Okupula ekwatho
Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Omuwa, tu kwatha!
Aayuuki inapu thigwa nando ogumwe;
itaku monika we mboka haa kala moshili.
2 Aantu ayehe otaa lombwelathana iifundja;
otaa mbembelekathana moohapu.
3 Omuwa, mweneka omalaka giifundja!
Mutika omakana haga popi uuntsa taga ti:
4 “Oohapu dhetu otadhi tu etele shoka twa dhiladhila.
Otatu popi shoka twa hala,
nokaku na gumwe ta vulu oku tu mweneka.”
5 “Ihe ngashingeyi otandi ya,”
Omuwa osho ta ti,
“oshoka omapongo oga thiminikwa
naatidhaganwa otaa tongo kuuwehame.
Otandi ke ya pa egameno
ndyoka ye li yuulukwa.”
6 Omauvaneko gOmuwa oge shi kwiinekelwa;
oga yela ga fa oshisiliveli
sha yelithwa momulilo luheyali.
7-8 Aakolokoshi oye li apehe
nakehe gumwe ota tanga shoka oshiwinayi.
Omuwa, tu gamena aluhe,
ngu u tu keelele kaantu ya tya ngeyi.
A Prayer for Help
1 Help us, Lord!
There is not a good person left;
honest people can no longer be found.
2 All of them lie to one another;
they deceive each other with flattery.
3 Silence those flattering tongues, O Lord!
Close those boastful mouths that say,
4 “With our words we get what we want.
We will say what we wish,
and no one can stop us.”
5 “But now I will come,” says the Lord,
“because the needy are oppressed
and the persecuted groan in pain.
I will give them the security they long for.”
6 The promises of the Lord can be trusted;
they are as genuine as silver
refined seven times in the furnace.
7-8 The wicked are everywhere,
and everyone praises what is evil.
Keep us always safe, O Lord,
and preserve us from such people.
