Kalunga okwa tseya ayihe
Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Omuwa, ongoye to konakona ndje
nowa tseya ndje.
2 Owa tseya ndje, uuna nda kuutumba
nongele nda thikama; omadhiladhilo gandje agehe oto ga tseya,
manga inaaga holoka.
3 Ou wete ndje, ngele tandi yi kiilonga
nenge te vululukwa;
ashihe shoka te ningi, ou shi wete.
4 Omuwa, manga inaandi tumbula sha,
owa tseya nale shoka tii ka tya.
5 Owa kunduka ndje koombinga adhihe;
oshikaha shoye oshi li kombanda yomutse gwandje.
6 Okutseya ndje kwoye otaku kumitha ndje unene;
otaku nyenge oondunge dhandje.
7 Otandi yi peni ontuku Ombepo yoye?
Otandi vulu tuu oku ku holama?
8 Ngele tandi londo kegulu, oko u li;
ngele tandi ka lala muuyuni wokuusi,
naamoka omo u li.
9 Ngele te tuka ndu uka lwokuuzilo,
nenge ndi ka kale kokule kuuninginino,
10 naahoka oshikaha shoye otashi kala nokuwilika ndje;
olulyo lwoye otalu kwata ndje.
11 Nando ondi lombwele omilema, dhi siikile ndje,
nomutenya gu shituke uusiku,
12 ongoye to mono ko nomomilema.
Uusiku owa yela wa fa omutenya,
oshoka omilema nuuyelele kungoye oya faathana.
13 Ongoye wa shiti ashihe shi li mungame;
owa tungile ndje mela lyameme.
14 Otandi ku hambelele e tandi ku simaneke,
oshoka onda shitwa nuunkulungu.
Iilonga yoye iikumithi;
shika ondi shi shi nawa.
15 Omasipa gandje sho ga shitwa
noga tulwa kumwe nawa mela lyameme,
naasho nda li te koko meholamo,
owa li u shi shi.
16 Owa mono ndje, manga inaandi valwa.
Omasiku nde ga uthilwa,
agehe oga nyolelwa membo lyoye,
manga inaaga thika.
17 Omadhiladhilo goye, Kalunga,
olye te ga tseya?
Ogo ogendji taga nyengana okuyalulwa.
18 Ngele tandi ga yalula,
ogo ogendji ge thike pehekevi lyopefuta.
Ngele te penduka,
ondi li natango pamwe nangoye.
19 Kalunga, ando u dhipage po aakolokoshi mboka!
Zii po pungame, aadhipagi ne!
20 Otaye ku lundile
notaa popi nayi edhina lyoye.
21 Omuwa, ondi tonde mboka ye ku tonde
notandi nyanyala mboka taye ku tsile ondumbo.
22 Otandi ya tondo nda mana mo;
onde ya tala oyo aatondi yandje.
23 Konakona ndje, Kalunga,
ngoye u tseye omutima gwandje;
tala ndje, u dhimbulule omadhiladhilo gandje.
24 Tala ndje, ngele ndi li mondjila ndjoka yu uka kekano,
u endithile ndje mondjila yaaluhe.
God's Complete Knowledge and Care
1 Lord, you have examined me and you know me.
2 You know everything I do;
from far away you understand all my thoughts.
3 You see me, whether I am working or resting;
you know all my actions.
4 Even before I speak,
you already know what I will say.
5 You are all around me on every side;
you protect me with your power.
6 Your knowledge of me is too deep;
it is beyond my understanding.
7 Where could I go to escape from you?
Where could I get away from your presence?
8 If I went up to heaven, you would be there;
if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there.
9 If I flew away beyond the east
or lived in the farthest place in the west,
10 you would be there to lead me,
you would be there to help me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me
or the light around me to turn into night,
12 but even darkness is not dark for you,
and the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
13 You created every part of me;
you put me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because you are to be feared;
all you do is strange and wonderful.
I know it with all my heart.
15 When my bones were being formed,
carefully put together in my mother's womb,
when I was growing there in secret,
you knew that I was there—
16 you saw me before I was born.
The days allotted to me
had all been recorded in your book,
before any of them ever began.
17 O God, how difficult I find your thoughts;
how many of them there are!
18 If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you.
19 O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked!
How I wish violent people would leave me alone!
20 They say wicked things about you;
they speak evil things against your name.
21 O Lord, how I hate those who hate you!
How I despise those who rebel against you!
22 I hate them with a total hatred;
I regard them as my enemies.
23 Examine me, O God, and know my mind;
test me, and discover my thoughts.
24 Find out if there is any evil in me
and guide me in the everlasting way.
