Ongumbiro yomuhuurwa
1 Ndjambi, raisa kutja owami omusemba,
nu ndji rwisira otjiposa tjandje
movandu mbe he ri kotamene kove;
ndji yama kovandu ovanavineya novarunde!
2 Oove ngu ri Ndjambi omaundiro wandje,
mo ndji nakaurire tjike?
Ami me kara pokutatumisirwa
tjike i ovanavita na ami ovindandi?
3 Ndji hindira ondjerera nouatjiri woye
kutja vi ndji ṱike
nu vi ndji yarure kondundu yoye
ondjapuke na komaturiro woye.
4 Nu otji me kakurama potjipunguhiro tjoye, Ndjambi,
oove ngu u ri omburo yondjorokero yandje.
Me ku tanga notjiharpe,
Ndjambi, Ndjambi wandje.
5 Muinyo wandje wa yumanene tjike?
Wa kurungire tjike nai?
Ami me riyameke ku Ndjambi!
Nu tjiri, ami me mu tanga rukwao,
ngu ri omuyame wandje na Ndjambi wandje.
The Prayer of Someone in Exile
(Continuation of Psalm 42)
1 O God, declare me innocent,
and defend my cause against the ungodly;
deliver me from lying and evil people!
2 You are my protector;
why have you abandoned me?
Why must I go on suffering
from the cruelty of my enemies?
3 Send your light and your truth;
may they lead me
and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill,
and to your Temple, where you live.
4 Then I will go to your altar, O God;
you are the source of my happiness.
I will play my harp and sing praise to you,
O God, my God.
5 Why am I so sad?
Why am I so troubled?
I will put my hope in God,
and once again I will praise him,
my savior and my God.
