Buzhalo gwe luzibo ne hanya zwe Ndzimu
1 Imwi Yahwe, makandishakisisa mukabuya mukandiziba.
2 Moziba ha ndigala pasi ne ndimilika,
moziba njalakang'wa dzangu kutji kule kule.
3 Moshakisisa zila yandinotobela ne pandinolala,
kakale moziba zila dzangu dzose.
4 Ne dama lisathu likabe mu nlomo wangu,
imwi Yahwe, moliziba nge buzhalo.
5 Makandipoteleka mbizho dzose,
kakale mobiga luboko gwenyu pezhugwi kwangu.
6 Luzibo gwenyu gonditjenamisa kwazo,
gupezhugwi kwazo kupinda hwisiso yangu.
7 Apa ndingayenda ngayi kutizha Meya yenyu kene?
Kene ndingayi kwandingatizhila buso gwenyu?
8 Ha nditathila pezhugwi, muyapo ikoko,
ha ndithama bulalo gwangu mu gomba le lufu muyapo ikoko.
9 Ha ndibinduka mangwanana
ndinogala ku phelelo tjose dze gungwa,
10 na ikokobo luboko gwenyu gowonditungamila,
kakale luboko gwenyu gwe luji gowondibhata.
11 Ha nditi, “Tjoselele zhalima lowondifukidza,
ne tjedza tjakandipoteleka tjikabe busiku,”
12 na ilo zhalima alitelili zhalima kumuli,
busiku gopenya se masikati,
ngobe zhalima longa tjedza kumuli.
13 Ngobe ndimwi makabumba zwimukati kwangu,
makandiluka mundibhatshanya ndili mu tjibumbilo tja mme yangu.
14 Ndomukudza ngobe ndakabumbgwa nge zila inotjisa kakale inotjenamisa.
Mishingo yenyu inotjenamisa,
woko ndokuziba zubuyanana.
15 Mbumbiko yangu yakabe isakamusumbikalila,
pandakabe ndibumbiwa pakasumbikala,
ndilukiwa mu ntumbu we shangu.
16 Mesho enyu akabona lopa langu lisathu likabumbiwa.
Mu lukwalo gwenyu kwakabe kwakakwagwa,
mazhuba wose andakabigigwa,
ngono kusina lawo lathu likabepo.
17 Njalakang'wa dzenyu dzakalulwama seni, imwi Ndzimu!
Bunji gwadzo gungapani kene!
18 Ndogwisa kudzibala, dzinji kupinda nsetje,
ndozha ku bupelo, nditjinamwi.
19 Ha mabe mungabulaya babi, imwi Ndzimu,
ibo bana nyota ye tebula malopa badwe pandili,
20 ibabo banomugongobola,
kakale bezwikudza beleba bubi nge kwenyu!
21 Apa anditobenga ibabo banomubenga kene imwi Yahwe?
Apa anditoshima ibabo banomumukila kene?
22 Ndobabenga nge lubengo gupatjena,
ndobatola bali zwita zwangu.
23 Mundishakisise, imwi Ndzimu, mubuye muzibe moyo wangu,
mundilike mubuye muzibe njalakang'wa dzangu.
24 Mubone kene kuna imwe zila mbiimbi imu ndili,
ngono munditungamile mu zila nge kusingapele kose.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me .
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but , lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there .
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee .
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.