Egalikano lyongulohi
Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Omuwa, otandi ku ithana;
endelela, u ye kungame!
Uva eigidho lyegalikano lyandje!
2 Taamba omagalikano gandje ngaashi omatsinino;
okuyelutha iikaha yandje
naku ninge eyambo lyongulohi
3 Omuwa, tula omulangeli kokana kandje;
langeka omukeeleli posheelo shomilungu dhandje.
4 Gamena ndje, ndaa hongololwe,
ndaa longe uulunde pamwe naakolokoshi;
ino etha, ndi ye kiituthi yawo.
5 Osho opala, omuyuuki ngele ta ganda ndje e ta dhenge ndje
Otashi fe omugwayo gwomagadhi komutse gwandje.
Ihe omagalikano gandje
otaga tamaneke iilonga yaakolokoshi.
6 Aapangeli yawo otaa ka undulilwa molumbogo,
aakolokoshi notaa ka tseya kutya
oohapu dhandje odhoshili.
7 Ngaashi eputa tali henyagwa notali papulwa,
osho omasipa gawo taga ka halakanena poombila dhawo.
8 Onde ku inekela, Omuwa Omupangeliawike;
omungoye tandi kongo egameno;
ino ethela ndje meso.
9 Gamena ndje koomwigo ye dhi tegela ndje
nokomakelo nde ga fulilwa kaakolokoshi.
10 Aakaanakalunga naa gwile momakelo gawo yene,
manga ngame te pitilile po nombili.
An Evening Prayer
1 I call to you, Lord; help me now!
Listen to me when I call to you.
2 Receive my prayer as incense,
my uplifted hands as an evening sacrifice.
3 Lord, place a guard at my mouth,
a sentry at the door of my lips.
4 Keep me from wanting to do wrong
and from joining evil people in their wickedness.
May I never take part in their feasts.
5 Good people may punish me and rebuke me in kindness,
but I will never accept honor from evil people,
because I am always praying against their evil deeds.
6 When their rulers are thrown down from rocky cliffs,
the people will admit that my words were true.
7 Like wood that is split and chopped into bits,
so their bones are scattered at the edge of the grave.
8 But I keep trusting in you, my Sovereign Lord.
I seek your protection;
don't let me die!
9 Protect me from the traps they have set for me,
from the snares of those evildoers.
10 May the wicked fall into their own traps
while I go by unharmed.
