Omakwizikiro wombara
Epsalme ra David.
1 Ami me imbi orusuvero nousemba woye,
nu meimburiro ove, Muhona.
2 Me vanga okukara momeritjindiro omasemba.
Mo ya ruṋe ku ami?
Ami me ryanga mondjuwo yandje
moukohoke womutima wandje,
3 himee zara ourunde.
Mba tonda ozondjito zaimba mba
poka ku Ndjambi;
himee wana na wo.
4 Me humburuka novandu ovanavineya,
nu me kara kokure novarunde.
5 Ami me mwinisa ngamwa auhe
ngu yamba omukwao nomambo omavi;
hi nokuzara omundu omuritongamise
notjirangaranga.
6 Omeho wandje maye paha imba
mbe nouṱakame mu Ndjambi,
nu meve turisa moyandje.
Imba mbe ryanga mondjira yousemba
mave yandjerwa okundjikarera.
7 Omunavineya ke nokutura
mondjuwo yandje youhona,
nomunavizeze ke nokukara
komurungu wandje.
8 Omuhuka auhe me zengisa
ovanauvi avehe mehi;
nu me yandeke ovatjite vouhasemba
avehe motjihuro tja Muhona.
(A psalm by David.)
A King and His Promises
1 I will sing to you, Lord!
I will celebrate your kindness
and your justice.
2 Please help me learn
to do the right thing,
and I will be honest and fair
in my own kingdom.
3 I refuse to be corrupt
or to take part
in anything crooked,
4 and I won't be dishonest
or deceitful.
5 Anyone who spreads gossip
will be silenced;
no one who is conceited
will be my friend.
6 I will find trustworthy people
to serve as my advisors;
only an honest person
will serve as an official.
7 No one who cheats or lies
will have a position
in my royal court.
8 Each morning I will silence
any lawbreakers I find
in the countryside
or in the city of the Lord.
