Onghuwo yomutewatewi
Eimbilo laDavid, la pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo oku li imba mongovela yEpsalome: ‘Ino nyonauna po’, lefimbo eli Saul a li a kondekelifa ondjuwo yaye, oku mu dipaa.
1 Kalunga kange, xupife nge movatondi vange,
amene nge kovashindanhu vange!
2 Mangulule nge movanawii,
Ove u xupife nge kwaava hava tileshi ohonde.
3 Omwene, tala, osheshi vo otava nangele omwenyo wange,
ovanaenghono otava shivile nge olwoodi,
nande inandi nyona nondihe netimba.
4 Ame nande inandi ninga sha,
otava totele nge nokulilongekida.
Penduka, u shakeneke nge, u tale!
5 Heeno, Oove Omwene, Kalunga keengudu dovakwaita,
Kalunga kaIsrael, penduka,
u handukile ovapaani aveshe,
Ove, ino xupifa ko nande umwe womwaava
vehe nouyuki novehe noudiinini. Sela
6 Keshe onguloshi otava aluka,
ndele tava ono ngaashi eembwa,
ndele tava lyangaana noshilando.
7 Tala, otava fuluka onhutu mokanya,
omikonda odi li momilungu davo,
osheshi otava ti: “Olyelye mbela te shi udu?”
8 Ndele Omwene, Ove to shi va yolele,
novapaani aveshe oto va sheke.
9 Eenghono dange, Oove nda hala
ndi ku teelele, nde lididimika;
osheshi Kalunga Oye ohote yange.
10 Kalunga kange ota shakeneke nge nonghenda yaye;
Kalunga ota hafifa nge mokutala exutuko lovatondi vange.
11 Ino va dipaa manga, oshilongo shange shihe shi dimbwe.
Va shingila momapukifo neenghono doye,
ove u va xutule, Omwene, oshikelelifo shetu.
12 Omakanya avo neendaka domilungu davo odo oulunde;
onghee hano elitumbo lavo nali ve likwatife voovene,
nomolwomafingaelo nomolwoipupulu ei tava kunu.
13 Va mana po mehandu loye,
va mana po, vaha kale po vali.
Vo nava mone, nokutya Kalunga kaJakob ota pangele
fiyo okomaxulilo ounyuni. Sela
14 Keshe onguloshi otava aluka,
ndele tava ono ngaashi eembwa
ndele tava lyaangana nomukunda.
15 Otava fimbaula, va mone, eshi tava li moufukenhu wavo,
nongeenge inava kuta, otava onaona.
16 Ndelenee eenghono doye onda hala oku di imba,
nakeshe ongula onda hala okunyakukilwa
ouwanghenda woye;
osheshi Ove wa kala ohote yange nomututu wokuhondama
pefimbo handi hangika koudjuu.
17 Eenghono dange, onda hala ndi ku imbile ehambelelo;
osheshi Kalunga Oye ohote yange,
Kalunga kange omunanghenda.
(For the music leader. To the tune “Don't Destroy.” A special psalm by David when Saul had David's house watched so that he could kill him.)
A Prayer for Protection
1 Save me, God! Protect me
from enemy attacks!
2 Keep me safe from brutal people
who want to kill me.
3 Merciless enemies, Lord,
are hiding and plotting,
hoping to kill me.
I have not hurt them
in any way at all.
4 But they are ready to attack.
Do something! Help me!
Look at what's happening.
5 Lord God All-Powerful,
you are the God of Israel.
Punish the other nations
and don't pity those terrible
and rebellious people.
6 My enemies return at evening,
growling like dogs
roaming the city.
7 They curse, and their words
cut like swords,
as they say to themselves,
“No one can hear us!”
8 You, Lord, laugh at them
and sneer at the nations.
9 You are my mighty fortress,
and I depend on you.
10 You love me and will let me
see my enemies defeated.
11 Don't kill them,
or everyone may forget!
Just use your mighty power
to make them tremble
and fall.
You are a shield
for your people.
12 My enemies are liars!
So let them be trapped
by their boastful lies.
13 Get angry and destroy them.
Leave them in ruin.
Then all the nations will know
that you rule in Israel.
14 Those liars return at evening,
growling like dogs
roaming the city.
15 They search for scraps of food,
and they snarl
until they are stuffed.
16 But I will sing about
your strength, my God,
and I will celebrate
because of your love.
You are my fortress,
my place of protection
in times of trouble.
17 I will sing your praises!
You are my mighty fortress,
and you love me.
