1Vha dzhia mbulungelo ya Mudzimu vha i vhea denndeni ye Dafita a vha o i akhela, vha ṋekedza Mudzimu zwiṱhavhelo zwi fhiswaho na nduvho dza u konana na Mudzimu. 2Musi Dafita o no fhedza u ṋekedza zwiṱhavhelo zwi fhiswaho na nduvho dza u konana na Mudzimu, a shudufhadza vhathu nga dzina ḽa Muṋe washu. 3Dafita a ṋea Muisraele muṅwe na muṅwe, wa munna na wa musadzi mukonde wa vhurotho na mpale wa dzideithi na mpale wa nḓirivhe.
4Dafita a vhea vhaṅwe Vhalivi uri vha shume phanḓa ha mbulungelo ya Muṋe washu, vha tshi imbela Muṋe washu Mudzimu wa Israele, vha tshi mu livhuha vha tshi mu renda. 5Murangaphanḓa o vha e Asafu, a tevhelwa nga Zakaria, ha konou tevhela Jeiele na Shemiramotho na Jeiele na Mathithia na Eliaba na Benaya na Obede Edomo na Jeiele. Vho vha vha tshi lidza madende na dziharipa, Asafu a tshi lidza tshele, 6vhotshifhe Benaya na Jahasiele vha tshi dzula vha tshi lidza dziphalaphala phanḓa ha mbulungelo ya mulanga ya Mudzimu.
Luimbo lwa thendo
7Ndi musi wonoyo we Dafita a thoma u ṋea Asafu na mashaka awe mushumo wa u imba phisalema ya u renda Muṋe washu i no ri:
8Livhuhani Muṋe washu,
mu rabeleni,
ḓivhadzani dzitshakha mishumo yawe.
9Mu imbeleni,
mu rendeni nga nyimbo,
bulani mishumo yawe i kanukisaho.
10Rendani dzina ḽawe ḽikhethwa,
mbilu dza vhane vha ṱoḓa Muṋe washu
nga dzi pembele.
11Iyani ha Muṋe washu,
u na maanḓa,
lusani u dzula nae misi yoṱhe.
12Elelwani maḓembe e a ita,
na zwiga zwawe,
na zwe a amba a tshi haṱula,
13inwi vhaḓuhulu vha Israele mulanda wawe,
vhana vha Jakopo munangiwa wawe.
14Ndi Ene Mudzimu Muṋe washu,
muvhuso wawe u ṱanganya ḽifhasi.
15Elelwani mulanga wawe, ndi wa lini na lini;
zwe a fulufhedzisa zwi dzula zwo ralo
ha vhuya ha fhira mirafho ya zwigidi.
16Ndi mulanga we a vhofha na Abrahamu,
a fulufhedzisa Isaka nga muano,
17a zwi khwaṱhisa a zwi ita mulayo nga tshifhinga tsha Jakopo,
wa vha mulanga wa lini na lini we a vhofha na Israele,
18a tshi ri, “Inwi ndi ḓo ni ṋea shango ḽa Kanana,
ḽa vha ifa ḽaṋu ḽe nda ni kovhela.”
19Zwiḽa vha tshi kha ḓi vha vhathu vha si gathi,
vhe vhaṱuku sa muroho,
vhe vhatsinda shangoni ḽeneḽo,
20vho tendeleka na dzitshakha,
vha mona na mivhuso,
21a si tende na muthihi a tshi vha kandeledza,
a kaidza mahosi a tshi itela vhone,
22a ri, “Ni songo vhuya na kwama
vhe nda vha shululela Muya wanga,
ni songo huvhadza vhaporofita vhanga.”
23Ḽifhasi ḽoṱhe nga ḽi imbele Muṋe washu!
Misi yoṱhe ḓivhadzani uri u a tshidza!
24Anḓadzani vhugala hawe tshakhani dzoṱhe,
ni ḓivhadze vhathu vhoṱhe mishumo yawe i kanukisaho.
25Muṋe washu ndi muhulwane, o tewa nga thendo khulu,
u fanela u ofhiwa u fhira midzimu yoṱhe.
26Hufha midzimu yoṱhe ya dzitshakha i si tshithu,
hone Muṋe washu o sika ḽiṱaḓulu.
27O tangwa nga vhugala na vhurena,
hune a dzula ho ḓala nungo na dakalo.
28Inwi tshakha dzoṱhe,
iḓani ha Muṋe washu!
Mu huliseni, mu luvheni,
u na maanḓa.
29Rendani dzina ḽa Muṋe washu,
zwo fanela;
ḓisani nduvho nḓuni yawe.
Khothani Muṋe washu
a tshi vhonadza lupenyo lwawe lukhethwa!
30Tetemelani phanḓa hawe inwi noṱhe vha ḽifhasi!
Shango ḽo tikwa,
ḽi nga si sudzuluswe.
31Ḽiṱaḓulu nga ḽi takale,
ḽifhasi nga ḽi fhululedze,
nga zwi vhudzwe dzitshakha hu pfi,
“Muṋe washu u a vhusa!”
32Lwanzhe nga lu bvume na zwoṱhe zwi re khalwo,
masimu nga a pembele na zwoṱhe zwi re khao!
33Miri ya ḓaka i ḓo imba,
i ḓo fhululedza phanḓa ha Muṋe washu,
u khou ḓa u haṱula ḽifhasi.
34Livhuhani Muṋe washu ngauri u na vhuthu,
lufuno lwawe a lu gumi.
35Ṱavhani mukosi ni ri,
“Ri tshidze,
Iwe Mudzimu Mutshidzi washu,
ri kuvhanganye u ri lamulele kha dzitshakha,
ri luvhe dzina ḽau ḽikhethwa,
ri u khoḓe ri u rende.”
36Nga hu rendwe Muṋe washu Mudzimu wa Israele,
u bva tsha kale na kale, na lini na lini.
Ndi hone vhathu vhoṱhe vha tshi ri, “Amen! Nga hu rendwe Muṋe washu!”
Nduvho Jerusalema na Gibioni
37Dafita a sia Asafu na mashaka awe phanḓa ha mbulungelo ya mulanga ya Muṋe washu uri vha dzule vha tshi shuma henefho, vha tshi tevhedza zwine zwa ṱoḓea misi yoṱhe. 38A sia na Obede Edomo na mashaka awe vha 68 uri vha shume navho. Obede Edomo ṅwana wa Jeduthuni na Hosa vho vha vhe vhalindakhoro.
39Dafita a vhea tshifhe Tsadoko na mashaka awe uri vha shume Gibioni fhethu he ha vha hu tshi luvhiwa Muṋe washu, 40uri vha ṋekedze Muṋe washu zwiṱhavhelo zwi fhiswaho kha aḽiṱari ya tshiṱhavhelo tshi fhiswaho nga zwifhinga zwa hone, nga matsheloni na nga madekwana, hu tshi tevhedzwa zwo ṅwalwaho Mulayoni wa Muṋe washu, we a u ṋea Vhaisraele. 41Vho vha vhe na Hemani na Jeduthuni na vhaṅwe vhoṱhe vhe vha nangiwa vha tou bulwa nga madzina uri vha livhuhe Muṋe washu vha tshi ri, “Lufuno lwawe a lu gumi.” 42Hemani na Jeduthuni vho vha vha tshi shuma u vhona uri hu lidzwe dziphalaphala na mirumba na u lidza zwiṅwe zwilidzo hu tshi imbiwa nyimbo dza u hulisa Mudzimu. Vhana vha Jeduthuni vho vha vha tshi linda khoro.
43Ndi hone vhathu vhoṱhe vha tshi ṱuwa, muṅwe na muṅwe a livha hayani hawe, Dafita a vhuelela hayani a yo shudufhadza muṱa wawe.