidze mazwimisilo abo e bubi.
9 Ibabo bakandipoteleka,
bubi gwabano ndiyemulila
ngagushanduke guwile pezhugwi kwabo!
10 Masimbe anopisa ngaatebukile pezhugwi kwabo!
Ngabatshindikigwe mukati kwe gomba, basitjafe babhuda!
11 Nlebi we shaya ngaashaye midzi mu shango,
bubi ngagutjimbidze guvime banoda ngwa gubatshibikile!
12 Ndoziba kuti Yahwe banomila ndebeleko ye nsheti,
kakale banothamila ndulamo bashayi.
13 Tjoselele balulwami banowotenda zina lenyu,
bakatambunuka banowotjilila mbeli kwenyu.
Ntembezelo we mbakililo
1 Mundiangule imwi Yahwe, mu bathu babiibi
mundibakilile muna ibabo banoda ngwa,
2 ibabo banoalakana zwithu zwibiibi mu mikumbulo yabo
kakale bemusa ngwa zhuba ne zhuba.
3 Banokuswa ndimi dzabo dzikapitsha se dze nyoka,
mukati kwe milomo yabo kuzhele bushungu gwe zwitumbimilidzo.
4 Mundibakilile imwi Yahwe mu maboko e babi.
Mundibakilile muna banoda ngwa
bakazwimisila kundidusa mu zila.
5 Banozwikudza bakandisumbikila bhuzha
kakale bakandiwalila gwanga nge misungo,
bakanditeya nenge pakati kwe zila.
6 Ndodwa Yahwe nditi, “Mu Ndzimu wangu,
mundihweni Yahwe, mu ntembezelo wangu!”
7 Imwi Yahwe, She wangu, ntjidzi wangu wakasima,
makafukidza nsholo wangu mu zhuba le ngwa.
8 Musiletje babi bakashinga njemulo dzabo,
imwi Yahwe, musidwilidze mazwimisilo abo e bubi.
9 Ibabo bakandipoteleka,
bubi gwabano ndiyemulila
ngagushanduke guwile pezhugwi kwabo!
10 Masimbe anopisa ngaatebukile pezhugwi kwabo!
Ngabatshindikigwe mukati kwe gomba, basitjafe babhuda!
11 Nlebi we shaya ngaashaye midzi mu shango,
bubi ngagutjimbidze guvime banoda ngwa gubatshibikile!
12 Ndoziba kuti Yahwe banomila ndebeleko ye nsheti,
kakale banothamila ndulamo bashayi.
13 Tjoselele balulwami banowotenda zina lenyu,
bakatambunuka banowotjilila mbeli kwenyu.