Ndzimu mbusi nkulu
1 Yahwe banobusa! Shango ngayishathe,
zwigwizi zose zwe gungwa ngazwishathe!
2 Makole ne zhalima lakati zwititi lakabapoteleka.
Ndulamo ne kutambunuka ndizo thiwa dze tjigalo tjabo tje bushe.
3 Moto wakabatungamila,
unopisa banyanyayidzi babo mbizho dzose dze shango.
4 Lupenyo gwabo govoneka shango yose,
shango inobona ikatetema.
5 Matombo anonyawuka se phola mbeli kwa Yahwe,
mbeli kwa she we shango yose.
6 Kudzimu koleba ngekwe ndulamo yabo,
ne zwitjaba zose zobona gudzo labo.
7 Banamati bezwifano bose banobhatisiwa shoni,
ibabo banozwikudza ngekwe zwifano zwisina nshingo,
midzimu yose inokotamisa misholo mbeli kwabo.
8 Ziyoni inohwa ikashatha,
ne mizi ye Juda inoshatha,
ngekwe kusumikilisa kwenyu, imwi Yahwe.
9 Ngobe imwi Yahwe, mu pezhugwi kwe shango yose,
mokudziwa kwazo kupinda midzimu yose.
10 Yahwe banoda ibabo banobenga bubi,
banotjengeta matjilo e bayengemali babo,
banobagwila mu luboko gwe babi.
11 Tjedza tjopenyela balulwami,
ne shatho kuna bakatambunuka mu moyo.
12 Shathilani Yahwe imwi bakalulwama,
kakale muboke zina labo lakayengemala!
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