A Song of Praise
1 Come, let us praise the Lord!
Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs of praise.
3 For the Lord is a mighty God,
a mighty king over all the gods.
4 He rules over the whole earth,
from the deepest caves to the highest hills.
5 He rules over the sea, which he made;
the land also, which he himself formed.
6 Come, let us bow down and worship him;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
7 He is our God;
we are the people he cares for,
the flock for which he provides.
Listen today to what he says:
8 “Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,
as they were that day in the desert at Massah.
9 There they put me to the test and tried me,
although they had seen what I did for them.
10 For forty years I was disgusted with those people.
I said, ‘How disloyal they are!
They refuse to obey my commands.’
11 I was angry and made a solemn promise:
‘You will never enter the land
where I would have given you rest.’”
Ekumaido okupandula Kalunga nokudulika kuye
1 Ileni, tu kuwilileni Omwene,
tu nyakukilweni emanya lexupifo letu!
2 Tu holokeni koshipala shaye nokupandula,
fye tu mu tanheleni nomaimbilo ehambelelo.
3 Osheshi Omwene Oye Kalunga kanene
nohamba inene kombada yookalunga aveshe.
4 Oye tuu ou e kwete meke laye
eembwili domeni ledu,
neexulo deemhunda odaye.
5 Nefuta olaye, osheshi Oye e li shita,
nedu likukutu olo la mewa keke laye.
6 Ileni, tu linyongameneni, fye tu liwitike pedu,
Omwene Omushiti wetu tu mu twileni eengolo!
7 Osheshi Oye Kalunga ketu,
ndele fye oshiwana shoufita waye,
needi domeke laye.
Akutu ngeno nena nye mu ude ondaka yaye:
8 “Inamu kukutika omitima deni,
ngaashi sha ningilwe muMeriba,
ngaashi efiku linya kuMassa mofuka,
9 omo ooxo va shindile nge,
nova yelekele nge,
nande va mona oilonga yange.
10 Omido omilongo ine
onda li nda tondifwa kepupi olo, opo nda tya:
‘Oshiwana eshi shi nomitima da puka;
ndele vo inava hala okushiiva eendjila dange.’
11 Opo nee mehandu lange onda anene nda tya:
‘Vo itava fiki metulumuko lange!’ ”
