Kugadzabgwe kwa mambo
1 Ndowomba ngekwe kugalikabgwe ne ndulamo
ndowombila imwi Yahwe.
2 Ndowozwidiya zila dzakalulwama.
Apa mowozha kundili lini kene?
Ndowoyenda nge moyo ntjena,
mu ng'umba yangu.
3 Anditowobiga tjimwe,
pa mesho angu tjakabipa.

Ndobenga bathu be mija yakabhuda
mu zila, aingandinamatile.
4 Moyo wakakombama unowobe kutjena nami,
anditowoziba tjimwe ngekwe bubi.

5 Iye unowoleba shaya ngekwe mbakidzani naye ndowonlobesa.
Nthu we mesho akakangadzika ne moyo we mazwikudzo,
anditowonletjedzela.

6 Ndowoma ne banogalikabgwe mu shango,
kuti ndizo batjile nami,
mmwe ne mmwe unoyenda mu zila isingasoleke, unowondishingila.
7 Akuna nthu unothama butjebeli
unowogala mu ng'umba yangu,
akuna nthu unoleba manyepkhwa unowogala pandili.

8 Mangwanana mamwe ne mamwe ndowolobesa
babi bose mu shango,
ndithubula bashingi be bubi bose
kudwa mu nzi nkulu wa Yahwe.