Ondjimbo yoshituthi
Episalomi lyaAsaf
1 Imbeni, nyanyukweni!
Kalunga oye omugameni gwetu;
imbileni Kalunga kaJakob!
2 Tamekeni eimbilo, dhengeni oontunda.
Hikeni uuharpa nuushandja.
3 Hikeni enkuma moshituthi shomwedhi omupe,
ngele gwe ya ko nenge gwa toka.
4 Ndjika oyo ompango muIsrael;
elombwelo lya zi kuKalunga kaJakob.
5 Ompango okwe yi pe Aaisraeli,
sho a dhenge evi lyaEgipiti.
Ondu uvu ewi inaandi li uva nale lya ti:
6 “Onda kutha ko omitenge komapepe geni;
onde mu lombwele, mu thige po iilonga iidhigu.
7 Muumbanda weni omwi ithana ndje
e tandi mu hupitha.
Onde mu yamukula moshikogo shomindundumo.
Onde mu yeleke pomeya gaMeriba.
8 Pulakeneni, ne aantu yandje,
otandi mu londodha;
Aaisraeli ne, onda hala mu uve ndje.
9 Inamu simaneka nando oshikalunga;
inamu kala mu na oshimenka.
10 Ongame Omuwa Kalunga keni,
ngoka nde mu tembudha muEgipiti.
Ekamekeni omakana geni,
ngame notandi mu palutha.
11 “Ihe aantu yandje inaa pulakena ndje;
Israel ina vulika kungame.
12 Onkee onde ya ethele mokwaavulika kwawo,
noya longo ngaashi ya hala.
13 Ando ya li ya pulakene ndje e taa vulika kungame,
14 ando onda tidha e te halakanitha po aatondi yawo.
15 Mbo ye tonde ndje,
otaa ka tsila ndje oongolo kuumbanda;
okugeelwa kwawo otaku kala sigo aluhe.
16 Ihe ne, otandi ke mu palutha niilyalela;
otandi ke mu pa omagadhi goonyushi.”
A Song for a Festival
1 Shout for joy to God our defender;
sing praise to the God of Jacob!
2 Start the music and beat the tambourines;
play pleasant music on the harps and the lyres.
3 Blow the trumpet for the festival,
when the moon is new and when the moon is full.
4 This is the law in Israel,
an order from the God of Jacob.
5 He gave it to the people of Israel
when he attacked the land of Egypt.
I hear an unknown voice saying,
6 “I took the burdens off your backs;
I let you put down your loads of bricks.
7 When you were in trouble, you called to me, and I saved you.
From my hiding place in the storm, I answered you.
I put you to the test at the springs of Meribah.
8 Listen, my people, to my warning;
Israel, how I wish you would listen to me!
9 You must never worship another god.
10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you out of Egypt.
Open your mouth, and I will feed you.
11 “But my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not obey me.
12 So I let them go their stubborn ways
and do whatever they wanted.
13 How I wish my people would listen to me;
how I wish they would obey me!
14 I would quickly defeat their enemies
and conquer all their foes.
15 Those who hate me would bow in fear before me;
their punishment would last forever.
16 But I would feed you with the finest wheat
and satisfy you with wild honey.”
