(A prayer by David.)
The Prayer of an Innocent Person
1 I am innocent, Lord!
Won't you listen as I pray
and beg for help?
I am honest!
Please hear my prayer.
2 Only you can say
that I am innocent,
because only your eyes
can see the truth.
3 You know my heart,
and even during the night
you have tested me
and found me innocent.
I have made up my mind
never to tell a lie.
4 I don't do like others.
I obey your teachings
and am not cruel.
5 I have followed you,
without ever stumbling.
6 I pray to you, God,
because you will help me.
Listen and answer my prayer!
7 Show your wonderful love.
Your mighty arm protects those
who run to you for safety
from their enemies.
8 Protect me as you would
your very own eyes;
hide me in the shadow
of your wings.
9 Don't let my brutal enemies
attack from all sides
and kill me.
10 They refuse to show mercy,
and they keep bragging.
11 They have caught up with me!
My enemies are everywhere,
eagerly hoping to smear me
in the dirt.
12 They are like hungry lions
hunting for food,
or like young lions
hiding in ambush.
13 Do something, Lord!
Attack and defeat them.
Take your sword and save me
from those evil people.
14 Use your powerful arm
and rescue me
from the hands of mere humans
whose world won't last.
You provide food
for those you love.
Their children have plenty,
and their grandchildren
will have more than enough.
15 I am innocent, Lord,
and I will see your face!
When I awake, all I want
is to see you as you are.
Alla ka moolu kiisa le, mennu ka tankoo ñini a bulu
Dawuda la duwaa.
1 Hee Yaawe*, i lamoyi n na kumboo la,
i ye kiitiyo teyi n ye.
I tuloo loo n na duwaa la,
neeneeri kuma te n daa.
2 I faŋo ye n na kuwo koyindi,
ka a juubee meŋ tilinta i ñaa koto.
3 Hani niŋ i ye n sondomoo kono kusonsoŋ,
i ye n kisikisi suutoo la,
i ye n kotobo,
i te kuu kuruŋo tara la n kono.
Ŋa tawoo taa le ko n daa te kuma jawu fo la.
4 Moo doolu ka a ke ñaa-wo-ñaa,
bari nte wo de, ŋa i la yaamaroo muta le,
ka m faŋ kanta fitina moolu la siloo ma.
5 N ka tu i la taaraŋ siloo le kaŋ,
m buka i la siloo lamfee.
6 Hee Alla, ŋa i kumandi le,
kaatu i be n danku la le.
I tuloo tu n to,
ka n na kumoolu moyi.
7 I la kanu bambaloo la kaawakuuyaa yitandi n na,
ite Kiisandirilaa, meŋ ka moolu kiisa,
mennu ka tankoo ñini i bulu ì jawoolu ma.
8 N kanta ko moo ka a ñaakesoo kanta ñaameŋ.
M maabo i la tankoo dampammaa koto,
9 ka n tanka moo kuruŋolu la maasiiboo ma,
n jawoolu mennu ye m muruŋ-muruŋ karoo bee la,
ka n niyo ñini.
10 Balafaa te ì sondomoo kono.
Ì ka faŋ wara kumoolu le fo ì daalu la.
11 Ì be sutiyaa kaŋ n na le.
Ì ye m murubeŋ ne silaŋ.
Ì ñaalu ka tu looriŋ n kaŋ,
ñiŋ kamma la ì si m boyindi.
12 Ì jatamaalu le be hameriŋ ka m faraŋ-faraŋ,
ì be bitiriŋ ne komeŋ jatoo, ka ñapi n kaŋ.
13 Yaawe, wuli i ye ì kuntuntee,
ka ì busandi.
N niyo tanka moo kuruŋolu ma,
ka bo niŋ i la hawusaroo* la.
14 Yaawe, ka bo niŋ i semboo la,
n tanka moo halakiriŋolu ma,
mennu la joo mu duniyaa kuwo doroŋ ne ti.
Allamaa i ye ì soodindi jaraboo la,
i ye meŋ maabo ì kamma.
Allamaa ì diŋolu taa ye tambi wo la,
fo too ye tu ì koomalankoolu ye.
15 Bari nte de, m be tara la i fee le,
n na sootaaribaliyaa kaŋ.
Niŋ n wulita,
m be wasa la i ñaatiliŋo la le.
