Ongumbiro yongurova
Epsalme ra David.
1 Ami me ku kove, Muhona;
hakahana okundjivatera!
Arikana, ndji zuvira, tji me ku kove.
2 Yakura ongumbiro yandje otja
ombunguhiro yomoro omuwa,
nomayerero womake wandje otja
ombunguhiro yongurova.
3 Muhona, twa po ondjeverero
potjinyo tjandje;
tjevera omambo aehe ngu me hungire.
4 Ndji tjaera komeripura wokuvanga
okutjita ouvi nokutja e ha kara
nehore novanauvi,
nokutja e ha ri ovikurya vyawo ovitjate.
5 Omundu omusemba ma sora
okundjitona nokundjivyura morusuvero,
nungwari ami himee yakura ondjiririsa yovanauvi,
orondu aruhe mbi kumba kutja
ouvi wawo au ha toṋa.
6 Ovanane vawo tji mave undurirwa
pehi okuza ketjo,
ovandu vawo otji mave yakura kutja
omambo wa Muhona ouatjiri.
7 Otja ehi romakunino punga ari ura
novitumbehi omutaure tja zu nokutaura ro,
omaṱupa wawo opunga amaye
rimbara potjinyo tjeyendo.
8 Nungwari ami me kara pokuriyameka kove,
Muhona, Ndjambi wandje.
Me paha omaundiro move;
o ndji esa kutja mbi koke!
9 Ndji tjevera kozombate nḓu ve
ndji twira po na kozongwehe
zaimba mbe tjita ouvi.
10 Ovanauvi ve esa ve wire
mozombate zawo oveni,
ami ngunda ame kapita nokuhinooma.
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.
