Jerusalem, ina yovaitaveli aveshe
Epsalome lOvakora, eimbilo.
1 Okudikwa kwasho, osha dikilwa
kombada yeemhunda diyapuki.
2 Oivelo yaSion Omwene e i hole
komesho yeenhele adishe daJakob.
3 Oshilando shaKalunga ove,
oto tumbulwa wa tumbala. Sela
4 Rahab naBabilon, hai tongo ovashiivi vange,
heeno, naFilistia naTirus pamwe naEtiopia:
naavo yo va dalelwa ko.
5 Ndelenee okutonga Sion otaku tiwa:
“Shamha omunhu, omo a dalelwa musho,
naau wOkombadambada
Ye mwene ote shi pameke.”
6 Omwene mokuvalula kwaye oiwana yoilongo
ota shangele mo:
“Naau okwa dalelwa ko.” Sela
7 Mokwiimba nokutanha tava ti:
“Eefifiya adishe dange di li mwoove.”
In Praise of Jerusalem
1 The Lord built his city on the sacred hill;
2 more than any other place in Israel
he loves the city of Jerusalem.
3 Listen, city of God,
to the wonderful things he says about you:
4 “I will include Egypt and Babylonia
when I list the nations that obey me;
the people of Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia
I will number among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.”
5 Of Zion it will be said
that all nations belong there
and that the Almighty will make her strong.
6 The Lord will write a list of the peoples
and include them all as citizens of Jerusalem.
7 They dance and sing,
“In Zion is the source of all our blessings.”
