DZIPHISALEMA 87
Tsioni mme a dzitshakha
Phisalema, luimbo lwa vhana vha Kora.
Muḓi wa Mudzimu
1Muṋe washu o tea muteo wa muḓi
thavhani khethwa;
2u funa muḓi wa Tsioni,
na khoro dzawo dzavhuḓi,
u fhira miḓi yoṱhe ya Jakopo.
3Iwe muḓi wa Mudzimu
a u khoḓwi zwone,
u pfi u na vhugala.
Mme a dzitshakha
4Mudzimu u ri,
“Na Egipita, na Babele,
ndi ḓo vha vhala na vhane vha nnḓivha,
nda si sie na Filista na Tiro na Kushu,
nda ri ‘Hoyu o bebwa-vho Tsioni.’
5Ngangoho hu tshi ambiwa Tsioni hu ḓo pfi,
‘Hoyu na houḽa vho bebwa-vho hone.
U ḓo tewa nga Waṱaḓuluṱaḓulu Ene muṋe.’ ”
6Muṋe washu u ḓo ri a tshi ṅwala dzitshakha a ri,
“Hoyu o bebwa Tsioni,
na hoyu, na hoyu.”
7Vha ḓo imba vha pembela vha ri,
“Ndí Tsioni, ndi hone ndi hayani.”
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