A Prayer for the Defeat of Israel's Enemies
1 O God, do not keep silent;
do not be still, do not be quiet!
2 Look! Your enemies are in revolt,
and those who hate you are rebelling.
3 They are making secret plans against your people;
they are plotting against those you protect.
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy their nation,
so that Israel will be forgotten forever.”
5 They agree on their plan
and form an alliance against you:
6 the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
the people of Moab and the Hagrites;
7 the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
and of Philistia and Tyre.
8 Assyria has also joined them
as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.
9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites,
and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 You defeated them at Endor,
and their bodies rotted on the ground.
11 Do to their leaders what you did to Oreb and Zeeb;
defeat all their rulers as you did Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, “We will take for our own
the land that belongs to God.”
13 Scatter them like dust, O God,
like straw blown away by the wind.
14 As fire burns the forest,
as flames set the hills on fire,
15 chase them away with your storm
and terrify them with your fierce winds.
16 Cover their faces with shame, O Lord,
and make them acknowledge your power.
17 May they be defeated and terrified forever;
may they die in complete disgrace.
18 May they know that you alone are the Lord,
supreme ruler over all the earth.
Ovatondi keembinga adishe
Eimbilo, Epsalome laAsaf.
1 Akutu Kalunga, ino likalela auke,
Ove ino kala wa mwena u tye filu, akutu Kalunga!
2 Tala, osheshi ovo tave ku tondo otava uyaana,
novatondi voye otava yelulile omitwe davo pombada.
3 Oshiwana shoye otave shi diladilile ekengelelo,
novanhu vopolwamba loye
otave va dutile ehangakeno,
4 tava ti: “Ileni tu yeni, tu ke va hanauneni po,
vo vaha ifanwe vali oshiwana,
opo edina lOvaisraeli liha tumbulwe vali.”
5 Heeno, va kundafana, va itavelela shimwe,
ove ku pangela omhangela yehangakeno,
6 eenhanda daEdom nOvaismael, Moab nOvahagri,
7 Gebal naAmmoni naAmalek,
Ovafilisti pamwe nOvatirus.
8 NaAsiria yo okwa ama kuvo,
ova ninga okwooko kwovana vaLot. Sela
9 Va ninga, ngaashi wa ningile Midian naSisera,
nongaashi Jabin kokamulonga Kison,
10 ava va nyonauninwe po kuEndor,
noimhu yavo ya ninga oushosho womepya.
11 Oidale yavo i ninga ngaashi wa ningile
Oreb naSeeb, novadalekele vavo aveshe
ongaashi Seba naSalmunna,
12 Ava tava ti:
“Tu ka nangaleni po eenhele daKalunga.”
13 Kalunga kange, va ninga ngaashi omafo
taa i shambadaulu,
ngaashi oidudilo tai i omhepo.
14 Ngaashi omundilo ou tau xwike ofuka,
ngaashi omutemo tau vave eemhunda.
15 Osho u va shikula neembadi doye,
ndele to va halula noshikungulu shoye.
16 Oshipala shavo shi yadifa nohoni,
opo va hovele okukonga edina loye, Omwene.
17 Nava fifwe ohoni, va tilifwe fiyo alushe,
nava lengaifwe, vo va xule po.
18 Vo va kale, ve shi koneka, nokutya
Oove ou to ifanwa Omwene,
Ove auke u li po Okombadambada medu alishe.
