Ntembezelo we nthu usina nlandu
1 Ihwani kukumbila kwakatambunuka Yahwe,
teedzani tjililo tjangu, hwililani ntembezelo
unodwa mu nlomo usina bupitipiti.
2 Kusheta nlandu kwangu ngakulakidziwe ndimwi,
mesho enyu ngaabone tjakalulwama.
3 Ha mungashola moyo wangu,
ha mungandikumba busiku,
ha mungandilika,
mowowana kusina bubi mundili,
nlomo wangu awutotjuluka nlayo.
4 Ngekwe mishingo ye bathu,
nge dama lenyu ndakaleya zila dze bakukutu.
5 Makumbo angu anolambila mu zila yenyu,
andithu atongopambuka muili.
6 Ndodana imwi Ndzimu ngoti imwi mowondidabila,
munditeedze, muhwe matama angu.
7 Lakidzani ludo gwenyu gunotjenamisa,
Imwi ntjidzi wa ibabo banoshaka dizhilo,
betizha zwita zwabo.
8 Munditjengete se shanga ye zhisho;
mundisumbike mu ntutshi we mapapilo enyu,
9 mundisumbikile babi banondigwisa,
zwita zwangu zwisingatje kubulaya zwandipoteleka.
10 Banokukutadza mimoyo yabo kuti basibe ne ngoni;
Milomo yabo inolebeleka nge kuzwikudza.
11 Banondilonda, bakandipoteleka sangwenu;
banoshaka sekwa bangandiligila pasi.
12 Banonga shumba inoshaka kuzandabula tjainobhata,
se shumbana ilelile mu ishakana.
13 Milikani Yahwe, igwani ne zwita zwangu muzwikunde.
Mundiangule nge thumo mu babi.
14 Yahwe mundiangule mu bathu be shango ino,
mbhailo wabo i shango ino.
Mubalobe nge shamu yamakababiganyidzila,
bana babo bawane inopinda tjilizanyo,
basiyile bana babo.
15 Koga imi nge kwangu, ndowobona tjiso tjenyu mu ndulamo;
Ndowoti ndimuka ndowoshathila kuti muyapo.
A Prayer of David.
1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them .
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.