Tjibhayilo tjinoamutjilika
1 Ibo nkulukulu, Ndzimu Yahwe,
banolebeleka kakale banodana shango
kudwa mu kubhuda kwe zhuba kunoti kungina kwalo.
2 Kudwa mu Ziyoni, igo bubuya nge kwago,
Ndzimu unopenyelela.
3 Ndzimu wedu unozha kakale awutonyalala koga
wakatungamidza moto unonyeledza,
ne vula inona nge dutu yakabapoteleka.
4 Unodana kudzimu, kadana mu shango kuti
ndizo usumikilise bathu bawo;
5 “Mundikubunganyile bagalimoyo, ibabo bakathama
tjidumano nami nge kudusa tjibhayilo!”
6 Kudzimu koleba ngekwe bululwami gwawo,
ngobe Ndzimu ngekwawo nsumikilisi.
7 “Hwililani, bathu bangu, ngono ndowolebeleka,
iwe Iziraela ndowotendeka ngekwe bubi gugo.
Ndimi Ndzimu, Ndzimu uwo.
8 Anditokutjemelela zwibhayilo zwizo;
zwibhayilo zwizo zwakapisiwa zwipa mesho
angu tjibaka nge tjibaka.
9 Anditowoamutjila nkono unodwa ku nzi uwo
kene dzili mbudzi mu danga lilo.
10 Ngobe phuka imwe ne imwe ye shango nge yangu
na idzo ng'ombe dzimu matombo ali tjiwulu.
11 Ndoziba nyuni dzose mu shango,
ne tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinoyenda mu shango nge tjangu.
12 “Ha ndabe ndina zhala, ndabe ndisingawomubudza,
ngobe shango na kose kumu ili nge kwangu.
13 Apa ndoja nyama ye mikono kene,
na iwo malopa e mbudzi apa ndoang'wa kene?
14 Ipa Ndzimu tjipo tje kuboka,
ulipe tuna kuko kuna iye Upezhugwi zhugwi.
15 Undidane mu nsi wekudziyidzika;
ndowokutjidza, ngono unowondikudza.”
16 Koga ku babi Ndzimu ukati,
“Unotola ngayi kuleba ndaulo dzangu
kene kuli kuleba ngekwe tjidumano tjangu nge nlomo uwo?”
17 Unobenga tjemegwa,
kakale unoposela matama angu kutjena nawe.
18 Ha ubona mbava unozwihwananya nayo,
kakale unogala ntutshi ne phombgwe.
19 “Unoletjedza nlomo uwo ukalaugwa nge bubi,
ne lulimi gugo goleba bupitipiti.
20 Unogala pasi ukaleba kusakalulwama ngekwe
wakanyi kuko.
Unobulaya mwana wa mmeyabo.
21 Zwithu izwezwi wakazwithama ngono ndagala ndilinyelele;
wakabe ukumbula kuti ndimmwebo unofanana nawe.
Koga ngwenu ndokutjemela ndakasimisila
kakale ndikutilika nlandu.
22 “Zibani woku, imwi munokangang'wa Ndzimu,
kusijalo ndowomupalula na pakati,
ngono akuna unowomutjidza.
23 Ibabo banozhisa zwibhayilo zwe kuboka banondikudza;
kuna ibabo banoyenda mu zila ye malebeswa,
ndowobalakidza jidzo le Ndzimu.”
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.