The Prayer of Someone in Exile
(Continuation of Psalm 42)
1 O God, declare me innocent,
and defend my cause against the ungodly;
deliver me from lying and evil people!
2 You are my protector;
why have you abandoned me?
Why must I go on suffering
from the cruelty of my enemies?
3 Send your light and your truth;
may they lead me
and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill,
and to your Temple, where you live.
4 Then I will go to your altar, O God;
you are the source of my happiness.
I will play my harp and sing praise to you,
O God, my God.
5 Why am I so sad?
Why am I so troubled?
I will put my hope in God,
and once again I will praise him,
my savior and my God.
Etwikilo lEpsalome la tetekela
1 Kalunga, yukifile nge, u popile nge
kovanhu vehe na onghenda,
Omwene, Ove u xupife nge
kovanhu ve noipupulu noumbudi.
2 Osheshi Kalunga, Oove ou, ho amene nge.
Owa ekelela nge shi shike?
Ohandi endele shike nda nyika oluhodi
mokufininikwa komutondi wange?
3 Tumine nge ouyelele noshili yoye,
oyo i kwatele nge komesho,
yo i twale nge komhunda yoye iyapuki
nokoukalelo woye,
4 ame ndi fike koaltari yaKalunga,
kuKalunga kekaluko lange,
nondi pandule, Kalunga,
ndi ku shikile okaxumbafeta,
naKalunga kange!
5 Omwenyo wange, oshike wa polimana ngaha,
ndele to nhukauka meni lange uhe na efudo?
Teelela Kalunga!
Osheshi natango tuu handi ke mu hambelela,
Omuxupifi wange naKalunga kange.
