A Prayer for Help
(Psalm 40.13-17)1 Save me, O God!
Lord, help me now!
2 May those who try to kill me
be defeated and confused.
May those who are happy because of my troubles
be turned back and disgraced.
3 May those who make fun of me
be dismayed by their defeat.
4 May all who come to you
be glad and joyful.
May all who are thankful for your salvation
always say, “How great is God!”
5 I am weak and poor;
come to me quickly, O God.
You are my savior and my Lord—
hurry to my aid!
Onghuwo yomutewatewi
Epsalome laDavid, la pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo, kedimbulukifoyambo.
1 Akutu Kalunga, endelela u xupife nge,
Omwene, uluma, u kwafe nge!
2 Ovanangeli vomwenyo wange nava fifwe ohoni,
yo i va pembife oipala!
Nava fifwe ohoni ava tava halele nge omupya,
nava shunifwe monima nokufifwa ohoni.
3 Nava twalwe onhapo kokutondwa kwavo,
ava tava tanhe tava ti:
“Shalongo, shalongo shange!”
4 Ndelenee ava aveshe, tave ku kongo,
va nyakukwe nokuhafa mwoove.
Naava hava djuulukwa exupifo loye,
alushe nava hepaulule va tye:
“Kalunga Oye omunene!”
5 Ndelenee aame omukwanaluhepo nepongo.
Akutu Kalunga, tondokele nge!
Oove omukwafi nomuxupifi wange.
Omwene, ino kala ko!
