Ongumbiro yombatero
1 Momayaraarero wandje ami
mba kwa ku Muhona,
neye we ndji zuvira.
2 Muhona, ndji yama kovanavizeze
na kovanavineya.
3 Ndjambi nge mu tjite vi,
oweṋe vanavineya?
Eye nge mu vere komuhingo uṋe?
4 Eye me mu yaha noviku ovitwe
vyomurwe wovita,
ne mu vete nomakara omapyu.
5 Okutura mokati keṋu okokuvi tjimuna
okutura mOmesek
na mokati kovature va Kedar.
6 Ami mba tura orure tjinene puna
ovandu mba tonda ohange!
7 Ami mbi vanga ohange,
nungwari tji mba nyamukura,
owo tjandje mave vanga oviposa.
A Prayer for Help
1 When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
2 Save me, Lord,
from liars and deceivers.
3 You liars, what will God do to you?
How will he punish you?
4 With a soldier's sharp arrows,
with red-hot coals!
5 Living among you is as bad as living in Meshech
or among the people of Kedar.
6 I have lived too long
with people who hate peace!
7 When I speak of peace,
they are for war.
