Kusunungugwa kwe Iziraela
1 Mu zhuba ilelo,
Yahwe nge thumo labo lakasima,
lakabangalala, gulu banowoloba
zhithu le gungwa linoyi Livatani nyoka inotizha ilibilidza,
Livatani nyoka inonyongoleka,
banowobulaya bhophona limu gungwa.
2 Mu zhuba ilelo,
“Mumbile lumbo nnda we nzhambi unozipa.
3 Imi Yahwe, ndimi ntjengeti wawo,
tjibaka tjimwe ne tjimwe ndowudilidzila.
Kuita kuti kusibe ne unowukubadza,
ndoulinda siku ne sikati.
4 Andina kugwadzamoyo.
Mihwa ne zwishosho ha zwingabhayana nami mu ngwa,
ndabe ndinga zwipalama,
azwipisa zose.
5 Kene ha kuli tjimwe ngabatizhile kundili,
ngababe ne mbakiso nami,
ee ngabathame mbakiso nami.”
6 Mu mazhuba anozha ndzi wa Jakubo unowothinila,
Iziraela inowobe ne maluba,
ikazwala ikazhadza shango yose nge mitjelo.
7 Apa Yahwe bakabaphobola
sekwa bakaphobola ibabo bakabaphobola kene?
Apa bakababulaya
nge zila yakabulawa ibabo babakabulaya kene?
8 Kuyendidzana nge kukula kwayo,
monyanyayidzana nayo nge kuitatila kule,
mowoitata se tjampupudze mu nsi we phepo ye kubhezhuba itutudza.
9 Ndizo wali, ndingekwa ikoko jinyo la Jakubo lowozwiibhatigwa,
ngono ikoku kowobe kuli mbuyilo nge buzhalo kudusiwa kwe tjibi tjitje,
paanowobe e thama mabgwe wose e zwibeso zwe zwibhayilo
zwikanga mabgwe e suko akatshiwa kapkhwanyiwa,
akuna bo Ashera kene zwibeso zwe motsha zwinowosala zwilimile.
10 Nzi we matizhilo umile uliwoga,
magalo asiyiwa asina n'gali, asala enga tjilambanyika,
phulu dzowofula ikoko dzikalalako,
dzowokwaula thabi.
11 Thabi dzowoti dzawoma, dzikavunika
bakadzi banowozha bakabesa moto ndidzo.
Ngoti ibaba bathu abana hwisiso,
ndizo Nthami wabo aana ngoni nabo,
Mbumbi wabo aatobalakidza lubu.
12 Mu zhuba ilelo Yahwe banowoshokola mathunde kudwa pa Gwizi gwe Yufuratesi kunoti ku lukoba gwe Egipiti, namwibo Baiziraela Yahwe banowomukubunganya ng'ompela ne ng'ompela. 13 Mu zhuba ilelo kowoshingikala kuti lunyanga lukulu gulidziwe, ngono bathu bangu babe bakalingisana nge kuloba mu Asiriya ne bakatizhila ku Egipiti babuye banamate Yahwe mu dombo lakayengemala mu Jerusalema.
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