A Prayer for Help
1 When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
2 Save me, Lord,
from liars and deceivers.
3 You liars, what will God do to you?
How will he punish you?
4 With a soldier's sharp arrows,
with red-hot coals!
5 Living among you is as bad as living in Meshech
or among the people of Kedar.
6 I have lived too long
with people who hate peace!
7 When I speak of peace,
they are for war.
Alla la maakoyiroo duwaa
Moolu ka ñiŋ suukuwo le laa, niŋ ì be Alla Batudulaa Buŋo* waliŋ na.
1 Kabiriŋ m be mantooroo kono, n kumboota Yaawe* ye,
aduŋ a ye n jaabi le ka m maakoyi.
Ŋa ñiŋ ne duwaa ko,
2 “Yaawe, n tankandi faniyaa folaalu ma,
aniŋ neeneerilaalu.”
3 Alitolu neeneerilaalu,
ali la joo be ke la muŋ ne ti?
Muŋ ne ñanta laa la ali kaŋ?
4 Kalabeñe meluŋo le be ali soo la,
ali ye jani dimbaa wuleŋo kono.
5 Kooroo boyita n kaŋ ne,
a ka munta le m be siiriŋ Meseki moolu le kono,
waraŋ Kedari moolu.
6 M meebaata sabatiriŋ moolu kono le,
mennu ye kayiroo koŋ.
7 Nte be kayiroo le fee,
bari niŋ m be wo fo la,
itolu ka tara keloo le fee.
