Human Wickedness
(Psalm 14)1 Fools say to themselves,
“There is no God.”
They are all corrupt,
and they have done terrible things;
there is no one who does what is right.
2 God looks down from heaven at people
to see if there are any who are wise,
any who worship him.
3 But they have all turned away;
they are all equally bad.
Not one of them does what is right,
not a single one.
4 “Don't they know?” God asks.
“Are these evildoers ignorant?
They live by robbing my people,
and they never pray to me.”
5 But then they will become terrified,
as they have never been before,
for God will scatter the bones of the enemies of his people.
God has rejected them,
and so Israel will totally defeat them.
6 How I pray that victory
will come to Israel from Zion.
How happy the people of Israel will be
when God makes them prosperous again!
Allantaŋolu jalayoo
(Jabuuroolu 14)Meŋ be suukuulaa ñaatonkayaa la: A si laa mantoora waatoo kono. Dawuda la suukuwo le mu.
1 Toolewolu ka a fo ì faŋ ma le ko,
“Alla te keriŋ.”
Ì mu moo tilimbaloolu le ti,
aduŋ ì ka kuu ñewundiŋolu le ke.
Moo te jee meŋ ka kuu kendoo ke.
2 Alla ka hadamadiŋolu juubee naŋ duuma le
ka bo Arijana,
ka a je fo moolu be jee le mennu ñaamenta,
mennu ka a ñini.
3 Ì bee le badalita,
Ì bee le kaañanta tiñaa la.
Kiliŋ te jee meŋ ka kuu kendoo ke, hani kiliŋ.
4 Fo moo jawoolu maŋ fahaamuroo ke baŋ?
Ì ka i baluu n na moolu suboo le la,
aduŋ ì buka Alla daani.
5 Wo to ì be tara la kijafara baa le kono,
hani niŋ dewuŋ kuu te keriŋ,
kaatu Alla be a la moolu boyinkannaalu kasaara la le,
a ye ì kuloolu janjaŋ.
Ì be bula la malu kuwo le kono,
kaatu Alla ye ì fayi le.
6 M be ñaaniriŋ ne
fo kiisoo si bo Banisirayila ye naŋ Siyoni*.
Niŋ Alla ye a la moolu murundi firiŋo kono,
Yaakuba koomalankoolu si seewoo,
Banisirayilankoolu bee si jusulaa.
