Okwiinekela egameno lyaKalunga
Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Onda tegelela neidhidhimiko,
Kalunga a hupithe ndje;
oye awike ndi inekela.
2 Oye awike ta gamene ndje e ta hupitha ndje;
oye omupopili gwandje,
noitandi ka sindika nando.
3 Sigo uunake ne amuhe tamu kondjitha omuntu gumwe,
ngoka oshimbembe a fa olukutu lwa kulupa?
4 Otamu kundathana okuhulitha po esimano lye;
omu hole iifundja.
Momakana otamu tumbula omayambeko,
ihe momitima otamu sheke.
5 Omwenyo gwandje, omuKalunga amuke to mono evululuko;
omuye awike u na etegameno.
6 Oye awike ta gamene ndje nota hupitha ndje.
Oye epopilongulu lyandje,
ite sindika.
7 Ehupitho lyandje nesimano lyandje
oli li muKalunga;
oye emanya lyandje lya kola
nepopilongulu lyandje.
8 Aantu ne, inekeleni aluhe Kalunga.
Anekeni omaudhigu geni koshipala she,
oshoka oye omupopili gwetu.
9 Aanenentu naathigona ayehe oyo omufudho gwowala;
ayehe kaye na po sha.
Ya tula koshiyelekitho,
ayehe kape na sha;
ayehe omufudho gwowala.
10 Ino inekela okulwa omakumbu; ino inekela iinima ya yugwa;
nando uuyamba woye tau tana,
ino tula mo omwenyo gwoye.
11 Olwindji ondu uvu Kalunga ta popi ta ti,
oye Kalunga omunankondo,
12 oye Omuwa omunahole.
Eeno, ota futu kehe omuntu
shi thike piilonga ye.
(A psalm by David for Jeduthun, the music leader.)
God Is Powerful and Kind
1 Only God can save me,
and I calmly wait for him.
2 God alone is the mighty rock
that keeps me safe
and the fortress
where I am secure.
3 I feel like a shaky fence
or a sagging wall.
How long will all of you
attack and assault me?
4 You want to bring me down
from my place of honor.
You love to tell lies,
and when your words are kind,
hatred hides in your heart.
5 Only God gives inward peace,
and I depend on him.
6 God alone is the mighty rock
that keeps me safe,
and he is the fortress
where I feel secure.
7 God saves me and honors me.
He is that mighty rock
where I find safety.
8 Trust God, my friends,
and always tell him
each of your concerns.
God is our place of safety.
9 We humans are only a breath;
none of us are truly great.
All of us together weigh less
than a puff of air.
10 Don't trust in violence
or depend on dishonesty
or rely on great wealth.
11 I heard God say two things:
“I am powerful,
12 and I am very kind.”
The Lord rewards each of us
according to what we do.
