(A psalm by David for Jeduthun, the music leader.)
A Prayer for Forgiveness
1 I told myself, “I'll be careful
not to sin by what I say,
and I'll muzzle my mouth
when evil people are near.”
2 I kept completely silent,
but it did no good,
and I hurt even worse.
3 I felt a fire burning inside,
and the more I thought,
the more it burned,
until at last I said:
4 “Please, Lord,
show me my future.
Will I soon be gone?
5 You made my life short,
so brief that the time
means nothing to you.
“Human life is but a breath,
6 and it disappears
like a shadow.
Our struggles are senseless;
we store up more and more,
without ever knowing
who will get it all.
7 “What am I waiting for?
I depend on you, Lord!
8 Save me from my sins.
Don't let fools sneer at me.
9 You treated me like this,
and I kept silent,
not saying a word.
10 “Won't you stop punishing me?
You have worn me down.
11 You punish us severely
because of our sins.
Like a moth, you destroy
what we treasure most.
We are as frail as a breath.
12 “Listen, Lord, to my prayer!
My eyes are flooded with tears,
as I pray to you.
I am merely a stranger
visiting in your home
as my ancestors did.
13 Stop being angry with me
and let me smile again
before I am dead and gone.”
Hadamadiŋo mu luntaŋ tambilaa le ti duniyaa
Meŋ be suukuulaa ñaatonkayaa la: Yedutuni tooyaa la, Dawuda la Jabuuroo le mu.
1 N ko m faŋ ye ko,
“M be n hakilitu la n kekuwolu to le,
ŋa n neŋo muta,
a kana n duŋ junube kuwo to.
M be n daa mara la niŋ karafewo le la,
niŋ moo kuruŋolu be n daala.”
2 N tarata deyiriŋ ne tek,
m maŋ tuus fo,
bari n na niitooroo lafaakuuta le.
3 N jusoo kono ka munta le ko, dimbaa le be jee.
N na miiroolu ye n konotoo kandindi le wit.
Bituŋ n diyaamuta, n ko:
4 “Hee Yaawe*, n labaŋo yitandi n na,
aniŋ m baluu tiloolu yaatewo.
A yitandi n na
n na baluwo loo be sutiyaariŋ ñaameŋ.
5 I ye n na baluu tiloolu ke le ko sibira kiliŋ,
aduŋ n na baluwo loo la jamfoo
maŋ ke i ñaa koto feŋ ti.
A be koyiriŋ ne ko,
moo-wo-moo la baluwo la sutiyaa be le ko,
niiseloo niŋ niijiyo teema.
S6 Hadamadiŋo buka mee baluuriŋ,
a be le ko niiniyo,
a la matimatoo mu kenseŋ ne ti.
Moo ka naafuloo kafu ñoo ma le,
bari a buka a loŋ meŋ taa be ke la a ti.
7 “Wo to saayiŋ, Maariyo nte be jiki la muŋ ne la?
Ŋa n jikoo loo ite le kaŋ.
8 N na junuboolu bee dunoo bondi n kaŋ.
Kana soŋ ŋa ke moo kuntaŋolu ye jelefeŋo ti.
9 “Ŋa n deyi le, n daa te kuma fo la,
kaatu ite le ye a ke.
10 I la busaroo daŋ n ye.
I buloo laata n kaŋ ne fo n korita.
11 I ka moolu jalayi le, ka ì kuluu,
ì la junuboolu kamma la,
i ye ì la sotofeŋolu kasaara, ì ye mennu kanu,
komeŋ niŋ tumboolu dunta feŋo la.
A be koyiriŋ ne ko,
moo-wo-moo la baluwo la sutiyaa be le ko,
niiseloo niŋ niijiyo teema.
S12 “Hee Yaawe, n na duwaa moyi,
i ye i lamoyi n na kumboo la,
kana i ñaa kaasi n na ñaajii boŋo la,
kaatu nte be i ye baluwo to le ko tumarankewo,
m mu luntaŋ tambilaa le ti ko m mumuñolu.
13 N juubee doroŋ, i ye n tu jee,
fo n si seewoo tukuŋ,
janniŋ m be taa,
n te tara la keriŋ kotenke.”
