Egalikano lyomugundjuka muudhigu
Egalikano lyomuthiminikwa ta kugile Omuwa
1 Omuwa, uva egalikano lyandje,
pulakena, sho tandi ku lilile ekwatho!
2 Ino thiga ndje po, sho ndi li muudhigu!
Pulakena eindilo lyandje,
yamukula ndje mbala, sho tandi ku ithana!
3 Otandi kana po nda fa olwithi;
molutu lwandje otamu pi ongo mu na omulilo.
4 Onda leela nda fa omwiidhi gwa ganya;
onda kanitha ehalo lyiikulya.
5 Otandi tongo mokule;
onda nanga omasipa gowala.
6 Ondi li muuwike nda fa endoko mombuga,
ongaashi ehwiyu momakulukuma.
7 Ohe lala inee kotha;
ondi ikalela nda fa okadhila ke li kombanda yondunda.
8 Esiku kehe aatondi yandje otaa sheke ndje;
otaa yolo ndje notaa tumbula
edhina lyandje nomusheko.
9 Iikulya yandje omutoko;
nokunwa kwandje okwa gwedhakanithwa nomahodhi,
10 oshoka owa geele ndje;
owe etha ndje nowe ekelehi ndje.
11 Omasiku gandje oga fa omuzile gwokomatango,
ongaashi omwiidhi tagu kukuta.
12 Ihe Omuwa, ongoye omukwaniilwa sigo aluhe;
omaluvalo agehe otage ku dhimbulukwa.
13 Oto yeluka, u sile Sion ohenda;
ethimbo olya thiki oku shi etela olukeno.
Ndika olyo ethimbo lyo opala.
14 Tse aapiya yoye otu hole omutungilo gwasho;
otu uvite oluhodhi, sho sha halakanithwa po.
15 Iigwana otayi ka tila Omuwa,
naakwaniilwa ayehe yomuuyuni eadhimo lye.
16 Uuna Omuwa ta ka tungulula Sion,
ota ka holola uunene we.
17 Ota ka uva omagalikano gomapongo
noita ka dhina omaindilo gago.
18 Nyola ayihe mbika,
u yi pungulile omaluvalo tage ya,
opo mboka inaaya valwa natango
ya ka tseye shoka Omuwa e shi longo
e taye mu simaneke.
19 Omuwa ota tala pevi e li megulu muuyapuki we;
ota mono kombanda yevi.
20 Otu uvu omakemo goonkwatwa
nota mangulula mbo ya tokolelwa eso.
21 Hambeleleni Omuwa,
ne oonakukala megulu;
nota ka simanekwa muJerusalem,
22 uuna iigwana nomapangelo
tayi ka gongala okusimaneka Omuwa.
23 Omuwa okwa nkundipaleke ndje,
manga omugundjuka; okwa fupipike omasiku gandje.
24 Kalunga, ino kutha ndje po,
manga inaandi kulupa.
Omuwa, ou na omwenyo aluhe sigo aluhe;
25 nalenale owa shiti evi,
neyalelo olyo iilonga yiikaha yoye.
26 Oyo otayi hulu po,
ihe ngoye oto kalelele;
ayihe otayi ka kulupa ya fa oonguwo.
Oto ke yi ekelahi ya fa iinyanyu,
notayi kana po.
27 Ihe ngoye oto kala ngaashi wa za,
ito hulu po.
28 Megameno lyoye aana yetu
otaa kala ya vululukwa,
nomaluvalo gawo oto ke ga popila.
The Prayer of a Troubled Youth
1 Listen to my prayer, O Lord,
and hear my cry for help!
2 When I am in trouble,
don't turn away from me!
Listen to me,
and answer me quickly when I call!
3 My life is disappearing like smoke;
my body is burning like fire.
4 I am beaten down like dry grass;
I have lost my desire for food.
5 I groan aloud;
I am nothing but skin and bones.
6 I am like a wild bird in the desert,
like an owl in abandoned ruins.
7 I lie awake;
I am like a lonely bird on a housetop.
8 All day long my enemies insult me;
those who mock me use my name in cursing.
9-10 Because of your anger and fury,
ashes are my food,
and my tears are mixed with my drink.
You picked me up and threw me away.
11 My life is like the evening shadows;
I am like dry grass.
12 But you, O Lord, are king forever;
all generations will remember you.
13 You will rise and take pity on Zion;
the time has come to have mercy on her;
this is the right time.
14 Your servants love her,
even though she is destroyed;
they have pity on her,
even though she is in ruins.
15 The nations will fear the Lord;
all the kings of the earth will fear his power.
16 When the Lord rebuilds Zion,
he will reveal his greatness.
17 He will hear his forsaken people
and listen to their prayer.
18 Write down for the coming generation what the Lord has done,
so that people not yet born will praise him.
19 The Lord looked down from his holy place on high,
he looked down from heaven to earth.
20 He heard the groans of prisoners
and set free those who were condemned to die.
21 And so his name will be proclaimed in Zion,
and he will be praised in Jerusalem
22 when nations and kingdoms come together
and worship the Lord.
23 The Lord has made me weak while I am still young;
he has shortened my life.
24 O God, do not take me away now
before I grow old.
O Lord, you live forever;
25 long ago you created the earth,
and with your own hands you made the heavens.
26 They will disappear, but you will remain;
they will all wear out like clothes.
You will discard them like clothes,
and they will vanish.
27 But you are always the same,
and your life never ends.
28 Our children will live in safety,
and under your protection
their descendants will be secure.
