(A song and a psalm by the clan of Korah.)
The City of God
1 The Lord God is wonderful!
He deserves all praise
in the city where he lives.
His holy mountain,
2 beautiful and majestic,
brings joy to all on earth.
Mount Zion, truly sacred,
is home for the Great King.
3 God is there to defend it
and has proved to be
its protector.
4 Kings joined forces
to attack the city,
5 but when they saw it,
they were terrified
and ran away.
6 They trembled all over
like women giving birth
7 or like seagoing ships
wrecked by eastern winds.
8 We had heard about it,
and now we have seen it
in the city of our God,
the Lord All-Powerful.
This is the city that God
will let stand forever.
9 Our God, here in your temple
we think about your love.
10 You are famous and praised
everywhere on earth,
as you win victories
with your powerful arm.
11 Mount Zion will celebrate,
and all Judah will be glad,
because you bring justice.
12 Let's walk around Zion
and count its towers.
13 We will see its strong walls
and visit each fortress.
Then you can say
to future generations,
14 “Our God is like this forever
and will always guide us.”
Sion, oshilando shaKalunga
Episalomi lyezimo lyaKora; eimbilo
1 Omuwa oye omunene, i ilongela okusimanekwa
moshilando shaKalunga ketu,
kondundu ye ondjapuki.
2 Sion, ondundu yaKalunga, oyo onde noyo opala;
oshilando shomukwaniilwa omunene
otashi nyanyudha uuyuni auhe.
3 Kalunga okwa holola kutya puye opu na egameno
meni lyomapopilongulu goshilando.
4 Aakwaniilwa oya gongala,
ye ya okumatukila ondundu Sion.
5 Ihe sho ya mono oshilando, oya kumwa;
oya tila e taa fadhuka po.
6 Oya adhika kuumbanda nokehaluko
ngaashi omusimba e li pokuvala,
7 nongoosikepa tadhi telaganithwa koshikungulu oshidhigu.
8 Otu uvu shoka Kalunga a longo,
nongashingeyi otwe shi mono moshilando shaKalunga,
Omuwa Omunankondoawike; ota gamene oshilando she sigo aluhe.
9 Motempeli yoye, Kalunga,
otatu dhimbulukwa esilohenda lyoye.
10 Oto hambelelwa kaakuuyuni ayehe,
edhina lyoye otali itaandelitha kombanda yevi alihe.
Oto pangele nuuyuuki.
11 Aasioni ayehe naa nyanyukwe!
Omapangulo goye ogu uka;
ondigolo nayi kale miilando yaJuda.
12 Aantu ne yaKalunga, dhingolokeni Sion,
ne mu yalule ooshungo dhasho.
13 Konekeni omakuma ne mu tale omapopilongulu,
opo mu ka hokololele oluvalo lwokonakuyiwa:
14 “Kalunga ketu oye nguka aluhe sigo aluhe;
oye te ke tu enditha nomethimbo tali ya.”
