BOOK TWO
(Psalms 42–72)
The Prayer of Someone in Exile
1 As a deer longs for a stream of cool water,
so I long for you, O God.
2 I thirst for you, the living God.
When can I go and worship in your presence?
3 Day and night I cry,
and tears are my only food;
all the time my enemies ask me,
“Where is your God?”
4 My heart breaks when I remember the past,
when I went with the crowds to the house of God
and led them as they walked along,
a happy crowd, singing and shouting praise to God.
5 Why am I so sad?
Why am I so troubled?
I will put my hope in God,
and once again I will praise him,
my savior and my God.
6-7 Here in exile my heart is breaking,
and so I turn my thoughts to him.
He has sent waves of sorrow over my soul;
chaos roars at me like a flood,
like waterfalls thundering down to the Jordan
from Mount Hermon and Mount Mizar.
8 May the Lord show his constant love during the day,
so that I may have a song at night,
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 To God, my defender, I say,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go on suffering
from the cruelty of my enemies?”
10 I am crushed by their insults,
as they keep on asking me,
“Where is your God?”
11 Why am I so sad?
Why am I so troubled?
I will put my hope in God,
and once again I will praise him,
my savior and my God.
EMBO ORITJAVARI ROMAPSALME
Ongumbiro yomuhuurwa
Komuimburise. Epsalme rovazandu va Kora.
1 Otja ongoṱu tji i zera omeva woruharwi,
ami otjinga ame zeri ove, Ndjambi.
2 Ami mbi nonyota ya Ndjambi omunamuinyo;
me kerikotamena ruṋe komurungu woye?
3 Me riri omutenya nouṱuku,
omahoze onga rire ovikurya vyandje;
aruhe ovanavita na ami ve ndji pura nai:
“Nambano Ndjambi woye u ri pi?”
4 Omutima wandje mau nyaika tji
me rizemburuka noruveze ndwa kapita:
Ami mba ya puna ovimbumba ame
vi hongorere kondjuwo ya Ndjambi,
imbi ovimbumba mbya ri nenyando,
nu mbyaa vi imbura ondangero ku Ndjambi.
5 Muinyo wandje wa yumanene tjike?
Nu wa kurungire tjike nai?
Ami me riyameke ku Ndjambi!
Nu tjiri, ami me mu tanga rukwao,
ngu ri omuyame wandje na Ndjambi wandje.
6 Omuinyo wandje wa yumana,
opu me zu okuzemburuka ove mehi ra Jordan,
na mozondundu za Hermon,
na mondundu Mizar.
7 Omipupo mavi ravaere komipupo omikwao,
okuvare maku sekama,
nozongazona maze ndji ṱomwinisa.
8 Muhona nga raise orusuvero
rwe orukarerere mutenya,
nu ouṱuku ami me mu imburire eimburiro,
nu me kumbu ku Ndjambi ngu ndji pa omuinyo.
9 Me tja nai ku Ndjambi ngu ri Oruuwa rwandje:
“Ove we ndji zembire tjike?
Ami me kara pokutatumisirwa tjike
i ovanavita na ami ovindandi?”
10 Ami mba ṱukuṱurwa i omambo wawo omavi,
tji ve kara pokundjipura nai:
“Nambano Ndjambi woye u ri pi?”
11 Muinyo wandje wa yumanene tjike?
Nu wa kurungire tjike nai?
Ami me riyameke ku Ndjambi!
Nu tjiri, ami me mu tanga rukwao,
ngu ri omuyame wandje na Ndjambi wandje.
