A Prayer for Protection from Enemies
1 Save me by your power, O God;
set me free by your might!
2 Hear my prayer, O God;
listen to my words!
3 Proud people are coming to attack me;
cruel people are trying to kill me—
those who do not care about God.
4 But God is my helper.
The Lord is my defender.
5 May God use their own evil to punish my enemies.
He will destroy them because he is faithful.
6 I will gladly offer you a sacrifice, O Lord;
I will give you thanks
because you are good.
7 You have rescued me from all my troubles,
and I have seen my enemies defeated.
Eilikano mefininiko
Ounongoimbilo waDavid; wa pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo, oku u shika mouxumbafeta pefimbo olo eshi Ovasifi ve uya kuSaul noku mu lombwela tava ti: ‘David okwa hondama pufye’.
1 Kalunga, xupife nge molwedina loye,
Ove yukifile nge molweenghono doye.
2 Kalunga, uda eindilo lange,
Ove pwilikina eendjovo dokanya kange.
3 Osheshi ovanailongo ova shivila nge olwoodi,
ovakolokoshi otava nangele omwenyo wange;
Kalunga ihave mu tula moipafi yavo. Sela
4 Ondi shi shii, Kalunga Oye omukwafi wange,
Omwene Oye eyambidido lomwenyo wange.
5 Owii otau ka shunifilwa ovatondi vange;
va hanauna po molwoudiinini woye.
6 Okehalo liwa nda hala oku ku yambela eyambo,
nokuhambelela edina loye, Omwene, shaashi oliwa.
7 Osheshi olo la xupifa nge momaudjuu aeshe,
nomesho ange otaa hafele okutala ovatondi vange.
