< Mapisarema 136 >
1 Vongai Jehovha, nokuti akanaka:
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good.
2 Vongai Mwari wavamwari:
Give thanks to the God of gods.
3 Vongai Ishe wamadzishe:
Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
4 iye oga anoita zvishamiso zvikuru,
He alone does great wonders.
5 iye akaita matenga nokunzwisisa kwake,
By His insight He made the heavens.
6 iye akatambanudza nyika pamusoro pemvura zhinji,
He spread out the earth upon the waters.
7 iye akaita zviedza zvikuru,
He made the great lights—
8 zuva kuti ribate ushe masikati,
the sun to rule the day,
9 mwedzi nenyeredzi kuti zvibate ushe usiku;
the moon and stars to govern the night.
10 iye akarova matangwe eIjipiti,
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt
11 uye akabudisa Israeri kubva pakati pavo,
and brought Israel out from among them
12 noruoko rune simba uye noruoko rwakatambanudzwa,
with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.
13 iye akaparadzanisa Gungwa Dzvuku napakati,
He divided the Red Sea in two
14 uye akayambutsa Israeri napakati paro,
and led Israel through the midst,
15 asi akakukura Faro nehondo yake muGungwa Dzvuku;
but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.
16 iye akatungamirira vanhu vake nomugwenga,
He led His people through the wilderness.
17 akarova madzimambo makuru,
He struck down great kings
18 uye akauraya madzimambo ane simba,
and slaughtered mighty kings—
19 Sihoni mambo wavaAmori,
Sihon king of the Amorites
20 naOgi mambo weBhashani,
and Og king of Bashan—
21 akavapa nyika yavo senhaka,
and He gave their land as an inheritance,
22 nhaka kumuranda wake Israeri.
a heritage to His servant Israel.
23 Iye akatirangarira pakudzikisirwa kwedu,
He remembered us in our low estate
24 uye akatisunungura kubva pavavengi vedu,
and freed us from our enemies.
25 uye anopa zvokudya kuzvisikwa zvose.
He gives food to every creature.
26 Vongai Mwari wokudenga,
Give thanks to the God of heaven!