Efindano louyuki
1 Kalunga ho handukile, Omwene,
Kalunga omutokoli,
holoka mouyeleleshinge woye!
2 Omutokoli wedu, fikama,
Ove alulila ovalinenepeki oilonga yavo.
3 Fiyo onaini mbela, Omwene,
fiyo onaini ovadinikalunga tave litade?
4 Otava yadauka, otava popi omutyanai,
ovalongi vowii vo aveshe otave litumbile pombada.
5 Akutu Omwene, otava lyataulile po oshiwana shoye,
novafyuululifwa voye otave va fininike.
6 Ovafiyekadi novanailongo otave va pondo
neefiye otave di dipaa
7 ndele tava ti: “Omwene ite shi mono,
Kalunga kaJakob ke shi udite.”
8 Pukulukeni, nye ava tamu pwidauka mokati koiwana,
novashima nye, onaini tamu ningi eendunge hano?
9 Ou omutwiki womatwi, Ye ke udite ko mbela?
Nomushiti womesho ke wete ko hano?
10 Ou omutekuli woilongo, Ye iha denge hamba?
Oye tuu, ta longo ovanhu omayele.
11 Omwene oku shii nokuli omadiladilo ovanhu;
osheshi oo okaulapepo kongaho.
12 Omulumenhu omunelao
ou ta pukululwa kwoove, Omwene,
noto mu longo eendunge momhango yoye,
13 Ove u mu ningile etulumuko momafiku madjuu,
fiyo omunawii ta felwa ombila yaye.
14 Osheshi Omwene ita kanduka po oshiwana shaye,
Ye ita efa oshifyuululwa shaye.
15 Etokolo lopauyuki otali kala pauyuki:
aveshe ava ve hole ouwa, otava ame kulo.
16 Olyelye ta kwafa nge okukondjifa ovanawii?
Olyelye omupopili mokudenga oumbudi?
17 Omwene, ngeno haye ekwafo lange,
omwenyo wange ngeno wa mwena nale
moshilongo shovafi.
18 Alushe, eshi kwa li ndi shii,
omhadi yange tai hale okufenunguta,
ouwanghenda woye, Omwene,
owo wa paka nge ofika;
19 ngeenge ndi noshisho shoudjuu meni lange,
omahekeleko oye oo a hekeleka omwenyo wange.
20 Oshipundi shetokolo lomupya
osha kwatafana tuu mbela naave,
eshi tashi eta oixuna mokupengifa omhango?
21 Ove lipaka kumwe okunangela omwenyo womuyuki,
nohonde ei ihe netimba, otave i tokolele okufya.
22 Ndelenee Omwene, Oye a ninga ohote yange ya pama,
Kalunga kange, Oye emanya lange lokuhondama;
23 owii wavo ote u alulile kuvo vene,
ndele te va hanaunifa po oumbudi wavo;
heeno, Omwene, Kalunga ketu,
ote ya oku va hanauna po.
God the Judge of All
1 Lord, you are a God who punishes;
reveal your anger!
2 You are the judge of us all;
rise and give the proud what they deserve!
3 How much longer will the wicked be glad?
How much longer, Lord?
4 How much longer will criminals be proud
and boast about their crimes?
5 They crush your people, Lord;
they oppress those who belong to you.
6 They kill widows and orphans,
and murder the strangers who live in our land.
7 They say, “The Lord does not see us;
the God of Israel does not notice.”
8 My people, how can you be such stupid fools?
When will you ever learn?
9 God made our ears—can't he hear?
He made our eyes—can't he see?
10 He scolds the nations—won't he punish them?
He is the teacher of us all—hasn't he any knowledge?
11 The Lord knows what we think;
he knows how senseless our reasoning is.
12 Lord, how happy are those you instruct,
the ones to whom you teach your law!
13 You give them rest from days of trouble
until a pit is dug to trap the wicked.
14 The Lord will not abandon his people;
he will not desert those who belong to him.
15 Justice will again be found in the courts,
and all righteous people will support it.
16 Who stood up for me against the wicked?
Who took my side against the evildoers?
17 If the Lord had not helped me,
I would have gone quickly to the land of silence.
18 I said, “I am falling”;
but your constant love, O Lord, held me up.
19 Whenever I am anxious and worried,
you comfort me and make me glad.
20 You have nothing to do with corrupt judges,
who make injustice legal,
21 who plot against good people
and sentence the innocent to death.
22 But the Lord defends me;
my God protects me.
23 He will punish them for their wickedness
and destroy them for their sins;
the Lord our God will destroy them.
