A Prayer for Mercy
1 Lord, I look up to you,
up to heaven, where you rule.
2 As a servant depends on his master,
as a maid depends on her mistress,
so we will keep looking to you, O Lord our God,
until you have mercy on us.
3 Be merciful to us, Lord, be merciful;
we have been treated with so much contempt.
4 We have been mocked too long by the rich
and scorned by proud oppressors.
Omuwa, tu sila ohenda
1 Otandi ligamene omeho gandje kungoye,
okungoye nguka u li megulu.
2 Tala, ngaashi omeho gaapiya taga tala kiipala yooyene yawo
nogaadhike taga ligamene kaanyekadhi,
osho wo omeho getu taga tala kOmuwa, Kalunga ketu,
sigo e tu sile ohenda.
3 Omuwa, tu sila ohenda!
Omuwa, tu sila ohenda!
Oshoka otwa kala twa dhinika noonkondo.
4 Otwi idhidhimikile omasheko gaanuuntsa
nondhino yaayinenepeki.
