(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for the Lord's Help
1 When I am in trouble, I pray,
2 “Come and save me, Lord,
from deceitful liars!”
3 What punishment is fitting
for you deceitful liars?
4 Your reward should be
sharp and flaming arrows!
5 But I must live as a foreigner
among the people of Meshech
and in the tents of Kedar.
6 I have spent too much time
living among people
who hate peace.
7 I am in favor of peace,
but when I speak of it,
all they want is war.
Alla la maakoyiroo duwaa
Moolu ka ñiŋ suukuwo le laa, niŋ ì be Alla Batudulaa Buŋo* waliŋ na.
1 Kabiriŋ m be mantooroo kono, n kumboota Yaawe* ye,
aduŋ a ye n jaabi le ka m maakoyi.
Ŋa ñiŋ ne duwaa ko,
2 “Yaawe, n tankandi faniyaa folaalu ma,
aniŋ neeneerilaalu.”
3 Alitolu neeneerilaalu,
ali la joo be ke la muŋ ne ti?
Muŋ ne ñanta laa la ali kaŋ?
4 Kalabeñe meluŋo le be ali soo la,
ali ye jani dimbaa wuleŋo kono.
5 Kooroo boyita n kaŋ ne,
a ka munta le m be siiriŋ Meseki moolu le kono,
waraŋ Kedari moolu.
6 M meebaata sabatiriŋ moolu kono le,
mennu ye kayiroo koŋ.
7 Nte be kayiroo le fee,
bari niŋ m be wo fo la,
itolu ka tara keloo le fee.
