A Song of degrees of David.
1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Kukudziwa kwe Jerusalema
1 Ndakashatha pa bakandidwa beti,
“Ngatiyende ku Ng'umba ya Yahwe!”
2 Makumbo edu amile
mukati kwe mikoba iyo, iwe Jerusalema.
3 Jerusalema, wakabakwa se nzi nkulu
umile wakasomana kwakasima.
4 Njudzi dzoyenda ku uli,
njudzi dza Yahwe,
sekwa kwakalauligwa Iziraela,
kuti aboke zina la Yahwe.
5 Ngobe ndiko kwakabigwa zwigalo zwe bushe,
zwigalo zwe bushe zwe ng'umba ya Dafite.
6 Tembezelelani kunyalala kwe Jerusalema:
“Dzene bangabhudilila ibabo banokuda.
7 Kunyalala ngakube mukati kwe bhakasa lilo,
ne mbakililo mu thungamakole dzidzo.”
8 Kuthamila zwikamu ne bazwalani bangu.
Ndowoti, “Kunyalala ngakube nawe.”
9 Kuthamila ng'umba ya Yahwe Ndzimu wedu,
ndotembezelela kubhudilila kuko!