Lumbo gwe kukudza
1 Izhani, ngati mbileni Yahwe,
ngati pululudzileni shongwe ye jidzo ledu!
2 Ngati zheni mbeli kwabo nge kutenda,
ngati longeni mpululu we shatho ne njimbo dzinoba kudza!
3 Ngobe Yahwe Ndzimu nkulu kwazo,
kakale mambo mu midzimu yose.
4 Shango yose imu luboko gwabo,
zwilungwani zwe matombo naizobo nde zwabo.
5 Gungwa nde gwabo, ngobe bakaguthama,
nenge shango, yakabumbiwa nge maboko abo.
6 Izhani, ngatikotamiseni misholo tinamate,
ngati thigameni mbeli kwa Yahwe, Mbumbi wedu!
7 Ngobe Ndzimu wedu,
iswi ti bathu be mafulo awo,
kakale ti pkhwizi dzaunotjengeta!
Dzene tshene nasi mungateedza hwi lawo!
8 Musitongo simisa mimoyo sa bobatategulu benyu ku Meriba,
se zhuba labakasimisa mimoyo ku Masa mu tjilambanyika.
9 Kwakati pandakalikwa ndi bobatategulu benyu,
bebuya bandishakisisa, nenguba bakabebona nshingo wangu wandakathama.
10 Ndakakuthiwa nge ludzi igogu kwe makole ali makumi manna,
abe ati, “Bathu be mimoyo yakalashika,
kakale abana hanya nge zila dzangu.”
11 Ndizo ndakati mu kugwadzamoyo kwangu atuna nditi,
“Abatowongina mu bugalo gwangu gwe kunyaluluka.”
Lumbo gwe kukudza
1 Izhani, ngati mbileni Yahwe,
ngati pululudzileni shongwe ye jidzo ledu!
2 Ngati zheni mbeli kwabo nge kutenda,
ngati longeni mpululu we shatho ne njimbo dzinoba kudza!
3 Ngobe Yahwe Ndzimu nkulu kwazo,
kakale mambo mu midzimu yose.
4 Shango yose imu luboko gwabo,
zwilungwani zwe matombo naizobo nde zwabo.
5 Gungwa nde gwabo, ngobe bakaguthama,
nenge shango, yakabumbiwa nge maboko abo.
6 Izhani, ngatikotamiseni misholo tinamate,
ngati thigameni mbeli kwa Yahwe, Mbumbi wedu!
7 Ngobe Ndzimu wedu,
iswi ti bathu be mafulo awo,
kakale ti pkhwizi dzaunotjengeta!
Dzene tshene nasi mungateedza hwi lawo!
8 Musitongo simisa mimoyo sa bobatategulu benyu ku Meriba,
se zhuba labakasimisa mimoyo ku Masa mu tjilambanyika.
9 Kwakati pandakalikwa ndi bobatategulu benyu,
bebuya bandishakisisa, nenguba bakabebona nshingo wangu wandakathama.
10 Ndakakuthiwa nge ludzi igogu kwe makole ali makumi manna,
abe ati, “Bathu be mimoyo yakalashika,
kakale abana hanya nge zila dzangu.”
11 Ndizo ndakati mu kugwadzamoyo kwangu atuna nditi,
“Abatowongina mu bugalo gwangu gwe kunyaluluka.”