Human Wickedness
(Psalm 14)1 Fools say to themselves,
“There is no God.”
They are all corrupt,
and they have done terrible things;
there is no one who does what is right.
2 God looks down from heaven at people
to see if there are any who are wise,
any who worship him.
3 But they have all turned away;
they are all equally bad.
Not one of them does what is right,
not a single one.
4 “Don't they know?” God asks.
“Are these evildoers ignorant?
They live by robbing my people,
and they never pray to me.”
5 But then they will become terrified,
as they have never been before,
for God will scatter the bones of the enemies of his people.
God has rejected them,
and so Israel will totally defeat them.
6 How I pray that victory
will come to Israel from Zion.
How happy the people of Israel will be
when God makes them prosperous again!
Ouvi wovandu
(Psa 14)Komuimburise otja kombosiro yo Mahalat. Epsalme ra David.
1 Ovandu omayova ve rihungirira nai:
“Kaku na Ndjambi.”
Owo va zunḓaka nu ovitjitwa vyawo ovivi
kape na umwe wawo ngu tjita ousemba.
2 Ndjambi u tara kovandu okuza meyuru,
okutara kutja pena umwe omunazondunge,
ngu rikotamena ku ye.
3 Nungwari avehe va poka ku ye,
nu va zunḓaka pupeṱa;
kape na umwe ngu tjita ousemba,
nangarire umwe ke po.
4 Ndjambi ma pura nai:
“Kave nokutjiwa are?
Ovatjite vouvi avehe mba kave nozondunge are?
Owo ve punda otjiwaṋa tjandje
tjimuna mave ri omboroto,
nu kave kumbu ku ami.”
5 Nungwari owo mave urumisiwa
komeho yaindu rutenga,
orondu Ndjambi ma rimbi omaṱupa
wovanavita notjiwaṋa tje.
Ndjambi we ve nakaura,
nu komuhingo mbwi Israel otji
matji ve havere okumana.
6 Andakuzu Ndjambi ma eta
ombatero kOvaisrael okuza kOsion!
Tjiri, Ovaisrael mave yoroka,
Ndjambi tje ve ṋingaparisa rukwao!
