A Song of Praise
1 Come, let us praise the Lord!
Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs of praise.
3 For the Lord is a mighty God,
a mighty king over all the gods.
4 He rules over the whole earth,
from the deepest caves to the highest hills.
5 He rules over the sea, which he made;
the land also, which he himself formed.
6 Come, let us bow down and worship him;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
7 He is our God;
we are the people he cares for,
the flock for which he provides.
Listen today to what he says:
8 “Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,
as they were that day in the desert at Massah.
9 There they put me to the test and tried me,
although they had seen what I did for them.
10 For forty years I was disgusted with those people.
I said, ‘How disloyal they are!
They refuse to obey my commands.’
11 I was angry and made a solemn promise:
‘You will never enter the land
where I would have given you rest.’”
Ondjimbo yehambelelo
1 Ileni, tu hambeleleni Omuwa!
Ileni, tu imbeni tse tu nyanyukilweni Kalunga
ngoka he tu gamene!
2 Tu yeni koshipala she noku mu pandula.
Tu imbeni nenyanyu noku mu hambelela.
3 Oshoka oye Kalunga omunankondo,
omukwaniilwa omunene kombanda yiikalunga.
4 Oye ta pangele evi alihe,
okuza muule walyo sigo okoondungu dhoondundu.
5 Efuta oli li miikaha ye,
oshoka oye e li shiti;
oye e eta po evi ekukutu.
6 Ileni, tu isizimikeni kuye,
tu mu simanekeni;
tu tseni oongolo koshipala shOmuwa, Omushiti gwetu!
7 Oye Kalunga ketu; otse oonzi dhuusita we,
aantu he ya sile oshimpwiyu.
8 Oye ota ti: “Onena tuu ndjika,
sho tamu uvu ewi lyandje,
inamu ikukutika, ongaashi oohokulu puMeriba
nongaashi ya li esiku ndiyaka mombuga puMassa.
9 Mwiyaka oya makele ndje noya yeleke ndje,
nando ya mono iilonga mbyoka nde yi ya longele.
10 Methimbo lyoomvula omilongo ne
aantu mboka oya ningitha ndje omwenyo omwiinayi.
Ngame nonda ti: ‘Oyo oonakwaavulika ngiini!
Otaa tindi okuvulika kiipango yandje.’
11 Nena onda geye nonda ningi etokolo lya kola:
‘Itamu ka thika mo moshilongo
moka nda li ndi na oku mu pa evululuko.’ ”
