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 Prayer against Israel's Enemies
1 Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you
ever since you were young.
2 “Ever since I was young,
my enemies have persecuted me cruelly,
but they have not overcome me.
3 They cut deep wounds in my back
and made it like a plowed field.
4 But the Lord, the righteous one,
has freed me from slavery.”
5 May everyone who hates Zion
be defeated and driven back.
6 May they all be like grass growing on the housetops,
which dries up before it can grow;
7 no one gathers it up
or carries it away in bundles.
8 No one who passes by will say,
“May the Lord bless you!
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”
