Muhaṱuli wa shango
Phisalema ya Asafu.
U swika ha Muhaṱuli
1Muṋe washu Mudzimu Ramaanḓaoṱhe
u khou amba,
u vhidza ḽifhasi u bva vhubvaḓuvha u swika vhukovhela.
2Mudzimu u vhonadza lupenyo lwawe e Tsioni,
muḓi wa manakanaka.
3Mudzimu washu u khou ḓa,
ha fhumuli,
phanḓa hawe hu na mulilo u lozwaho,
o tangwa nga ḓumbu ḽa maanḓa.
4U vhidza ḽiṱaḓulu na ḽifhasi uri zwi vhe ṱhanzi
a tshi haṱula vhathu vhawe.
5U ri,
“Nkuvhanganyeleni vhathu vhanga vha fulufhedzeaho
vhe vha vhofha mulanga na nṋe nga tshiṱhavhelo!”
6Ḽiṱaḓulu ḽi a ṱanziela ḽa ri,
“Mudzimu ndi Muhaṱuli, ha khakhi.”
Zwine a ṱoḓa kha vhathu vhawe
7“Vhathu vhanga,
thetshelesani ndi ni vhudze!
Iwe Israele,
ndi khou u hwesa mulandu!
Mudzimu ndi Nṋe,
ndi Mudzimu wau.
8A thi u kaidzeli zwiṱhavhelo zwau,
hufha u tshi ḓi nṋekedza nduvho dzo fhiswaho.
9Hone a thi nga ṱanganedzi mbohwana dzi bvaho dangani ḽau,
na mbokoṱo dzi bvaho miṱambini yau.
10Hufha phukha dzoṱhe dza shango dzi dzanga,
na kholomo dzo phaphaho mivhundu ya tshigidi.
11Zwiṋoni zwoṱhe zwi fhufhaho thavhani ndi a zwi londola,
na zwoṱhe zwi tshimbilaho ḓakani ndi zwanga.
12Ndí na nḓala ndi nga vhudza iwe naa?
Hufha ḽifhasi na zwi re khaḽo zwi zwanga.
13Kani ndi ḽa ṋama ya dzimboho?
Ndi nwa malofha a mbudzi naa?
14Tshiṱhavhelo tshi ṋekedzwaho Mudzimu
ndi thendo;
tshau nga hu vhe u khunyeledza zwe wa anela Waṱaḓuluṱaḓulu.
15Zwó vhifha u nṱavhele mukosi,
ndi ḓo u lamukisa wa konou nkhulisa.”
Zwine a vhudza vhavhi
16Mudzimu a tshi amba na vhavhi u ri,
“U itelani u tshi ṱolou nkhumbudza mulanga wanga,
wa dubekanya ndaela dzanga nga mulomo?
17Hufha u sa funi u laiwa,
u tshi landula maipfi anga.
18Wá vhona fobvu u konana naḽo,
na dziphombwe ndi khonani dzau.
19U endela u amba mavhi,
lulimi lwau lu luka vhufhura,
20wa dzula wa pomoka murathu wau,
wa nyefula ṅwana wa mme au vhukuma.”
“Ni vhone!”
21“U tshi ita zwoṱhe zwenezwo ndi fhumule naa?
U vhona unga Nṋe ndi nga iwe?
Hone zwino ndi a u kaidza,
ndi u hwesa mulandu.
22“Thetshelesani inwi vhane na hangwa Mudzimu,
ndi sa ḓo ni balanganya ha si vhe na a ni lamukisaho!
23Tshiṱhavhelo tshi hulisaho Mudzimu ndi thendo;
a thetshelesaho
ndi ene a no ḓo tshidzwa nga Mudzimu.”