1 Moyo wa mambo lukoba gwe vula gumu luboko gwa Yahwe;
banogushandulila kumwe ne kumwe kwa banoshaka.
2 Zila imwe ne imwe ye nthu yakalulwama mu kubona kukwe,
koga Yahwe banokala moyo.
3 Kuthama ndulamo ne kutambunuka,
koamutjilika kuna Yahwe kupinda tjibhayilo.
4 Mesho anozwikudza ne moyo unozwida
luvone gwe babi, zwibi.
5 Mano ebana moyonlefu nge lebeswa anotungamilila ku mbuzilo,
koga bose bana phupu bano wana bushayi.
6 Kuwana fumwa nge lulimi,
konga busi gunopinda kakale i dati le lufu.
7 Phipiti ye babiibi inowobatshwayilila kutjena,
ngobe banolamba kuyita tjakatambunuka.
8 Zila ye nthu una nlandu yakaleleka,
koga mazwibhato e nthu mbuyanana akalulwama.
9 Ku koyita kwazo kugala mu ndzibo we denga le ng'umba,
pana kugala mu ng'umba ina nkadzi una zhoba.
10 Meya ye mbiimbi inoda zwibiibi,
n'galidzani naye aatobona ngoni mu mesho awe.
11 Ha unodada e lobgwa shamu, tjilengwe tjotjenjela,
ha ntjenjedu elayiwa, unowana luzibo.
12 Nlulwami unolingisisa ng'umba ye mbiimbi,
kaligila mbiimbi mu golomodzo.
13 Iye usingateedze tjililo tje nshayi,
iye unowoti ha e mimila kukashaya unonteedza.
14 Tjipo tjinopigwa mu ikohwa tjodzima shungu,
ne tjizwimba nlomo tjinodusigwa mu apkhwa tjodzima kugwadza moyo kukulu.
15 Ha kutambunuka kushingwa, ko shathisa balulwami,
koga i golomodzo ku bashingi be mbipo.
16 Nthu unobhuda mu zila ye kuhwisisa,
unowonyaluluka mu gubungano le bafi.
17 Iye unoda mizipo unowobe nshayi,
iye unoda nkumbi we zhambi ne mafuta aatofuma.
18 Mbiimbi unolipila nlulwami,
ne basingagalemoyo bano lilipila bakatambunuka.
19 Koyita kugala mu tjilambanyika,
pana kugala ne nkadzi unazhoba edziidza.
20 Mu ng'umba ye ntjenjedu ko gala fumwa nji ne mafuta,
koga tjilengwe tjoja tjipedza kose.
21 Iye unoshaka ndulamo ne buthu,
unowana butjilo ne gudzo.
22 Nthu wakatjenjela unonginilila nzi nkulu we wakasima,
kaligila pasi matizhilo abanogalabwe muali.
23 Iye unotjengeta nlomo uwe ne lulimi gugwe,
unozwidusa mu mbatsha.
24 “Ndadi” i zina le unozwikudza, unozwida
unoshinga zwithu nge kuzwikudza kukwe.
25 Simbe inobulawa nge njemulo dzayo,
ngobe maboko awe anolamba kushinga.
26 Zhuba lose mbiimbi unoshwa eyemula,
koga nlulwami unopa asingatjibe.
27 Tjibhayilo tje mbiimbi tjoshimisa,
ngono zwinyanya ha etjizhisa nge nkumbulo wakabipa.
28 Ntendeki we manyepkhwa unowoloba,
koga dama le nthu unoteedza lowogalila tjose.
29 Nthu mbiimbi unokukutadza tjiso,
koga nthu wakatambunuka una njele mu zila dzidze.
30 Akuna butjenjedu, akuna hwisiso ne gumbuludzo,
zwingakulila Yahwe.
31 Mbizi inolulwamisigwa zhuba le ngwa,
koga kukunda kodwa kuna Yahwe.
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