A Prayer for Mercy
1 Lord, I look up to you,
up to heaven, where you rule.
2 As a servant depends on his master,
as a maid depends on her mistress,
so we will keep looking to you, O Lord our God,
until you have mercy on us.
3 Be merciful to us, Lord, be merciful;
we have been treated with so much contempt.
4 We have been mocked too long by the rich
and scorned by proud oppressors.
Onghuwo yovadinwa
Eimbilo lomolweendo lokuya kouyapuki.
1 Omesho ange ohandi a yelulile kwoove,
ou omukalimutumba meulu.
2 Heeno shili, ngaashi omesho ovapiya
haa tale eke lomwene wavo,
nongaashi omupiya okakadona
taka talifa omesho ako eke lomwene wako,
osho yo omesho etu
ohaa dakamene Kalunga, Omwene wetu,
fiyo ota hovele oku tu fila onghenda.
3 Tu fila onghenda, Omwene, tu fila onghenda,
osheshi fye otwa nyonyodolwa shili kokudinika.
4 Eemwenyo detu oda kenyanana,
da kenyenekwa komasheko ovafulalali
nokodino yaava ve lishii oukengeli.
