A Prayer for Help in Time of Trouble
1 Lord, don't be angry and rebuke me!
Don't punish me in your anger!
2 I am worn out, O Lord; have pity on me!
Give me strength; I am completely exhausted
3 and my whole being is deeply troubled.
How long, O Lord, will you wait to help me?
4 Come and save me, Lord;
in your mercy rescue me from death.
5 In the world of the dead you are not remembered;
no one can praise you there.
6 I am worn out with grief;
every night my bed is damp from my weeping;
my pillow is soaked with tears.
7 I can hardly see;
my eyes are so swollen
from the weeping caused by my enemies.
8 Keep away from me, you evil people!
The Lord hears my weeping;
9 he listens to my cry for help
and will answer my prayer.
10 My enemies will know the bitter shame of defeat;
in sudden confusion they will be driven away.
Onghuwo yomulidilululi
Epsalme laDavid; la pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo, oku li shika mokaxumbafeta, mondaka yombaafa.
1 Omwene, ino hanyena nge wa handuka,
Ove uha denge nge wa keshuka!
2 Omwene, file nge onghenda, osheshi onda ngona;
pameke nge, osheshi omakipa ange a halukifwa,
3 nomwenyo wange wa tililila,
Woo! Omwene, fiyo onaini hano?
4 Omwene, aluka, u mangulule omwenyo wange!
Xupife nge molwefilonghenda loye!
5 Osheshi mokufya ito dimbulukiwa vali komunhu.
Moshovafi omu na tuu ou, te ku imbile ehambelelo?
6 Onda loloka molwomanyemato ange aeshe;
keshe oufiku ohandi tutike omutala wange,
nomulele wange ohandi u talaleke nomahodi ange.
7 Omesho ange okwa twiyala koluhodi
nokwa kulupifwa molwovayelani vange aveshe.
8 Ovalongi vowii amushe nye,
djeni po pwaame amushe!
Osheshi Omwene okwa uda ekwenauko lange;
9 Omwene okwa uda eindilo lange,
neilikano lange Omwene ohe li tambula.
10 Ovatondi vange aveshe otava ka lengaifwa
ndele tava kanghwa;
otava shunifwa diva lwanima va fya ohoni.
