(A special psalm by David for the music leader. To the tune “Don't Destroy.” )
A Prayer When All Goes Wrong
1 Do you mighty people talk
only to oppose justice?
Don't you ever judge fairly?
2 You are always planning evil,
and you are brutal.
3 You have done wrong and lied
from the day you were born.
4 Your words spread poison
like the bite of a cobra
5 that refuses to listen
to the snake charmer.
6 My enemies are fierce
as lions, Lord God!
Shatter their teeth.
Snatch out their fangs.
7 Make them disappear
like leaking water,
and make their arrows miss.
8 Let them dry up like snails
or be like a child that dies
before seeing the sun.
9 Wipe them out quicker
than a pot can be heated
by setting thorns on fire.
10 Good people will be glad
when they see the wicked
getting what they deserve,
and they will wash their feet
in their enemies' blood.
11 Everyone will say, “It's true!
Good people are rewarded.
God does indeed rule the earth
with justice.”
Omutokoli wovatokoli
Eimbilo laDavid, la pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo oku li imba mongovela yEpsalome: ‘Ino nyonauna po’.
1 Ookalunga nye, otamu popi tuu oshili?
Ovana vovanhu otamu va tokola tuu pauyuki?
2 Ahowe, momitima deni otamu dutile mo owii,
moshilongo otamu tandavelifa enyeko
pashiyelekifo shoumbudi womake eni.
3 Ovahenakalunga ovo ovaefi, nghee va dalwa;
novanaipupulu ovapuki,
nghee va dja medimo laina.
4 Meni lavo ove noudiyo weyoka,
ngaashi efu efitamatwi,
eli tali lipwililikile mokuhauda ko,
5 noitali deuka kondaka yomudeuli,
omwiifani omunongo wao.
6 Kalunga, teyaula omayoo momakanya avo,
omaxuwambwa eenghoshona a teyaula po!
7 Nava pwiinine po,
ngaashi omeva aa taa ningine medu.
Ngeenge ta shoneke oikuti yaye,
nai kale ya fa ihe nonhele.
8 Ngaashi onghofya tai fi omutenya,
osho naye na nyonaukile po,
ngaashi edimo lomukainhu, eli la dja po,
noinali mona etango.
9 Eembiya deni, fimbo dihe udite
omundjene womundilo womakiya,
ote di kombo po noshikungulu shaye,
edi ditalala naadi da xwama.
10 Omuyuki eshi a mona ehandukilo lavo,
otashi mu hafifa,
neemhadi daye ote di koshele mohonde yovahenakalunga.
11 Ndele taku tiwa: “Heeno, oshili, omuyuki
ota mono oshiimati nokuli;
heeno, oku na Kalunga, ou ha tokola kombada yedu.”
