Ongumbiro yonguturiro yotjiwaṋa
Omuimbo wa Asaf.
1 Ndjambi, ove we tu nakaurire
tjike nai nga aruhe?
Mo ṱire tjike omazenge notjiwaṋa tjoye?
2 Zemburuka ombongo yoye,
ndji we ritoororera rukuru,
nu ndji wa kutura kouhuura okurira ouini woye.
Zemburuka Ondundu ya Sion ove ku wa turire.
3 Indjo u yekuryanga movitambatundu
mbya haṋika rukuru;
ovanavita na eṱe va hahaura oviṋa
avihe mondjuwo yoye.
4 Ovanavita na ove va rokohera
mondjuwo yoye;
owo va zika omarapi wovihako
ye rire otjiraisiro tjondoṋeno yawo.
5 Owo aave munika otja ovake vomiti,
mbu mave wisire omiti
pehi nomakuva wawo.
6 Omiti avihe mbya hongwa nawa,
va hahaura nomakuva nozongowa.
7 Owo va nyosa ondjuwo yoye,
nu va yamburura poṋa pu u rikotamenenwa.
8 Ve rihungirira nai momitima vyawo:
“Ngatu hahaure oviṋa avihe okumana!”
Owo otji va ningiririsa ozondjuwo azehe
mehi Ndjambi muye rikotamenenwa.
9 Oviungurise vyetu oviyapuke avihe,
imbi oviraisiro vyokutja Ndjambi ope ri,
vya isiwa po;
kape tji novaprofete mba sewapo;
nu kape nomundu ngu ma tjiwa kutja
otjiṋa hi matji kara nai nga ruṋe!
10 Ndjambi, ovanavita na eṱe
mave ku yoro nai nga ruṋe?
Mave yamburura ena roye nai nga aruhe are?
11 Mo hirimanene tjike nokuhinokutjita otjiṋa?
Arikana, uta okutuvatera.
12 Nungwari ove, Ndjambi,
oove ombara yetu okuza korukuru;
Ove wa tjita oviungura ovinene
kombanda yehi.
13 Ove wa haṋene okuvare mokati
nomasa woye omanene,
nonyanyaura oviuru vyovitjupamuriro momeva.
14 Wa ṱukuṱura oviuru vyonyoka onene yokuvare Leviatan,
norutu rwayo ove we ru yandja
okusasaurwa i ovipuka vyokuti onguza.
15 Oove ngu wa topora otuharwi nozonḓizira,
nu wa pwirisa ozonḓonḓu nḓe pupa aruhe.
16 Omutenya owoye nouṱuku wina;
wa zika eyuva nomueze potuveze twavyo.
17 Ove wa zika omiruko vyouye,
wa uta okurooro nokupepera.
18 Nungwari zemburuka, Muhona,
kutja ovanavita na ove ve ku yora,
nokutja otjiwaṋa otjiyova
matji yamburura ena roye.
19 O yandja ko otjiwaṋa tjoye tji tji hi
nomavaterero kovanavita na tjo ovindandi;
nu o zembi ko ominyo vyovaṋiṋikiziwa voye.
20 Zemburuka omerikutiropamwe
ngu wa tjita na eṱe.
Movikoro avihe vyehi vyonḓorera
mu nozondjito zoutwe.
21 Tjaera kutja ovaṋiṋikiziwa ave ha
yaruka amave ṱohoṋi;
ovasyona novahepe ngave tange ena roye.
22 Sekama, Ndjambi, yeura otjiposa tjoye;
zemburuka omayambururiro
ngu mo yambururwa na wo i
omayova eyuva arihe.
23 O zembi ko ondokohero yovekupirukire,
indji ondavaerero yovanavita na ove ndji ha yanda.
(A special psalm by Asaph.)
A Prayer for the Nation in Times of Trouble
1 Our God, why have you
completely rejected us?
Why are you so angry
with the ones you care for?
2 Remember the people
you rescued long ago,
the tribe you chose
for your very own.
Think of Mount Zion,
your home;
3 walk over to the temple
left in ruins forever
by those who hate us.
4 Your enemies roared like lions
in your holy temple,
and they have placed
their banners there.
5 It looks like a forest
chopped to pieces.
6 They used axes and hatchets
to smash the carvings.
7 They burned down your temple
and badly disgraced it.
8 They said to themselves,
“We'll crush them!”
Then they burned every one
of your meeting places
all over the country.
9 There are no more miracles
and no more prophets.
Who knows how long
it will be like this?
10 Our God, how much longer
will our enemies sneer?
Won't they ever stop
insulting you?
11 Why don't you punish them?
Why are you holding back?
12 Our God and King,
you have ruled
since ancient times;
you have won victories
everywhere on this earth.
13 By your power you made a path
through the sea,
and you smashed the heads
of sea monsters.
14 You crushed the heads
of the monster Leviathan,
then fed him to wild creatures
in the desert.
15 You opened the ground
for streams and springs
and dried up mighty rivers.
16 You rule the day and the night,
and you put the moon
and the sun in place.
17 You made summer and winter
and gave them to the earth.
18 Remember your enemies, Lord!
They foolishly sneer
and won't respect you.
19 You treat us like pet doves,
but they mistreat us.
Don't keep forgetting us
and letting us be fed
to those wild animals.
20 Remember the agreement
you made with us.
Violent enemies are hiding
in every dark corner
of the earth.
21 Don't disappoint those in need
or make them turn from you,
but help the poor and homeless
to shout your praises.
22 Do something, God!
Defend yourself.
Remember how those fools
sneer at you all day long.
23 Don't forget the loud shouts
of your enemies.
