Ounyengwingone wovatondadi vaSion
Eimbilo lomolweendo lokuya kouyapuki.
1 Israel osho na tye:
“Nghee nda dja kounona wange, ova fininika nge nai,
2 nghee nda dja kounona wange, ova fininika nge nai,
ndele inava finda nge nande.
3 Kombuda yange ovalimi ova lima ko,
ndele va pala oimhungu ile.”
4 Ndelenee Omwene omuyuki
Oye a tetaula omiya dovalunde.
5 Aveshe ava tava tondo Sion,
nava fifwe ohoni, vo va shunifwe shanimanima.
6 Nava ningwe ngaashi omwiidi
wa mena kombada yonduda,
ou tau kukuta, fimbo inau kola,
7 oo, omukashuli ita yadifa eke nao,
nomumangi womikuto otau xulunguta
momaoko aye,
8 naava tava ende po, itava ti nande:
“Epuniko laKalunga nali uye kombada yeni.
Fye ohatu mu nangeke noupuna medina lOmwene.”
A Prayer against Israel's Enemies
1 Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you
ever since you were young.
2 “Ever since I was young,
my enemies have persecuted me cruelly,
but they have not overcome me.
3 They cut deep wounds in my back
and made it like a plowed field.
4 But the Lord, the righteous one,
has freed me from slavery.”
5 May everyone who hates Zion
be defeated and driven back.
6 May they all be like grass growing on the housetops,
which dries up before it can grow;
7 no one gathers it up
or carries it away in bundles.
8 No one who passes by will say,
“May the Lord bless you!
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”
