Ongumbiro yonguturiro
1 Muhona tje tu kotora kOjerusalem,
a ri tjimuna oruroto!
2 Tjiri, eṱe twa yora natu imbura nondjorokero!
Oviwaṋa vyarwe otji vye tu hungira nai:
“Muhona wa tjitira ovandu mba
oviṋa ovinene.”
3 Tjiri, Muhona we tu tjitira oviṋa ovinene,
neṱe atu yoroka.
4 Muhona, tu yarura kehi retu,
tjimuna ombura tji i kotora omeva
mozonḓonḓu nḓa pwira.
5 Imba mbe kuna momahoze,
mave wongo nondjorokero.
6 Imba mbe noruhoze tji mave
twara ozondwi okukakuna,
mave kotoka amave imbura
nondjorokero tji mave eta omikuta vyawo.
A Prayer for Deliverance
1 When the Lord brought us back to Jerusalem,
it was like a dream!
2 How we laughed, how we sang for joy!
Then the other nations said about us,
“The Lord did great things for them.”
3 Indeed he did great things for us;
how happy we were!
4 Lord, make us prosperous again,
just as the rain brings water back to dry riverbeds.
5 Let those who wept as they planted their crops,
gather the harvest with joy!
6 Those who wept as they went out carrying the seed
will come back singing for joy,
as they bring in the harvest.
