1 Imi ndi luba le Sharoni,
ndi luba le mikuku.
2 Se luba lipakati kwe mihwa,
tjibhayamoyo tjangu tjakajalo pakati kwe baanadi.
3 Tjibhayamoyo tjangu tjonga nti we dziapuli,
pakati kwe miti imu ishaka,
ndoshatha kugala mu ntutshi wawo,
ne mitjelo yawo inondizipila kwazo.
4 Wakandidanila ku ng'umba ye majo ne zwing'o,
naka fukidziwa ngubo ye ludo.
5 Undisimise nge zhambi dzakaswabisiwa,
ube undinyatutusa nge dziapuli,
ngobe ndogwala gwe ludo.
6 Ungati luboko gugwe gwe lumeshwe
gungabe gulikusi kwe nsholo wangu,
ha gwe luji gwakandigumbatila.
7 Bakololokadzi be Jerusalema,
ndomutunisa nge phala ne phalapala
dze shango, musitange ludo
kuswikila igo guzwilakidza ha gushaka.
Lumbo gwe bubili
8 I hwi le tjido tje moyo wangu!
Bona! Hwouje waswika,
etatha edeluka matombo ne matuthu.
9 Tjibhayamoyo tjangu tjonga phala
kene phalanalume.
Bonani koga, hwouje umile
shule kwe guma,
unoshozhela mu mafesitere
akazwibhatilila nge makwasayile.
10 Tjido tje moyo wangu tjolebeleka,
tjolebeleka tjoti kundili,
“Milika nthu wangu mbuya, izha kundili,
11 ngobe tjibaka tje mbaba tjakapinda,
vula yakana ikapinda.
12 Maluba woboneka mu shango,
tjibaka tjemba tjakotoka
ne nlidzo we njiba unohwika mu shango yedu.
13 Mpaya unozwala phaya,
ne mizhambi inopululudza,
inodusa kunuhwilila kwayo kunozipa.
Milika nthu wangu mbuya,
buya ngeno kundili.”
14 Iwe njiba yangu igele pa phaswa dze shongwe,
wakabgwata pakasitilika pe phaswa,
ima ndibone tjiso tjitjo,
ima ndihwe hwi lilo,
ngobe hwi lilo lozipilila,
ne buso gugo gubuya kwazo.
15 Utibhatile phungubgwe, phungubgwana,
dzinotjinya minda ye mizhambi,
minda yedu ye mizhambi yopululudza wali.
16 Tjibhayamoyo tjangu nge tjangu,
nami ndi watjo,
unofudza pkhwizi dzidze mu maluba matjena.
17 Kuswikila zhuba li bhuda
ne mitutshi ye busiku itizha,
tendebuka, nthu wangu, unge phala
kene phalanalume pezhugwi kwe matombo.
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