A Prayer for Help
1 Listen to me, Lord, and answer me,
for I am helpless and weak.
2 Save me from death, because I am loyal to you;
save me, for I am your servant and I trust in you.
3 You are my God, so be merciful to me;
I pray to you all day long.
4 Make your servant glad, O Lord,
because my prayers go up to you.
5 You are good to us and forgiving,
full of constant love for all who pray to you.
6 Listen, Lord, to my prayer;
hear my cries for help.
7 I call to you in times of trouble,
because you answer my prayers.
8 There is no god like you, O Lord,
not one has done what you have done.
9 All the nations that you have created
will come and bow down to you;
they will praise your greatness.
10 You are mighty and do wonderful things;
you alone are God.
11 Teach me, Lord, what you want me to do,
and I will obey you faithfully;
teach me to serve you with complete devotion.
12 I will praise you with all my heart, O Lord my God;
I will proclaim your greatness forever.
13 How great is your constant love for me!
You have saved me from the grave itself.
14 Proud people are coming against me, O God;
a cruel gang is trying to kill me—
people who pay no attention to you.
15 But you, O Lord, are a merciful and loving God,
always patient, always kind and faithful.
16 Turn to me and have mercy on me;
strengthen me and save me,
because I serve you just as my mother did.
17 Show me proof of your goodness, Lord;
those who hate me will be ashamed
when they see that you have given me comfort and help.
Ongumbiro yombatero
Ongumbiro ya David.
1 Puratena ku ami, Muhona,
nu ndji zuvira tjinga ambi
ri omunandjenda nomusyona.
2 Yama omuinyo wandje konḓiro,
orondu owami owoye.
Oove Ndjambi wandje;
vatera omukarere
woye ngu riyameka kove.
3 Tjariparera ami, Muhona,
tjinga ame ku kove eyuva arihe.
4 Yorokisa omukarere woye, Muhona,
orondu ozongumbiro zandje maze rondo kove.
5 Muhona, oove omuwa, nu u isira;
Ove u nounyaṋutima ouingi ku
avehe mbe kumba kove.
6 Puratena kongumbiro yandje, Muhona,
nu zuva keraka romerihekeneno wandje.
7 Meyuva rombamisiro yandje me ku kove,
orondu ove mo ndji zuvire.
8 Kape na mukuru, ngu ri otja ove, Muhona;
nu kape noviungura,
mbi sasanekwa na imbi ovyoye.
9 Oviwaṋa avihe mbi wa uta,
mavi ya okurikotamena kove, Muhona;
nu mavi eta ondatero kena roye.
10 Oove, omunene, nu u tjita ovihimise,
oove erike ngu u ri Ndjambi.
11 Muhona, ndji honga imbi mbi
movanga kutja mbi tjite,
nu ami me kara nonḓuviro kove.
Ndji pa omutima mbu ha ivaiva
kutja mbi kare nondira kove.
12 Me ku tanga nomutima wandje auhe,
Muhona, Ndjambi wandje,
nu me yozike ena roye nga aruhe.
13 Orusuvero rwoye, tjiri, orwo orunene ku ami;
Ove we ndji yama mourekoto wotjovakoke.
14 Ndjambi, ovandu ovirangaranga
ve ndji sekamene;
notjira tjovatjite voutwe matji
kondjo okundjizepa,
imba ovandu mbe hi na ko na tja na ove.
15 Nungwari ove, Muhona,
oove Ndjambi wotjari nowounyaṋutima;
u nomuretima nondjingonekero
onene nouṱakame.
16 Tanauka ku ami nu u ndji tjariparere;
yandja omasa woye komukarere woye,
nu u yame omuzandu
womukarere woye omusuko.
17 Ndji pa otjiraisiro tjouwa woye, Muhona;
imba mbe ndji tonda mave
tji munu nave ṱohoṋi,
ove tjinga awe ndji vatera
nawe ndji huhumiṋa.
