(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for Protection
1 Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
Let everyone in Israel say:
2 “Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
But they have not defeated me,
3 though my back is like a field
that has just been plowed.”
4 The Lord always does right,
and he has set me free
from the ropes
of those cruel people.
5 I pray that all who hate
the city of Zion
will be made ashamed
and forced to turn and run.
6 May they be like grass
on the flat roof of a house,
grass that dries up
as soon as it sprouts.
7 Don't let them be like wheat
gathered in bundles.
8 And don't let anyone
who passes by say to them,
“The Lord bless you!
I give you my blessing
in the name of the Lord.”
Banisirayilankoolu jawoolu la boyoo duwaa
Moolu ka ñiŋ suukuwo le laa, niŋ ì be Alla Batudulaa Buŋo* waliŋ na.
1 Banisirayilankoolu, ali a fo ko,
“Ì ye ntolu toorandi baake le,
biriŋ m̀ foloodulaa.
2 Ì ye ntolu toorandi baake le,
biriŋ m̀ foloodulaa,
hani wo ì maŋ i kutu ǹ na de.
3 Ì ye ǹ koo kono faraŋ-faraŋ ne,
komeŋ seneraŋ daboo ka balinsaa fara ñaameŋ.
4 Yaawe* tilinta le,
a ye m̀ firiŋ moo jawoolu bulu le.”
5 Allamaa moolu mennu bee ye Siyoni* koŋ,
ye bula maloo kono, ì ye kori.
6 Allamaa ì ye ke komeŋ ñaamoo,
meŋ falinta buŋo santo,
meŋ ka jaa janniŋ a be meŋ na,
7 nafaa te meŋ na, sako katirilaa si a buloo faa a la,
waraŋ siimaŋ sitilaa si a ke kunsiti ti.
8 Aduŋ tambilaalu te a fo la ko,
“Allamaa Yaawe neema la ali ma.
M̀ be neemoo duwaa la ali ye Yaawe too la.”
