Muṋe washu a tshi vhofholola vhathu vhawe vhuthubwani
1Iwe Jakopo, Muṋe washu we a u sika u khou amba; iwe Israele, Muvhumbi wau u ri,
“U songo ofha, ndi ḓo u lamukisa;
ndo u vhidza nga dzina, u wanga!
2U tshi fhira vhukati ha maḓi manzhi ndi ḓo vha ndi na iwe;
u tshi wela milambo i nga si u kumbe;
u tshi fhira vhukati ha mulilo u nga si swe;
khavhu dza mulilo dzi nga si u fhise.
3Hufha ndi Yahavee Mudzimu wau,
Mukhethwa wa Israele Mutshidzi wau.
Ndi ḓo kumedza Egipita ḽa vha tshipfumelo,
iwe wa vhofhololwa;
vhuimoni hau hu ḓo dzhena Kushu na Seba, iwe wa bva.
4Ndi ḓo kumedza dzitshakha uri iwe u tshidzwe,
ngauri ndi tshi u sedza
ndi vhona u wa mutengo muhulu,
ndi a u hulisa, ndi a u funa.
5“U songo ofha, ndi na iwe;
ndi ḓo kuvhanganya vhana vhau vhubvaḓuvha na vhukovhela
nda vha vhuisa hayani.
6Ndi ḓo vhudza devhula nda ri,
‘Vha litshe vha ṱuwe!’
nda vhudza tshipembe nda ri,
‘Vha tshi ṱuwa u songo vha dzivhisa!
Litsha vhana vhanga vha humele hayani
vha tshi bva mashangoni a kule,
na vhananyana vhanga vha tshi bva migumoni ya ḽifhasi –
7vhoṱhe vhane vha vhidzwa nga dzina ḽanga,
vhe nda vha sika, nda vha vhumba,
ndi tshi itela uri vha nkhulise!’ ”
Israele, ṱhanzi i si na nzhele
8Muṋe washu u ri,
“Ḓisani vhathu vhanga khoroni;
vha na maṱo, hone vho pofula;
vha na nḓevhe, hone vho dzinga!
9Tshakha dzoṱhe nga dzi kuvhangane,
vhathu vhoṱhe vha ḓe tsengoni.
Ndi ufhio wa midzimu yavho we a dzula o amba
zwine zwa khou itea zwino,
kana we a dzula o bvumba zwithu zwa bvelela?
Midzimu heyo nga i ḓe na ṱhanzi dzayo
u sumba uri i na ngoho,
uri vhaṅwe vha zwi pfe vha tende.”
10Muṋe washu u ri,
“Dzanga ṱhanzi ndi inwi Vhaisraele,
inwi vhalanda vhanga vhe nda vha nanga
uri ni nnḓivhe, ni mpfulufhele,
ni ṱalukanye uri Mudzimu ndi Nṋe ndi ndoṱhe;
a hu na muṅwe mudzimu we a vhumbwa
Nṋe ndi sa athu vha hone;
a hu tsha ḓo dovha ha vha na muṅwe.
11“Ndi Nṋe Yahavee ndi ndoṱhe,
a hu na muṅwe mutshidzi arali e si Nṋe.
12Ndi Nṋe we nda dzula ndo amba uri ndi ḓo ni tshidza,
nda ḓa nda zwi ita;
a hu na mudzimu usili we a vhuya a zwi ita hezwo –
inwi ni ṱhanzi dzanga;
Mudzimu ndi Nṋe,
13ndi ḓo ḓi dzula ndi ane nda vha Ene.
A hu na ane a nga ponyokisa muthu tshanḓani tshanga;
a hu na ane a nga itulula zwe nda ita.”
Zwiswa zwine Muṋe washu a ḓo ita: u phusukanywa ha Babele na u vhuya ha vhathu vhawe
14Muṋe washu ane a ni tshidza, Mukhethwa wa Israele, u ri,
“Ndi ḓo rambela Babele mmbi nda ni tshidza,
nda ita uri Vhakhaladia vhoṱhe vha shavhele swikepeni
zwine vha zwi ṱongisa.
15Ndi Nṋe Yahavee,
Mudzimu waṋu mukhethwa,
Khosi yaṋu, Musiki wa Israele.”
16Kale-kale o phula nḓila i buḓekanyaho lwanzhe,
gondo ḽa maḓini mahulu.
17O kokodza mmbi ya maanḓa ya Vhaegipita,
na gariki dza nndwa na dzibere,
a vha rambaladza henefho vha si tsha vuwa,
a vha vhudzula a vha dzima unga tshitaitai!
18Hone zwino u ri,
“Ni songo tsha elelwa zwa kale;
zwe zwa itwa misi iḽa ni songo tsha zwi humbula.
19Vhonani,
zwino ndi khou ita zwiswa;
zwo no ḓi itea, a ni zwi vhoni?
Ndi khou phula nḓila sogani,
phangani ha ela milambo.
20Na phukha dza ḓaka,
phunguhwe na mphwe,
dzi ḓo nkhulisa,
ngauri ndi phula maḓi sogani,
milambo ya ela phangani,
uri vhathu vhanga vhe nda vha nanga
vha dzimule ḓora.
21Ndi lushaka lwe nda ḓivhumbela lwone;
nyimbo dzavho dzi ḓo ḓivhadza zwe nda ita.”
Muṋe washu a tshi fhindula vhathu vhawe vha gungulaho
22Muṋe washu u ri,
“Iwe Jakopo, u tshi rabela wo vha u sa khou rabela Nṋe;
iwe Israele, u tshi ḓinetisa wo vha u sa khou ḓinetisela Nṋe;
23u tshi ṋekedza zwiṱhavhelo zwa dzinngu dzo fhiswaho,
ho vha hu si u hulisa Nṋe;
u tshi ṋekedza nduvho,
wa dubisa zwioro u tshi tou kakarika,
a si Nṋe ndo u lemedzaho;
24u tshi renga zwinukheleli zwa mutengo muhulu,
wa ṋekedza mapfura a zwiṱhavhelo,
ho vha hu si u fusha Nṋe,
tshau wo tou nndemedza nga vhutshinyi hau,
wa nndina nga zwivhi zwau.
25Ndi Nṋe ane nda ṱolou u hangwela
u tshi ntshandukela,
nda si tsha elelwa vhutshinyi hau,
ndi tshi itela zwine nda vha zwone.
26“Hwelela mulandu!
Nga ri ye tsengoni!
Ḓisengele u sumbedze uri a wo ngo khakha!
27Hufha na makhulukuku wau wa u thoma o tshinya;
na vhaimeleli vhau vho ntshandukela;
28ndi zwe nda nyadzisa vhotshifhe vha nnḓu khethwa,
Jakopo nda mu ḽisa nga pfumo,
Israele nda mu nyadzisa.”