BOOK III
(A psalm by Asaph.)
God Is Good
1 God is truly good to Israel,
especially to everyone
with a pure heart.
2 But I almost stumbled and fell,
3 because it made me jealous
to see proud and evil people
and to watch them prosper.
4 They never have to suffer,
they stay healthy,
5 and they don't have troubles
like everyone else.
6 Their pride is like a necklace,
and they commit sin more often
than they dress themselves.
7 Their eyes bulge with fat,
and their minds are flooded
with foolish thoughts.
8 They sneer and say cruel things,
and because of their pride,
they make violent threats.
9 They dare to speak against God
and to order others around.
10 God will bring his people back,
and they will drink the water
he so freely gives.
11 Only evil people would say,
“God Most High cannot
know everything!”
12 Yet all goes well for them,
and they live in peace.
13 What good did it do me
to keep my thoughts pure
and refuse to do wrong?
14 I am sick all day,
and I am punished
each morning.
15 If I had said evil things,
I would not have been loyal
to your people.
16 It was hard for me
to understand all this!
17 Then I went to your temple,
and there I understood
what will happen
to my enemies.
18 You will make them stumble,
never to get up again.
19 They will be terrified,
suddenly swept away
and no longer there.
20 They will disappear, Lord,
despised like a bad dream
the morning after.
21 Once I was bitter
and brokenhearted.
22 I was stupid and ignorant,
and I treated you
as a wild animal would.
23 But I never really left you,
and you hold my right hand.
24 Your advice has been my guide,
and later you will welcome me
in glory.
25 In heaven I have only you,
and on this earth
you are all I want.
26 My body and mind may fail,
but you are my strength
and my choice forever.
27 All-Powerful Lord God,
those who stay far from you
will be lost,
and you will destroy those
who are unfaithful.
28 It is good for me
to be near you.
I choose you as my protector,
and I will tell about
your wonderful deeds.
Talaadaa 3
Dankeneyaa bambandiŋo
Asafu la Jabuuroo.
1 Tooñaa, Alla beteyaata Banisirayilankoolu fee le,
moolu fee mennu sondomoo seneyaata.
2 Nte de, domandiŋ n si taki,
m be naa tarabasi la,
3 kaatu n kiiliyaata faŋ wara moolu la kuwo le la,
biriŋ ŋa a je kuwo bee be sooneeyaariŋ moo kuruŋolu ye.
4 Kaatu ì buka kuu dimindiŋ soto,
ì jaatoo bambanta, a kereyaata.
5 Ì buka mantoora ko moo doolu ka ke ñaameŋ.
Bataa buka ì taki ko moo doolu.
6 Wo kamma la ì ye faŋ waroo ke kantotaa ti,
fitinoo dendikamaa be dundiŋ ì la,
7 ì ñaakesoolu la waroo be faariŋ kuu jawoo le la,
ì sondomoolu be kutindiŋ kuu kuruŋo la.
8 Ì ka jele moo koteŋolu la
ì ka kuma jawoo fo,
aduŋ ì la faŋ waroo kaŋ ì ka moolu silandi.
9 Ì ka ì daa tiliŋ santo le ka Alla sooki,
aduŋ ì ka ŋaañaa ì neŋo la taariŋ,
duniyaa moolu kono.
10 Wo ye a tinna le
Alla la moolu faŋo yelemata ka ì jayi,
aduŋ ka laa wo moolu la kumoo la
keta ì fee le ko jii miŋo.
11 Ì ye ñiŋ ne muta ko Alla te a loŋ na,
ko Mansa Tallaa te wo loŋ noo la.
12 Moo kuruŋolu be teŋ ne,
ì ka tara dahaa le kono,
aduŋ ì la sotoo ka lafaa le doroŋ.
13 Nte ŋa n sondomoo loo kuu senuŋo kaŋ ne kensenke,
aduŋ m maŋ baara junuboo la.
14 Luŋ-wo-luŋ koleyaa le ka n taki,
aduŋ n ka jarabi le fanikee-wo-fanikee.
15 Niŋ n ko m be bula la wo moolu la miirañaa nooma,
n si badali ka bo i la moolu kono.
16 Ŋa m miira le ka ñiŋ kuwo fahaamu,
bari a keta m fee kuu koleŋ baa le ti,
17 fo kabiriŋ n taata i Batudulaa Senuŋo kono,
bituŋ n naata a fahaamu
moo kuruŋolu labaŋo be ke la ñaameŋ.
18 I be ì ke la dulaa namariŋo le to,
ì la boyoo si tariyaa daameŋ,
ka ì boyindi kasaaroo kono.
19 Ì be kasaara la le waati kiliŋ,
kooroo ye ì domo,
20 ì ye ke komeŋ niŋ moo siiboota,
a la siiboo ka yeemaŋ ñaameŋ.
Wo ñaa kiliŋo ñaama, ite Maariyo,
i be jutu la ì la le komeŋ niiniyo.
21 Kabiriŋ n niyo kuyaata,
a dunta n na fo n jusoo to,
22 n keta hakilintaŋo niŋ feŋ lombaloo le ti,
n keta i ñaa koto ko beeyaŋo.
23 Bari hani wo m be sabatiriŋ i fee le,
aduŋ i ye m muta niŋ m bulubaa buloo le la.
24 I ka n kanda niŋ i la yaamaroo le la,
wo koolaa i si naa n taa,
i ye n dundi i la horomoo kono.
25 Ŋa jumaa le soto Arijana kono ite koolaa?
Aduŋ feŋ te duniyaa kono
n ñaanita meŋ na ite koolaa.
26 N jaatoo niŋ n sondomoo si kori noo,
bari n sondomoo la bambaŋo be dendiŋ Alla le la.
Ŋa ate doroŋ ne soto fo abadaa.
27 A koyita m ma le ko,
moolu mennu be jamfariŋ i la,
wolu be kasaara la le.
I be moolu buruka la le
mennu badalita i ma.
28 Bari nte fee de,
ka tara sutiyaariŋ Alla la,
wo mu n ye kuu kende le ti.
Ŋa Maarii Yaawe* le ke n jikiraŋo ti,
ñiŋ kamma la n si kuwolu fo moolu ye
a ye mennu bee ke.
