God's Judgment and Grace
1 Why do you boast, great one, of your evil?
God's faithfulness is eternal.
2 You make plans to ruin others;
your tongue is like a sharp razor.
You are always inventing lies.
3 You love evil more than good
and falsehood more than truth.
4 You love to hurt people with your words, you liar!
5 So God will ruin you forever;
he will take hold of you and snatch you from your home;
he will remove you from the world of the living.
6 Righteous people will see this and be afraid;
then they will laugh at you and say,
7 “Look, here is someone who did not depend on God for safety,
but trusted instead in great wealth
and looked for security in being wicked.”
8 But I am like an olive tree growing in the house of God;
I trust in his constant love forever and ever.
9 I will always thank you, God, for what you have done;
in the presence of your people
I will proclaim that you are good.
Ehekeleko lomulundilwa
Ounongoimbilo wa imbwa kuDavid eshi Doeg, Omuedom e uya ndee ta lombwele Saul nokutya, ‘David okwe uya mongulu yaAhimelek’; wa pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo.
1 Omulinenepeki ove, oshike to litangele oupote woye?
Efilonghenda laKalunga, otali kala po fiyo alushe.
2 Elaka loye otali dutu oixuna,
la fa oshikululifo sha upikwa, mukotokeli ove!
3 Ove u hole owii, u ku dulile ouwa,
noipupulu, i ku dulile oshili. Sela
4 Eendjovo dombudi, odo adike u hole, ove elaka li nekoto!
5 Hano osho yo Kalunga ote ku hanauna po fiyo alushe,
ote ku nakula mo note ku vakula mo moshitulwa shoye,
ndele te ku duda mo moshilongo
shovanamwenyo nomidi doye. Sela
6 Ovayuki, otave shi mono notashi va halula
ndele tave shi mu yolele:
7 “Tala, omulumenhu ou, oye tuu,
ine lineekela Kalunga, a ninge engholo laye,
ndelenee okwe lineekela emona laye linene
nokwe litungila koupuna waye.”
8 Ndele ame ondi li mongulu yaKalunga,
nda fa olumono litalala;
nde lineekela efilonghenda laKalunga fiyo alushe.
9 Alushe onda hala ndi ku tangele, eshi we shi ninga;
nomoipafi yovayuki voye onda hala okuteelela
edina loye, osheshi olo oliwa.
