Psalms 122

1 A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.”

Rwiyo rworwendo rwaDhavhidhi. Ndakafara pavakati kwandiri, “Handei kumba yaJehovha.”

2 Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.

Tsoka dzedu dzimire mukati mamasuo ako, iwe Jerusarema.

3 Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself.

Jerusarema rakavakwa seguta rakapakata kwazvo.

4 For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.

Ndiko kunokwira marudzi, iwo marudzi aJehovha, kundorumbidza zita raJehovha maererano nezvakatemerwa Israeri.

5 For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.

Zvigaro zvokutonga zvimire ikoko, zvigaro zvoushe zveimba yaDhavhidhi.

6 Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.

Nyengetererai rugare rweJerusarema: “Vanokuda dai vagara zvakanaka.

7 Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers.

Dai mukati mamasvingo ako maita rugare, nokuchengetedzeka mukati menhare dzako.”

8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, I spoke peace about you.

Nokuda kwehama neshamwari dzangu, ndichati, “Rugare ngaruve mukati mako.”

9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I sought good things for you.

Nokuda kweimba yaJehovha Mwari wedu, ndichatsvaka kubudirira kwako.