1 Ungati mungapalula kudzimu mukadelukila pasi,
kuyita kuti matombo ateteme pamulipo
2 kufanane ne moto upisa hwunyana ube uthama kuti vula ipa moto ibile,
delukilani pasi muthame zina lenyu kuti lizibgwe nge zwita zwenyu
ngono kuthame zwitjaba zwiteteme mbeli kwenyu.
3 Pamakashinga mishingo inokaabadza yatakabe tisakakumbula,
makadelukila pasi ngono matombo katetema mbeli kwenyu.
4 Kudwila ntolo akuna wakatongohwa ngekwe Ndzimu unonga imwi,
akuna wakatongobona Ndzimu kuzhe kwenyu,
unoshingila ibabo banoulindila.
5 Mozwishanganya naibabo banoshathila tjakalulwama,
banokumbula zila dzenyu.
Bonani, makagwadza moyo ngoti iswi tadwilila titjinya,
takatjinya tjibaka tjilefulefu ngono tingatjidziwa tjini?
6 Tose koga tonga nthu usakatjenapala,
ne mishingo yedu yose yakanaka inonga gandana lina shambgwa,
tose toswaba se zhani, ne zwibi zwedu zonga phepo zotiwulusila kutjena.
7 Akuna unodana zina lenyu, kene kuli kugwisa kuzwibhatilila namwi,
ngoti makatisumbikila buso gwenyu mukathama kuti tishakale ngekwe zwibi zwedu.
8 Kana Yahwe imwi mu Tate bedu. Iswi ti ntapkhwi, imwi mu mbumbi,
iswi tose takathamwa nge maboko enyu.
9 Musigwadze moyo kwakapindilila imwi Yahwe,
musitibalile zwibi zwedu nge kusingapele.
Bonani, iswi tose ti bathu benyu mutihwile ngoni.
10 Mizi yenyu yakayengemala yabe tjilambanyika,
Ziyoni yabe tjilambanyika, nzi we Jerusalema wakathukudzika.
11 Ng'umba yedu mbuya yakayengemala,
botate bedu yabakabe be mukudzila muili yakapisiwa nge moto,
ne magalo edu wose akabe edika abe matongo.
12 Yahwe apa mungadwilila mutifupatila shule kwaikoku kose kene?
Apa munganyalala mukatiloba shamu inolema kwatisingake tikamilana nako kene?
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