Human Wickedness
(Psalm 53)1 Fools say to themselves,
“There is no God!”
They are all corrupt,
and they have done terrible things;
there is no one who does what is right.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven at us humans
to see if there are any who are wise,
any who worship him.
3 But they have all gone wrong;
they are all equally bad.
Not one of them does what is right,
not a single one.
4 “Don't they know?” asks the Lord.
“Are all these evildoers ignorant?
They live by robbing my people,
and they never pray to me.”
5 But then they will be terrified,
for God is with those who obey him.
6 Evildoers frustrate the plans of the humble,
but the Lord is their protection.
7 How I pray that victory
will come to Israel from Zion.
How happy the people of Israel will be
when the Lord makes them prosperous again!
Uukolokoshi waantu
(Eps. 53)Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Aagoya otaa ilombwele taa ti:
“Kaku na Kalunga!”
Aantu mbaka oya shunduka noya longo iisithahoni;
kaku na nando ogumwe ta longo uuwanawa.
2 Omuwa oku li megulu
noto ontamene aantu kombanda yevi,
opo a tale, ngele oku na omunandunge
nongele oku na nando ogumwe
te mu simaneke.
3 Ihe ayehe oya puguma;
ayehe oya yonana.
Kaku na nando gumwe ta longo shoka shi li mondjila,
nando ogumwe.
4 “Aakolokoshi mbaka inaye shi tseya nani?”
Omuwa ta pula.
“Oyo haa hupu mokuyuga aantu yandje
yo ihaa galikana ndje.”
5 Oyo taa ka adhika kehaluko enene,
oshoka Kalunga okwa gama kumboka haa vulika kuye.
6 Aakolokoshi ohaa shunitha monima
oompangela dhomwiifupipiki,
ihe Omuwa oye omugameni gwe.
7 Ando muSion mu zile Israel ekwatho!
Uuna Omuwa ta ka hepulutha natango aantu ye,
nena Aaisraeli otaa ka nyanyukwa ngiini!
