(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for the Lord's Help
1 When I am in trouble, I pray,
2 “Come and save me, Lord,
from deceitful liars!”
3 What punishment is fitting
for you deceitful liars?
4 Your reward should be
sharp and flaming arrows!
5 But I must live as a foreigner
among the people of Meshech
and in the tents of Kedar.
6 I have spent too much time
living among people
who hate peace.
7 I am in favor of peace,
but when I speak of it,
all they want is war.
Onghuwo yomuyuki mokati keembudi
Eimbilo lomolweendo lokuya kouyapuki.
1 Moudjuu wange onda kuwa onghuwo kOmwene,
opo Ye a tondokela nge.
2 Omwene, xupife nge komilungu domunaipupulu
nokelaka lekonda!
3 Ove elaka lekonda, ou shii,
pamwe oto pewa sha,
ile pamwe oto ka wedelwa sha komesho?
4 Oikuti yovakwaita ya upikwa,
nomakala omutundungu a hanya.
5 Woo ame, eshi ndi li omunailongo muMesek,
naashi ndi nokukala meenhanda daKedar!
6 Omwenyo wange owe lididimika nale
efimbo lile povanhu, ava tava tondo ombili.
7 Ame mwene owombili shili,
ndelenee ngeenge handi tongo sha,
vo otave shi kongele olwoodi.
