Enyenyeto lyaangoka e li muudhigu
Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Kalunga, otandi ku hambelele;
ino mwena we!
2 Aakaanakalunga naafundja oya ponokele ndje.
Otaa lundile ndje
3 notaa popi ndje nayi
e taa kondeke ndje pwaa na etompelo.
4 Otaa tondo ndje, nando ngame ondi ya hole
nohandi ya galikanene.
5 Ohaa shunithile ndje uuwinayi peha lyuuwanawa
nuutondwe peha lyohole.
6 Otaa ti: “Na kongelwe omupanguli omukolokoshi;
etha gumwe gwomaatondi ye e mu tamaneke.”
7 Ihe omukolokoshi ngoka na pangulwe e ta monika ondjo;
omagalikano ge naga talike eyono.
8 Omasiku ge naga hule po;
omuntu gulwe na kuthe po iilonga ye.
9 Oyana naa ninge oothigwa;
nomukiintu gwe omuselekadhi!
10 Oyana naa ninge omapongo gokuhehela owala;
naa tidhwe mo momagumbo gawo!
11 Aanangunga ye naa ye neliko lye alihe,
naayeni naa kuthe po iinima ye ayihe.
12 Inaku kala nando ogumwe e na ohenda naye
nenge a kwathe oothigwa ndho a thiga po.
13 Oluvalo lwe aluhe nalu hule po,
nedhina lye nali dhimbiwe kepipi tali landula.
14 Omuwa ita dhimbwa uukeenakalunga woohekulu,
ye ita dhimi po oondjo dhayina.
15 Omuwa ota dhimbulukwa oondjo dhoohekulu,
ihe aayoni yo yene ote ya dhimbwa thilu.
16 Omuntu a tya ngawo iha dhiladhila okukala omunahenda;
oha tidhagana ohepele, epongo nomunaluhodhi.
17 Sho e hole okuthinga, naye na thingwe wo!
Sho kee holele yakwawo uuwanawa, naye ina halelwa uuwanawa!
18 Na zale ethingo ngaashi onguwo,
nali mu tondoke ngaashi omeya
nongaashi omagadhi momasipa.
19 Nali mu kuwike ngaashi eguwo,
ye ne li zale aluhe ngaashi epaya mombunda.
20 Omuwa, aatamaneki yandje ya geela pamukalo nguka,
oomboka haa popile ndje muuwinayi.
21 Omuwa Kalunga kandje, kwatha ndje pauvaneko lyoye;
hupitha ndje omoluuwanawa wesilohenda lyoye.
22 Ngame ohepele nepongo;
onde ehama unene muule womutima gwandje.
23 Otandi kana po mbala ngaashi omuzile gwokomatango
otandi pepwa po ngaashi oombahu.
24 Oongolo dhandje odha nongwa,
sho ndaa na iikulya;
onda nanga omasipa gowala.
25 Aantu sho taa mono ndje,
otaa yolo ndje, omolwokudhina ndje,
otaa ipukapuka komitse.
26 Omuwa Kalunga kandje, kwatha ndje;
hupitha ndje omolwesilohenda lyoye.
27 Ulukila aatondi yandje kutya ongoye omuhupithi gwandje.
28 Otaa thingi ndje, ihe ngoye oto yambeke ndje.
Aatidhagani yandje otaa ka sithwa ohoni,
ihe ngame, omupiya gwoye, otandi ka nyanyukwa.
29 Aatondi yandje naa gugwe;
naa zale ohoni ngaashi eguwo.
30 Otandi pandula Omuwa notandi mu hambelele;
otandi mu simaneke mokati kegongalo,
31 oshoka ota popile ohepele
note mu hupitha miikaha yaamboka ye mu pangulile eso.
(A psalm by David for the music leader.)
A Prayer for the Lord's Help
1 I praise you, God!
Don't keep silent.
2 Destructive and deceitful lies
are told about me,
3 and hateful things are said
for no reason.
4 I had pity and prayed
for my enemies,
but their words to me
were harsh and cruel.
5 For being friendly and kind,
they paid me back
with meanness and hatred.
6 My enemies said,
“Find some worthless fools
to accuse him of a crime.
7 Try him and find him guilty!
Consider his prayers a lie.
8 Cut his life short
and let someone else
have his job.
9 Make orphans of his children
and a widow of his wife;
10 make his children beg for food
and live in the slums.
11 “Let the people he owes
take everything he owns.
Give it all to strangers.
12 Don't let anyone be kind to him
or have pity on the children
he leaves behind.
13 Bring an end to his family,
and from now on let him be
a forgotten man.
14 “Don't let the Lord forgive
the sins of his parents
and his ancestors.
15 Don't let the Lord forget
the sins of his family,
or let anyone remember
his family ever lived.
16 He was so cruel to the poor,
homeless, and discouraged
that they died young.
17 “He cursed others.
Now place a curse on him!
He never wished others well.
Wish only trouble for him!
18 He cursed others more often
than he dressed himself.
Let his curses strike him deep,
just as water and olive oil
soak through to our bones.
19 Let his curses surround him,
just like the belt and clothes
he wears each day.”
20 Those are the cruel things
my enemies wish for me.
Let it all happen to them!
21 Be true to your name, Lord God!
Show your great kindness
and rescue me.
22 I am poor and helpless,
and I have lost all hope.
23 I am fading away
like an evening shadow;
I am tossed aside
like a crawling insect.
24 I have gone without eating,
until my knees are weak,
and my body is bony.
25 When my enemies see me,
they say cruel things
and shake their heads.
26 Please help me, Lord God!
Come and save me
because of your love.
27 Let others know that you alone
have saved me.
28 I don't care if they curse me,
as long as you bless me.
You will make my enemies fail
when they attack,
and you will make me glad
to be your servant.
29 You will cover them with shame,
just as their bodies
are covered with clothes.
30 I will sing your praises
and thank you, Lord,
when your people meet.
31 You help everyone in need,
and you save them from death.
