Thendo dza vhoṱhe, dza vhanzhi, dza muthihi

Luimbo lwe lwa sikelwa malogwane, Phisalema.

Thendo dza ḽifhasi ḽoṱhe

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²hulisani dzina ḽawe nga nyimbo,

mu imbeleni thendo!

³Vhudzani Mudzimu ni ri,

“Mishumo yau i ofhisa hani!

Maanḓa au ndi mahulu;

maswina au u a khothisa phanḓa hau a luvha.

⁴Ḽifhasi ḽoṱhe ḽi a u luvha ḽo gwadama,

vha u renda nga nyimbo,

vha renda dzina ḽau.”

Thendo dza Israele

⁵Iḓani ni vhone zwimangadzo zwe Mudzimu a ita;

zwe a itela vhathu ndi zwihulu:

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vha wela mulambo nga milenzhe.

Henefho ndi he ra mu takalela,

⁷Ene a vhusaho nga maanḓa awe lini na lini.

Maṱo awe a dzula o sedza dzitshakha;

mavhanga a songo tsha ḓihudza.

⁸Inwi dzitshakha,

rendani Mudzimu washu,

mu imbeleni thendo!

⁹Ndi Ene a ri tshidzaho,

ha litshi milenzhe yashu i tshi redzemuwa.

¹⁰Mudzimu, wo ri linga nga mulilo,

wa ri kulutedza unga siliva.

¹¹Wo ri dzhenisa mambuleni,

wa ri hwesa mihwalo i lemelaho,

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ro fhira nga muliloni na maḓini,

ra kona u ḓiphiṋa nga zwinzhi.

Thendo ya muthihi

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nda khunyeledza zwe nda u anela,

¹⁴zwe nda amba nga mulomo wanga musi ndi khomboni.

¹⁵Ndi ḓo u ṋekedza zwiṱhavhelo zwo nonaho,

na thutha dzi nukhelelaho dzi tshi fhiswa,

ndi ḓo ṋekedza dzimboho na mbokoṱo.

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noṱhe ni ofhaho Mudzimu,

ndi ḓo ni vhudza zwe a nnyitela:

¹⁷ndo mu ṱavhela mukosi,

a mbo ḓi nndamulela,

lulimi lwanga lwa mu renda.

¹⁸Ngavhe mbiluni yanga hu na vhuvhi,

ndi musi Muṋe wa zwoṱhe a songo nthetshelesa.

¹⁹Hone ngoho Mudzimu o nthetshelesa a pfa thabelo yanga.

²⁰Nga hu rendwe Mudzimu,

ho ngo landula thabelo yanga,

lufuno lwawe a lwo ngo vhuya lwa dzinginyea.

Luimbo lwa u livhuha khaṋo khulu

Phisalema, luimbo lwe lwa sikelwa malogwane; lu pfi lu imbiwe hu tshi lidzwa haripa.

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a ri vhonetshela nga tshifhaṱuwo tshawe,

²uri ḽifhasi ḽoṱhe ḽi vhone zwine a ita,

tshakha dzoṱhe dzi ḓivhe maanḓa awe a u tshidza.

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tshakha dzoṱhe nga dzi u tende!

⁴Tshakha nga dzi takale dzi u fhululedze;

u haṱula vhathu u sa ṱaluli,

wa endedza dzitshakha fhano fhasi.

⁵Mudzimu, vhathu kha vha u tende,

tshakha dzoṱhe nga dzi u tende!

⁶Shango ḽo bveledza khaṋo,

Mudzimu, Ene Mudzimu ashu,

o ḓi ri shudufhadza.

⁷Mudzimu o ri shudufhadza,

ḽifhasi ḽoṱhe nga he ḽa guma nga ḽi mu ofhe.

Mudzimu Murendwa

Phisalema ya Dafita, luimbo lwe a sikela malogwane.

Mudzimu Mubalanganyamaswina

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vha mu vhengaho vha shavha vha tshi fhufhura nḓevhe.

²U vha balanganya unga vhutsi;

Mudzimu a tou bvelele,

vhavhi vha a lovha

unga phula i tshi ṋoka muliloni.

³Vha no fulufhedzea vhone

vha a pembela Mudzimu a tshi swika,

vha ṱavha mukosi nga dakalo.

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rendani dzina ḽawe nga nyimbo,

Munamelamakole,Kana: “Mubuḓekanyaphanga”.

mu lugiseleni nḓila!

U pfi Muṋe washu, mu fhululedzeni!

Mudzimu Muvhofhololi

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ndi Khotsi a tsiwana, Mulwelatshilikadzi.

⁶Vha si na vhudzulo Mudzimu u vha fhaṱela mahaya,

zwivhotshwa a zwi vhofholola,

hone mavhanga a ḓo dzula makwarani.

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zwiḽa u tshi endedza vhathu vhau,

u tshi buḓekanya phanga,

⁸ḽifhasi ḽo dzinginyea,

ḽiṱaḓulu ḽa shulula mvula,

hu tshi swika Mudzimu wa Sinai,

hu tshi ḓa Ene Mudzimu wa Israele.

⁹Mudzimu, wo nisa mvula nnzhi,

shango ḽau ḽo bvaho ḽa dovha ḽa vuwa,

¹⁰vhathu vhau vha dzula khaḽo,

Iwe Mudzimu wa tonda vhaheḓana nga vhuthu hau.

Mudzimu Muladzashango

¹¹Muṋe wa zwoṱhe o ṋea ndaela,

vhasadzi vhanzhi

vha mbo ḓi anḓadza ayo mafhungo,

vha ri,

¹²“Mahosi a maswina ashu a khou shavha,

mmbi dzavho dzo hasekana!”

Vhasadzi hayani vha kovhekana zwo thubwaho:

¹³Zwifanyiso zwa maivha zwo fhomiwaho nga siliva,

phapha dzao dzi penya musuku u songo vangiwaho.

(Ndi mini vhaṅwe vha tshee vho dzula

zwitumbani zwa dzinngu?)Tshiheberu tsha vese iyi a tshi pfali zwavhuḓi.

¹⁴Zwiḽa Ramaanḓaoṱhe a tshi balanganya mahosi

Thavhani ya Tsalimoni,

o nisa mahaḓa.

Mudzimu Muthubamathubwa

¹⁵Thavha dza Bashani dzo hula hani,

dzi na miṱumba minzhi!

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Ni vhivhelani thavha ye Mudzimu a ḓikhethela

uri a dzule khayo?

Muṋe washu u ḓo ḓi dzula khayo lini na lini!

¹⁷Muṋe wa zwoṱhe u bva Sinai a tshi ḓa fhethu hawe hukhethwa,

e na gariki dzawe dza nndwa dza maanḓa,

dza zwigidi na zwigidi.

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a gonya nao nṱha,

a ṋewa nduvho nga vhathu,

na mavhanga a mu luvha;

Mudzimu Muṋe washu u ḓo dzula henengei.

Mudzimu Mulamuleli

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u a ri hwala,

ndi Ene Mudzimu Mutshidzi washu.

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ndi Muṋe washu,

ndi Muṋe wa zwoṱhe,

u ri lamukisa lufuni.

²¹Ngoho Mudzimu u ḓo devhekanya ṱhoho dza maswina awe;

vhane vha ṱana milandu yavho u ḓo pwasha dethele ḽavho

ḽo lukwaho mavhudzi.

²²Muṋe wa zwoṱhe o amba a ri,

“Ndi ḓo vhuisa vhathu vhanga vha tshi bva Bashani,

naho vho mbwandamela vhudzivhani ha lwanzhe,

ndi ḓo vha ṋula,

²³uri vha ṱambe milenzhe nga malofha a maswina,

mmbwa dzavho dzi a ṋanzwe dzi fure.”

Mudzimu Mupembelwa-nga-Israele

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u tshi ḓala muḓalo wó kunda,

vha vhona u tshi dzhena fhethu hau hukhethwa,

Iwe Mudzimu wanga, Khosi yanga,

²⁵wó tangwa nga vhaimbi na vhalidzi vha zwilidzo,

vhasidzana vha tshi khou lidza tshele.

²⁶Vhumbani dzikhwairi ni imbele Mudzimu,

rendani Muṋe washu,

inwi vhaḓuhulu vha Jakopo!

²⁷Ngoyu Benyamini, ene muṱuku,

o vha ranga phanḓa,

ha tevhela vhahulwane vha Juda na tshigwada tshavho,

na vhahulwane vha Zebuloni,

na vha Nafuthali.

Mudzimu Muluvhiwa-nga-tshakha

²⁸Mudzimu, sumbedza maanḓa au,

maanḓa e wa ri tshidza ngao,

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hune mahosi vha u ḓisela nduvho.

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heḽiḽa buka ḽi dzulaho ṱhangani;

kaidza dzitshakha,

heḽo sambi ḽa dzimboho na ṋamana dzadzo,

vha vhuya vha u khotha vha ṋekedza siliva.

Balanganya havho vhathu vha no funa nndwa!

³¹Hu ḓo ḓa vhaḓinḓa vha tshi bva Egipita,

vha luvha Mudzimu nga zwifulwa zwa musinaseṱha;

Vhakushu vha ḓo rabela Mudzimu vhó imisa zwanḓa.Tshiheberu tsha vese idzi mbili a tshi pfali zwavhuḓi.

Mudzimu Murendwa-nga-mivhuso

³²Inwi mivhuso ya shango,

imbelani Mudzimu,

rendani Muṋe wa zwoṱhe nga nyimbo,

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lutombo lwa kale-kale!

Thetshelesani a tshi bvumisa he ngindii-ngindii.

³⁴Ḓivhadzani maanḓa a Mudzimu,

u vhusa Israele nga vhugala,

maanḓa awe a fhira lutombo.

³⁵Mudzimu u ofhisa hani

a tshi bva fhethu hawe hukhethwa!

Ndi Ene Mudzimu wa Israele;

u ṋea vhathu vhawe nungo na maanḓa.

Mudzimu nga a rendiwe!