Ongumbiro kovanavita va Israel
1 Ovanavita na ami ve ndji tatumisa
tjinene okuza koumutanda wandje,
Israel ngatji hongonone nai.
2 “Owo ve ndji ṋiṋikiza tjinene
okuza koumutanda wandje,
nungwari kave ndji urire ko.
3 Owo va usura ovirwaro ovikoto
metambo randje,
va konda mo ozondjira tjimuna ehi
romakunino nda taurwa.
4 Nungwari Muhona eye omunausemba;
eye wa pora omapando ovanauvi
ngu ve ndji pandeka na wo.”
5 Avehe mba tonda Sion ngave
haverwe nu ve yarurwe ovihahambunda.
6 Ngave sane kehozu ndi hapa komututu
wondjuwo nu ndi kukuta
ngunda ari hiya hapa nawa;
7 notji pe hi nokukara ehozu, ndi mari kondwa
nokutwarewa momikuta.
8 Ape ningi omundu ngu ma kapita
pu wo ama tja: “Muhona nga
sere eṋe ondaya!
Matu mu sere ondaya mena ra Muhona.”
(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for Protection
1 Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
Let everyone in Israel say:
2 “Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
But they have not defeated me,
3 though my back is like a field
that has just been plowed.”
4 The Lord always does right,
and he has set me free
from the ropes
of those cruel people.
5 I pray that all who hate
the city of Zion
will be made ashamed
and forced to turn and run.
6 May they be like grass
on the flat roof of a house,
grass that dries up
as soon as it sprouts.
7 Don't let them be like wheat
gathered in bundles.
8 And don't let anyone
who passes by say to them,
“The Lord bless you!
I give you my blessing
in the name of the Lord.”
