Lumbo gunokudza
1 Kudzani Yahwe!
Kudzani zina la Yahwe,
mubakudze, imwi balanda ba Yahwe,
2 imwi bamile mu ng'umba ya Yahwe,
mu misha ye ng'umba ye Ndzimu wedu.
3 Kudzani Yahwe, ngobe Yahwe bakalulwama,
mbilani zina labo njimbo dzinobakudza, ngobe bana ngoni.
4 Ngobe Yahwe bakazwishalulila Jakubo,
iye Iziraela kube fumwa yabo.
5 Ngobe ndoziba kuti Yahwe bankulukulu,
She wedu upezhugwi kwe midzimu yose.
6 Tjimwe ne tjimwe Yahwe tjabanoda thama
banotjithama, kudzimu ne mu shango,
mu makungwa ne kusi tjose kwe vula.
7 Ndibo banothama kuti makole amilidze ku phelelo dze shango,
banothama lipenyo gwe vula
bebe bedusa phepo mu mabiganyilo abo.
8 Ndibo bakabulaya mbano dze Baegipiti
dzose dze bathu ne dze phuka
9 bakazhisa zwilakidzo ne matjenamiso
pakati kuko, iwe Egipiti,
muna Faro ne balanda babe bose.
10 Bakalobesa zwitjaba zwinjinji
bakabulaya bomambo bakasima,
11 Sihoni, mambo we Bamori,
na Ogo, mambo we Bhashani,
ne mibuso yose ye Kanana,
12 bakakoba shango yabo kube lukata
lukata gwe bathu babo Baiziraela.
13 Zina lenyu, imwi Yahwe, limile nge kusingapele,
tjilumbi tjenyu, imwi Yahwe, tjoswika ku zwizekugwana zose.
14 Ngobe Yahwe banowogwila bathu babo,
kakale banowohwila ngoni balanda babo.
15 Midzimu ye zwitjaba i siliva ne golide,
yakathamwa nge bathu nge maboko
16 Ina milomo koga ayitolebeleka,
ina mesho koga ayitobona,
17 ina zebe koga ayitohwa,
kakale ayina meya mu milomo yawo.
18 Ibaba banoyithama
na bose banoigalabgwe
banowonga iyo.
19 Imwi ng'umba ye Iziraela, kudzani Yahwe!
Imwi ng'umba ya Aroni, kudzani Yahwe!
20 Imwi ng'umba ya Levi, kudzani Yahwe!
Imwi banotja Yahwe, kudzani Yahwe!
21 Ngakukudziwe Yahwe mu Ziyoni
ibo bagele mu Jerusalema.
Kudzani Yahwe.
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