Ludo gwe Ndzimu mu bathu bawo
1 Iziraela wakati atji mwana an'da,
nkololo wangu an'dana ku bhuda mu Egipiti.
2 Koga andibadana kwazo,
ndiko kwabanoyenda tjose kule nami,
bebe bebhayila bo Bhaale zwibhayilo
bepisila midzimu ye zwifano motsha.
3 Koga ndimi ndakadiya Ifureimi kuyenda
ndibathamisa tendemana,
koga abatoziba kuti ndimi ndakabapodza.
4 Ndakabakweba nge mitjili ye lubu gwe buthu,
ndibakweba nge misungo ye ludo.
Ndakadusa jokwi mu mitshibha yabo
ngono hakotama kubapatjika zojiwa.
5 Abatowobgwilila ku Egipiti,
koga Asiriya inowobe mambo wabo
ngoti bakalamba kushandukila ku ndili.
6 Thumo lowolila mu mizi yabo mikulu
lowokolomodza phanda dze mikoba yabo,
thumo lowolila nge mabaka e ndongoloso dzabo.
7 Bathu bangu bakazwimisila kundifupatila,
nenguba bedana Upezhugwizhugwi
haangabakudze.
8 Ndinga kutoboka tjini Ifureimi?
Ndinga kulasha tjini Iziraela?
Ndinga kuthama se Adima tjini wali?
Ndinga kuthama se Zeboyimi tjini?
Moyo wangu washanduka mundili,
ngoni dzangu dzakula mukuli.
9 Anditowoshingikadza bushongola gwangu gunotjisa,
kene kuli kolomola Ifureimi.
Ngoti ndi Ndzimu ate ndili nthu,
ndi Wakayengemala pakati kwenyu.
Anditowozha ndakagwadza moyo.
10 Banowotobela Yahwe,
iye unowobomba se shumba.
Unowoti ebomba,
bana babe banowozha betetema kudwa ku golombedzo.
11 Banowozha betetema se nyuni kudwa ku Egipiti,
se njiba kudwa ku shango ye Asiriya.
Ngono ndowobagadza mu mizi yabo, kojalo Yahwe.
12 Ifureimi wakandikomba nge manyepkhwa,
Baiziraela ibo nge kutjebela.
Koga Juda utjayendayenda ne Ndzimu,
unogalika moyo kuna Wakayengemala.
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