Madatha e kugalabgwe mu fumwa
1 Ihwani woku imwi bathu bose;
teedzani imwi bagali be shango yose,
2 bapasi kose ne bakamilidzika,
bafumi kose ne bashayi.
3 Nlomo wangu unowoleba butjenjedu;
ndebeleko ye moyo wangu inowobe kuhwisisa.
4 Ndowoteedza makungulupeswa;
ndowolidza dende awana dabilo ye malipa.
5 Ini nditja mu misi ye kudziyidzika,
ha matjinyo aibabo banobhayana
nami akandipoteleka,
6 ibabo banogalamoyo mu fumwa dzabo kakale
bezwikudza ngekwe bunji gwe thundu dzabo?
7 Malebeswa, akuna nthu tjaangatenganya butjilo nditjo,
akuna themba nthu yaangabigila Ndzimu nge kwago.
8 Tjinotenganya butjilo themba yatjo i pezhugwi kwazo,
kakale akungashingikale
9 kuti nthu atjilile tjose, asitongongina mu gomba.
10 Ngobe atilinga batjenjedu, towana befa;
tjilengwe ne tjihema banoloba bose
besiyila bamwe fumwa yabo.
11 Zwikumbu ndizo mizi yabo nge kusingapele,
ndiwo magalo abo ne zwizekugwana zose,
nenguba bakatumila shango nge mazina abo.
12 Koga nthu angagalile tjose mu kuzwikudza kukwe
unonga phuka dzinoloba.
13 Elo ndilo bhelelo le zila ye bulengwe,
bhelelo la ibabo banoshathisiwa nge thundu dzabo.
14 Se pkhwizi, bakashaligwa gomba le lufu;
lufu gowobe nlisi wabo;
banodelukila koga mu ikumbu,
ne mbumbiko yabo inowokolomoka;
Gomba le lufu ndilo linowobe nzi wabo.
15 Koga Ndzimu unowodzutunula meya yangu
mu simba le lufu,
ngobe iwo unowondiamutjila.
16 Musitje ha bamwe befuma,
ha fumwa dze mizi yabo dzipaphidzika.
17 Ngobe ha befa akuna tjabanowosenga,
fumwa yabo ayitowobatobela.
18 Nenguba mu butjilo gwabo bakabe bezwidwa beti bakashatha,
ngoti nthu unokudziwa ha wuzwithamila kwakanaka,
19 banowoyenda kuna bobatategulu babo,
ibabo basingatjawobona tjedza kakale.
20 Koga nthu angagalile tjose mu kuzwikudza kukwe;
unonga phuka dzinoloba.
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