A Prayer for Help
1 I call to the Lord for help;
I plead with him.
2 I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.
3 When I am ready to give up,
he knows what I should do.
In the path where I walk,
my enemies have hidden a trap for me.
4 When I look beside me,
I see that there is no one to help me,
no one to protect me.
No one cares for me.
5 Lord, I cry to you for help;
you, Lord, are my protector;
you are all I want in this life.
6 Listen to my cry for help,
for I am sunk in despair.
Save me from my enemies;
they are too strong for me.
7 Set me free from my distress;
then in the assembly of your people I will praise you
because of your goodness to me.
Duwaaraŋo ka tanka mantoora moolu ma
Dawuda la suukuwo, kabiriŋ a be maaboriŋ berehuwo kono. Duwaa le mu.
1 Ŋa n kaŋo bula le ka kumboo Yaawe* ye.
Ŋa n kaŋo bula le ka a daani.
2 Ŋa n na kuwo bee laa a ñaa koto le,
ka n na mantooroolu fo a ye.
3 Niŋ n jikilateyita,
ite le ka n taaraŋ siloo koroosi.
N taaraŋ siloo kaŋ,
n jawoolu ye kutindiŋo le laa n ye jee.
4 Ŋa m bulubaa karoo la juubee le
ka koroosiroo ke,
bari moo maŋ n kalamuta.
Tankadulaa te n ye,
moo maŋ n hati.
5 Hee Yaawe, n kumboota i ye le ka m maakoyi.
N ko ite le mu n na tankandirilaa ti.
Ŋa ite le soto n na baluwo to.
6 I lamoyi n na woosiikaŋo la,
kaatu n korita le las.
N tanka n toorandilaalu ma,
kaatu itolu le semboo warata n ti baake.
7 M bondi detoo kono,
fo n si tenturoo dii noo i la.
Moo tilindiŋolu be kafu la m ma le,
bayiri i ye beteyaa baa le yitandi n na.
