Mapisarema 124

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

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened? Let everyone in Israel say:

2 dai Jehovha akanga asiri kurutivi kwedu patakarwiswa navanhu,

If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened when people came and attacked us?

3 apo kutsamwa kwavo kwakatimukira, vangadai vakatimedza tiri vapenyu;

They would have swallowed us alive when their anger raged against us.

4 mafashamu angadai akatifukidza, mvura zhinji ingadai yakatikukura,

Like a flood they would have swept over us; like a rushing torrent they would have submerged us.

5 mvura zhinji ine hasha ingadai yakatirasira kure.

They would have rushed over us like raging waters, drowning us.

6 Jehovha ngaarumbidzwe, asina kutendera kuti tibvamburwe nameno avo.

Praise the Lord, who didn't hand us over to them as prey to be ripped apart by their teeth.

7 Tapunyuka seshiri yabva parugombe rwomuteyi; rugombe rwadamburwa uye tapunyuka.

We escaped from them like a bird flying out of a hunter's trap. The trap was broken and we flew away!

8 Kubatsirwa kwedu kuri muzita raJehovha, Muiti wedenga nenyika.

Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.