A Prayer for Protection from Enemies
1 Save me by your power, O God;
set me free by your might!
2 Hear my prayer, O God;
listen to my words!
3 Proud people are coming to attack me;
cruel people are trying to kill me—
those who do not care about God.
4 But God is my helper.
The Lord is my defender.
5 May God use their own evil to punish my enemies.
He will destroy them because he is faithful.
6 I will gladly offer you a sacrifice, O Lord;
I will give you thanks
because you are good.
7 You have rescued me from all my troubles,
and I have seen my enemies defeated.
Ongumbiro yokuyamwa kovanavita
Komuimburise wotjiketara. Epsalme ra David, Ovasif tji va za nokuyenda ku Saul okukemutjivisa kutja David wa ṱara mehi rawo.
1 Ndjambi, ndji yama mouvara woye,
nu u ndji kuture momasa woye.
2 Zuvira ongumbiro yandje, Ndjambi;
nu puratena komambo wandje.
3 Orondu ovandu overitongamise
mave ndji sekamene;
ovatjite voutwe mave vanga okundjizepa,
imba ovandu mbe hi na
ko na tja na Ndjambi.
4 Nungwari, Ndjambi eye omuvatere wandje,
Muhona eye omuyame wandje.
5 Ndjambi nga yarure oundandi
wovanavita na ami mu wo oveni
nu meve yandeke mouṱakame we.
6 Nu otji me ku punguhire ombunguhiro
nenyando, Muhona;
me tanga ena roye,
ove tjinga au ri omuwa.
7 Orondu ove we ndji yama
komaumba wandje aehe,
nu mba muna ovanavita na ami
amave haverwa.
