(A psalm by Asaph.)
Have Pity on Jerusalem
1 Our God, foreign nations
have taken your land,
disgraced your temple,
and left Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have fed the bodies
of your servants
to flesh-eating birds;
your loyal people are food
for savage animals.
3 All Jerusalem is covered
with their blood,
and there is no one left
to bury them.
4 Every nation around us
sneers and makes fun.
5 Our Lord, will you keep on
being angry?
Will your angry feelings
keep flaming up like fire?
6 Get angry with those nations
that don't know you
and won't worship you!
7 They have gobbled up
Jacob's descendants
and left the land in ruins.
8 Don't make us pay for the sins
of our ancestors.
Have pity and come quickly!
We are completely helpless.
9 Our God, you keep us safe.
Now help us! Rescue us.
Forgive our sins
and bring honor to yourself.
10 Why should nations ask us,
“Where is your God?”
Let us and the other nations
see you take revenge
for your servants who died
a violent death.
11 Listen to the prisoners groan!
Let your mighty power save all
who are sentenced to die.
12 Each of those nations sneered
at you, our Lord.
Now let others sneer at them,
seven times as much.
13 Then we, your people,
will always thank you.
We are like sheep
with you as our shepherd,
and all generations
will hear us praise you.
Yerusalaamu tiñaa niikuyaa
Asafu la Jabuuroo le mu.
1 Hee Alla, sii koteŋolu le dunta i la bankoo kaŋ
i ye meŋ dii ǹ na.
Ì ye i Batudulaa Senuŋo kosondi le,
ì ye Yerusalaamu ke tumbuŋo ti.
2 Ì ye i la dookuulaalu furewolu dii duwoolu le la domoroo ti,
ka i la lannamoolu suboo dii wulakono daafeŋolu la.
3 Ì ye ì yeloo boŋ Yerusalaamu kono le taariŋ,
moo maŋ tu jee meŋ si furewolu baadee.
4 Ǹ keta ǹ dandanna banku moolu ye
jutunna moolu le ti,
ì ka ǹ ñaawali ka jele ǹ na.
5 Hee Yaawe*, janniŋ muŋ tuma le mu?
Fo i be tu la kamfaariŋ m̀ fee le fo abadaa?
Fo ǹ na kuwo diminnaa be tu la i kono le ko dimbaa?
6 I la kamfaa jindi sii koteŋolu kaŋ
mennu maŋ soŋ i ma,
mansamarali bankoolu mennu buka i too kumandi.
7 Kaatu ì ye Yaakuba koomoo kasaara le,
ì ye ǹ na bankoo tumbuŋ.
8 Kana m̀ mumuñolu la junuboolu muta i kono ntolu kamma.
Balafaa ǹ ye silaŋ,
ǹ korita le las.
9 Hee Alla, ǹ na kiisoo sababoo, m̀ maakoyi,
fo i too si horoma.
Ǹ kiisa, i ye yamfa ǹ na junuboolu la,
i too la kuwo kamma la.
10 Muŋ ne be a tinna
bantala banku* moolu be a fo la ko,
“Ì la Alla lee?”
I la dookuulaalu yeloo boŋo juloo joo
bantala banku moolu to,
ǹ ñaa ye a je.
11 Mutamoolu woosiikaŋo moyi.
Ka bo niŋ i la sembe baa la,
i si moolu tankandi
jawoolu ye mennu ke saayaa daa to.
12 Maariyo, dandanna banku moolu kiliŋ-wo-kiliŋ joo siiñaa woorowula,
jutunnayaa kuwolu la, ì ye mennu tiliŋ i la.
13 Wo le to ntolu, i la saajii koorewo,
ǹ si i tentu fo abadaa.
Ǹ si tu i jayi la
ka taa fo jamaani naalaalu la.
