A Prayer for Help
1 How much longer will you forget me, Lord? Forever?
How much longer will you hide yourself from me?
2 How long must I endure trouble?
How long will sorrow fill my heart day and night?
How long will my enemies triumph over me?
3 Look at me, O Lord my God, and answer me.
Restore my strength; don't let me die.
4 Don't let my enemies say, “We have defeated him.”
Don't let them gloat over my downfall.
5 I rely on your constant love;
I will be glad, because you will rescue me.
6 I will sing to you, O Lord,
because you have been good to me.
Lumbo gwa Dafite embila ntungamili.
Ntembezelo we kusunungugwa mu zwita
1 Kowobe kwe tjibaka tjingapani Yahwe?
Apa mowondikangang'wila tjose kene?
Mowondisumbikila buso
gwenyu kuswikila lini kene?
2 Ndowodzikitadzila zogwadza
kuswikila lini kene?
Apa ndowobe ne buyendasi
mu moyo wangu zhuba lose kene?
Kowobe kwe tjibaka tjingapani
zwita zwangu zwindikulila kene?
3 Mundilinge Yahwe Ndzimu wangu, mundidabile.
Mundisimise kuti ndisiyizele hwope dze lufu.
4 Tjita tjangu tjingadwa tjiti, “Ndankunda,”
zwita zwangu zwingashatha kwazo kuti ndakundiwa.
5 Koga ndogalabgwe mu ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike;
moyo wangu unowoshatha mu jidzo lenyu.
6 Ndowombila Yahwe,
ngoti bakandithamila kwakalulwama.