Onghuwo yomuyuki mokati keembudi
Eimbilo lomolweendo lokuya kouyapuki.
1 Moudjuu wange onda kuwa onghuwo kOmwene,
opo Ye a tondokela nge.
2 Omwene, xupife nge komilungu domunaipupulu
nokelaka lekonda!
3 Ove elaka lekonda, ou shii,
pamwe oto pewa sha,
ile pamwe oto ka wedelwa sha komesho?
4 Oikuti yovakwaita ya upikwa,
nomakala omutundungu a hanya.
5 Woo ame, eshi ndi li omunailongo muMesek,
naashi ndi nokukala meenhanda daKedar!
6 Omwenyo wange owe lididimika nale
efimbo lile povanhu, ava tava tondo ombili.
7 Ame mwene owombili shili,
ndelenee ngeenge handi tongo sha,
vo otave shi kongele olwoodi.
A Prayer for Help
1 When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
2 Save me, Lord,
from liars and deceivers.
3 You liars, what will God do to you?
How will he punish you?
4 With a soldier's sharp arrows,
with red-hot coals!
5 Living among you is as bad as living in Meshech
or among the people of Kedar.
6 I have lived too long
with people who hate peace!
7 When I speak of peace,
they are for war.
