1 Omwenyo gwandje ogwa tekauka,
nomasiku gandje oga fupipikwa;
eso otali tegelele ndje.
2 Aasheki yandje otaa kunduka ndje;
omeho gandje otaga tala uutondwe wawo.
3 Kalunga, ninga omupopili gwandje.
Olye we ta popile ndje?
4 Omadhiladhilo gawo oga patwa, kaye na omayele,
onkee itaa ka sindana.
5 Omuntu ngoka ta popi nayi kuume ke omolwokufutwa,
omeho goyana otaga ka tsika mo.
6 Kalunga okwa ningi ndje omunyanwa gwashaa ngoka,
omuntu gwokuhiyilwa omayeye moshipala.
7 Omeho gandje oga tsiyala koluhodhi;
olutu lwandje olwa fa omuzizimba.
8 Aayuuki otaye shi kuminwa;
aakaanashipo otaa thikamene aakaanakalunga.
9 Ihe nando ongeyi, aayuuki otaa dhiginine oshili yawo,
naamboka ye na iikaha ya yela, otaa tsikile nomukumo.
10 Eewa, galukeni, ileni amuhe!
Mokati keni kandi wete mo omunandunge.
11 Omasiku gandje oga pita po,
oompangela dhandje odha hulithwa po
nosho wo ondjuulukwe yandje.
12 Aantu mbaka otaa faathanitha uusiku nomutenya,
sho taa ti: “Momilema otamu zi uuyelele.”
13 Ngele ote tegelele muusi omo mu kale maandjetu,
nenge te yala ontala yandje momilema,
14 ngele ote lombwele eolelo kutya ongoye tate,
nomazinyo otandi ga ithana meme nomumwamemekadhona,
15 nena ando etegameno lyandje oli li we peni?
Olye te ke li mona?
16 Otali ka ya pamwe nangame mombila?
Otatu ka ningina pamwe nalyo mevi?
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them . 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. 8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
