Enyenyeto lyaangoka e li muudhigu
Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Kalunga, otandi ku hambelele;
ino mwena we!
2 Aakaanakalunga naafundja oya ponokele ndje.
Otaa lundile ndje
3 notaa popi ndje nayi
e taa kondeke ndje pwaa na etompelo.
4 Otaa tondo ndje, nando ngame ondi ya hole
nohandi ya galikanene.
5 Ohaa shunithile ndje uuwinayi peha lyuuwanawa
nuutondwe peha lyohole.
6 Otaa ti: “Na kongelwe omupanguli omukolokoshi;
etha gumwe gwomaatondi ye e mu tamaneke.”
7 Ihe omukolokoshi ngoka na pangulwe e ta monika ondjo;
omagalikano ge naga talike eyono.
8 Omasiku ge naga hule po;
omuntu gulwe na kuthe po iilonga ye.
9 Oyana naa ninge oothigwa;
nomukiintu gwe omuselekadhi!
10 Oyana naa ninge omapongo gokuhehela owala;
naa tidhwe mo momagumbo gawo!
11 Aanangunga ye naa ye neliko lye alihe,
naayeni naa kuthe po iinima ye ayihe.
12 Inaku kala nando ogumwe e na ohenda naye
nenge a kwathe oothigwa ndho a thiga po.
13 Oluvalo lwe aluhe nalu hule po,
nedhina lye nali dhimbiwe kepipi tali landula.
14 Omuwa ita dhimbwa uukeenakalunga woohekulu,
ye ita dhimi po oondjo dhayina.
15 Omuwa ota dhimbulukwa oondjo dhoohekulu,
ihe aayoni yo yene ote ya dhimbwa thilu.
16 Omuntu a tya ngawo iha dhiladhila okukala omunahenda;
oha tidhagana ohepele, epongo nomunaluhodhi.
17 Sho e hole okuthinga, naye na thingwe wo!
Sho kee holele yakwawo uuwanawa, naye ina halelwa uuwanawa!
18 Na zale ethingo ngaashi onguwo,
nali mu tondoke ngaashi omeya
nongaashi omagadhi momasipa.
19 Nali mu kuwike ngaashi eguwo,
ye ne li zale aluhe ngaashi epaya mombunda.
20 Omuwa, aatamaneki yandje ya geela pamukalo nguka,
oomboka haa popile ndje muuwinayi.
21 Omuwa Kalunga kandje, kwatha ndje pauvaneko lyoye;
hupitha ndje omoluuwanawa wesilohenda lyoye.
22 Ngame ohepele nepongo;
onde ehama unene muule womutima gwandje.
23 Otandi kana po mbala ngaashi omuzile gwokomatango
otandi pepwa po ngaashi oombahu.
24 Oongolo dhandje odha nongwa,
sho ndaa na iikulya;
onda nanga omasipa gowala.
25 Aantu sho taa mono ndje,
otaa yolo ndje, omolwokudhina ndje,
otaa ipukapuka komitse.
26 Omuwa Kalunga kandje, kwatha ndje;
hupitha ndje omolwesilohenda lyoye.
27 Ulukila aatondi yandje kutya ongoye omuhupithi gwandje.
28 Otaa thingi ndje, ihe ngoye oto yambeke ndje.
Aatidhagani yandje otaa ka sithwa ohoni,
ihe ngame, omupiya gwoye, otandi ka nyanyukwa.
29 Aatondi yandje naa gugwe;
naa zale ohoni ngaashi eguwo.
30 Otandi pandula Omuwa notandi mu hambelele;
otandi mu simaneke mokati kegongalo,
31 oshoka ota popile ohepele
note mu hupitha miikaha yaamboka ye mu pangulile eso.
The Complaint of Someone in Trouble
1 I praise you, God; don't remain silent!
2 Wicked people and liars have attacked me.
They tell lies about me,
3 and they say evil things about me,
attacking me for no reason.
4 They oppose me, even though I love them
and have prayed for them.
5 They pay me back evil for good
and hatred for love.
6 Choose some corrupt judge to try my enemy,
and let one of his own enemies accuse him.
7 May he be tried and found guilty;
may even his prayer be considered a crime!
8 May his life soon be ended;
may someone else take his job!
9 May his children become orphans,
and his wife a widow!
10 May his children be homeless beggars;
may they be driven from the ruins they live in!
11 May his creditors take away all his property,
and may strangers get everything he worked for.
12 May no one ever be kind to him
or care for the orphans he leaves behind.
13 May all his descendants die,
and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.
14 May the Lord remember the evil of his ancestors
and never forgive his mother's sins.
15 May the Lord always remember their sins,
but may they themselves be completely forgotten!
16 That man never thought of being kind;
he persecuted and killed
the poor, the needy, and the helpless.
17 He loved to curse—may he be cursed!
He hated to give blessings—may no one bless him!
18 He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself;
may his own curses soak into his body like water
and into his bones like oil!
19 May they cover him like clothes
and always be around him like a belt!
20 Lord, punish my enemies in that way—
those who say such evil things against me!
21 But my Sovereign Lord, help me as you have promised,
and rescue me because of the goodness of your love.
22 I am poor and needy;
I am hurt to the depths of my heart.
23 Like an evening shadow I am about to vanish;
I am blown away like an insect.
24 My knees are weak from lack of food;
I am nothing but skin and bones.
25 When people see me, they laugh at me;
they shake their heads in scorn.
26 Help me, O Lord my God;
because of your constant love, save me!
27 Make my enemies know
that you are the one who saves me.
28 They may curse me, but you will bless me.
May my persecutors be defeated,
and may I, your servant, be glad.
29 May my enemies be covered with disgrace;
may they wear their shame like a robe.
30 I will give loud thanks to the Lord;
I will praise him in the assembly of the people,
31 because he defends the poor
and saves them from those who condemn them to death.
