Epunapalo otali monika ashike menangeko noupuna laKalunga
Eimbilo lomolweendo lokuya kouyapuki, laSalomo.
1 Omwene, ngeenge haye omudikifi weumbo,
ovadiki valo otava kendabala oshimha.
Omwene ngeenge ita amene oshilando,
omunangeli ota kelele oshimha.
2 Okumeneka kweni ongula,
nokuxunguluka moilonga oufikufiku, okwongaho,
eshi tamu li eendja deni noshisho.
Ovaholike vaye ohe di va pe mokukofa kwavo.
3 Heeno, ovana ovamati ovo oshali yOmwene,
nokumona oludalo osho ondjabi iwa.
4 Ngaashi oikuti i li meke lofule,
ovana ovamati osho tava kala mounyasha wavo.
5 Omulumenhu omunelao ou,
e va yadi ndoo monywa yaye!
Vo itava fifwa ohoni,
ngeenge tava kundafana novayelani moluvanda.
In Praise of God's Goodness
1 If the Lord does not build the house,
the work of the builders is useless;
if the Lord does not protect the city,
it does no good for the sentries to stand guard.
2 It is useless to work so hard for a living,
getting up early and going to bed late.
For the Lord provides for those he loves,
while they are asleep.
3 Children are a gift from the Lord;
they are a real blessing.
4 The sons a man has when he is young
are like arrows in a soldier's hand.
5 Happy is the man who has many such arrows.
He will never be defeated
when he meets his enemies in the place of judgment.
