1 Ntembezelo we Nlebesambeli Habakuku kuyendidzana ne Shigionoti.
Ntembezelo wa Habakuku
2 Imwi Yahwe, ndakahwa ngekwe tjilumbi tjenyu,
ngono ndimile ndakakaabala ngekwe nshingo wenyu imwi Yahwe,
muumusidzile mu misi yedu,
mu misi ino yedu thamani kuti uzibike,
mu bushongola gwenyu kumbulani ngoni.
3 Ndzimu wakadwa ku Temani,
Nyengemali edwa ku Dombo le Parani.
Tjedza tjawo tjakadzinga kudzimu,
shango yakazhala kulumbidziwa kwawo.
4 Kunaka kwawo konga kubhuda kwe zhuba,
mazazi awo anopenya kudwa mu tjiazha tjawo
ipo pakasumbikwa simba lawo.
5 Mbeli kwawo koyenda bugwele
ngono tjifo tjakasala shule thambo dzawo.
6 Mamilika mukazunguza shango,
molinga mukathama zwitjaba zwikatetema.
Matombo asingapele anophatukana,
matuthu etjinga anowila,
zila dzawo ngedza ntolo.
7 Ndobona mishasha ye Bakhushani ili mu kudziyidzika,
magalo e Midiyani anotetema.
8 Apa makagwadzila moyo njizi kene imwi Yahwe?
Bushongola gwenyu gobhayana ne njizi kene?
Mamukila gungwa nge bushongola kene?
Makatatha mbizi dzenyu
ne koloyi dzenyu dze ngwa dzinokunda.
9 Makalulwamisila kushingisa dati lenyu,
makazhisigwa misebe minjinji.
Mopalulanya shango nge njizi.
10 Matombo anomubona ngono anotetema,
vula dzinowunga nge masimba dzopinda dzikukula.
Madziba akangina anobomba
anomilidzila maboko awo zhuzhugwi.
11 Zhuba ne mwedzi zoma zhuzhugwi zwisingazunguzike
ngekwe kupenya kwe misebe yenyu iwuluka,
nenge kupenya kwe thumo lenyu.
12 Mapalama shango makagwadzamoyo,
motshambatshamba shango nge bushongola.
13 Mozha kuwotjidza bathu benyu
kutjidza wenyu wakazhodziwa.
Molobesa ntungamili we shango ye mbipo,
mon'ambula kudwa ku nsholo kunoti ku matshambo.
14 Mobhaya ntungamili we babhayani babe nge mathumo awe,
babhayani babe banotinginilila kutipaladza,
banozwikudza sebabe pejo nge kulobesa,
sebamanikidza bakabgwata.
15 Motshambatshamba gungwa nge mbizi dzenyu,
mupukusha vula nji.
16 Ndahwa ngono alobgwa nge hana,
ndotetemesiwa nge nsindo,
mafupa angu kanga anobola,
makumbo anotetema.
Kene kwakajalo ndowolindila nge moyo nlefu
kubona zhuba le guma liswikila bathu banotinginilila.
17 Nenguba mpaya usingathinile,
ne mitjelo isipo mu nzhambi,
nenguba mitoba isina tjayinatjo,
minda naiyo isingaduse zojiwa,
nenguba kusina pkhwizi ne mbudzi mu danga
ne ng'ombe kusina mu matanga,
18 kene kwakajalo zwako ndowoshatha muna Yahwe,
ndowokulukupkhwa mu Ndzimu Ntjidzi wangu.
19 Yahwe Ndzimu nsimisi wangu,
banothama makumbo angu kanga e phala hadzi,
banothama kuti nditathile pezhugwizhugwi.
Ku ntungamili nge zwilidzo zwe mitjili.
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. 14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
17 ¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet , and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.