Lumbo gunokudza
1 Kwakanaka kutenda Yahwe,
ne kumba njimbo dzinokudza zina lenyu,
imwi mu pezhugwi zhugwi.
2 Kuleba ngekwe ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike mangwanana,
nenge kugalikabgwe kwenyu kuli busiku,
3 kulidza tjilidzo tje misungo ne dende,
ne nlidzo we tjilidzo tje laya.
4 Ngobe imwi Yahwe, mandishathisa nge nshingo wenyu,
ndomba nge shatho ndimbila mishingo ye maboko enyu.
5 Mishingo yenyu mikulu seni, imwi Yahwe!
Njalakang'wa dzenyu dzimukatikati!
6 Tjimata atjingazibe,
tjilengwe atjingahwisise woku:
7 Kuti nenguba babi betutuma se dishwa
ne bashingi be mbipo benaka,
bakalingisana nge golomodzo nge kusingapele.
8 Koga imwi Yahwe, mu pezhugwi nge kusingapele.
9 Ngobe zwita zwenyu, imwi Yahwe,
tjoselele zwita zwenyu zowoloba,
bose bashingi be mbipo banowopaladziwa.
10 Koga makamilidza lunyanga gwangu se gwe phofu.
Makandizhodza mafuta matshwa.
11 Mesho angu akabona kukundiwa kwe zwita zwangu.
Zebe dzangu dzakahwa phipiti ye zwita zwangu.
12 Balulwami banonaka se nlala,
kakale banokula se miti ye misida ye Lebanoni.
13 Bakadzwagwa mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe,
banokula mu misha ye Ndzimu wedu.
14 Mu bukwegu gwabo batjina mitjelo,
banogala bekwidzima kakale bakasima.
15 Kulakidza kuti Yahwe bakatambunuka,
ndibo shongwe yangu, kakale akuna mbipo mu bali.
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.
1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.