1Nezuva iro rwiyo urwu ruchaimbwa panyika yavaJudha: Tine guta rakasimba; iye achaisapo masvingo nenhare ruve ruponeso.
1In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
2Zarurai masuwo, kuti rudzi rwakarurama, runochengeta chokwadi, rupinde.
2Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
3Anae moyo wakasimba muchamuchengeta murugare rukuru, nekuti anovimba nemi.
3You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
4Vimbai naJehovha nokusingaperi, iye Jehovha ndiye dombo nokusingaperi.
4Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
5nekuti akaderedza vagere pakakwirira, iro guta riri kumusoro, anorideredza, anorideredza kusvikira pavhu; anoriputsira pasi muguruva.
5For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.
6Richatsikwa netsoka, idzo tsoka dzavarombo, nokutsika kwavanoshaiwa.
6The foot shall tread it down; Even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.”
7Nzira yavakarurama yakarurama; imwi munoruramisa nzira yavakarurama.
7The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
8Zvirokwazvo, takakumirirai Jehovha, panzira yokutonga kwenyu; mweya yedu inoshuva zita renyu nechirangaridzo chenyu.
8Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
9Ndakakushuvai nomweya wangu usiku; zvirokwazvo, ndichakutsvakai zvikuru nomweya wangu uri mukati mangu; nekuti kana kutonga kwenyu kuri panyika, vanhu vagere munyika vanodzidza zvakarurama.
9With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10Akaipa kunyange achinzwirwa tsitsi, haangadzidzi zvakarurama; achaita hake zvisakarurama panyika yakarurama, haangaoni umambo hwaJehovha.
10Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty.
11Jehovha, ruoko rwenyu rwakasimudzwa, asi ivo havaoni; asi vachaona kushingaira kwenyu pamusoro pavanhu, vakanyadziswa; zvirokwazvo moto uchapedza vavengi venyu.
11Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
12Jehovha, imwi muchatigadzirira rugare; nekuti makatibatirawo mabasa edu ose.
12Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also worked all our works for us.
13Jehovha Mwari wedu, mamwe madzishe kunze kwenyu akanga akatibata; asi ticharumbidza zita renyu tichibatsirwa nemwi moga.
13Yahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but by you only will we make mention of your name.
14Vakafa havangararamizve, vaparara, havazomukizve; saka makasvika kwavari, mukavaparadza, nokugumisa kurangarirwa kwavo kose.
14The dead shall not live. The deceased shall not rise. Therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
15Mawanza rudzi, Jehovha, mawanza rudzi; makurumbira, makurisa miganho yose yenyika.
15You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
16Jehovha, vakakutsvakai panguva yokutambudzika; vakadurura munyengetero muchivaranga.
16Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
17Mukadzi ane pamuviri, asvika pedo pakusununguka, sezvaanorwadziwa achichema pakurwadziwa kwake, ndizvo zvatakanga takaita pamberi penyu, Jehovha.
17Like as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so we have been before you, Yahweh.
18Isu takanga tava nepamuviri, takanga tiri pakurwadziwa, takabereka zvinenge mhepo chete; hatina kuvigira nyika sununguro, uye vangagara panyika havana kuzvarwa.
18We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19Vakafa venyu vachararama, zvitunha zvavo zvichamuka. Mukai, muimbe, imwi mugere muguruva; nekuti dova renyu rakaita sedova rechiedza; nyika ichabudisa vakafa.
19Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.
20Fambai vanhu vangu mupinde muimba yenyu yomukati, mupfige mikova yenyu shure kwenyu; muvande nguva duku, kusvikira kutsamwa kwapfuura.
20Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
21nekuti tarira Jehovha anobuda panzvimbo yake kurova vagere panyika nokuda kwezvivi zvavo; nyikawo ichafukura ropa rayo, ikasazofukidzazve vakaurawa vayo.
21For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.