Ndzimu nng'ompela we malebeswa
1 Kusi ku tili, imwi Yahwe, kusi ku tili,
koga ku zina lenyu ngakube ne gudzo,
ngentha ye ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike ne kugalikabgwe kwenyu.
2 Ini zwitjaba zwingati,
“Ndzimu wabo ungayi?”
3 Ndzimu wedu u kudzimu,
unothama tjaunoda.
4 Midzimu yabo i siliva ne golide,
zwakathamwa nge maboko e bathu.
5 Ina milomo koga ayitolebeleka,
ina mesho koga ayitobona.
6 Ina zebe koga ayitohwa,
zwimilo zwayo azwitonuhwigwa.
7 Ina maboko ngono ayitohwa tjayabhata,
ina makumbo ngono ayitoyenda,
ayina hwi lainothama nge hwulo dzayo.
8 Ibabo banoithama banonga iyo,
na bose banogalabgwe muili.
9 Iwe Iziraela, galabgwe muna Yahwe!
Ndibo bhatsho ne tjivikili tjabo.
10 Iwe ng'umba ya Aroni, galabgwe muna Yahwe,
ndibo bhatsho ne tjivikili tjabo.
11 Imwi banotja Yahwe, galanibgwe muna Yahwe!
Ndibo bhatsho ne tjivikili tjabo.
12 Yahwe bagala bakatikumbula, banowotikombolela,
banowokombolela ng'umba ya Iziraela,
banowokombolela ng'umba ya Aroni.
13 Banowokombolela ibabo banotja Yahwe,
batukununu ne bakulukulu bose ngofanana.
14 Dzene Yahwe bangamuwatsha,
mose imwi ne bana benyu.
15 Dzene mungakombolegwa ndi Yahwe,
ibo bakathama kudzimu ne shango.
16 Kudzimu ndekwa Yahwe,
koga shango bakaipa bathu.
17 Bafi abatokudza Yahwe,
kene ibo banodelukila ku lunyalalo.
18 Koga ndiswi tinowokudza Yahwe
kudwa ngwenu kunoti kusingapele.
Kudzani Yahwe.
1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.