A Prayer for the Nation's Welfare
1 Lord, you have been merciful to your land;
you have made Israel prosperous again.
2 You have forgiven your people's sins
and pardoned all their wrongs.
3 You stopped being angry with them
and held back your furious rage.
4 Bring us back, O God our savior,
and stop being displeased with us!
5 Will you be angry with us forever?
Will your anger never cease?
6 Make us strong again,
and we, your people, will praise you.
7 Show us your constant love, O Lord,
and give us your saving help.
8 I am listening to what the Lord God is saying;
he promises peace to us, his own people,
if we do not go back to our foolish ways.
9 Surely he is ready to save those who honor him,
and his saving presence will remain in our land.
10 Love and faithfulness will meet;
righteousness and peace will embrace.
11 Human loyalty will reach up from the earth,
and God's righteousness will look down from heaven.
12 The Lord will make us prosperous,
and our land will produce rich harvests.
13 Righteousness will go before the Lord
and prepare the path for him.
Ongumbiro yohange
Komuimburise. Epsalme rovazandu va Kora.
1 Muhona, ove wa tjariparera ehi roye,
nu wa yarura ko ouṋingandu wa Israel.
2 Ove wa isira otjiwaṋa tjoye ourunde watjo,
nu wa vandeka ozongatukiro zatjo azehe.
3 Wa isa ko omapindi woye aehe ku tjo,
nu wa za ko komazenge woye omanene.
4 Tu yarura ko, Ndjambi, Omuyame wetu,
nu u yandise omapindi woye na eṱe.
5 Mo ṱomazenge na eṱe nga aruhe are?
Mo panḓere pomapindi woye okuza
komuhoko nga komuhoko are?
6 Ko nakutuharisa omasa rukwao,
kutja eṱe mbu tu ri otjiwaṋa tjoye,
tu ku tange are?
7 Tu raisira ondjingonekero yoye.
Muhona, nu u tu pe ombatero yoye.
8 Ami me puratene ku imbi Muhona,
Ndjambi, mbi ma hungire;
eye ma kwizike ohange ku eṱe mbu
tu ri otjiwaṋa tje,
tji tu hi nakuyaruka nomihingo
vyouyova rukwao.
9 Tjiri, ombatero ye i ri popezu na
imba mbe nondira ku ye,
nomasa we omayame maye tura mehi retu.
10 Orusuvero nouṱakame mavi hakaene,
ousemba nohange mavi pukatasana.
11 Ouṱakame womundu mau nyomoka mehi,
nousemba wa Ndjambi mau
tara pehi okuza meyuru.
12 Muhona, tjiri,
ma yandja imbi mbi ri oviwa,
nehi retu mari eta ovihape ovingi.
13 Ousemba mau hongora
komurungu wa Muhona;
nohange mai mu kongorere mozondambo ze.
