Kusunungugwa mu zwita
1 Yee mme wee, wapalala iwe nkolomodzi,
koga iwe usathu ukakolomodziwa,
iwe unowonga,
koga iwe kusina unokuwonga.
Unowoti umisa kukolomodza,
iwe ukakolomodziwa,
ha umisa kuwonga
iwe unowowongiwa.
2 Yahwe mutihwile ngoni,
takalinga kumuli.
Ibeni masimba edu mangwanana mamwe ne mamwe,
mube jidzo ledu mu nsi we manikano.
3 Nsindo we kudzongeka ha uhwika,
bathu banotizha,
ha mumilika,
zwitjaba zopalala.
4 Thundu yenyu inowokubulugwa itapiwa,
kukanga papinda mashonja eja asingasiye tjimwe,
kukafanana ne papinda phashu.
5 Yahwe ngabakudziwe,
banogala pezhugwizhugwi,
banowowatsha kutambunuka
ne ndulamo mu Ziyoni.
6 Ndibo kudzikama kwe misi yenyu,
jidzo ne butjenjedu ne zibo,
kutjika kwa Yahwe ndiko fumwa ye Ziyoni.
7 Bonani, ngamula dzabo dzolila mu dzizila,
thumwa dze mbakiso dzolila kunogwadza.
8 Zila hwulu dzatizhiwa,
bayendi akuna wabo umu zila.
Tjidumano tjatjinyika,
batendeki batjo banolengudziwa,
akuna unotetiwa.
9 Shango inolila inotimbama,
Lebanoni yakahwumana inowoma,
Sharoni iyo yanga tjilambanyika,
ku Bhashani ne Karimeli mazhani anoshashamuka.
10 “Ndowomilika ngwenu,
ndowokudziwa ngwenu,
Koleba Yahwe.
Ndowolakidza bukulu gwangu.
11 Mowozwisenga bunye,
mukatshibama malala,
meya yenyu moto unowomupisa.
12 Bathu banowotshwa bakasala benga suko,
benga mihwa yatemegwa pasi ibe ipisiwa nge moto.”
13 Imwi bakulekule, ihwani tjandakashinga,
namwi bapejo dumani masimba angu.
14 Batjinyi mu Ziyoni banolobgwa nge hana,
basina Ndzimu banotetema.
“Ndiani mu tili ungatjila ne moto unopisa kene?
Ndiani mu tili ungatjila ne mithuto isingapele?”
15 Ibabo banotjila zwakalulwama beleba tjakatambunuka,
ibabo banolambana ne kutshambilidza,
be wuzwila kutjena tjizwimbanlomo basingatjiamutjile,
bezwina zebe dzabo kuti dzisihwe ngekwe kutebula malopa
ne mesho abo be avululwata kuti asibone tjakabipa,
16 ndibo banowogala mu magalo apezhugwi.
Matizhilo abo anowobe matombo akasima.
Banowopiwa zojiwa zwabo ne vula abangaishete.
17 Mesho enyu anowobona mambo mu bubuya gwabo,
mowobona shango yakatalabudzika.
18 Mowokumbula ngekwe kutja kwakatongobepo.
Mowozwibhuzwa muti, “Ungayi wakatongobe ana simba,
iye wakabe elipisa lukhetho?
Ungayi wakabe ebala dzithungamakole?”
19 Akuna sada dzamutjawobona,
bathu be lulimi gusingahwike gwausingake uka guziba,
lulimi gunonga nthu ekakang'wa, gusingahwike.
20 Linga Ziyoni, nzi nkulu we mizano yedu yabigwa.
Mesho enyu anowobona Jerusalema,
magalo ana kunyalala, nshasha ugele usina tjingaazunguza,
una phanda dzisingasimuke,
ne misungo yakawusunga ayingathubuke.
21 Ngono ikweno Yahwe banowobe bali ibo Bakasima,
magalo ana njizi phabi ne woba,
kusina migoro ye zwita ingayenda mu dzili,
kene zwikepe zwakasima zwingapinda po.
22 Ngoti Yahwe ndibo nsumikilisi wedu,
Yahwe ndibo mbusi wedu,
Yahwe ndibo mambo wedu ngono banowotitjidza.
23 Misungo ye ikepe tjenyu yakanyeba,
ingatubule kumisa bhangwana le ikepe mu magadziko alo,
ingatubule ne kutambunudza saile le ikepe.
Ngono ipapo towotapa thundu njinji tikaikobana,
ne tjilema tjowotapabo thundu.
24 Bagali be Ziyoni akuna unowotongoti, “Imi ndogwala.”
Bathu banogala ikoko banowozwiibhatigwa matjinyo abo.
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