A Prayer for Help
1 Listen to me, Lord, and answer me,
for I am helpless and weak.
2 Save me from death, because I am loyal to you;
save me, for I am your servant and I trust in you.
3 You are my God, so be merciful to me;
I pray to you all day long.
4 Make your servant glad, O Lord,
because my prayers go up to you.
5 You are good to us and forgiving,
full of constant love for all who pray to you.
6 Listen, Lord, to my prayer;
hear my cries for help.
7 I call to you in times of trouble,
because you answer my prayers.
8 There is no god like you, O Lord,
not one has done what you have done.
9 All the nations that you have created
will come and bow down to you;
they will praise your greatness.
10 You are mighty and do wonderful things;
you alone are God.
11 Teach me, Lord, what you want me to do,
and I will obey you faithfully;
teach me to serve you with complete devotion.
12 I will praise you with all my heart, O Lord my God;
I will proclaim your greatness forever.
13 How great is your constant love for me!
You have saved me from the grave itself.
14 Proud people are coming against me, O God;
a cruel gang is trying to kill me—
people who pay no attention to you.
15 But you, O Lord, are a merciful and loving God,
always patient, always kind and faithful.
16 Turn to me and have mercy on me;
strengthen me and save me,
because I serve you just as my mother did.
17 Show me proof of your goodness, Lord;
those who hate me will be ashamed
when they see that you have given me comfort and help.
Eindilo lomufininikwa
Eindilo laDavid.
1 Omwene, endeka okutwi kwoye, u ude nge,
osheshi aame epongo nohepele!
2 Diinina omwenyo wange;
osheshi aame omuyuki;
Kalunga kange, xupifa omupiya woye,
ou te ku lineekele!
3 Omwene, file nge onghenda,
osheshi efiku alishe ohandi ku ifana.
4 Hafifa omwenyo womupiya woye;
osheshi omwenyo wange
ohandi u yelulile kwoove, Omwene.
5 Osheshi Omwene, Ove u nonghedi iwa,
u yadi ekufilo,
Ove u nolukeno naava have ku ifana.
6 Omwene, uda eindilo lange,
yavelela eilikano lange lomokule!
7 Fiku handi hangika koudjuu, ohandi ku ifana,
osheshi Ove ho udu nge.
8 Omwene, moikalunga kamu na umwe e ku fa,
nopehe na eshi sha fa oilonga yoye.
9 Oiwana aishe yovapaani, ngaashi we i shita,
otai ke uya i linyongamene
koshipala shoye, Omwene,
nai fimaneke edina loye;
10 osheshi Oove omunene nomulongi woikumwifa,
Oove auke Kalunga.
11 Omwene, ulikile nge ondjila yoye,
ame ndi ende moshili yoye,
omutima wange u mangeleka mokutila edina loye.
12 Omwene, Kalunga kange,
onda hala oku ku tanga nomutima aushe
nokufimaneka edina loye fiyo alushe.
13 Osheshi ouwanghenda woye
we u ningila nge, ounene;
Ove wa xupifa omwenyo wange moshovafi.
14 Kalunga, ovalundakani ova fikamena nge
netanga lovakolokoshi otali nangele omwenyo wange,
noihave ku tula moipafi yavo.
15 Ndelenee Omwene, Oove omunalukeno
omunanghenda, nomunanheni,
omunene mouwanghenda nomoshili.
16 Talele nge u file nge onghenda;
pa omupiya woye eenghono doye,
Ove u xupife nge, aame omona omumati
womupiya woye okakadona.
17 Tule nge oshidimbulukifo shouwa,
ovatondi vange ve shi mone, nova fifwe ohoni,
nokutya Omwene, Oove ekwafo lange
nehekeleko lange.
