Ehekeleko muudhigu
Episalomi lyaAsaf
1 Otandi kugu kuKalunga;
otandi mu ithana, oye notu uvu ndje.
2 Methimbo lyuudhigu onda galikana Omuwa;
muusiku onda yelutha omaako megalikano,
ihe ite mono ehekeleko.
3 Otandi ku dhiladhila, Kalunga, e tandi tongo;
onda kunkwa nonda sholola.
4 Onda tonata uusiku auhe; ondi na uudhigu
noite vulu okupopya.
5 Onda dhiladhila omasiku gonale
nonda dhimbulukwa onakuziwa.
6 Onda lala te dhiladhila nondi ipula nda ti:
7 “Kalunga okwe tu ekelehi sigo aluhe?
Ite tu sile we ohenda?
8 Ohole ye yaaluhe oya hulu po?
Euvaneko lye itali tsakanithwa we?
9 Kalunga okwa dhimbwa kutya oye omunesilohenda?
Ongeyo ye oya kutha po olukeno lwe?”
10 Ngame onda ti:
“Otashi ehameke ndje unene,
sho oshikaha shaKalunga sha nkundipala.”
11 Itandi ka dhimbwa nando iilongankondo yoye, Omuwa;
otandi ka dhimbulukwa iikumithalonga yoye yonale.
12 Ote kala nokutedhatedha iilongankondo yoye;
otandi dhimbulukwa iilonga yoye iinene.
13 Iilonga yoye ayihe oya yapuka;
kaku na gulwe omunene a fa Kalunga ketu.
14 Ongoye Kalunga ho longo iikumitha;
ho holola oonkondo dhoye mokati kaantu.
15 Owa hupitha aantu yoye noshikaha shoye shoonkondo;
oluvalo lwaJakob naJosef.
16 Kalunga, omeya oge ku mono e taga tila;
efuta ele olya kakama.
17 Iikogo oya tilehi omeya;
kegulu okwa zi omityalakato noombadhi dha shela koombinga adhihe.
18 Omutyalakato gwoye ogu uvika moshikungulu,
nolwaadhi olwa minikile uuyuni auhe;
evi olyi inyenge e tali kakama.
19 Owa taula omapola mefuta;
wa pala ondjila mokati komeya omanene,
ihe oompadhi dhoye inadhi monika.
20 Owe enditha aantu yoye ngaashi oshigunda shoonzi,
omewiliko lyaMoses naAaron.
(A psalm by Asaph for Jeduthun, the music leader.)
In Times of Trouble God Is with His People
1 I pray to you, Lord God,
and I beg you to listen.
2 In days filled with trouble,
I search for you.
And at night I tirelessly
lift my hands in prayer,
refusing comfort.
3 When I think of you,
I feel restless and weak.
4 Because of you, Lord God,
I can't sleep.
I am restless
and can't even talk.
5 I think of times gone by,
of those years long ago.
6 Each night my mind
is flooded with questions:
7 “Have you rejected me forever?
Won't you be kind again?
8 Is this the end of your love
and your promises?
9 Have you forgotten
how to have pity?
Do you refuse to show mercy
because of your anger?”
10 Then I said, “God Most High,
what hurts me most
is that you no longer help us
with your mighty arm.”
11 Our Lord, I will remember
the things you have done,
your miracles of long ago.
12 I will think about each one
of your mighty deeds.
13 Everything you do is right,
and no other god
compares with you.
14 You alone work miracles,
and you have let nations
see your mighty power.
15 With your own arm you rescued
your people, the descendants
of Jacob and Joseph.
16 The ocean looked at you, God,
and it trembled deep down
with fear.
17 Water flowed from the clouds.
Thunder was heard above
as your arrows of lightning
flashed about.
18 Your thunder roared
like chariot wheels.
The world was made bright
by lightning,
and all the earth trembled.
19 You walked through the water
of the mighty sea,
but your footprints
were never seen.
20 You guided your people
like a flock of sheep,
and you chose Moses and Aaron
to be their leaders.
