Ehempululo muuwehame
Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Onda ti:
“Ondi na okukotokela iilonga yandje
noitandi ethele elaka lyandje mokuyona.
Itandi ti sha, manga aakolokoshi ye li popepi.”
2 Onda mwena, nda tya thilu,
naashoka shu uka!
Ihe uuwehame wandje owa nayipala
3 nonda legwa kothina.
Sho nde shi dhiladhila,
omwenyo gwandje ogwa lindimana;
ngame nonda pula:
4 “Omuwa, tseyithila ndje ehulilo lyandje,
uule womasiku gandje,
opo ndi pikule kutya ngame oshipipili.”
5 Omasiku gandje owe ga ningi omashona
nokukalamwenyo kwandje momeho goye itaku ti sha.
Kehe omuntu okwa fa okambiya
6 nenge omuzizimba gwowala.
Ashihe shi ta ningi, itashi kwatha sha;
ota ndumbile omaliko ye ina tseya kutya otaga ka ninga galye.
7 Omuwa, ano ondi na okutegamena shike?
Omungoye ndi na etegameno.
8 Hupitha ndje momayono gandje agehe,
noino etha, aagoya ya yole ndje.
9 Otandi mwena, itandi ti nando osha,
oshoka ongoye wa pe ndje uudhigu mbuka.
10 Ino geela ndje we!
Ngame ondi li pokusa komadhengo goye
11 Oondjo dhomuntu oto dhi geele nomaputudho goye,
ongoshushi, to halakanitha po shoka e hole.
Osho omuntu kehe ki ivule nokambiya.
12 Omuwa, uva egalikano lyandje,
u pulakene kokulila kwandje;
ila, u kwathe ndje, sho te hekumuna.
Ngaashi ootate ayehe,
nangame wo omuyenda gwoye okathimbo okafupi kowala.
13 Etha ndje, ndi ikalele, opo ndi mone enyanyu lyasha,
manga inee pepuka po noki po we!
(A psalm by David for Jeduthun, the music leader.)
A Prayer for Forgiveness
1 I told myself, “I'll be careful
not to sin by what I say,
and I'll muzzle my mouth
when evil people are near.”
2 I kept completely silent,
but it did no good,
and I hurt even worse.
3 I felt a fire burning inside,
and the more I thought,
the more it burned,
until at last I said:
4 “Please, Lord,
show me my future.
Will I soon be gone?
5 You made my life short,
so brief that the time
means nothing to you.
“Human life is but a breath,
6 and it disappears
like a shadow.
Our struggles are senseless;
we store up more and more,
without ever knowing
who will get it all.
7 “What am I waiting for?
I depend on you, Lord!
8 Save me from my sins.
Don't let fools sneer at me.
9 You treated me like this,
and I kept silent,
not saying a word.
10 “Won't you stop punishing me?
You have worn me down.
11 You punish us severely
because of our sins.
Like a moth, you destroy
what we treasure most.
We are as frail as a breath.
12 “Listen, Lord, to my prayer!
My eyes are flooded with tears,
as I pray to you.
I am merely a stranger
visiting in your home
as my ancestors did.
13 Stop being angry with me
and let me smile again
before I am dead and gone.”
