God's Glory and Human Dignity
1 O Lord, our Lord,
your greatness is seen in all the world!
Your praise reaches up to the heavens;
2 it is sung by children and babies.
You are safe and secure from all your enemies;
you stop anyone who opposes you.
3 When I look at the sky, which you have made,
at the moon and the stars, which you set in their places—
4 what are human beings, that you think of them;
mere mortals, that you care for them?
5 Yet you made them inferior only to yourself;
you crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You appointed them rulers over everything you made;
you placed them over all creation:
7 sheep and cattle, and the wild animals too;
8 the birds and the fish
and the creatures in the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,
your greatness is seen in all the world!
Esimano lyaKalunga nehala lyomuntu
Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Omuwa, Omuwa gwetu,
edhina lyoye olya simana ngiini muuyuni auhe!
Oto hambelelwa sigo okombanda yomagulu;
2 to imbilwa kuunona nokuuhanona.
Owi ikaleka kokule naatondi yoye;
oto mweneke kehe ngoka a tsa ondumbo nangoye.
3 Ngele te tala kegulu ndyoka we li shiti,
komwedhi noonyothi mbyoka we yi uthile omahala gayo —
4 Omuntu omushike,
sho ho mu dhimbulukwa;
omushamba gwowala,
u na oshimpwiyu naye?
5 Omuntu we mu shiti e vulike ashike kungoye mwene;
owe mu zaleke eadhimo nesimano.
6 Owe mu ningi omupangeli gwaayihe we yi shiti;
eshito alihe owe li tula melelo lye:
7 oonzi noongombe nosho wo iiyamakuti:
8 oondhila noohi niinamwenyo yomefuta.
9 Omuwa, Omuwa gwetu,
edhina lyoye olya simana ngiini muuyuni auhe!
