Ntembezelo we ntapiwa
(Kodwilidza Lumbo 42)1 Lakidzani kusabe ne nlandu kwangu, Ndzimu,
mundigwile mu bathu basingazibe Ndzimu,
mundigwile mu batjengedzi basina ndulamo.
2 Ngoti mu Ndzimu wandinotizhila mu uli,
ini makandilasha?
Ini ndiyendayenda nge kuhwazogwadza
ndakatshambilidziwa nge tjita?
3 Tumani tjedza ne malebeswa enyu,
ngazwinditungamile
ngazwindiyise ku dombo lenyu lakayengemala
ne kubugalo gwenyu.
4 Ipapo ndowoyenda ku tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tje Ndzimu,
ku Ndzimu iwo kushatha kwangu,
ngono ndowomukudza nge dende,
Ndzimu, Ndzimu wangu.
5 Ini uli mu buyendasi meya yangu,
ini wakanyalala mukati kwangu?
Galabgwe mu Ndzimu,
ngoti nditjawowukudza kakale,
bhatsho yangu Ndzimu wangu.
1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.