A Prayer of Thanksgiving
1 I praise you, Lord, because you have saved me
and kept my enemies from gloating over me.
2 I cried to you for help, O Lord my God,
and you healed me;
3 you kept me from the grave.
I was on my way to the depths below,
but you restored my life.
4 Sing praise to the Lord,
all his faithful people!
Remember what the Holy One has done,
and give him thanks!
5 His anger lasts only a moment,
his goodness for a lifetime.
Tears may flow in the night,
but joy comes in the morning.
6 I felt secure and said to myself,
“I will never be defeated.”
7 You were good to me, Lord;
you protected me like a mountain fortress.
But then you hid yourself from me,
and I was afraid.
8 I called to you, Lord;
I begged for your help:
9 “What will you gain from my death?
What profit from my going to the grave?
Are dead people able to praise you?
Can they proclaim your unfailing goodness?
10 Hear me, Lord, and be merciful!
Help me, Lord!”
11 You have changed my sadness into a joyful dance;
you have taken away my sorrow
and surrounded me with joy.
12 So I will not be silent;
I will sing praise to you.
Lord, you are my God;
I will give you thanks forever.
Egalikanohambelelo
Eimbilo lyeyapulo lyOtempeli; Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Omuwa, otandi ku hambelele, sho wa hupitha ndje,
nowa keelele aatondi yandje, yaa yole ndje.
2 Onde ku lilile ekwatho, Omuwa Kalunga kandje,
e to aludha ndje;
3 owa hili ndje mombila.
Onda li nda mbolokela muule mwi,
ihe owa ningi ndje ishewe omunamwenyo.
4 Hambeleleni Omuwa, ne aainekelwa ye amuhe!
Dhimbulukweni iilonga yOmuyapuki,
ne mu mu simaneke!
5 Ondjahi ye oyokathimbo kowala,
ihe uuwanawa we otau kalelele.
Ongulohi omahodhi otaga tondoka,
ihe ongula otaku holoka enyanyu.
6 Ondi wete ndi li megameno nonda ti:
“Itandi ka sindika nando olumwe.”
7 Omuwa, owa hololele ndje uuwanawa;
owa koleke ohote yandje.
Opo ihe owi iholeke ndje,
ngame nonda haluka.
8 Omuwa, otandi ku ithana;
otandi ku indile ekwatho:
9 “Eso lyandje otali ku likolitha shike?
Okuya kwandje mombila otaku ku pe ontanitho?
Aasi otaa vulu tuu oku ku simaneka?
Otaa vulu tuu okuhokolola uudhiginini woye?
10 Uva ndje, Omuwa, ngu u sile ndje ohenda!
Omuwa, kwatha ndje!”
11 Oondjila dhandje owe dhi shitukitha oondjimbo dhenyanyu;
owa kodheke oluhodhi lwandje
nowa nyanyudha ndje.
12 Onkee ano itandi mwena;
otandi ku hambelele.
Omuwa, ongoye Kalunga kandje,
otandi ku pandula sigo aluhe.
