A Prayer for Help
1 I call to the Lord for help;
I plead with him.
2 I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.
3 When I am ready to give up,
he knows what I should do.
In the path where I walk,
my enemies have hidden a trap for me.
4 When I look beside me,
I see that there is no one to help me,
no one to protect me.
No one cares for me.
5 Lord, I cry to you for help;
you, Lord, are my protector;
you are all I want in this life.
6 Listen to my cry for help,
for I am sunk in despair.
Save me from my enemies;
they are too strong for me.
7 Set me free from my distress;
then in the assembly of your people I will praise you
because of your goodness to me.
Ongumbiro yombatero
Omuimbo wa David tja ri mondimba. Ongumbiro.
1 Ami me ku ombatero ku Muhona;
me riyarikaṋa otjari ku ye.
2 Me eta ozondjemeno zandje azehe ku ye,
me mu serekarerere omauzeu wandje aehe.
3 Ami tji me rihahiza, eye ma tjiwa
imbi mbi mbi sokutjita.
Mondjira mu me kayenda,
ovanavita na ami
ve ndji twira po ombate.
4 Tji mba yevayeva, mba muna kutja
kape nomundu ngu me ndji vatere,
kape na ngu me ndji yama;
nu kape na ngu na ko na tja na ami.
5 Ami me ku ombatero kove, Muhona,
me tja nai: “Oove omaundiro wandje;
oove porwe ngu mbi vanga
mongarero yomuinyo mbwi.”
6 Puratena kondjuriro yandje,
tjinga amba wotama.
Ndji yama kovanavita na ami,
owo tjinga ave nomasa tjinene pu ami.
7 Ndji pitisa motjovakamburwa;
mombongo yotjiwaṋa tjoye
ami me ku tanga mena rouwa
woye mbu we ndji tjitira.
