A Prayer for the Nation's Deliverance
1 O God, the heathen have invaded your land.
They have desecrated your holy Temple
and left Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They left the bodies of your people for the vultures,
the bodies of your servants for wild animals to eat.
3 They shed your people's blood like water;
blood flowed like water all through Jerusalem,
and no one was left to bury the dead.
4 The surrounding nations insult us;
they laugh at us and mock us.
5 Lord, will you be angry with us forever?
Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
6 Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you,
on the people who do not pray to you.
7 For they have killed your people;
they have ruined your country.
8 Do not punish us for the sins of our ancestors.
Have mercy on us now;
we have lost all hope.
9 Help us, O God, and save us;
rescue us and forgive our sins
for the sake of your own honor.
10 Why should the nations ask us,
“Where is your God?”
Let us see you punish the nations
for shedding the blood of your servants.
11 Listen to the groans of the prisoners,
and by your great power free those who are condemned to die.
12 Lord, pay the other nations back seven times
for all the insults they have hurled at you.
13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your flock,
will thank you forever
and praise you for all time to come.
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.
