Longing for God's House
1 How I love your Temple, Lord Almighty!
2 How I want to be there!
I long to be in the Lord's Temple.
With my whole being I sing for joy
to the living God.
3 Even the sparrows have built a nest,
and the swallows have their own home;
they keep their young near your altars,
Lord Almighty, my king and my God.
4 How happy are those who live in your Temple,
always singing praise to you.
5 How happy are those whose strength comes from you,
who are eager to make the pilgrimage to Mount Zion.
6 As they pass through the dry valley of Baca,
it becomes a place of springs;
the autumn rain fills it with pools.
7 They grow stronger as they go;
they will see the God of gods on Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty.
Listen, O God of Jacob!
9 Bless our king, O God,
the king you have chosen.
10 One day spent in your Temple
is better than a thousand anywhere else;
I would rather stand at the gate of the house of my God
than live in the homes of the wicked.
11 The Lord is our protector and glorious king,
blessing us with kindness and honor.
He does not refuse any good thing
to those who do what is right.
12 Lord Almighty, how happy are those who trust in you!
Odjuulufi yokongulu yaKalunga
Epsalome lOvakora, la pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo nokaxumbafeta Gittit.
1 Eumbo loye oliwa shi fike peni,
akutu Omwene weengudu dovakwaita!
2 Omwenyo wange tau djuulukwa,
ndele tau lilile omikala dOmwene;
omutima wange nolutu lange
otali nyakukilwa Kalunga omunamwenyo;
3 osheshi namusheshe okwa mona ko eumbo,
noxwilowi ya mona oshihadi,
omu ya nangeka oudilona vayo,
okutya, eealtari doye,
Omwene weengudu dovakwaita,
ohamba yange naKalunga kange.
4 Ovanelao ovo tava kala meumbo loye,
have ku hambelele alushe. Sela
5 Ovanelao ovava ve neenghono davo mwoove
mokulilongekidila oyeendo iyapuki.
6 Mokweenda molufilu lomahodi
otave li shitukifa eefifiya,
nodula yonhemuna
otai li yadifa omanangeko noupuna.
7 Otava ende alushe meenghono dipe,
fiyo tava fiki koshipala shaKalunga muSion.
8 Omwene, Kalunga keengudu dovakwaita,
pwilikina eindilo lange,
li uda, Kalunga kaJakob. Sela
9 Akutu Kalunga, Oove oshikelelifo shetu,
tala u tale oshipala shomuvaekwa woye.
10 Osheshi efiku limwe alike momikala doye
li dule omafiku eyovi pamwe pe lili.
Okukala konhu yeumbo laKalunga kange
oku dulile nge okukala meenduda dovalunde.
11 Osheshi Kalunga Omwene,
Oye etango noshikelelifo;
Omwene oha yandje ouwanghenda nefimano;
ava tava ende moshili,
ite va kelele nande osha shiwa.
12 Omunelao omunhu ou te ku lineekele,
Oove Omwene weengudu dovakwaita!
