Psalms 124

1 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, let Israel now say,

Rwiyo rworwendo rwaDhavhidhi. Israeri ngaati dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu,

2 if it had not been Jehovah who was on our side when men rose up against us,

dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us,

apo kutsamwa kwavo kwakatimukira, vangadai vakatimedza tiri vapenyu;

4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul,

mafashamu angadai akatifukidza, mvura zhinji ingadai yakatikukura,

5 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

mvura zhinji ine hasha ingadai yakatirasira kure.

6 Blessed be Jehovah, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Jehovha ngaarumbidzwe, asina kutendera kuti tibvamburwe nameno avo.

7 Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Tapunyuka seshiri yabva parugombe rwomuteyi; rugombe rwadamburwa uye tapunyuka.

8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who made heaven and earth.

Kubatsirwa kwedu kuri muzita raJehovha, Muiti wedenga nenyika.