God's Complete Knowledge and Care
1 Lord, you have examined me and you know me.
2 You know everything I do;
from far away you understand all my thoughts.
3 You see me, whether I am working or resting;
you know all my actions.
4 Even before I speak,
you already know what I will say.
5 You are all around me on every side;
you protect me with your power.
6 Your knowledge of me is too deep;
it is beyond my understanding.
7 Where could I go to escape from you?
Where could I get away from your presence?
8 If I went up to heaven, you would be there;
if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there.
9 If I flew away beyond the east
or lived in the farthest place in the west,
10 you would be there to lead me,
you would be there to help me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me
or the light around me to turn into night,
12 but even darkness is not dark for you,
and the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
13 You created every part of me;
you put me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because you are to be feared;
all you do is strange and wonderful.
I know it with all my heart.
15 When my bones were being formed,
carefully put together in my mother's womb,
when I was growing there in secret,
you knew that I was there—
16 you saw me before I was born.
The days allotted to me
had all been recorded in your book,
before any of them ever began.
17 O God, how difficult I find your thoughts;
how many of them there are!
18 If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you.
19 O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked!
How I wish violent people would leave me alone!
20 They say wicked things about you;
they speak evil things against your name.
21 O Lord, how I hate those who hate you!
How I despise those who rebel against you!
22 I hate them with a total hatred;
I regard them as my enemies.
23 Examine me, O God, and know my mind;
test me, and discover my thoughts.
24 Find out if there is any evil in me
and guide me in the everlasting way.
Omwene omushiivi waaishe nomukali waapeshe
Epsalome laDavid, la pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo.
1 Omwene, Oove to konakona nge, ndele to koneke nge;
2 nande ndi li omutumba, ile nda fikama, owe shi shiiva;
omadiladilo ange ou a uditile kokule;
3 nande ohandi ende, ile nda nangala, ou shi wete;
neendjila dange adishe ou di shii;
4 osheshi fimbo etumbulo inali uya kelaka lange,
Omwene, Ove we li koneka.
5 Konima nokomesho owa dingilila nge,
neke loye owe li tenheka nge.
6 Eshiivo eli, olo oixuna kwaame,
ola nyengana, itandi dulu oku li hanga.
7 Omhepo yoye, ohandi i henukile peni?
Noshipala shoye ohandi shi i onhapo peni?
8 Ngeno ondi londe keulu, oko u li,
nongeno ndi ka nangale moshovafi, naamo omo u li,
9 ngeno ondi kufe omavava eluwa,
ndi vilole komeva efuta fiyo okexulilo lao,
oko ndi ka wile,
10 naako, ngeno eke loye otali endifile nge ko,
nolulyo loye otali kwata nge;
11 nonande ngeno ondi tye:
Omulaulu wa laula fokofoko, nau tuvike nge,
nouyelele ou u li pwaame, nau shituke omulaulu,
12 hano opo nomulaulu inau laula pwoove,
noufiku ngeno tau ku minikile ngaashi omutenya;
nomulaulu ngeno kwoove ouyelele.
13 Osheshi Oove ou omushiti weefiyo dange,
owa dutila nge medimo lameme.
14 Ohandi ku pandula, eshi nda tungwa nda tungikika;
oilonga yoye oya longekeka,
nomwenyo wange otau shi shiiva nawa.
15 Oukipa vange kava li ve ku holekwa,
eshi nda mewa meholeko,
onda mewa moule wedu nounyakwa.
16 Omesho oye okwa li taa shipununa nge,
fimbo nda li engwili inandi tongoka,
nomembo loye omo omwa nyolelwa
omafiku ange aeshe, aa nda sheyelwa,
fimbo inapa holoka nande limwe lao.
17 Ndelenee kwaame, oidiladilwa yoye, Kalunga,
oinyenga, shi fike peni!
Oitulwakumwe yayo aishe, oihapu unenenene!
18 Ngeno ondi hetekele oku i vala:
omuvalu wayo, ou dule womawe ehekedu;
ngeenge handi penduka, natango opo ndi li pwoove.
19 Akutu, Kalunga ngeno u dipae ovakolokoshi,
Ove u kandule pwaame ovakauli vonyanga,
20 ava have ku lundakanene nai,
nedina loye otave li tumbulile mowii.
21 Ava ovatondi voye, havo nandi tonde yo?
Ame mbela ndiha nyonyodolifwe kovakondjifi voye?
22 Ohandi va tondo noutondwe wefyo;
ondi wete, ovo ovatondi vange.
23 Kalunga, konakone nge,
u koneke omutima wange!
Yeleke nge, u dilakane omadiladilo ange,
24 opo u mone, ngeenge ondi li mondjila yepukifo,
Ove u endife nge mondjila,
ei tai twala moukwaalushe.
