(A psalm by David for the music leader.)
A Prayer in Time of Sickness
1 You, Lord God, bless everyone
who cares for the poor,
and you rescue those people
in times of trouble.
2 You protect them
and keep them alive.
You make them happy here
in this land,
and you don't hand them over
to their enemies.
3 You always heal them
and restore their strength
when they are sick.
4 I prayed, “Have pity, Lord!
Heal me, though I have sinned
against you.”
5 My vicious enemies ask me,
“When will you die
and be forgotten?”
6 When visitors come,
all they ever bring
are worthless words,
and when they leave,
they spread gossip.
7 My enemies whisper about me.
They think the worst,
8 and they say,
“You have some fatal disease!
You'll never get well.”
9 My most trusted friend
has turned against me,
though he ate at my table.
10 Have pity, Lord! Heal me,
so I can pay them back.
11 Then my enemies
won't defeat me,
and I will know
that you really care.
12 You have helped me
because I am innocent,
and you will always
be close to my side.
13 You, the Lord God of Israel,
will be praised forever!
Amen and amen.
Saasaatoo la duwaa, ka Alla la maakoyiroo ñini
Meŋ be suukuulaa ñaatonkayaa la: Dawuda la Jabuuroo le mu.
1 Neemoo be moo le ye meŋ ka moo koririŋolu hati,
Yaawe* be a tankandi la le mantooroo waatoo la.
2 Yaawe be a tanka la le ka a tu baluwo to.
A be neema la a ma bankoo kaŋ ne.
A te a tu la a jawoolu ye ì sawoo soto a la.
3 Yaawe le be a deemaa la niŋ saasaa ye a landi,
ate le be a murundi la jaatikendeyaa to.
4 Nte kumata le ko, “Hee Yaawe, hiina n na,
i ye n kendeyandi,
kaatu ŋa junuboo le ke i la.”
5 N jawoolu ka kuma jawoolu le fo m ma ko,
“Muna a te faa la baŋ,
fo a too si buruka fereŋ?”
6 Niŋ meŋ naata n juubee,
a ka kuma kenseŋolu le fo,
wo ye a tara jawuyaa le be faariŋ a sondomoo kono.
Niŋ a fintita banta,
a ka taa danteeroo le la taariŋ.
7 Mennu bee ye n koŋ ka n na kuwo dukuduku ñoo ye le.
Ì ka kuu jawoo le ŋaniya n ye.
8 Ì ka a fo le ko, “Kooroo le kupita a kaŋ,
a te wuli la a noo to kotenke.”
9 Hani n teeri kendoo, n laata meŋ na,
n niŋ a ka deŋ n na domoroo la,
a yelemata n jawoo ti le.
10 Dukaree Yaawe, balafaa n ye,
i ye n kendeyandi, fo n si n joo ì to.
11 Ŋa a loŋ ñiŋ ne to ko,
n na kuwo ye i kontaani le,
bayiri n jawoolu te a fo la ko,
ì ye i kutu n na le.
12 I ye i buloo duŋ n koto le,
n na sootaaribaliyaa kaŋ,
aduŋ i ye n sabatindi i fee le fo fawu.
13 Tentoo be Yaawe ye, Banisirayila la Alla,
ka bo saayiŋ ka taa fo abadaa.
Amiin! Amiin!
