A Prayer for Help
1 I call to the Lord for help;
I plead with him.
2 I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.
3 When I am ready to give up,
he knows what I should do.
In the path where I walk,
my enemies have hidden a trap for me.
4 When I look beside me,
I see that there is no one to help me,
no one to protect me.
No one cares for me.
5 Lord, I cry to you for help;
you, Lord, are my protector;
you are all I want in this life.
6 Listen to my cry for help,
for I am sunk in despair.
Save me from my enemies;
they are too strong for me.
7 Set me free from my distress;
then in the assembly of your people I will praise you
because of your goodness to me.
Onghuwo mofina idjuu
Ounongoimbilo waDavid, eshi a li momakololo a hondama; eilikano.
1 Ohandi lalekida Omwene mokule,
ohandi lilile Omwene mokule.
2 Eshi tashi tilifa nge, ohandi shi mu pimhile,
noudjuu wange ohandi u mu mbubulile.
3 Omhepo yange, nande nai notelwe meni lange,
Ove ou shii nokuli, nhumbi ndi li.
Mondjila ei handi ende,
ova tela nge omiyo meholeko.
4 Eshi handi tale kolulyo
nda vandavamena mominghulo:
nghi wete nande omunhu, e na naame.
Nghi na apa handi ningine nande,
kape na ou, ta yavele nge.
5 Omwene, Oove, handi lalekida,
ohandi ti: Oove eningino lange,
Oove onhele yange moshilongo shovanamwenyo.
6 Akutu, pupapupa eehelo lange,
shaashi eenghono dange oda xupipala nai.
Xupife nge movataataai vange,
osheshi ove dule nge eenghono.
7 Kufe nge meti, opo ndi tange edina loye.
Ovayuki va ka dingilile nge,
Ove ngeenge to ningi nge nawa.
