A Prayer for Justice
1 O Lord, my God, I come to you for protection;
rescue me and save me from all who pursue me,
2 or else like a lion they will carry me off
where no one can save me,
and there they will tear me to pieces.
3-4 O Lord, my God, if I have wronged anyone,
if I have betrayed a friend
or without cause done violence to my enemy —
if I have done any of these things—
5 then let my enemies pursue me and catch me,
let them cut me down and kill me
and leave me lifeless on the ground!
6 Rise in your anger, O Lord!
Stand up against the fury of my enemies;
rouse yourself and help me!
Justice is what you demand,
7 so bring together all the peoples around you,
and rule over them from above.
8 You are the judge of all people.
Judge in my favor, O Lord;
you know that I am innocent.
9 You are a righteous God
and judge our thoughts and desires.
Stop the wickedness of evildoers
and reward those who are good.
10 God is my protector;
he saves those who obey him.
11 God is a righteous judge
and always condemns the wicked.
12 If they do not change their ways,
God will sharpen his sword.
He bends his bow and makes it ready;
13 he takes up his deadly weapons
and aims his burning arrows.
14 See how wicked people think up evil;
they plan trouble and practice deception.
15 But in the traps they set for others,
they themselves get caught.
16 So they are punished by their own evil
and are hurt by their own violence.
17 I thank the Lord for his justice;
I sing praises to the Lord, the Most High.
Omwene Oye omutokoli omuyuki
Eimbilo laDavid, e li imbila Omwene molweendjovo daKus, Omubenjamin.
1 Omwene, Kalunga kange,
mwoove ohandi tula elineekelo lange;
kwafe nge kovataataai vange aveshe u xupife nge,
2 opo ye aha nyanyaule nge,
ngaashi onghoshi tai tukaula eenhumba dange,
ngeenge kape nomuxupifi.
3 Omwene, Kalunga kange,
ngeno kwa li nde va ninga nai,
ngaashi tava ti, ngeno omake ange a nyata kowii,
4 nonda shinda ou e nombili naame,
osho ondi shi shii hasho nda ninga:
nda xupifile nokuli naava va taataelele nge oinima yongaho,
5 heeno, ngeno okwa li hasho,
ngeno omuyelani wange na taatae nge, a kwate nge
ndele ta lyataulile omwenyo wange poshi,
nefimano lange nali xutulilwe mondwi yedu! Sela
6 Omwene, va tukulukila nehandu loye!
Ove yambukila onya yovafininiki vange!
Penduka u xupife nge,
Oove ou wa pangela omatokolo.
7 Eemhunga adishe doiwana nadi ku kundukile,
ndele Ove to shuna shambadaulu kombada yado!
8 Omwene ota tokola oiwana.
Omwene, yukifile nge
pauyuki wange nopaukoshoki wange.
9 Xulifa oumbudi wovakolokoshi,
Ove pameka ofika yovayuki voye,
Oove omukonakoni womitima noweefiyo,
Kalunga omuyuki.
10 Oshikelelifo shange ondi shi kwetelwe kuKalunga,
ou omukwafi waava ve nomutima wa yuka.
11 Kalunga Oye omutokoli omuyuki,
Kalunga omuhandunhu efiku keshe.
12 Omunhu ngeenge ite lialuluka,
opo Kalunga ta upike omukonda waye.
Outa waye te u kufa ndele ta shoneke.
13 Ye ota longekida oilongifo yefyo;
oikuti yaye oyo oilwifo ya xwama.
14 Tala, omunawii oha fetwa kowii
ndele ye a ninga omufimba woixuna,
ndelenee ta dala oipupulu.
15 Ye okwa fa ekelo, e li fa lile,
mboli oye mwene ta wile mekelo laye.
16 Oiponga ei a duta, otai pinukile komutwe waye mwene,
noixuna yaye otai mu alukile poluwewe laye mwene.
17 Onda hala okupandulila Omwene ouyuki waye
nokwiimba edina lOmwene ou wOkombadambada.
