Nzi nkulu we Ndzimu
1 Yahwe bankulukulu kakale bakafanila kudziwa kukulukulu
mu nzi nkulu we Ndzimu wedu.
Dombo labo lakayengemala,
2 lakanaka nge bulefu gwalo,
ndilo shatho ye shango yose,
Dombo le Ziyoni, kulekule ku bunandzwa,
iwo nzi nkulu wa mambo.
3 Mu matizhilo e nzi nkulu
Ndzimu wakazwilakidza uli iwo bhakasa lakasima,
4 Ndizo bomambo bakakubungana,
bakashangana bose.
5 Bakati tjinyolotjo bebona ikoku bakatjenama kukulu;
bakalobgwa nge hana, bakatola makumbo bakatizha
6 Ipapo kutetema kukabe mubali,
bakabe nge zwibhayo zwinonga zwe nkadzi unotshibama,
7 Se phepo inodwa ku bhezhuba
ipkhwanya zwikepe zwe Tashishi.
8 Sekwa takati tikahwa, ngwenu tatjizwibonegwa
mu nzi nkulu wa Yahwe we mibunga, muna
iwo wakabambiwa nge Ndzimu nge kusingapele kose.
Wakabambiwa nge Ndzimu ukagalila tjose nge kusingapele kose.
9 Tokanuka ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike Ndzimu,
pakati pe ng'umba yenyu.
10 Zina lenyu, koga sekudziwa kwenyu,
nailo loswika ku phelelo dze shango.
Luboko gwenyu gwe luji gokunda kwazo.
11 Dombo le Ziyoni ngalishathe,
mizi ye Juda ngayishathe
nge zila yekusumikilisa kwenyu.
12 Yenda mu nzi we Ziyoni, uwupoteleke,
bala thungamakole dzawo.
13 Alakana kwazo makuma akabakilila
nzi nkulu iwoyo ne matizhilo awo
kuti ndizo ubudze tjizekugwana tjinowozha.
14 Kuti iwoyu Ndzimu,
Ndzimu wedu nge kusingapele kose,
unowobe ntungamili wedu nge kusingapele kose!
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.