Oshiwana shOmwene tashi liindilile onghenda ipe nepuniko lipe
Epsalome lOvakora, la pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo.
1 Omwene, oshilongo shoye, nale we shi hokwa,
noupika waJakob okwa li we u pandukulula.
2 Ove owa kufa po owii woshiwana shoye,
nomatimba avo owe a dima po. Sela
3 Onya yoye aishe owe i lotifile,
nowa polifile ehandu loye la xwama.
4 Kalunga kexupifo letu, tu pamekulula,
noku tu umanena kwoye, ku pungulula po.
5 Wa hala mbela oku tu kwatela onghone fiyofiyo,
nokufikifa ehandu loye koludalo noludalo?
6 Ino hala oku tu tula omwenyo vali,
oshiwana shoye, tu shiive oku ku hafela?
7 Omwene, tu monifa ouwanghenda woye,
Ove u tu pe exupifo loye.
8 Ame nda hala okupwilikina,
Kalunga Omwene eshi ta popi.
Ota unganekele oshiwana shaye
novadiinini vaye ombili;
vo ngeno vehe lishune vali moulai.
9 Heeno, exupifo laye ola kala popepi
naava have mu tila,
opo oshinge shaye shi kale
moshilongo shetu,
10 ouwanghenda noudiinini, oyo i shakenafane,
ouyuki nombili, yo i fipafane komilungu.
11 Oudiinini, opo otau ka twiyuka medu,
nomeulu ouyuki tau taalele poshi.
12 Osho vali Omwene ote ke tu pa ouwa,
nedu letu tali tu menifile oshishipo.
13 Ouyuki opo otau ke mu tetekelela,
nelao tali shikula eenghatu daye.
A Prayer for the Nation's Welfare
1 Lord, you have been merciful to your land;
you have made Israel prosperous again.
2 You have forgiven your people's sins
and pardoned all their wrongs.
3 You stopped being angry with them
and held back your furious rage.
4 Bring us back, O God our savior,
and stop being displeased with us!
5 Will you be angry with us forever?
Will your anger never cease?
6 Make us strong again,
and we, your people, will praise you.
7 Show us your constant love, O Lord,
and give us your saving help.
8 I am listening to what the Lord God is saying;
he promises peace to us, his own people,
if we do not go back to our foolish ways.
9 Surely he is ready to save those who honor him,
and his saving presence will remain in our land.
10 Love and faithfulness will meet;
righteousness and peace will embrace.
11 Human loyalty will reach up from the earth,
and God's righteousness will look down from heaven.
12 The Lord will make us prosperous,
and our land will produce rich harvests.
13 Righteousness will go before the Lord
and prepare the path for him.
