Samu
71 Obe Yehova, njatewela kuli yobe.
Keti banjizibise shwamwa.
2 Njobole na kunjamena mwafwa ya kusungama kwobe.
Jendekela litwi lyobe* kuli yange na kunjobola.
3 Pwa mwela wange wa kukola wa mu limanya
Muje munjasa kukobela simbu yoshe.
Shika ngwobe banjobole
Mwafwa yobe limanya lyange na cimpaka cange.
4 Obe Njambi yange, njamene mu liboko lya munu wamubi,
Mu liboko lya muka-kulyatelela.
5 Mwafwa yobe lilabelelo lyange, obe Yehova, Mwata Wahakamwa ya Byoshe.
Njinakulahela yobe kushwa ku bukwenje bwange.
6 Njakukulahela kushwa ha kusemuka kwange.
Yobe wanjitundisile mwimo lya banana
Njikushangazala simbu yoshe.
7 Njinapu ngwe cikomokeso ku banu babangi,
Oloni yobe butewelo bwange bwa kukola.
8 Mu kanwa kange munashulu majwi a kukushangazala.
Litangwa lyoshe lya mutunu, njendeka bya bulemu bwobe.
9 Keti unjumbile kuti munjikulubala.
Keti unjiseze, nzili yange muihwa.
10 Bitozi bange bali na kunjendeka mwamubi,
Co baje bashaka kunjitsiya,* bali na kuliyongola
11 Ngwabo: “Njambi namumbila kuti.
Mushekeni mumukwate mwafwa kesi nou wa kumwobola.”
12 Obe Njambi, keti ukale kulako nange.
Zambula wakunjikwase, obe Njambi yange.
13 Baje banjilwisa*
Bazibe shwamwa, co banyonge.
Baje bashaka ngwabo njikobele mu bukalu
Bafwike shwamwa na kushauka.
14 Oloni yange njitwalelelaho kubandamena.
Njikushangazala manene.
15 Kanwa kange kendeka bya kusungama kwobe.
Litangwa lyoshe lya mutunu njendeka bilinga byobe bya kwobola
Nameme kunjasa kubizibisisa* mwafwa byabingi manene.
16 Njiya na kwendeka bilinga byobe bya nzili,
Obe Yehova, Mwata Wahakamwa ya Byoshe.
Njikendeka kusungama kwobe lika.
17 Obe Njambi, unanjilongesa kutunda ku bukwenje bwange,
Co njili na kutwalelelaho kwambulula bipangi byobe bya kukomokesa kweta na simbu ino.
18 Nameme munjikola na kutoka bwele, keti unjumbile kuti, obe Njambi.
Njitabese njileke cisemwa cinatako bya nzili yobe
Na kuleka baje baija kulutwe bya bukama bwobe.
19 Kusungama kwobe, obe Njambi, kunete na mwilu.
Unalingi byuma byakama.
Obe Njambi, iya nalifu nobe?
20 Nameme unanjilingisa njiliwane na bukalu bwabwingi na tuyando,
Njikanyamese lalo.
Njitundise kwisi* ya lifuti-libu.
21 Bwezelela ku kasingimiko kange,
Co njinyungilile na kunjizembeleka.
22 Co njikushangazala na cisanzi ca mikole
Mwafwa ya kulongwa kwobe, obe Njambi yange.
Njikwimbila myaso ya kukushangazala na kalyalya,
Obe Wakujela wa Isalele.
23 Kanwa kange katambeka mu kubwahelela munjikwimbila myaso ya kukushangazala,
Mwafwa unobola mwonyo wange.*
24 Ndaka yange yendeka bya kusungama kwobe litangwa lyoshe lya mutunu,
Mwafwa baje bashaka ngwabo njinyonge ubazibisa shwamwa na kubashaula.