Egalikano omolwoshigwana
Episalomi lyaAsaf
1 Kalunga, aapagani oya kwata po evi lyoye;
oya nyateke otempeli yoye ondjapuki,
Jerusalem oye shi ningi omakulukuma.
2 Omidhimba dhaantu yoye odha ningi iikulya yoondhila,
nomalutu gaapiya yoye oga pewa iilikama.
3 Ombinzi yaantu yoye oya tilwahi ngaashi omeya;
ashihe osha ningilwa momudhingoloko gwaJerusalem,
naasi oya nyengana okufumvika.
4 Iigwana yopuushiinda otayi tu sheke;
otayi tu yolo notayi tu nyeme.
5 Omuwa, sigo uunake to kala wa geya?
Sigo uunake ongeyo yoye tayi hwama ya fa omulilo?
6 Geela iigwana mbyoka yaa ku shi;
aantu mboka ihaaya tumbula edhina lyoye.
7 Oshoka oya mana po Jakob;
oya hanagula po ehala lyoye.
8 Ino tu geelela omayono gootate.
Tu sila ohenda mbala;
otwa shonopekwa unene.
9 Kalunga, omuhupithi gwetu,
tu kwatha.
Omolwesimano lyedhina lyoye
tu hupitha e to dhimi po oondjo dhetu.
10 Iigwana omolwashike yi na okutya:
“Kalunga keni oku li peni?”
Geela iigwana montaneho yetu,
sho ya dhipaga po aapiya yoye.
11 Okulila kwaaedhililwa mondholongo
naku thike momakutsi goye.
Oonkondo dhoyenadhi hupithe mbo ya pangulilwa eso.
12 Omuwa, iigwana iishiinda yetu
yi galulila luheyali uuwinayi wayo,
sho ye ku sheke.
13 Otse aantu yoye noonzi dhuusita woye;
otatu ku pandula aluhe
notatu ku hambelele aluhe sigo aluhe.
A Prayer for the Nation's Deliverance
1 O God, the heathen have invaded your land.
They have desecrated your holy Temple
and left Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They left the bodies of your people for the vultures,
the bodies of your servants for wild animals to eat.
3 They shed your people's blood like water;
blood flowed like water all through Jerusalem,
and no one was left to bury the dead.
4 The surrounding nations insult us;
they laugh at us and mock us.
5 Lord, will you be angry with us forever?
Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
6 Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you,
on the people who do not pray to you.
7 For they have killed your people;
they have ruined your country.
8 Do not punish us for the sins of our ancestors.
Have mercy on us now;
we have lost all hope.
9 Help us, O God, and save us;
rescue us and forgive our sins
for the sake of your own honor.
10 Why should the nations ask us,
“Where is your God?”
Let us see you punish the nations
for shedding the blood of your servants.
11 Listen to the groans of the prisoners,
and by your great power free those who are condemned to die.
12 Lord, pay the other nations back seven times
for all the insults they have hurled at you.
13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your flock,
will thank you forever
and praise you for all time to come.
