1Haya ndi mafhungo a Mudzimu a no amba Ninive. Ndi luṅwalo lu no ṱalutshedza bono ḽa Nahumi wa Elikoshi.
Muṋe washu ndi Mulifhedzi
2Muṋe washu ndi Mudzimu a no ḽela vhathu vhawe mbilu,
Muṋe washu u a lifhedza e mbitini.
Muṋe washu u lifhedza maswina awe,
u vha lifhedza o sinyuwa.
3Muṋe washu ha ṱavhanyi u sinyuwa,
maanḓa awe one ndi mahulu;
a re na mulandu ha litshi u mu lifhedza.
Hune Muṋe washu a tshimbila
hu vuwa tshiḓumbumukwe na maḓumbu,
makole ndi buse ḽa milenzhe yawe.
4U kaidza lwanzhe lwa xa,
u omisa milambo yoṱhe.
Maṱaka a Bashani na Kharamele a a puta,
maluvha a Libanoni a haluluwa.
5A tshi swika thavha dzi a dzinginyea,
mivhundu ya ṋoka.
Ḽifhasi ḽi tshi mu vhona ḽi vha soga,
zwoṱhe zwi dzulaho khaḽo zwa lila.
6A dinalea, ndi nnyi ane a nga ima?
Ndi nnyi ane a nga konḓelela mbiti dzawe dzi ofhisaho?
Mbiti dzawe dzi shuluwa unga mulilo,
hune a kanda makwara a a pwashea a balangana.
7Muṋe washu u tonda vhane vha shavhela khae
musi zwo vhifha.
Vhane vha khuda ngae u a vha londola
8musi vha tshi kumbwa nga muḓalo wa maḓi.
Maswina awe u vha fhedza tshoṱhe vha guma nga tshalo,
u ḓo a pandamedza a shavhela swiswini.
9Vhunwa hoṱhe vhune vha lukela Muṋe washu,
u ḓo vhu pfuvhisa;
maswina iṱali a sa rwiwi luvhili!
10Vha ḓo fhiswa vhe lore, unga tshiṱaka tsha mipfa,
unga maṱanga o omaho.
11Mukandeledzi u ḓo ngalangala,
onoyo a no lukela Muṋe washu vhunwa,
a ita vhukwila vhu sa tshidzi.
12Muṋe washu u ri,
“Naho Vhaashuru vhe na maanḓa,
vhe vhanzhi,
vha ḓo lozwiwa vha si tsha vha hone.
Naho inwi vhathu vha Juda ndo ni pfisa vhuṱungu,
a thi tsha ḓo dovha nda ni tambudza.
13Zwino ndi ḓo vunḓa dzhogo yavho i re mitsingani yaṋu,
nda ṱhukhula geḓane dzo ni vhofhaho.”
14Muṋe washu a tshi amba khosi ya Vhaashuru u ri,
“A u tsha ḓo vha na vhaḓuhulu vha no sala na dzina ḽau.
Ndi ḓo pwashekanya zwifanyiso
zwo vhaḓwaho nga thanda
na zwitungulo zwo fulwaho nga tsimbi
zwi re thembeleni ya midzimu yaṋu.
Ndi ḓo ni bwela tshalo tsha vha ṱano ḽa zwi shonisaho.”
U tshidzwa ha Juda
15Sedzani dzithavhani ni vhone muḓinḓa
a tshi ḓa na mafhungo mavhuya,
u ḓivhadza a mulalo!
Inwi vha Juda itani vhuṱambo haṋu,
ni khunyeledze zwe na ana.
Vhavhi a vha tsha ḓo ni tshoṱhela,
vho lozwiwa tshoṱhe.
