(A psalm by Asaph.)
Have Pity on Jerusalem
1 Our God, foreign nations
have taken your land,
disgraced your temple,
and left Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have fed the bodies
of your servants
to flesh-eating birds;
your loyal people are food
for savage animals.
3 All Jerusalem is covered
with their blood,
and there is no one left
to bury them.
4 Every nation around us
sneers and makes fun.
5 Our Lord, will you keep on
being angry?
Will your angry feelings
keep flaming up like fire?
6 Get angry with those nations
that don't know you
and won't worship you!
7 They have gobbled up
Jacob's descendants
and left the land in ruins.
8 Don't make us pay for the sins
of our ancestors.
Have pity and come quickly!
We are completely helpless.
9 Our God, you keep us safe.
Now help us! Rescue us.
Forgive our sins
and bring honor to yourself.
10 Why should nations ask us,
“Where is your God?”
Let us and the other nations
see you take revenge
for your servants who died
a violent death.
11 Listen to the prisoners groan!
Let your mighty power save all
who are sentenced to die.
12 Each of those nations sneered
at you, our Lord.
Now let others sneer at them,
seven times as much.
13 Then we, your people,
will always thank you.
We are like sheep
with you as our shepherd,
and all generations
will hear us praise you.
Ongumbiro yonguturiro yotjiwaṋa
Epsalme ra Asaf.
1 Ndjambi, ovanavisenginina va taurira mehi roye,
ave yamburura ondjuwo yoye ondjapuke,
nu ave tjiti Jerusalem okurira otjitambatundu.
2 Va yandja oturova twovakarere
voye okuriwa i ozonḓera zeyuru,
notutu twovaingona voye okuriwa i
ovipuka vyokuti.
3 Va tirahi ombinḓu yotjiwaṋa tjoye tjimuna
omeva kominda avihe vya Jerusalem,
nu kapa ri omundu okupaka ovaṱi.
4 Oviwaṋa mbye tu kondoroka kominda avihe,
vi tu yamburura;
ovyo vi tu yora nu vi tu nyekerera.
5 Nga ruṋe, Muhona?
Mo tu pindikire nga aruhe are?
Omazenge woye maye
yaka otja omuriro nga ruṋe?
6 Tirira omazenge woye koviwaṋa
mbi he rikotamene kove,
na komauhona nge ha kumbu kove.
7 Orondu owo va zepa otjiwaṋa tjoye,
nu va hahaura omaturiro watjo.
8 O tu verere omauvi wootate mukururume;
hakahana okututjariparera,
tjinga atwa ningisa ondjenda.
9 Tu vatera, Ndjambi, nu tu yama;
tu kutura nu tu isira ourunde wetu,
kondjozikiro yena roye.
10 Imba mbe he ri Ovajuda mave
tu purire tjike nai:
“Ndjambi weṋu u ri pi?”
Ngatu mune ove tji mo vere oviwaṋa,
mena rokutja vya tirahi ombinḓu
yovakarere voye.
11 Puratena komatjemeno wovahuurwa,
nu momasa woye omanene kutura
imba mba pangurwa kokuṱa.
12 Sutisa potuhambombari oviwaṋa
mbya tura meṋe yetu,
mena romayambururiro ngu vya tjita kove.
13 Nu eṱe mbu tu ri otjiwaṋa tjoye,
nozonḓu zouṱuta woye,
matu ku tanga nga aruhe,
nu matu serekarere ohiviro yoye
okuza kozondekurona nga kozondekurona.
