Ongumbiro yombatero
1 Mourekoto womerihahiziro
me ku kove, Muhona.
2 Muhona, zuva keraka randje;
puratena komeriyarikaṋeno wandje!
3 Tji wa ṱiza omauvi wetu aruhe, Muhona,
owaṋi ngu ma sora okupenga omberero yoye?
4 Nungwari pove pe nondjesiro,
kutja tu ku karere nondira.
5 Ami mbi undja ombatero ya Muhona nonḓero,
mbi riyameka ku ye, nu mbi undja kutja embo
re ri yenenisiwe.
6 Mbi undja ku Muhona okukapita
ovatjevere tji ve undja omatjiro,
okukapita ovatjevere tji ve undja omatjiro.
7 Israel, undja ku Muhona,
orondu pu Muhona tjinga ape
norusuvero oruṱakame,
neye tjinga e nombango okutukutura.
8 Eye porwe ongu ma kutura Israel
komauvi watjo aehe.
(A song for worship.)
Trusting the Lord in Times of Trouble
1 From a sea of troubles
I cry out to you, Lord.
2 Won't you please listen
as I beg for mercy?
3 If you kept record of our sins,
no one could last long.
4 But you forgive us,
and so we will worship you.
5 With all my heart,
I am waiting, Lord, for you!
I trust your promises.
6 I wait for you more eagerly
than a soldier on guard duty
waits for the dawn.
Yes, I wait more eagerly
than a soldier on guard duty
waits for the dawn.
7 Israel, trust the Lord!
God is always merciful
and has the power to save you.
8 Israel, the Lord will save you
from all your sins.
