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Mununuri weIsraeri
Mununuri weIsraeri
1. Mununuri weIsraeri,Ndimi munotifadza,Ndokwatinokumbira ropafadzo,Mumvuri masikatiNeshongwe yemoto usiku.She, Mununuri, muzadzikisi!
2. Toziva arikuuyaKuunganidza hwaiKudzitungamirira kuZioni,MumupataWerufu vangachemereiKana kufamba vega murenje?
3. Takadzungaira kwenguvaSevayeni muchivi,Tikachema kwamuri mugwenga!Vavengi vaifaraVachiona kusuwa kwedu,Asi Israeri ichasununguka.
4. Sevana veZioni,Mashoko akanaka.Zviratidzo zvavakuonekwa.Musatye, ruramai,Nekuti hushe ndehwedu.Zuva reruponiso rava pedyo.
5. Dzorerai, Muponesi,Chiedza chenyu;Ndinyaradzei nerudo rwenyu;Chido chakanakaChekuva kwamuri kutsveneChiunze tariro kumwoyo wangu.
6. Anotarisa! zvuru gumiZvengirozi zvofara,Vazhinji vomirira shoko rake;Anotaura! kusingaperi,Kozara nezwi rake,Roungira rumbidzo yalshe.
Manzwi: William W. Phelps, 1792–1872; rwakatorwa kubva kuna Joseph Swain, 1761–1796
Mumhanzi: Freeman Lewis, 1780–1859