EMBO ETINE
(Omapisalomi 90-106)
Kalunga nomuntu
Egalikano lyaMoses, omumati gwaKalunga
1 Omuwa, ongoye wa kala aluhe
egameno lyetu.
2 Manga inoo shita oondundu nomanga inoo holola po uuyuni,
ngoye Kalunga kaaluhe oko wa li
noto ka kala aluhe sigo aluhe.
3 Oto lombwele omuntu, a shune mpoka a za;
oto mu shuna montsi yevi.
4 Oomvula eyuvi limwe koshipala shoye odha fa owala esiku limwe;
ongesiku lyohela lya pita,
nenge otundi yimwe muusiku.
5 Aantu oto ya kombo po thilu;
otaa piti po mbala ya fa ondjodhi.
Omuntu okwa fa omwiidhi tagu tsapuka pepito lyetango.
6 Pethimbo lyongula otagu koko notagu sheneke,
ihe komatango otagu kukuta e tagu si.
7 Otatu hulu po kondjahi yoye;
otatu kana po kegeelo lyoye.
8 Omayono getu owe ga kaleke koshipala shoye;
oondjo dhetu dhomeholamo
owe dhi holola puuyelele.
9 Otse otatu hulu po kondjahi yoye;
otatu kana po ngaashi omufudho.
10 Oomvula dhokukalamwenyo kwetu omilongo heyali,
nongele odhindji, omilongo hetatu,
ihe odhi na uudhigu noluhodhi;
otadhi piti po mbala twa fa twa tuka.
11 Olye a tseya oonkondo dhondjahi yoye?
Olye e shi oshilanduliko shongeyo yoye?
12 Tu longa okukoneka uuhupi womasiku getu,
opo tu ninge aanandunge.
13 Okugeya kwoye otaku tsikile sigo uunake?
Omuwa, sila aapiya yoye ohenda!
14 Ongula kehe tu ulukila esilohenda lyoye,
opo tu imbe nenyanyu omasiku getu agehe.
15 Tu nyanyudha ihe shi thike poluhodhi ndoka we tu pele,
ngaashi twa mono iihuna ethimbo ele.
16 Otse aapiya yoye, tu talitha iilongankondo yoye;
talitha omaluvalo getu iilonga yoye ya simana.
17 Omuwa Kalunga ketu, esilohenda lyoye nali kale kombanda yetu.
Koleka iilonga yiikaha yetu!
BOOK IV
(A prayer by Moses, the man of God.)
God Is Eternal
1 Our Lord, in all generations
you have been our home.
2 You have always been God—
long before the birth
of the mountains,
even before you created
the earth and the world.
3 At your command we die
and turn back to dust,
4 but a thousand years
mean nothing to you!
They are merely a day gone by
or a few hours in the night.
5 You bring our lives to an end
just like a dream.
We are merely tender grass
6 that sprouts and grows
in the morning,
but dries up by evening.
7 Your furious anger frightens
and destroys us,
8 and you know all our sins,
even those we do in secret.
9 Your anger is a burden
each day we live,
then life ends like a sigh.
10 We can expect seventy years,
or maybe eighty,
if we are healthy,
but even our best years
bring trouble and sorrow.
Suddenly our time is up,
and we disappear.
11 No one knows the full power
of your furious anger,
but it is as great as the fear
that we owe to you.
12 Teach us to use wisely
all the time we have.
13 Help us, Lord! Don't wait!
Pity your servants.
14 When morning comes,
let your love satisfy
all our needs.
Then we can celebrate
and be glad for what time
we have left.
15 Make us happy for as long
as you caused us trouble
and sorrow.
16 Do wonderful things for us,
your servants,
and show your mighty power
to our children.
17 Our Lord and our God,
treat us with kindness
and let all go well for us.
Please let all go well!
