Ntembezelo wekutjidza balulwami mu zwita
1 Mundiangule mu zwita zwangu, Ndzimu;
mundivikile muna ibabo banondigwisa.
2 Mundiangule muna ibabo banoshinga bubi;
munditjidze muzwing'wamalopa.
3 Nangwenu bakandilalila beshaka pedza butjilo gwangu.
Ibabo bakasima banondigwisa,
ngono kusina mmwe nlandu
kene tjibi tjabanondigwisila Yahwe,
4 akuna itjo tjandakatjinya, koga banolabuka
bezwilulwamisila kundihwisa zogwadza.
Milikani, mundibhatshe kakale mubone tjinoshingikala!
5 Yahwe Ndzimu we mibunga, Ndzimu we Iziraela.
Mukani mulobe zwitjaba zose;
mushaye wamasiya wa ibabo bematjenjedu
banotjenjelela kuthama bubi.
6 Madekwana mamwe ne mamwe banobuya, bebukula
se mbgwa kakale beyendayenda mu nzi nkulu.
7 Habajee, banobomba nge milomo yabo,
ne matama anopitsha mu milomo yabo,
banoalakana beti, “Ndiani unowotihwa?”
8 Koga mobaseka, Yahwe
moseka tjaba dzose bulengwe.
9 Imwi simba langu, ndowogala ndilipejo namwi;
ngobe imwi, Ndzimu, ndimwi luswingo gwakandibakilila.
10 Ndzimu wangu unowondishanganidza mu ludo gwawo gusingazunguzike;
Ndzimu wangu unowothama kuti ndikunde zwita zwangu.
11 Musibabulaye, pamwe bathu bakanyi kwangu bangadwa bekangang'wa;
thamani kuti badzungayile nge simba lenyu,
mubadelusile pasi, imwi She, tjivikili tjedu.
12 Muthamila tjibi tje milomo yabo ne matama anodwa mu milomo yabo.
Ngababhatshigwe nge mazwikudzu abo.
Muthamila bhiso ne manyepkhwa abanoleba.
13 Mubalobese nge bushongola gwenyu,
mubalobese kuswikila bepelela.
Kuti bathu bazibe kuti Ndzimu unobusa tjaba ya Jakubo
kunoti ku phelelo dze shango.
14 Madekwana mamwe ne mamwe banobuya,
bebukula se mbgwa
kakale beyendayenda mu nzi nkulu.
15 Banotendeleka beshaka zojiwa,
kakale bebomba ha basingawane tjinobagutsha.
16 Koga ndowomba ngekwe simba lenyu;
ndowombila pezhugwi ngekwe ludo gwenyu
gusingazunguzike kuli mangwanana.
Ngobe makabe luswingo gwakandibakilila
nenge dizhilo langu mu nsi we kudziyidzika.
17 Imwi simba langu, ndowomumbila njimbo dzinomukudza,
ngobe imwi, Ndzimu, mu luswingo gwakandipoteleka,
mu iwo Ndzimu unondilakidza ludo gusingazunguzike.
Ntembezelo wekutjidza balulwami mu zwita
1 Mundiangule mu zwita zwangu, Ndzimu;
mundivikile muna ibabo banondigwisa.
2 Mundiangule muna ibabo banoshinga bubi;
munditjidze muzwing'wamalopa.
3 Nangwenu bakandilalila beshaka pedza butjilo gwangu.
Ibabo bakasima banondigwisa,
ngono kusina mmwe nlandu
kene tjibi tjabanondigwisila Yahwe,
4 akuna itjo tjandakatjinya, koga banolabuka
bezwilulwamisila kundihwisa zogwadza.
Milikani, mundibhatshe kakale mubone tjinoshingikala!
5 Yahwe Ndzimu we mibunga, Ndzimu we Iziraela.
Mukani mulobe zwitjaba zose;
mushaye wamasiya wa ibabo bematjenjedu
banotjenjelela kuthama bubi.
6 Madekwana mamwe ne mamwe banobuya, bebukula
se mbgwa kakale beyendayenda mu nzi nkulu.
7 Habajee, banobomba nge milomo yabo,
ne matama anopitsha mu milomo yabo,
banoalakana beti, “Ndiani unowotihwa?”
8 Koga mobaseka, Yahwe
moseka tjaba dzose bulengwe.
9 Imwi simba langu, ndowogala ndilipejo namwi;
ngobe imwi, Ndzimu, ndimwi luswingo gwakandibakilila.
10 Ndzimu wangu unowondishanganidza mu ludo gwawo gusingazunguzike;
Ndzimu wangu unowothama kuti ndikunde zwita zwangu.
11 Musibabulaye, pamwe bathu bakanyi kwangu bangadwa bekangang'wa;
thamani kuti badzungayile nge simba lenyu,
mubadelusile pasi, imwi She, tjivikili tjedu.
12 Muthamila tjibi tje milomo yabo ne matama anodwa mu milomo yabo.
Ngababhatshigwe nge mazwikudzu abo.
Muthamila bhiso ne manyepkhwa abanoleba.
13 Mubalobese nge bushongola gwenyu,
mubalobese kuswikila bepelela.
Kuti bathu bazibe kuti Ndzimu unobusa tjaba ya Jakubo
kunoti ku phelelo dze shango.
14 Madekwana mamwe ne mamwe banobuya,
bebukula se mbgwa
kakale beyendayenda mu nzi nkulu.
15 Banotendeleka beshaka zojiwa,
kakale bebomba ha basingawane tjinobagutsha.
16 Koga ndowomba ngekwe simba lenyu;
ndowombila pezhugwi ngekwe ludo gwenyu
gusingazunguzike kuli mangwanana.
Ngobe makabe luswingo gwakandibakilila
nenge dizhilo langu mu nsi we kudziyidzika.
17 Imwi simba langu, ndowomumbila njimbo dzinomukudza,
ngobe imwi, Ndzimu, mu luswingo gwakandipoteleka,
mu iwo Ndzimu unondilakidza ludo gusingazunguzike.