Kudziwa kwa Yahwe ntjidzi
1 Kudza Yahwe!
Kudza Yahwe, iwe meya yangu!
2 Ndowokudza Yahwe ha nditjatjila,
ndowomba njimbo dzinokudza
Yahwe butjilo gwangu gose.
3 Usigalebgwe mu bakololo be bushe,
mu bathu ibo basina bhatsho.
4 Ha meya yabo ithubukana nabo
banobgwilila mu mavu muna
ilelo zhuba mazwimisilo abo anopela.
5 Wakakombolegwa iye unowana bhatsho
mu Ndzimu wa Jakubo,
iye unogalabgwe muna Yahwe Ndzimu uwe,
6 iwo wakathama kudzimu ne shango,
gungwa na zose zwimuzwili,
iwo unogalikabgwe nge kusingapele.
7 Iwo unolakidza ndulamo muna bakatshambilidziwa,
iwo unopa bana zhala zojiwa.
Yahwe banosunungula basungwa,
8 Yahwe banopofunula mapofu,
Yahwe banomisa nge makumbo ibabo bakagoba,
Yahwe banoda balulwami.
9 Yahwe banotjengeta bataya,
banobhatsha siyang'wa ne tjilikadzi,
koga banofubisa zila ye babi.
10 Yahwe banowobusa nge kusingapele,
Ndzimu uwo, iwe Ziyoni, we zwizekugwana zose.
Kudza Yahwe!
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.