Omuwa ta sindi aatondi
1 Aatondi oya hepeke ndje nayi
okuza kuugundjuka wandje,
Israel osho na tye.
2 Oya monitha ndje iihuna okuza nale,
ihe inaa vula okusinda ndje.
3 Oya hendagula ndje iilalo kombunda,
ongaashi omupululi ta ningi omankalala.
4 Ihe Omuwa oye omuyuuki;
okwa tokola ndje mo moomango dhaakolokoshi.
5 Naa se ohoni
ayehe mboka ye tonde Sion.
6 Naa fe omwiidhi gwa mena kombanda yondunda,
tagu ganya manga inaagu koka.
7 Kaku na ngoka te gu gongele
e te gu manga iihampi.
8 Aapitipo itaa vulu okutya kuyo:
“Omuwa ne mu laleke nuuyamba
medhina lyOmuwa.”
(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for Protection
1 Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
Let everyone in Israel say:
2 “Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
But they have not defeated me,
3 though my back is like a field
that has just been plowed.”
4 The Lord always does right,
and he has set me free
from the ropes
of those cruel people.
5 I pray that all who hate
the city of Zion
will be made ashamed
and forced to turn and run.
6 May they be like grass
on the flat roof of a house,
grass that dries up
as soon as it sprouts.
7 Don't let them be like wheat
gathered in bundles.
8 And don't let anyone
who passes by say to them,
“The Lord bless you!
I give you my blessing
in the name of the Lord.”
