Sions, Elob di ǃāse
ǁNaetsanas. Koraxi ôagu di Psalms
1 ǃKhūb ge a kai, tsî koahesa anu;
sada Elob di ǃās ǃnâ, ǁîb di ǃanu ǃhommi ai.
2 Îsab a ǀgapib âb ai, hoaraga ǃhūbaib di ǃgâiaǂgaob;
Sionǃhommi di, ǃnū ǀapas ǃnâ, gao-aob di kai ǃās ge a ǁî.
3 Elob ge ǁîs di ǁkhui-omgu ǃnâ hâ
tsîb ge sâuǃkhaise ge ǂhaiǂhaisen.
4 Mû re gao-aogu ge ǀhû
tsî ǀguipa ge ǃgoaxa i.
5 Mû gu ge, o gu ge ge buru;
ǃao tsî gu ge ge ǃkhoeni.
6 ǁNāpa gu ge ǀkhūb xa ge ǃnamiǂgāhe;
ǃaob xa, ǁora ra tarekhoes khami.
7 Aiǂoas di ǂoab ǀkhats ge Tarsis di ǂgaude ra hîkākā.
8 ǁNâu da ge khami da ge
ge mû Elob ge dī xūna,
sada Elob, ǃKhūb Hoaǀgaixab di ǃās,
ǁîsab ǁaposa ǃkhaise ǀamosib kōse ge mâis ǃnâ.
9 Sa hâhâ ra ǀnammi
xa da ge sa Tempeli ǃnâ ra ǂâi, Elotse.
10 Sa ǀons khamis ge sa koasa hoaraga ǃhūbaib ai ra sī Elotse,
sa amǀkhāb ǁôab ge ǂhanu-aisib xa ǀoa hâ.
11 Sionǃhommi ge ra ǃgâiaǂgao,
Judab ǃādi ge ra dâ
sa ǀgoraǃgâdi ǂama.
12 Sionsa ǃgûǂnami,
ǁîs ǂnamipe ǃgû,
î ǁîs di ǂgō-omga ǃgôa re.
13 ǁÎs di ǁkhui-omgu ai ǂgaob âtsa ǃammâi,
î ǁîs di toro-omga ǃgûǃnâǃganu;
egats nî ǁîsa sao ra suriba ǂhôase.
14 Nē Elob ge ǀamos kōse a sada Eloba,
tsîb ge ǁîba ǀamos kōse sada nî ǂgaeǂgui.
(A song and a psalm by the clan of Korah.)
The City of God
1 The Lord God is wonderful!
He deserves all praise
in the city where he lives.
His holy mountain,
2 beautiful and majestic,
brings joy to all on earth.
Mount Zion, truly sacred,
is home for the Great King.
3 God is there to defend it
and has proved to be
its protector.
4 Kings joined forces
to attack the city,
5 but when they saw it,
they were terrified
and ran away.
6 They trembled all over
like women giving birth
7 or like seagoing ships
wrecked by eastern winds.
8 We had heard about it,
and now we have seen it
in the city of our God,
the Lord All-Powerful.
This is the city that God
will let stand forever.
9 Our God, here in your temple
we think about your love.
10 You are famous and praised
everywhere on earth,
as you win victories
with your powerful arm.
11 Mount Zion will celebrate,
and all Judah will be glad,
because you bring justice.
12 Let's walk around Zion
and count its towers.
13 We will see its strong walls
and visit each fortress.
Then you can say
to future generations,
14 “Our God is like this forever
and will always guide us.”
