Ntembezelo unokumbila bhatsho
1 Yahwe, nyanyayidzanani na ibabo
banonyanyayidzana nami,
igwani na ibabo banogwa nami!
2 Tolani tjivikili ne thumo,
mundimile!
3 Dusani thumo ne nsebe mubhayane
ne batatamili bangu!
Muti ku meya yangu,
“Ndimi sununguko iyo!”
4 Ngababhatisiwe shoni balengudziwe
ibabo banoshaka kundibulaya.
Ngabashandusiwe bakawumana
ibabo banolangana mbipo nge kwangu.
5 Ngabange bunye pana phepo,
Ntumwa wa Yahwe ngaabatutudzile mbeli.
6 Zila yabo ngayibe zhalima itedzemuke
ntumwa wa Yahwe akatatana nabo.
7 Bakanditeya nge gwanga gwabo ndisina nlandu,
bakanditshila bhuzhu ndisina nlandu.
8 Kulobesiwa ngakubawile batjakazwikangwang'wa.
Gwanga gwabakateya ngagubhate ibo,
ngabawile muguli balobesiwe.
9 Ipapo meya yangu inowoshatha muna Yahwe,
ishatha mu jidzo labo.
10 Mafupa angu wose anowoti,
“Yahwe, apa ndiyani unonga imwi kene?
Imwi munotjidza ibabo basina matatabuko
muna ibabo bakabasimila.
Motjidza basina matatabuko
ne basheti muna ibabo banobatolela.”
11 Batendeki babiibi banomilika,
banondibhuzwa zwithu zwandisingazibe.
12 Banondilipila ndulamo nge mbipo,
be siya meya yangu ili mu kudziyidzika.
13 Koga imi ndakati begwala aambala jila le saka,
azwidziyidza nge kuzwinyima zojiwa.
Ndakatembezela ndakakotamisila nsholo pa ifuba tjangu,
14 se ndinohwilazogwadza nzwalani kene mwana wa tate.
Ndakanga nthu unolilila mmeyabe,
ndakakotama ndilila.
15 Koga ndakati ndikuthiwa bakakubungana ngoshatha,
bakakubungana bebhayana nami,
zwilema zwandakabe ndisingazibe
zwikaleba bubi nge kwangu zwisingamise.
16 Bakandidadila bakandikuwelela,
bakandinyenamila nge lubengo.
17 Kowobe lini Yahwe makalingilila koga?
Mundigwile mu kundigwisa kwabo,
angulani butjilo gwangu mu shumba.
18 Ndizo ndowomuboka mu gubungano gulu,
mu gubungano lakasima ndowomukudza.
19 Musiletje zwita zwangu zwinondibenga,
zwikashathila kudziyidzika kwangu,
kakale musiletje ibabo banondibengela suli
bakatsika zhisho nge kushatha.
20 Ngobe abatoleba mbakiso,
koga banolukila bagedzikane
mu shango matama e kutjebela.
21 Banondiashamisila milomo yabo kwazo,
beti “Ehe, Ehe, mesho edu atjibona tjashingikala.”
22 Yahwe, makubona,
musinyalale.
She, musi be kule nami.
23 Muzwizunguze mumile fanilo yangu,
mundimile Ndzimu wangu She wangu!
24 Lakidzani kuti andina nlandu
kuyendidzana nge ndulamo yenyu
Yahwe Ndzimu wangu,
musibaletje bakandidadila.
25 Musibaletje bakazwidwa bakati,
“Ehe, yemula dze mimoyo yedu dzashingikala.”
Musibaletje bakati, “Tapedza naye!”
26 Thamani kuti bose banoshathila kudziyidzika
kwangu babhakhwe nge shoni
bahwumane balengudzike.
Thamani kuti shoni dzitshe
banozwikudza pezhugwi kwangu.
27 Banoshathila kutambunuka kwangu
ngabamimile nge kushatha,
ngono bapaphe bati, “Yahwe bankulu,
ibo banoshathila mamuko akanaka e nlanda wabo.”
28 Ipapo lulimi gwangu gowoleba ngekwe ndulamo yenyu
nenge kukudziwa kwenyu zhuba lose.
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