1 Ami me hungire kutja mbi yanḓiparise Jerusalem;
ami hi nakumwina ngandu otjo tji tja yamwa,
nondjamo yatjo tji ya yere otja otjiyumbu tji matji yaka.
2 Jerusalem, oviwaṋa mavi munu ondjozikiro yoye,
ozombara zavyo azehe maze munu ondjozikiro ndji.
Ove mo rukwa ena epe,
ena nda rukwa i Muhona omuini.
3 Mo rire ekori rouhona emanise meke ra Muhona,
nombate yombara meke ra Ndjambi woye.
4 Ko nokuuhara amo isanewa rukwao kutja “Muisiwa”,
nehi roye kari tji nokuisanewa rukwao kutja “Kuti onguza”.
Ena roye epe mari rire “Muingona wa Ndjambi”.
Ehi roye mari isanewa kutja “Mukupua Omuṋingandu”.
Orondu Muhona u nonyuṋe move,
nu ma kara otja omurumendu omukupe wehi roye.
5 Otja omuzandu punga ama vareke omusuko,
Muhona ngwe ku uta opunga ame ku vareke.
Otja omuvareke punga ama yorokere omuvarekwa we,
Ndjambi woye opunga ama kara nondjoroka move.
6 Korumbo rwoye, Jerusalem, ami mba twako ovatjevere;
owo ave ha mwina ko omutenya nouṱuku.
Ngave zemburukise Muhona omakwizikiro we
kutja eye e he ye zembi ko.
7 Ave suvisa ko Ndjambi ngandu eye tja yarura kOjerusalem koupe
nokutjitjita otjihuro tji matji yozikwa i ouye auhe.
8 Muhona wa tjita omakwizikiro omaṱakame nga,
neye me ye yenenisa nomasa we:
“Ovikokotwa vyeṋu kavi nokuuhara
amavi riwa i ovanavita na eṋe.
Novandu wozonganda kave tji nakunwa omavinu
ngu mwa ungurira nouzeu.
9 Nungwari eṋe mbu mwa kuna namu kondo ovikokotwa
mamu ri omboroto namu tanga Muhona.
Neṋe mbu mwa nikora omandjembere
mamu nwine omavinu morupanda rwondjuwo yandje.”
10 Vature va Jerusalem, piteye, piteye motjihuro,
nu ovandu veṋu mbu mave kotoka mu keveungurire ondjira!
Ṱuneye ondjira ombaranga; isemweye omawe mu yo!
Turikeye erapi rotjihako kutja oviwaṋa vi mune!
11 Tareye, Muhona ma zuvarisa nai nga komaandero wouye:
“Raereye kovature va Jerusalem
kutja Muhona meya okumuyama
nu ma yende puna ovandu eye mba kutura.”
12 Eṋe mamu isanewa kutja
“Otjiwaṋa otjiyapuke tja Ndjambi,
Otjiwaṋa Muhona tja kutura”.
Jerusalem matji isanewa kutja
“Otjihuro Muhona tja suvera,
Otjihuro Ndjambi tje ha isire”.
Jerusalem Will Be Saved
1 Jerusalem, I will speak up
for your good.
I will never be silent
till you are safe and secure,
sparkling like a flame.
2 Your great victory will be seen
by every nation and king;
the Lord will even give you
a new name.
3 You will be a glorious crown,
a royal headband
for the Lord your God.
4 Your name will no longer be
“Deserted and Childless,”
but “Happily Married.”
You will please the Lord;
your country
will be his bride.
5 Your people will take the land,
just as a young man
takes a bride.
The Lord will be pleased
because of you,
just as a husband is pleased
with his bride.
6 Jerusalem, on your walls
I have stationed guards,
whose duty it is
to speak out day and night,
without resting.
They must remind the Lord
7 and not let him rest
till he makes Jerusalem strong
and famous everywhere.
8 The Lord has given his word
and made this promise:
“Never again will I give
to your enemies
the grain and grapes
for which you struggled.
9 As surely as you harvest
your grain and grapes,
you will eat your bread
with thankful hearts,
and you will drink your wine
in my temple.”
10 People of Jerusalem,
open your gates!
Repair the road to the city
and clear it of stones;
raise a banner to help
the nations find their way.
11 Here is what the Lord has said
for all the earth to hear:
“Soon I will come to save
the city of Zion
and to reward you.
12 Then you will be called,
‘The Lord's Own People,
The Ones He Rescued!’
Your city will be known
as a good place to live
and a city full of people.”
