Lumbo gwe nzano
1 Mbilani pezhugwi, mumbile Ndzimu iwo simba ledu;
pululudzilani Ndzimu wa Jakubo!
2 Shobani lumbo, mulidze tjilidzo tje thamborini,
lidzani tjilidzo tje laya ne dende kunozipa.
3 Lidzani lunyanga mwedzi ugala,
ne uyedzegwa, mu zhuba ledu le nzano.
4 Ngekuti i ndayo mu Iziraela,
ndayo ye Ndzimu wa Jakubo.
5 Yawakalaya Josefa,
paakabhuda mu shango ye Egipiti.
Ndohwa hwi landisakatongoziba.
6 “Ndakamutula ntolo mu mathudzi,
amutula itundu mu misholo.
7 Wakati uli mu kuhwazogwadza kukulu akudana,
ngono ndakakuangula,
ndakakudabila ndili mu kudidima kwe makole
ndakakulika ku vula dze Meriba.
8 Ihwani, imwi bathu bangu, ha ndimutjenjedza!
Iwe Iziraela, ha wabe unganditeedza!
9 Kusitongowanika ndzimu usingazibgwe mu muli,
musitongonamata ndzimu upoga.
10 Ndimi Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu,
wakamudusa mu shango ye Egipiti.
Ashama, ngono ndowokupashika.
11 “Koga bathu bangu abazoteedza hwi langu,
Iziraela azotongobe ne tjimwe nami.
12 Ndizo ndakabaletjedza nge moyo yabo mikukutu,
kuti batobele njalakang'wa dzabo.
13 Ha bathu bangu, babe banganditeedza,
ha Iziraela abe angatobela zila dzangu,
14 ndabe ndowotebamisa zwita zwabo tjinyolotjo,
ndibe ndishandulila luboko gwangu ku banyanyayidzi babo!
15 Ibabo banobenga Yahwe banowoshushubala bakabalinga,
ngono bakalobgwa shamu nge kusingapele.
16 Koga ndowomujisa korong mbuyanana kwazo,
ndabe ndowomugutsha nge butji gwe nyutji, gunodwa mu shongwe.”
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