1 Oto tseya, uuna uupundja tau valwa?
Owa li to entamene ooholongo tadhi vala?
2 Oho yalula oomwedhi dhuusimba wadho?
Ou shi, uuna tadhi ka vala?
3 Ohadhi tsu enyonti e tadhi vala;
uuwehame woshitheta notau kana po.
4 Uunimwena wadho otau kolo notau kokele melundu;
opo ihe otau yi noitau galuka we.
5 Olye a piitha mo ongolo yomokuti, yi ka nape,
nolye e yi mangulula mo moomango?
6 Onde yi pa ombuga yi kale mo, nomatotha yi hupile mo.
7 Otayi yi ontuku einyengo lyaantu moshilando,
yo inayi hala okuninga onani.
8 Otayi tala uunapelo wayo koondundu
notayi kongo omwiidhi omutalala.
9 Ompugulu otayi zimine tuu, yi ninge omukalele gwoye,
notayi pitika, yi kale moshigunda shoye uusiku?
10 Oto vulu tuu oku yi kutila koshipululo,
nenge oku yi helelitha epya lyoye?
11 Oto yi inekele molwoonkondo dhayo,
noto yi tegelele yi longe po iilonga yoye iidhigu?
12 Oto yi tegelele yi ku tutile iilya,
yi kuthe iilya yoye kolupale?
13 Omawawa gompo ohaga papama nawa,
ihe itayi vulu okutuka ngaashi endoko.
14 Ompo ohayi vugile omayi gayo momvugo,
opo ga pupyalekwe kehekevi.
15 Ohayi dhimbwa kutya oompadhi otadhi vulu oku ga lyata,
niiyamakuti oku ga nyanyagula.
16 Otayi ningile uumpogona wayo onyanya,
wa fa waa shi wayo;
kayi na ko nasha, ngele iilonga yayo tayi ningi osima yowala.
17 Oshoka ngame Kalunga inandi yi pa oondunge;
onde yi panga uunongo.
18 Ihe uuna tayi yalaleke omawawa, yi matuke,
ohayi yolo onkambe nomukayili.
19 Onkambe ongoye we yi pa oonkondo,
nenge ongoye we yi zaleka omulenge kothingo?
20 Ongoye ho yi nukitha muule,
nohayi tilitha aantu, ngele tayi pembe?
21 Otayi palagula pevi yu uvite uuntsa,
notayi uluma okuuka kolugodhi.
22 Kayi na uumbanda washa,
negonga itali yi shunitha lwanima.
23 Ombalukutu otayi kolokota pombunda yayo,
egonga nomwele otagu tayima.
24 Oya lungundja ya hala okukutha kolupadhi;
itayi kankama, enkuma ngele lya hikwa.
25 Enkuma ngele tali hiki, otayi hehema.
Ezimba lyiita otayi li uvile kokule,
eigidho lyoondjayi dhiita nonkugo yolugodhi.
26 Ongoye wa longo mbiimbili okutuka,
uuna ta yalaleke omawawa ge u uka lwokuumbugantu?
27 Okelombwelo lyoye ontsa tayi tungile oshihandhila shayo
kondungu yondundu?
28 Otayi tungile egumbo lyayo koondundu oondeendeka,
nokoondungu dhoondundu epopilongulu lyayo.
29 Oko nkoka tayi lengalenga
notayi mono iikulya yayo.
30 Kokuma nkoka ku na omudhimba,
oko haku gongala oontsa,
nuuntsagona otau li ombinzi.
The Lord Continues
When Do Mountain Goats Give Birth?
1 When do mountain goats
and deer give birth?
Have you been there
when their young are born?
* 2 How long are they pregnant
3 before they deliver?
4 Soon their young grow strong
and then leave
to be on their own.
5 Who set wild donkeys free?
6 I alone help them survive
in salty desert sand.
7 They stay far from crowded cities
and refuse to be tamed.
8 Instead, they roam the hills,
searching for pastureland.
9 Would a wild ox agree
to live in your barn
and labor for you?
10 Could you force him to plow
or to drag a heavy log
to smooth out the soil?
11 Can you depend on him
to use his great strength
and do your heavy work?
12 Can you trust him
to harvest your grain
or take it to your barn
from the threshing place?
An Ostrich Proudly Flaps Her Wings
13 An ostrich proudly
flaps her wings,
but not because
she loves her young.
14 She abandons her eggs
and lets the dusty ground
keep them warm.
15 And she doesn't seem to worry
that the feet of an animal
could crush them all.
16 She treats her eggs as though
they were not her own,
unconcerned that her work
might be for nothing.
17 I myself made her foolish
and without common sense.
18 But once she starts running,
she laughs at a rider
on the fastest horse.
Did You Give Horses Their Strength?
19 Did you give horses their strength
and the flowing hair
along their necks?
20 Did you make them able
to jump like grasshoppers
or to frighten people
with their snorting?
21 Before horses are ridden
into battle,
they paw at the ground,
proud of their strength.
22 Laughing at fear, they rush
toward the fighting,
23 while the weapons of their riders
rattle and flash in the sun.
24 Unable to stand still,
they gallop eagerly into battle
when trumpets blast.
25 Stirred by the distant smells
and sounds of war, they snort
in reply to the trumpet.
26 Did you teach hawks to fly south
for the winter?
* 27 Did you train eagles to build
28 their nests on rocky cliffs,
29 where they can look down
to spot their next meal?
30 Then their young gather to feast
wherever the victim lies.
