Nzi nkulu we Ndzimu
1 Yahwe bankulukulu kakale bakafanila kudziwa kukulukulu
mu nzi nkulu we Ndzimu wedu.
Dombo labo lakayengemala,
2 lakanaka nge bulefu gwalo,
ndilo shatho ye shango yose,
Dombo le Ziyoni, kulekule ku bunandzwa,
iwo nzi nkulu wa mambo.
3 Mu matizhilo e nzi nkulu
Ndzimu wakazwilakidza uli iwo bhakasa lakasima,
4 Ndizo bomambo bakakubungana,
bakashangana bose.
5 Bakati tjinyolotjo bebona ikoku bakatjenama kukulu;
bakalobgwa nge hana, bakatola makumbo bakatizha
6 Ipapo kutetema kukabe mubali,
bakabe nge zwibhayo zwinonga zwe nkadzi unotshibama,
7 Se phepo inodwa ku bhezhuba
ipkhwanya zwikepe zwe Tashishi.
8 Sekwa takati tikahwa, ngwenu tatjizwibonegwa
mu nzi nkulu wa Yahwe we mibunga, muna
iwo wakabambiwa nge Ndzimu nge kusingapele kose.
Wakabambiwa nge Ndzimu ukagalila tjose nge kusingapele kose.
9 Tokanuka ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike Ndzimu,
pakati pe ng'umba yenyu.
10 Zina lenyu, koga sekudziwa kwenyu,
nailo loswika ku phelelo dze shango.
Luboko gwenyu gwe luji gokunda kwazo.
11 Dombo le Ziyoni ngalishathe,
mizi ye Juda ngayishathe
nge zila yekusumikilisa kwenyu.
12 Yenda mu nzi we Ziyoni, uwupoteleke,
bala thungamakole dzawo.
13 Alakana kwazo makuma akabakilila
nzi nkulu iwoyo ne matizhilo awo
kuti ndizo ubudze tjizekugwana tjinowozha.
14 Kuti iwoyu Ndzimu,
Ndzimu wedu nge kusingapele kose,
unowobe ntungamili wedu nge kusingapele kose!
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