Someone Saved from Death Praises God
1 I love the Lord, because he hears me;
he listens to my prayers.
2 He listens to me
every time I call to him.
3 The danger of death was all around me;
the horrors of the grave closed in on me;
I was filled with fear and anxiety.
4 Then I called to the Lord,
“I beg you, Lord, save me!”
5 The Lord is merciful and good;
our God is compassionate.
6 The Lord protects the helpless;
when I was in danger, he saved me.
7 Be confident, my heart,
because the Lord has been good to me.
8 The Lord saved me from death;
he stopped my tears
and kept me from defeat.
9 And so I walk in the presence of the Lord
in the world of the living.
10 I kept on believing, even when I said,
“I am completely crushed,”
11 even when I was afraid and said,
“No one can be trusted.”
12 What can I offer the Lord
for all his goodness to me?
13 I will bring a wine offering to the Lord,
to thank him for saving me.
14 In the assembly of all his people
I will give him what I have promised.
15 How painful it is to the Lord
when one of his people dies!
16 I am your servant, Lord;
I serve you just as my mother did.
You have saved me from death.
17 I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving
and offer my prayer to you.
18-19 In the assembly of all your people,
in the sanctuary of your Temple in Jerusalem,
I will give you what I have promised.
Praise the Lord!
Eimbilopandulo lomuxupifwa
1 Ondi hole Omwene,
osheshi oha udu ondaka yange
nokwiilikana kwange;
2 okutwi kwaye, oko okwe ku endekela nge;
onghee nda hala oku mu ifana
omafiku ange aeshe.
3 Omiyo defyo okwa li da yula nge,
noutile woshovafi owa hangelela nge;
onda hangikile koupyakadi noluhodi.
4 Opo nee onda lalekida edina lOmwene:
“Akutu, Omwene, xupifa omwenyo wange!”
5 Omwene Oye omunanghenda nomuyuki,
ndele Kalunga ketu Ye omunalukeno.
6 Omwene oha amene ovalininipiki.
Ame nda ngona, ndelenee Ye okwa kwafa nge.
7 Omwenyo wange, alukila ketulumuko loye,
osheshi Omwene e ku ninga nawa.
8 Heeno, Ove wa xupifa omwenyo wange mefyo,
nomesho ange aha lile,
nomhadi yange iha fenungute;
9 ohandi ende koshipala shOmwene
medu lovanamwenyo.
10 Onda itavela, onghee handi popi:
“Onda findilwa unene poshi;”
11 melimbililo lange onda tile:
“Ovanhu aveshe ovanaipupulu.”
12 Omwene ohandi mu ningile shike,
ndi mu alulile ouwa aushe, ou a longela nge?
13 Onda hala okuyelula eholo lexupifo,
ame ndi fimaneke edina lOmwene pombada;
14 omaudaneko ange onda hala ndi a wanifile Omwene,
heeno, ndi a wanifile
moipafi yoshiwana shaye ashishe.
15 Momesho Omwene efyo lovayuki vaye
ola nhendipalekwa.
16 Akutu, Omwene, aame omupiya woye,
ondi mona womwalikadi omupiya woye.
Omapando ange we a pandukulula.
17 Onda hala ndi ku etele eyambo lolupandu
nokwiifana edina lOmwene;
18 omaudaneko ange onda hala ndi a wanifile Omwene,
heeno, ndi a wanifile
moipafi yoshiwana shaye ashishe,
19 momikala deumbo lOmwene,
meni loye, Jerusalem.
Halleluya!
