1 Rip the heavens apart!
Come down, Lord;
make the mountains tremble.
2 Be a spark that starts a fire
causing water to boil.
Then your enemies will know
who you are;
all nations will tremble
because you are nearby.
3 Your fearsome deeds
have completely amazed us;
even the mountains shake
when you come down.
4 You are the only God
ever seen or heard of
who works miracles
for his followers.
5 You help all who gladly obey
and do what you want,
but sin makes you angry.
Only by your help
can we ever be saved.
6 We are unfit to worship you;
each of our good deeds
is merely a filthy rag.
We dry up like leaves;
our sins are storm winds
sweeping us away.
7 No one worships in your name
or remains faithful.
You have turned your back on us
and let our sins melt us away.
8 You, Lord, are our Father.
We are nothing but clay,
but you are the potter
who molded us.
9 Don't be so furious
or keep our sins
in your thoughts forever!
Remember that all of us
are your people.
10 Every one of your towns
has turned into a desert,
especially Jerusalem.
11 Zion's glorious and holy temple
where our ancestors praised you
has been destroyed by fire.
Our beautiful buildings
are now a pile of ruins.
12 When you see these things,
how can you just sit there
and make us suffer more?
1 Andakuzu wa nyondorora omayuru mokati no rauka pehi! Ozondundu itjaze ku muna naze zezerisiwa i ondira. 2 Ozo itjaze zezera tjimuna omuriro tji u takauka tji mau kamburisa ouhanḓu poo tjimuna omeva tji ye surumukisiwa i omuriro. Indjo, u vandururire ovanavita na ove ouvara woye, nu u zezerise oviwaṋa momurungu woye! 3 Pa ri oruveze rworive ove ndu we ere, no tjiti oviṋa ovitirise eṱe mbi tu hi na twa undjire; ozondundu ze ku muna naze zezerisiwa i ondira. 4 Kape nomundu ngwa mwine poo ngwa zuvire Ndjambi ngu ri otja ove, ngu tjita ovitjitwa ovihimise otja imbi ku imba mbe nomaundjiro ku ye. 5 Ove u yakura imba mbe muna enyando mokutjita imbi mbi ri ovisemba, imba mbe rizemburuka nomatwako woye nave ye tjiti. Nungwari ove wa ṱomazenge na eṱe tjinga atwa kara pokutura ondjo nokukara nokuhinonḓuviro kove, nu tjinga atu ha ṱakamene move okuza korukuru. 6 Eṱe atuhe twa tura ondjo; nangarire ovitjitwa vyetu ovisembasemba ovyo vya ṱundaka tjinene tjimuna ombanda yondova. Mena romaurunde wetu eṱe tu ri otja omaso nga kukuta nu nge hingwa i ombepo. 7 Kape na ngu kotoka kove mongumbiro; kape nomundu ngu kwa ombatero kove. Ove we rihoreka ku eṱe, nu we tu esa mena romauvi wetu.
8 Nungwari oove ngu u ri Tate, Muhona. Eṱe tu ri otja omunoko, nove u ri otja omuungure wozonyungu. Ove we tu uta atuhe. 9 Punao, otupindikire tjinene nokukara nongore na eṱe mena romauvi wetu nga aruhe. Atuhe oweṱe otjiwaṋa tjoye. Ṱotjari na eṱe! 10 Ovihuro vyoye oviyapuke ovyo vi ri otja okuti onguza, Jerusalem nondundu Sion ovyo ovitambatundu. 11 Nu ondjuwo yetu, indji ombwa omanise, ootate mukururume muyave ku tangere, ya sesetwa i omuriro. Poṋa pekepeke pu twa suverere pa rira omatundu. 12 Muhona, ko nongendo noviṋa mbi avihe are? Mo mwina uriri, nu mo tu hihamisa komurungu nai are? Katu tji nokusora rukwao!
