Zhuba La Yahwe
1 Lidzani lunyanga mu Ziyoni,
longani mima inotjenjedza mu dombo langu lakayengemala.
Bagali bose be shango iyeyi ngabateteme,
ngobe zhuba la Yahwe laswika, labe pejo pejo,
2 zhuba le zhalima lakatizwi, i zhuba linotjisa,
zhuba le makole, kwakatizwi.
Se zhalima dema lakafukidza matombo, babhayani bakasima be bunji gusibushoma banozha,
kuli kusakatongo shingikala mu misi ya ntolo,
kakale kusi kunowotongoshingikala mu misi yose inowozha.
3 Moto unotjinya mbeli kwabo,
nthuto uthuta shule kwabo,
shango inonga nnda we Edeni mbeli kwabo,
koga shule kwabo konga tjilambanyika,
ngono akuna tjinobapudzumuka.
4 Banolingika se mbizi,
banolabuka se mbizi dze ngwa.
5 Banolabuka bedzadzanya pezhugwi kwe matombo,
nsindo wabo unonga koloyi dze ngwa,
kuthathanyika se nthuto we moto upisa mashanga,
kunga babhayani bakasima bakalulwamisigwa ngwa.
6 Mbeli kwabo zwitjaba zomanikana,
njiso dzose dzikafubala.
7 Banolabuka se balume bakasima,
banotatha guma se babhayani,
mmwe ne mmwe unoyenda mu zijana iye,
ngono abatobhuda mu zijana dzabo.
8 Naiko abatosundasundana,
mmwe ne mmwe unoyenda mu zijana iye.
Banopalama zwibhayano ne beyenda bewa,
akuna tjinobama mbeli.
9 Banowila nzi nkulu;
banolabuka pezhugwi kwe makuma,
banotathila mukati kwe dzing'umba,
banongina nge mafesitere se mbava.
10 Shango inotengenyeka mbeli kwabo,
zhuzhugwi kozunguzika,
zhuba ne mwedzi zowotizwi,
tjedza tje nyenyedzi tjotundubala.
11 Yahwe banomilidza hwi labo mbeli kwe ngwa yabo.
Ngono ngwa yabo ihwulu seni ne bunji gusibushoma.
Iye unolondolodza dama labo wakasima kwazo.
Zhuba la Yahwe igulu kwazo kakale lotjisa.
Apa ndiani ungalidzikitadzila kene?
Yahwe banodanila bathu kushandukila ku bali
12 “Ngono na ngwenu,” koleba Yahwe,
“shandukilani kundili nge moyo yenyu yose, nge
kuzwinyima zojiwa, mulila, kakale muli mu buyendasi.
13 Palulani moyo yenyu kusi zwiambalo zwenyu.”
Shandukilani kuna Yahwe, Ndzimu wenyu,
Ngobe ibo bana ngoni ne lubu, bana moyonlefu,
abatotjimbidza gwadzamoyo, bazhele ludo, banozwidziba mu kuloba babi.
14 Ndiani unoziba kuti pamwe swiyo bangashanduka bakamusiyila makombolelo, tjipo tje mathunde ne tje tjing'o zwili zwa Yahwe, Ndzimu wenyu.
15 Lidzani lunyanga mu Ziyoni,
zibisani kuzwinyima zojiwa kwakayengemala,
danani gubungano lakayengemala.
16 Kubunganyani bathu,
yengemadzani gubungano.
Kubunganyani bahwola,
kubunganyani bana
nenge ngawana dzinomwa.
A nloboli abhude mu ng'umba iye
ne nlobogwa mu bulalo gugwe.
17 Bapirisiti bashingili ba Yahwe,
balile bali pakati kwe tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo ne nkoba we Ng'umba ye Ndzimu,
ngono bati, “Yahwe, tjidzani bathu benyu.
Musiletje lukata gwenyu gukalengudziwa,
musiletje zwitjaba zwibanyenya.
Kowobe tjini ha bangahwiwa
nge bathu beti, ‘Ndzimu wabo ungayi kene?’ ”
Ndzimu unobuzila shango fumwa
18 Ipapo Yahwe bakabe ne fupa ngekwe shango yabo,
ngono bakahwila ngoni bathu babo.
19 Yahwe bakadabila bathu babo bakati,
“Bonani, ndomuzhisila mathunde ne nkumbi we zhambi ne mafuta,
ngono zowomugutsha.
Andingatjayite
kuti mulengudziwe pakati kwe zwitjaba.
20 Ndowosedzedza ngwa ye bunandzwa kutjena namwi,
ndowobatatila kwakawomelela, shango kwaisingamele tjimwe.
Babhayani bambeli banowotatigwa mu gungwa guku bhezhuba.
Bhayani bashule banowotatigwa mu gungwa guku golombedzo.
Kowobe ne ithungethunge tje nnuhwo wabo.
Nnuhwo wabo unowobe wakapindilila,
ngobe bakayita zwithu zwikulu kulu.
21 “Usitongotja iwe shango,
ushathe upembele,
ngobe Yahwe bakayita zwithu zwikulu kulu.
22 Musitongotja, imwi phuka dze shango,
ngobe fulo iyapo shango yakamuka.
Miti ye mitjelo inozwala,
mipaya ne mizhambi yakakulumula.
23 “Shathani kaa, bana be Ziyoni!
Mushathile Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu,
ngobe bamupa vula ye nseulo nge ndulamo,
bakamutebulila vula ye nseulo
ne vula ye mbodzamashanga sa ntolo.
24 Mbuwa dzowozhala mathunde,
hali dzinokutunuligwa dzowozhala
dzikatebuka nkumbi we zhambi ne mafuta.
25 Ndowomubuzila kwe makole iyawaje
kwakabe kwajiwa nge zwiwong'wani
ne phashu ne magutegute ne phashwana,
ili ngwa yangu hwulu yandakatumila pakati kwenyu.
26 Mowowana zojiwa zwinjinji, ngono mowoguta.
Mowokudza zina la Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu,
ibo bakamuthamila makaabadzo.
Bathu bangu abatjowofa babhakhwa nge shoni kakale.
27 Ndizo mowoziba andilipo pakati kwe Iziraela,
kuti ndimi Yahwe, Ndzimu wenyu,
akuna mmwe kakale, ndodwa!
Bathu bangu abatjowofa babhakhwa nge shoni.
Zhuba la Yahwe
28 “Shule kwa ikoku, ndowodelusila meya yangu mu bathu bose.
Bakololo ne bakololokadzi benyu banowolebesambeli,
bathuntana benyu banowowolota,
bazhuzha benyu banowobona mibono.
29 Mu misi iyeyo,
ndowodelusila meya yangu ne mu balanda,
bose betjilume ne betjikadzi.
30 “Ndowolakidza makaabadzo pezhugwi na pasi,
malopa, moto, ne bhulubusi linothungayila.
31 Zhuba lowoshanduka likabe zhalima
mwedzi ukashanduka ukabe malopa,
zhuba gulu linotjisa la Yahwe lisathu likaswika.
32 Ndizo mmwe ne mmwe unodana zina la Yahwe unowotjidziwa,
sekwa kwakaleba Yahwe,
‘Ngobe mu Dombo le Ziyonine mu Jerusalema kowobe ne jidzo,
muna bakatjila ibo Yahwe babanowodana.’ ”
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