A Song of Praise
1 Come, let us praise the Lord!
Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs of praise.
3 For the Lord is a mighty God,
a mighty king over all the gods.
4 He rules over the whole earth,
from the deepest caves to the highest hills.
5 He rules over the sea, which he made;
the land also, which he himself formed.
6 Come, let us bow down and worship him;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
7 He is our God;
we are the people he cares for,
the flock for which he provides.
Listen today to what he says:
8 “Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,
as they were that day in the desert at Massah.
9 There they put me to the test and tried me,
although they had seen what I did for them.
10 For forty years I was disgusted with those people.
I said, ‘How disloyal they are!
They refuse to obey my commands.’
11 I was angry and made a solemn promise:
‘You will never enter the land
where I would have given you rest.’”
Daamansoo batoo
1 Ali naa ŋà suukuwo laa Yaawe* ye,
ali ŋà suukuu a ye ǹ kaŋo bee la,
seewoo kamma la.
Yaawe le mu konko bere baa ti,
ǹ na tankadulaa, meŋ ka ǹ tankandi.
2 Ali naa ŋà taa Yaawe ñaatiliŋo la ǹ niŋ tenturoo,
ka suukuwo laa seewoo kono.
3 Kaatu Yaawe warata le,
aduŋ ate le mu Mansa baa ti,
meŋ warata alloolu bee ti.
4 Yaawe le marata duniyaa duumoo daŋo bee ma,
konkoolu santo daŋo bee fanaa be ate le bulu.
5 A taa le mu fankaasoo ti,
kaatu ate le ye a daa,
aniŋ bankoo,
a buloo ye meŋ daa.
6 Ali naa ŋà Yaawe batu,
ŋà jimi duuma ka sujudi a ye, ǹ Daamansoo.
7 Kaatu ate le mu ǹ na Alla ti,
ntolu mu a la moolu le ti,
a ka mennu topatoo,
a la saajii koorewolu,
a ka mennu kanta.
Ali i lamoyi a kaŋo la bii, meŋ ko,
8 “Ali kana ali sondomoolu jandi
komeŋ ali la alifaa foloolu,
mennu balanta m ma Meriba,
waatoo meŋ ì be keñewuloo* kono Masa.
9 Ali mumuñolu ye n na kaŋo soosoo,
ì ye n na muñoo daŋo kotobo,
ì ye n na baara kuu baalu je ñaa-wo-ñaa.
10 N tarata ñewundiŋ ì la le fo sanji taŋ naani,
aduŋ n kumata ko,
‘Ñiŋ moolu sondomoo le ye ì filindi,
ì jututa n na kuwolu la.’
11 Bituŋ n kamfaariŋo kalita ì ye ko,
ì te futa la n na dahaa dulaa to.”
