The Prayer of a Sufferer
1 O Lord, don't punish me in your anger!
2 You have wounded me with your arrows;
you have struck me down.
3 Because of your anger, I am in great pain;
my whole body is diseased because of my sins.
4 I am drowning in the flood of my sins;
they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5 Because I have been foolish,
my sores stink and rot.
6 I am bent over, I am crushed;
I mourn all day long.
7 I am burning with fever
and I am near death.
8 I am worn out and utterly crushed;
my heart is troubled, and I groan with pain.
9 O Lord, you know what I long for;
you hear all my groans.
10 My heart is pounding, my strength is gone,
and my eyes have lost their brightness.
11 My friends and neighbors will not come near me,
because of my sores;
even my family keeps away from me.
12 Those who want to kill me lay traps for me,
and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me;
they never stop plotting against me.
13 I am like the deaf and cannot hear,
like the dumb and cannot speak.
14 I am like those who do not answer,
because they cannot hear.
15 But I trust in you, O Lord;
and you, O Lord my God, will answer me.
16 Don't let my enemies gloat over my distress;
don't let them boast about my downfall!
17 I am about to fall
and am in constant pain.
18 I confess my sins;
they fill me with anxiety.
19 My enemies are healthy and strong;
there are many who hate me for no reason.
20 Those who pay back evil for good
are against me because I try to do right.
21 Do not abandon me, O Lord;
do not stay away, my God!
22 Help me now, O Lord my savior!
Ongumbiro mombamisiro
Epsalme ra David otja otjiyandjewa tjoruhoze.
1 Muhona, o ndji vere
momazenge woye;
nu o ndji tono momapindi woye.
2 Oviku vyoye vye ndji yaha,
neke roye re ndji havera.
3 Mena romazenge woye ami
mbi nomihihamo omizeu,
orutu rwandje aruhe rwa vera
mena rourunde wandje.
4 Ami mba ṱomwine momupupo
womauvi wandje;
ya karira otja omutwaro omuzeu
ku ami okuutjinda.
5 Ovirwaro vyandje vya wora nu mavi ṋuka navi,
mena rouyova wandje.
6 Ami mba petwa nu mba ṋiṋikizirwa pehi,
me ryanga ame riri eyuva arihe.
7 Orutu rwandje rwe ura notjipyu tjotjindjumba,
nu kape na pu pe ri nawa morutu rwandje.
8 Ami mba wotama, nu mba ṱukara tjinene;
me tjemisiwa i omihihamo momutima wandje.
9 Muhona, ove mo tjiwa
ozonḓero zandje nozondjemeno
zandje azehe kaze horekerwe kove.
10 Omutima wandje mau tono tjinene,
hi tji nomasa;
nomeho wandje kaye tji nondjerera.
11 Omapanga novararanganda
vandje kave nokuya popezu na ami
mena rovirwaro vyandje;
nandarire movazamumwe vandje
ve kurama kokure na ami.
12 Imba mbe vanga okundjizepa ve
ndji twira po ozombate,
nu imba mbe paha okundjitjita
otjipo ve tanda okundjiyandeka;
owo ve uhara amave ripura
okundjitjita ovineya.
13 Ami mbi ri otja omboro ndji ha zuu,
notja omusete weraka
ngu ha nyamukura ko.
14 Tjiri, ami mbi ri otja
omundu ngu hi nokuzira,
tjinga e hi nokuzuva.
15 Nungwari ami mbe riyameka
kove, Muhona;
nove, Muhona, Ndjambi wandje,
mo ndji zuvire.
16 Ihi tji me ningire kove, otjo hi:
O isa ovanavita na ami kutja ve
nyandere ombamisiro yandje;
o tarere amave rihivire omawiro wandje.
17 Ami mbi ri pokuwa,
nu aruhe mbi kara momahihamisiro.
18 Ami me rihepura ourunde wandje;
owo we ndji kurungisa.
19 Nungwari ovanavita na ami
ovaveruke nu ve nomasa;
nu imba mbe ndji tonda wina, va takavara.
20 Imba mbe yarura ouvi mouwa
ve ndji kuramena momurungu
tjinga ambi paha ouwa.
21 O ndji esa, Muhona,
nu o kara kokure na ami, Ndjambi wandje!
22 Hakahana okundjivatera, Muhona,
ngu u ri omuyame wandje!
