Egalikano li na einekelo
Episalomi lyaDavid, konima yAafilisti sho ye mu kwata muGat
1 Kalunga, sila ndje ohenda,
oshoka onda langelwa;
aatondi yandje otaa tidhagana ndje ethimbo alihe.
2 Okuza ongula sigo okomatango
aakondjithi yandje otaa matukile ndje.
Oyendji mboka taa kondjitha ndje.
3 Uuna nda tila, onde ku inekela,
Omuwa Omunankondoawike.
4 Ondi inekela Kalunga noite tila;
otandi mu simanekele omauvaneko ge.
Omuntu ota ningi ndje shike?
5 Aatondi yandje otaa hindi ndje esiku alihe;
aluhe otaa uvanene okuningila ndje uuwinayi.
6 Otaa gongala e taa langele ndje.
Otaa tala shoka te longo,
opo ya dhipage ndje.
7 Kalunga, ya geelela uukolokoshi wawo;
sinda aantu mboka nondjahi yoye!
8 Owa tseya, nkene ndi na uudhigu;
omahodhi gandje owe ga pungula.
Inaga nyolelwa nani membo lyoye?
9 Esiku tandi ku ithana,
aatondi yandje otaa shuna lwaanima.
Ondi shi shi: Kalunga okwa gama kungame —
10 Omuwa ngoka tandi mu pandulile omauvaneko ge.
11 Onde mu inekela noite tila.
Omuntu ota ningi ndje shike?
12 Kalunga, otandi ku pe shoka nde shi uvaneke;
otandi ku pe omayambo gomapandulo,
13 Oshoka owa hupitha ndje meso
nowa gamene ndje, ndaa sindike.
Nena otandi ende koshipala shaKalunga,
omuuyelele waanamwenyo.
(For the music leader. To the tune “A Silent Dove in the Distance.” A special psalm by David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.)
A Prayer of Trust in God
1 Have pity, God Most High!
My enemies chase me all day.
2 Many of them are pursuing
and attacking me,
3 but even when I am afraid,
I keep on trusting you.
4 I praise your promises!
I trust you and am not afraid.
No one can harm me.
5 Enemies spend the whole day
finding fault with me;
all they think about
is how to do me harm.
6 They attack from ambush,
watching my every step
and hoping to kill me.
7 They won't get away
with these crimes, God,
because when you get angry,
you destroy people.
8 You have kept record
of my days of wandering.
You have stored my tears
in your bottle
and counted each of them.
9 When I pray, Lord God,
my enemies will retreat,
because I know for certain
that you are with me.
10 I praise your promises!
11 I trust you and am not afraid.
No one can harm me.
12 I will keep my promises
to you, my God,
and bring you gifts.
13 You protected me from death
and kept me from stumbling,
so that I would please you
and follow the light
that leads to life.
