“Mulisa wa Israele, ri lamukise!”
Vhuṱanzi, phisalema ya Asafu ye a sikela malogwane; i pfi i imbiwe nga kuimbelwe kwa luimbo lu no ri “Phendephende”.
Mukosi
1Ri pfe, Iwe Mulisa wa Israele,
Iwe une wa endedza Josefa unga sambi ḽa nngu,
Iwe une wa dzula kha khuluṋoni
vhukati ha vhakherube,
2sumbedza Efraimi na Benyamini na Manase lupenyo lwau.
Vusa maanḓa au;
iḓa u ri tshidze.
3Mudzimu, dovha u ri vuse;
ri penyisele tshifhaṱuwo tshau uri ri tshidzwe.
Mudzimu ó furalela vhathu vhawe
4Muṋe washu Mudzimu Ramaanḓaoṱhe,
mbiti dzau dzi ḓo ḓi nyenga,
wa ḓi dzula u tshi sanda thabelo dza vhathu vhau u swika lini?
5Wo vha fusha nga vhuswa ha miṱodzi,
wa vha nwisa miṱodzi nga ndilo.
6Wo litsha tshakha dzo ri tangaho dzi tshi lwela shango ḽashu;
maswina ashu a a ri goḓa.
7Mudzimu Mulangazwoṱhe, ri vuse;
ri penyisele tshifhaṱuwo tshau uri ri tshidzwe.
Munḓirivhe wa Mudzimu wo kandekanywaho
8Wo ḓisa munḓirivhe u tshi bva Egipita,
wa tupula dzitshakha wa ṱavha wone;
9wo u khurela fhethu hune wa ḓo tanda,
wa ṱoka midzi, wa ḓadza shango;
10murunzi wawo wa tiba dzithavha,
thavhi dzawo dza tiba mikedara mihulu,
11dza adza dza guma lwanzheni,
zwifhara zwawo zwa swika Yufuratha.
12Ndi mini wo wisa mutsheṱo wo u tangaho,
uri vhafhiri vha nḓila vha fule nḓirivhe dzawo,
u sale wo tou swoto?
13U kandekanywa nga nguluvhe dza ḓaka,
zwipuka zwa ḓaka zwi ḽa wone.
Thabelo ya u fhiledza
14Mudzimu Mulangazwoṱhe,
humela kha riṋe!
Sedza u makoleni u vhone!
Linda munḓirivhe hoyu,
15ndi mudzi we wa simiwa nga tshanḓa tshau tsha maanḓa,
ndi ḓadzwane ḽe wa tou ḓivusela.
16Vho tumula munḓirivhe wau,
vha u fhisa nga mulilo;
vha ofhise vha lovhe!
17Tsireledza Israele ane wa vhusa ngae,
ene mubebwa-nga-muthu we wa ḓivusela.
18Ndi hone ri si tsha ḓo u furalela;
ri vuse, ri ḓo u rabela.
19Muṋe washu,
Mudzimu Ramaanḓaoṱhe, ri vuse;
ri penyisele tshifhaṱuwo tshau uri ri tshidzwe.
