Ndzimu mbakilili wedu
1 Iye ugele mu nshasha we upezhugwi zhugwi,
unogalila tjose mu ntutshi we Ndzimu Masimbawose.
2 Unowoti kuna Yahwe,
“Mu dizhilo langu kakale mu mbakililo yangu,
Mu Ndzimu wangu, iwo wandinogalabgwe muuli.”
3 Ngobe unowokuangula mu dati le nteyi we nyuni,
ne mu bugwele gwakabangalala.
4 Unowokufukidza ne misiba yawo,
ngono mu mapapilo awe unowowana dizhilo,
kugalikabgwe kwawo tjivikili ne mbakililo.
5 Awutowotja zwinotjisa busiku,
kene nsebe unowuluka masikati,
6 kene bugwele gunozha mu zhalima,
kene golomodzo linotjinya zhuba lili mpani.
7 Tjiwulu (1 000) tje bathu tjingafa pawunde nawe,
zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000) ku luboko gugo gwe luji,
koga golomodzo ne bugwele azwingasedzele pakuli.
8 Koga unowolinga ukabona nge mesho awo,
lobgwa kwe babi.
9 Ngobe wakathama Yahwe dizhilo lilo,
ibo bapezhugwi zhugwi bugalo gugo.
10 Akuna mbipo ingakuwila,
akuna zogwadza zwinowozha pawunde ne nshasha uwo.
11 Ngobe unowodwa batumwa bawo,
kuti bakulise mu zila dzidzo dzose.
12 Banowokugamila pezhugwi nge maboko abo,
kuti ndizo usikuthiwe nge bgwe.
13 Unowotshamba shumba ne ipakupaku nge makumbo,
shumbana ne nyoka unowozwitshamba nge makumbo.
14 “Ngekuti unondida, ndowon'angula,
ndowombakilila, ngobe unoziba zina langu.
15 Apa endidana, ndowon'dabila,
ndowobe naye mu kudziyidzika,
ndowontjidza kakale ankudza.
16 Ndowon'gutsha nge kumpaphidzila mazhuba
awe e butjilo, kakale ndowonlakidza jidzo langu.”
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.