The Prayer of Someone in Exile
(Continuation of Psalm 42)
1 O God, declare me innocent,
and defend my cause against the ungodly;
deliver me from lying and evil people!
2 You are my protector;
why have you abandoned me?
Why must I go on suffering
from the cruelty of my enemies?
3 Send your light and your truth;
may they lead me
and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill,
and to your Temple, where you live.
4 Then I will go to your altar, O God;
you are the source of my happiness.
I will play my harp and sing praise to you,
O God, my 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.
Ongumbiro yomuhuurwa
1 Ndjambi, raisa kutja owami omusemba,
nu ndji rwisira otjiposa tjandje
movandu mbe he ri kotamene kove;
ndji yama kovandu ovanavineya novarunde!
2 Oove ngu ri Ndjambi omaundiro wandje,
mo ndji nakaurire tjike?
Ami me kara pokutatumisirwa
tjike i ovanavita na ami ovindandi?
3 Ndji hindira ondjerera nouatjiri woye
kutja vi ndji ṱike
nu vi ndji yarure kondundu yoye
ondjapuke na komaturiro woye.
4 Nu otji me kakurama potjipunguhiro tjoye, Ndjambi,
oove ngu u ri omburo yondjorokero yandje.
Me ku tanga notjiharpe,
Ndjambi, Ndjambi wandje.
5 Muinyo wandje wa yumanene tjike?
Wa kurungire tjike nai?
Ami me riyameke ku Ndjambi!
Nu tjiri, ami me mu tanga rukwao,
ngu ri omuyame wandje na Ndjambi wandje.
