1Iwe Tsioni, vuwa! Takuwa, ambara maanḓa au!
Iwe Jerusalema, muḓi mukhethwa,
ambara dza maṱeleṱele!
Vha songo fumbaho na vha dzitshika
a vha tsha ḓo dzhena ngomu hau.
2Iwe Jerusalema,
fhufhura buse ḽau! Takuwa!
Dzula kha khuluṋoni!
Iwe Tsioni musidzana wa ḽithubwa,
vhofholola geḓane dzo u hungaho mukulo.
3Muṋe washu u ri,
“A wo ngo rengiswa nga tshithu;
u ḓo vhofhololwa hú songo bviswa tshelede.”
Mudzimu u ḓo vhofholola vhathu vhawe Babele
4Muṋe wa zwoṱhe Muṋe washu u ri,
“Vhathu vhanga vho ranga u tsela Egipita vha dzula hone,
ngavhuya vha kandeledzwa nga Vhaashuru
hu si na tshe vha tshinya.
5Zwino fhano ndi khou vhonani?
Hufha vhathu vhanga vho sokou hwalwa nga fhedzi.
Na vhavhusi vho vha thubaho vha a kola;
ḓuvha ḽoṱhe dzina ḽanga
ḽi ṱwa ḽi tshi nyefulwa.
6Huno-ha vhathu vhanga ndi tshi vha vhofholola
vha ḓo ḓivha dzina ḽanga;
musi wonoyo vha ḓo ḓivha uri ndi Nṋe
we nda dzula ndo zwi amba.
Ee, ndi Nṋe!”
Muṋe washu a tshi vhuya na lushaka lwawe
7Ṋayo dza a no ḓisa mafhungo mavhuya
dzi tshi gidima nṱha ha dzithavha,
zwo naka hani!
Zwi takadza hani a tshi ḓivhadza a mulalo,
a tshi ḓisa mafhungo a takadzaho,
a tshi ḓivhadza a u tshidzwa ha vhathu,
a tshi vhudza Tsioni a ri,
“Mudzimu wau u a vhusa!”
8Edzou pfa vhalindi vhau vha tshi takusa maipfi;
vhoṱhe vha ṱavha mukosi nga dakalo.
Musi Muṋe washu a tshi vhuelela Tsioni,
vha ḓo zwi vhona nga avho maṱo.
9Matumba oṱhe a Jerusalema nga a lidze mifhululu;
Muṋe washu o fhumudza vhathu vhawe;
o vhofholola Jerusalema!
10Muṋe washu u ḓo angaladza tshanḓa tshawe tshikhethwa,
tshakha dzoṱhe dza tshi vhona,
migumo yoṱhe ya ḽifhasi
ya vhona Mudzimu washu
a tshi tshidza vhathu vhawe.
11Ṱuwani, ṱuwani!
Ibvani hafho fhethu!
Ni songo kwama tshithu tsha mashika!
Ibvani Babele, ni songo kumala;
no hwala midzio ya thembele ya Muṋe washu!
12Hone a ni nga ṱuwi nga shishi;
a ni nga tou shavha;
Muṋe washu u ḓo vha o ni ranga phanḓa;
Mudzimu wa Israele u ḓo ni linda nga murahu.
Luimbo lwa vhuṋa lwa Muḓinḓa wa Muṋe washu: O fela vhutshinyi hashu
13Muṋe washu u ri,
“Muḓinḓa wanga zwi ḓo mu nakela mushumoni we nda mu ṋea;
u ḓo vha muhulwane a tou gagamiswa,
a huliswa zwihulu.
14Vhanzhi vho ri u mu vhona zwa vha ofhisa;
muthu a tshi mu sedza o vha a si tsha nga muthu;
o vha a si tsha vhonala e muthu.
15Huno zwino tshakha nnzhi dzi tshi mu vhona dzi ḓo kanuka;
mahosi a ḓo ri u mu vhona a akhamala;
vha ḓo vhona zwi sa athu ambiwa,
vha ṱalukanya zwi sa athu pfiwa.”
