The One True God
1 To you alone, O Lord, to you alone,
and not to us, must glory be given
because of your constant love and faithfulness.
2 Why should the nations ask us,
“Where is your God?”
3 Our God is in heaven;
he does whatever he wishes.
4 Their gods are made of silver and gold,
formed by human hands.
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,
and eyes, but cannot see.
6 They have ears, but cannot hear,
and noses, but cannot smell.
7 They have hands, but cannot feel,
and feet, but cannot walk;
they cannot make a sound.
8 May all who made them and who trust in them
become like the idols they have made.
9 Trust in the Lord, you people of Israel.
He helps you and protects you.
10 Trust in the Lord, you priests of God.
He helps you and protects you.
11 Trust in the Lord, all you that worship him.
He helps you and protects you.
12 The Lord remembers us and will bless us;
he will bless the people of Israel
and all the priests of God.
13 He will bless everyone who honors him,
the great and the small alike.
14 May the Lord give you children—
you and your descendants!
15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
who made heaven and earth!
16 Heaven belongs to the Lord alone,
but he gave the earth to us humans.
17 The Lord is not praised by the dead,
by any who go down to the land of silence.
18 But we, the living, will give thanks to him
now and forever.
Praise the Lord!
Kalunga kashili
1 Omuwa, esimano inali ninga lyetu,
aawe, kali shi lyetu.
Nali ninge lyedhina lyoye,
omolwesilohenda nuudhiginini woye.
2 Omolwashike iigwana yi na oku tu pula tayi ti:
“Kalunga keni oku li peni?”
3 Kalunga ketu oku li megulu;
ota longo shoka she mu opalela.
4 Ihe iikalunga yayo oyo oshisiliveli noshingoli
noya hambulwa niikaha yaantu.
5 Oyi na omakana, ihe itayi vulu okupopya;
oyi na omeho, ihe itayi vulu okumona ko.
6 Oyi na omakutsi, ihe itayi vulu okuuva ko;
oyi na omayulu, ihe itayi vulu okunika sha.
7 Oyi na iikaha, ihe itayi vulu okukwata sha;
oyi na oompadhi, ihe itayi vulu okweenda;
momakana gayo ihamu zi ewi lyasha.
8 Mboka haye yi hambula, otaa ka faathana nayo,
nosho wo mboka haye yi inekele.
9 Ne Aaisraeli, inekeleni Omuwa.
Oye ote mu kwatha
note mu gamene.
10 Ne yomezimo lyaAaron, inekeleni Omuwa.
Oye ote mu kwatha note mu gamene.
11 Ne mboka hamu mu tila, inekeleni Omuwa.
Oye ote mu kwatha note mu gamene.
12 Omuwa okwe tu dhimbulukwa note ke tu yambeka;
ota ka yambeka Aaisraeli nezimo lyaAaron.
13 Ota yambeke mboka haye mu simaneke,
aadhinwa nenge aanenentu.
14 Omuwa ne mu indjipalithe,
one pamwe noluvalo lweni.
15 Lalekweni nuuyamba kOmuwa,
omushiti gwegulu nogwevi!
16 Egulu lyokombandambanda
olyo ehala lyOmuwa mwene,
ihe evi okwe li pe aana yaantu.
17 Aasi itaa vulu okuhambelela Omuwa,
naamboka taa kulukile mehala lyeimweneneno.
18 Ihe tse aanamwenyo otatu hambelele Omuwa,
nena nosigo aluhe.
Halleluja!
