1 I am tired of living.
Listen to my bitter complaint.
2 Don't condemn me, God.
Tell me! What is the charge against me?
3 Is it right for you to be so cruel?
To despise what you yourself have made?
And then to smile on the schemes of wicked people?
4 Do you see things as we do?
5 Is your life as short as ours?
6 Then why do you track down all my sins
and hunt down every fault I have?
7 You know that I am not guilty,
that no one can save me from you.
8 Your hands formed and shaped me,
and now those same hands destroy me.
9 Remember that you made me from clay;
are you going to crush me back to dust?
10 You gave my father strength to beget me;
you made me grow in my mother's womb.
11 You formed my body with bones and sinews
and covered the bones with muscles and skin.
12 You have given me life and constant love,
and your care has kept me alive.
13 But now I know that all that time
you were secretly planning to harm me.
14 You were watching to see if I would sin,
so that you could refuse to forgive me.
15 As soon as I sin, I'm in trouble with you,
but when I do right, I get no credit.
I am miserable and covered with shame.
16 If I have any success at all,
you hunt me down like a lion;
to hurt me you even work miracles.
17 You always have some witness against me;
your anger toward me grows and grows;
you always plan some new attack.
18 Why, God, did you let me be born?
I should have died before anyone saw me.
19 To go from the womb straight to the grave
would have been as good as never existing.
20 Isn't my life almost over? Leave me alone!
Let me enjoy the time I have left.
21 I am going soon and will never come back—
going to a land that is dark and gloomy,
22 a land of darkness, shadows, and confusion,
where the light itself is darkness.
1 N ñewunta n na baluwo faŋo le la.
Wo kamma la, n te n deyi la n na bataa kuwo saatoo la.
Meŋ ye a tinna n na baluwo be kuniyaa la m bulu,
a ñanta finti la le.
2 M be a fo la Alla ye le: Kana n halaki.
A fo n ye, daliiloo meŋ ye a tinna, i be n tuumi la.
3 Nte batandoo ye muŋ nafaa le soto ite ye?
Muŋ ne ye a tinna i be balaŋ na feŋo to,
ite faŋo ye meŋ daa?
Muŋ ne ye a tinna, i be kuruŋolu bula la,
ì la feere kuwolu be ñaatotaa soto la?
4 Fo ite fanaa ka kuwolu juubee niŋ hadamadiŋ siloo le la baŋ?
Fo i la ì fahaamuñaa ka ke le ko ntolu baŋ?
5 Fo ite baluu tiloolu be dooyaariŋ ne baŋ,
ko hadamadiŋolu taa be dooyaariŋ ñaameŋ?
Fo i baluu saŋolu be dooyaariŋ ne baŋ,
ko hadamadiŋolu taa be dooyaariŋ ñaameŋ?
6 Fo wo le ye a tinna baŋ,
i be korontoriŋ ka n na boyidaa ñini,
aniŋ ka n na junube kuwo kisikisi?
7 Ite ye a loŋ ne ko, nte maŋ boyi,
aduŋ ko, moo te n tanka noo la ite bulu.
8 Ite faŋo le ye nte daa, ite le ye m muluŋo ke n na,
saayiŋ, ite le fanaa naata n kasaara.
9 A loŋ ko, ite le ye n daa komeŋ potoo kitiŋo.
Saayiŋ, fo i be m murundi la bankumunkoo ti le baŋ?
10 Ite le ye n woyi ko keekewo,
i ye n simbindi ko feenewo.
11 I naata n kuloolu sunkuru ñoo bala, niŋ fasoolu la,
i ye ì muuri suboo la, aniŋ balajaatoo.
12 I ye baluwo dii n na,
i naata kanu bambaloo yitandi n na,
aduŋ i la n na kuwo hakilituwo,
wo le ye a tinna n tarata baluwo to.
13 Bari ñiŋ kuwolu tarata maaboriŋ i kono le,
aduŋ ŋa a loŋ ne ko,
wo waatoo bee la ñiŋ ne be i hamoo to:
14 I tarata n koroosi kaŋ ne, fo m be junube kuu ke la,
niŋ i ye wo je, i te yamfa la n na junube kuwo la.
15 Niŋ a ye a tara m boyita le,
wo to kooroo boyita n kaŋ ne!
Bari hani niŋ m boloota le fanaa,
n te n sañoo wulindi noo la.
Kaatu n dunta malu kuwo le kono,
n tarata niitooroo kono.
16 Niŋ ŋa n sañoo wulindi,
i ye tara n deema kaŋ komeŋ jatoo,
i ye n toorandi kotenke i sembe kaawakuwo la.
17 I ye tu la seede kutoolu kii la n kaŋ,
i la kamfaa n kamma ye lafaa kotenke,
i ye naa bataa kuwo laa n ye ñoo kaŋ,
komeŋ kelediŋolu ka ñoo faliŋ-faliŋ ñaameŋ.
18 Muŋ ne ye a tinna i ye nte fintindi ka bo wuluuñaŋo kono?
Nte ñanta faa la le, janniŋ ñaakesoo ka boyi n kaŋ.
19 Ka bo wuluuñaŋo kono doroŋ,
ì ye n tentendi kaburoo kono.
A ye ke ko n nene maŋ soto.
20 Fo nte baluu tiloolu maŋ ke dantaŋ doroŋ ne ti baŋ?
M bula m faŋ ma, ŋa niiseewoo soto waatoo kono,
meŋ too tuta n siyo to.
21 A te mee la, m be taa fureeduu,
daameŋ dibi baa be jee,
daameŋ moo buka bo jee, ka muru naŋ jaŋ kotenke.
22 Ñiŋ dulaa to, maloo nene buka soto jee.
Ñiŋ dulaa to, diboo doroŋ ne ka tara jee,
aniŋ jaakaloo.
