A Prayer for Mercy
1 Lord, I look up to you,
up to heaven, where you rule.
2 As a servant depends on his master,
as a maid depends on her mistress,
so we will keep looking to you, O Lord our God,
until you have mercy on us.
3 Be merciful to us, Lord, be merciful;
we have been treated with so much contempt.
4 We have been mocked too long by the rich
and scorned by proud oppressors.
1 Muhona, ami me tara kove,
me tara keyuru ove ku u honaparera.
2 Otja omukarere omurumendu
punga e tara komuhona we,
notja omukarere omukazendu punga
e tara komuhona we oserekaze,
eṱe opunga amatu tara ku Muhona,
Ndjambi wetu, nga tji me tu tjariparere.
3 Tu tjariparera, Muhona,
tu tjariparera. Orondu eṱe tji twe
urisiwa nonyengurire,
4 nokunyekererwa tjinene i ovavyare,
nu tjinga atwe urisiwa
nomanyenguriro woveritongamise.
