Ntembezelo we ndingisanyo
1 Yahwe Ndzimu wangu,
ndotizhila kumuli.
Munditjidze mundigwile
muna bakandisala shule,
2 kusajalo banowondipalulanya
se shumba, bendikwebakwebanya,
kusina unondigwila.
3 Yahwe Ndzimu wangu,
ha kuli kuti ndakathama ikoku,
ha kuli kuti kuna nlandu mu ndili,
4 ha kuli kuti ndakabgwilizila
una mbakiso nami nge mbipo,
kene kuli kuti ndakatapila tjita
tjangu ndisayi tjimwe,
5 ha kwakajalo, tjita tjangu ngatjitatane nami,
tjindibhate tjitshambile butjilo gwangu
pasi nge makumbo tjindiladzike mu hwuluba.
6 Milikani Yahwe,
mu kugwadzamoyo kwenyu!
Milikani mugwe ne bushongola
gwe zwita zwangu!
Milikani, Ndzimu wangu,
ngobe makabiga zhuba le sumikiliso.
7 Gubungano le bathu bose,
ngalikubungane kumupoteleka;
Mubalaule muli mu tjigalo tjenyu.
8 Yahwe ndibo nsumikilisi we bathu bose,
mundisumikilise kunoyendidzana
ne ndulamo yangu Yahwe
nenge kuyendidzana
ne kusheta nlandu kwangu!
9 Thamani kuti bubi gwe babi gupele,
koga musimise balulwami,
imwi munoshakisisa mikumbulo ne mimoyo,
imwi Ndzimu wakalulwama.
10 Ndzimu ndiwo tjivikili tjangu
iwo unotjidza bana mimoyo
yakatambunuka.
11 Ndzimu nsumikilisi wakalulwama,
Ndzimu unolakidza bushongola
gwawo mazhuba wose.
12 Ha nthu asingashanduke,
Ndzimu unowokuswa thumo lawo,
ukapeta dati le misebe.
13 Wakalulwamisa mathumo
awo anobulaya,
unolulwamisa misebe ikanga moto.
14 Bonani njalakang'wa dze bathu babi
sekwa dzizhele mbipo,
Bakazwisenga bubi,
bakazwala manyepkhwa,
15 banotsha gomba bakalivukula,
ngono bakawila mu gomba labatsha ibo.
16 Sahwa kwabo kohwisa ibo zogwadza,
da gwa kwabo kowodelukila mu misholo yabo.
17 Ndowoboka Yahwe ngekwe ndulamo yabo,
ndowomba ndikudza zina la Yahwe,
ibo bapezhugwi zhugwi.
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