(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for Protection
1 Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
Let everyone in Israel say:
2 “Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
But they have not defeated me,
3 though my back is like a field
that has just been plowed.”
4 The Lord always does right,
and he has set me free
from the ropes
of those cruel people.
5 I pray that all who hate
the city of Zion
will be made ashamed
and forced to turn and run.
6 May they be like grass
on the flat roof of a house,
grass that dries up
as soon as it sprouts.
7 Don't let them be like wheat
gathered in bundles.
8 And don't let anyone
who passes by say to them,
“The Lord bless you!
I give you my blessing
in the name of the Lord.”
Ounyengwingone wovatondadi vaSion
Eimbilo lomolweendo lokuya kouyapuki.
1 Israel osho na tye:
“Nghee nda dja kounona wange, ova fininika nge nai,
2 nghee nda dja kounona wange, ova fininika nge nai,
ndele inava finda nge nande.
3 Kombuda yange ovalimi ova lima ko,
ndele va pala oimhungu ile.”
4 Ndelenee Omwene omuyuki
Oye a tetaula omiya dovalunde.
5 Aveshe ava tava tondo Sion,
nava fifwe ohoni, vo va shunifwe shanimanima.
6 Nava ningwe ngaashi omwiidi
wa mena kombada yonduda,
ou tau kukuta, fimbo inau kola,
7 oo, omukashuli ita yadifa eke nao,
nomumangi womikuto otau xulunguta
momaoko aye,
8 naava tava ende po, itava ti nande:
“Epuniko laKalunga nali uye kombada yeni.
Fye ohatu mu nangeke noupuna medina lOmwene.”
