A Prayer for God's Protection
1 I run to you, Lord,
for protection.
Don't disappoint me.
2 You do what is right,
so come to my rescue.
Listen to my prayer
and keep me safe.
3 Be my mighty rock, the place
where I can always run
for protection.
Save me by your command!
You are my mighty rock
and my fortress.
4 Come and save me, Lord God,
from vicious and cruel
and brutal enemies!
5 I depend on you,
and I have trusted you
since I was young.
6 I have relied on you
from the day I was born.
You brought me safely
through birth,
and I always praise you.
7 Many people think of me
as something evil.
But you are my mighty protector,
8 and I praise and honor you
all day long.
9 Don't throw me aside
when I am old;
don't desert me
when my strength is gone.
10 My enemies are plotting
because they want me dead.
11 They say, “Now we'll catch you!
God has deserted you,
and no one can save you.”
12 Come closer, God!
Please hurry and help.
13 Embarrass and destroy
all who want me dead;
disgrace and confuse
all who want to hurt me.
14 I will never give up hope
or stop praising you.
15 All day long I will tell
the wonderful things you do
to save your people.
But you have done much more
than I could possibly know.
16 I will praise you, Lord God,
for your mighty deeds
and your power to save.
17 You have taught me
since I was a child,
and I never stop telling about
your marvelous deeds.
18 Don't leave me when I am old
and my hair turns gray.
Let me tell future generations
about your mighty power.
19 Your deeds of kindness
are known in the heavens.
No one is like you!
20 You made me suffer a lot,
but you will bring me
back from this deep pit
and give me new life.
21 You will make me truly great
and take my sorrow away.
22 I will praise you, God,
the Holy One of Israel.
You are faithful.
I will play the harp
and sing your praises.
23 You have rescued me!
I will celebrate and shout,
singing praises to you
with all my heart.
24 All day long I will announce
your power to save.
I will tell how you disgraced
and disappointed those
who wanted to hurt me.
Ongumbiro yomukurundu
1 Muhona, me paha omaundiro move,
o ndji tarere ame ṱohoṋi nga aruhe.
2 Ndji vatera nu u ndji kuture
tjinga au ri omusemba!
Puratena ku ami,
nu u ndji yame!
3 Rira oruuwa rwomaundiro wandje aruhe,
notjiṱunga otjizeu tjokundjiyama.
Oove omaundiro wandje nondjamo yandje.
4 Ndjambi wandje, ndji yama
momake wovanauvi na mouvara
wovatjite voutwe nowovahasemba.
5 Muhona Ndjambi,
oove omaundjiro wandje,
ami mbe riyameka kove
okuza koumutanda wandje.
6 Ami mbe riṱizira pove
okuza kongwatero yandje,
ove we ndji tjevera okuza keyuva
ndi mba kwatwa.
Ami aruhe me ku tanga.
7 Ami mba ri otjihorera kovengi,
ove tjinga au ri omaundiro
wandje omanamasa.
8 Eyuva arihe ami me ku tanga,
nu me serekarere ounene woye.
9 O ndji imbirahi momayuva
wongurupiro yandje;
nu ondji esa ko, omasa wandje tji ya manuka.
10 Ovanavita na ami mave vanga okundjizepa;
owo ve ndji hungira nave ndji tanda
11 nave tja: “Ndjambi we mu esa;
ngatu mu rambe tu mu kambure!
Kape nomundu ngu me mu vatere.”
12 Ndjambi, o kara kokure na ami;
Ndjambi wandje, hakahana okundjivatera!
13 Imba mbe kondja okundjirwisa
ngave haverwe nu ngave ṱukuṱurwe.
Nu imba mbe vanga okundjitjita otjipo,
ngave ṱisiwe ohoṋi nu ngave yambururwe.
14 Nungwari ami aruhe me undju kove,
nu me wezere ko ondangero yandje kove.
15 Ami me serekarere ouwa woye,
neyuva arihe me hungire ondjamo yoye,
andarire kutja ya kapita ozondunge zandje.
16 Me tanga ozondjito zoye ozonamasa,
Muhona Ndjambi,
nu me serekarere ouṱakame woye porwe.
17 Ndjambi, ove we ndji honga
okuza koumutanda wandje,
nu nga ku ndinondi ami mbi
hongonona ovihimise vyoye.
18 Nambano wina, tji mba kurupa
nokuhara ozonḓi nai,
Ndjambi, o ndji esa ko,
kokutja mbi serekarere omasa woye
nozondjito zoye ozohimise
kozondekurona zandje.
19 Ousemba woye wa vaza nga keyuru.
Ndjambi, ove wa tjita oviṋa ovihimise;
kapena ngu ri otja ove.
20 Ove we ndji hindira omaumba
nozombamisiro ozengi,
nungwari mo ndji kotora komuinyo rukwao,
nu mo ndji yama keyendo.
21 Aruhe mo ndji huhumiṋa,
nu mo takavarisa ondjozikiro yandje.
22 Ami me ku tanga notjiharpe,
nu me hivirike ouṱakame woye, Ndjambi wandje.
Me ku imburire omatangero kotjinangoma,
ove ngu u ri Omuyapuke wa Israel.
23 Ami me ku hivirike nondjoroka onene,
ove tjinga awe ndji kutura.
24 Me uhara ame hungire ousemba woye,
orondu imba mbe kondja okundjitjita navi,
va haverwa nave ṱisiwa ohoṋi.
