A Prayer for the Nation's Welfare
1 Lord, you have been merciful to your land;
you have made Israel prosperous again.
2 You have forgiven your people's sins
and pardoned all their wrongs.
3 You stopped being angry with them
and held back your furious rage.
4 Bring us back, O God our savior,
and stop being displeased with us!
5 Will you be angry with us forever?
Will your anger never cease?
6 Make us strong again,
and we, your people, will praise you.
7 Show us your constant love, O Lord,
and give us your saving help.
8 I am listening to what the Lord God is saying;
he promises peace to us, his own people,
if we do not go back to our foolish ways.
9 Surely he is ready to save those who honor him,
and his saving presence will remain in our land.
10 Love and faithfulness will meet;
righteousness and peace will embrace.
11 Human loyalty will reach up from the earth,
and God's righteousness will look down from heaven.
12 The Lord will make us prosperous,
and our land will produce rich harvests.
13 Righteousness will go before the Lord
and prepare the path for him.
Duwaa Banisirayila bankoo ye
Meŋ be suukuulaa ñaatonkayaa la: Kora koomalankoolu la Jabuuroo le mu.
1 Yaawe*, i hiinata i la bankoo moolu ye le nuŋ,
i ye Yaakuba koomalankoolu murundi firiŋo kono le.
2 I ye i la moolu la junuboolu tuutuu le,
i yamfata ì la boyidaalu bee la.
S3 I ye i la kamfaa daŋ ì kamma le,
i ye i la jusukandoo bondi.
4 Hee Alla, ǹ na Kiisandirilaa,
m̀ murundi firiŋo kono kotenke,
i ye hiina ǹ ye i la jusuboo la,
i ye meŋ ke ǹ kamma.
5 Fo i be tu la kamfaariŋ ǹ kamma le doroŋ?
Fo i la kamfaa be tu la le fo fawu?
6 Fo i te ǹ na baluwo kutayandi la kotenke,
fo ntolu, i la moolu, si seewoo i la keroolu la?
7 Hee Yaawe, i la kanu bambaloo yitandi ǹ na,
i ye ǹ kiisa.
8 Silaŋ, m be n lamoyi la Yaawe Alla la kumakaŋo le la,
bayiri a be kayira kuwo le fo la a la moolu ye, a la moo tilindiŋolu,
wo to ì kana ì la tooleeyaa maañaa seyinkaŋ.
9 A be koyiriŋ ne ko,
a be pareeriŋ ne ka moolu kiisa mennu ye a kuliyaa,
fo horomoo si tara a ye, ǹ na bankoo kaŋ.
10 Alla la kanu bambaloo niŋ tooñaa be beŋ na le,
tiliŋo niŋ kayiroo ye ñoo sumbu.
11 Hadamadiŋolu la foroyaa be wuli la duniyaa kono le,
bituŋ Alla niŋ a la tiliŋo ye juubeeroo ke
ka bo Arijana kono.
12 Tooñaa la, Yaawe be kuu kendoo le dii la,
aduŋ ǹ na bankoo be siimaŋo wuluu la le.
13 Tiliŋo moomaa be tara la a ñaatiliŋo la le,
ka siloo parendi a ye.
