1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. 4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. 5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. 7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. 8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. 9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits . 10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. 11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. 12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
13 ¶ Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. 17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. 18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. 23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. 24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Niikuyaa niŋ maakoyiroo
1 Kooroo be boyi la ite kasaaralilaa kaŋ ne,
moo maŋ ite meŋ kasaara.
Kooroo be boyi la ite jamfaalaa kaŋ ne,
moo maŋ ite meŋ jamfaa.
Niŋ i ye i foño kasaaraloo la,
hani wo, i be kasaara la le.
Niŋ i ye i foño jamfaamooyaa la,
wo to le jamfaa kuwo be naa ke la i la.
2 Hee Yaawe*, hiina ǹ na,
ŋà ǹ jikoo loo i kaŋ ne.
Semboo dii ǹ na luŋ-wo-luŋ,
i si ke ǹ tankandirilaa ti, ǹ na niikuyaa waatoo.
3 I sari kaŋo ka a tinna le moolu ye bori,
niŋ i wulita i sembe baa la, bankoolu bee ka janjaŋ ne.
4 Niŋ wo keta, ì si ñapi jawoolu la feŋolu kaŋ komeŋ kuntiŋ ñatoolu.
Feŋ-wo-feŋ keta ì taa ti, ì si a bee buusi ì bulu.
5 Yaawe warata le,
aduŋ a be sabatiriŋ santo le.
A be Siyoni* ke la tiliŋo niŋ tooñaa dinkiraa le ti.
6 Ate le be ke la ali la waatoo fondamaŋ bambandiŋo ti,
kiisoo, ñaameŋo aniŋ londoo diilaa.
Yaawe ñaasilaŋo, wo le mu ali la naafuloo ti.
7 A juubee, kee fatiŋolu be maakoyiroo kumboo kaŋ mbeedoolu kaŋ ñaameŋ,
aduŋ kiilaalu mennu lafita kayiroo sabatindi la,
fanaa wuurita le kendeke.
8 Mbeedoolu kenseŋyaata,
hani tambilaa kiliŋ te siloolu kaŋ.
Kambeŋo tiñaata moolu teema,
ì jututa a seedoolu la,
ì maŋ moo-wo-moo le horoma.
9 Bankoo be sunu la le komeŋ hadamadiŋo, a ye tiñaa.
Hani Libanooni yiri sutoolu be malu la le, ì ye jaa.
Saroni kunku betoolu be muluŋ na le ko keñewuloo*,
Basani niŋ Karimeli yiroolu bee be ì jamboolu joloŋ na le.
10 Saayiŋ Yaawe ko, “M be wuli la le,
m be buuñaa la le,
m be n na kallankeeyaa* yitandi la le.
11 Bankoolu, ali la feeroo ka munta le ko fuufulewo,
aduŋ a koolaa be naa ke la ñaama jaara kenseŋ ne ti.
Ali niijii foñoo be ke la dimbaa le ti,
meŋ be ali faŋolu jani la, fo ali ye keremu.
12 Moolu be jani la le, ì ye nunku komeŋ lasi munkoo,
aniŋ ka ke ko ŋaniŋ sutu jasiriŋo,
dimbaa be naa duŋ na meŋ na.
13 Alitolu mennu be jamfariŋ,
ali naa a juubee ŋa meŋ ke,
mennu be sutiyaariŋ,
ali soŋ n na semboo la.”
14 Junubelaalu mennu be Siyoni, kijoo farata le.
Jarajaroo dunta Alla sookilaalu la.
Ì ko, “Jumaa le be ntolu kono,
meŋ niŋ Yaawe la dimbaa si tara noo ñoo kaŋ?
Jumaa le be ntolu kono,
meŋ si tara noo dimbaa dendeŋo la,
meŋ buka faa noo?”
15 Moo meŋ kekuwolu tilinta,
aniŋ a fokumoolu ka ke tooñaa ti,
meŋ buka sotoo ke tapaleeyaa kono,
meŋ buka dukoo muta,
meŋ ka a tuloo kaasi feeroolu la ka moo faa,
aniŋ ka a ñaa kaasi kuu kuruŋ kewo la,
16 wo le be ke la moo ti,
meŋ be tara la tankoo kono.
Tatoo meŋ be konkoo kaŋ,
be ke la a ye tankaraŋo le ti.
A be domoroo soto la le,
aduŋ jiyo te a dasa la.
Yaawe le mu ǹ na Mansoo ti
17 Ali faŋo ñaa be Mansa Kallankewo je la le,
aduŋ ali be a la bankoo dulaa jamfariŋolu bee je la le.
18 Wo to ali hakiloo be bula la
silaŋo la le meŋ laata ali kaŋ nuŋ,
ali si a fo ko, “Wo moo lee
meŋ ka ǹ na feŋolu yaatee?
Wo moo lee, meŋ ka ǹ na feŋolu peesa?
Wo moo lee, meŋ ka ǹ na tatoolu konti?”
19 Ali te wo faŋ wara moolu je la kotenke,
mennu ka kaŋ siifaalu fo,
ali buka mennu moyi noo,
aniŋ ka diyaamu ko mennu neŋo kadata,
ali te mennu fahaamu noo la.
20 Siyoni juubee, ǹ ka ǹ na diina beŋolu kidimandi daameŋ.
Ali be a je la le,
Yerusalaamu be tara la tenkuŋo meŋ kono,
ko tiriliisoo* meŋ pikaloolu te wutu la a noo to,
aniŋ meŋ juloolu te kuntu noo la muumeeke.
21 Yaawe be a la sembe waroo yitandi la ǹ na jee le to.
Baa fanuŋo aniŋ boloŋ baa be tara la jee le.
Bari hani wo ǹ jawoolu te kele kuluŋolu jiba noo la jee,
sako kuluŋ baalu si tambi jee.
22 Yaawe le mu ǹ na kiitiikuntulaa ti,
Yaawe le mu ǹ na ñaatonkoo ti.
Yaawe le mu ǹ na mansoo ti.
Ate le be ǹ tanka la.
23 Bari ǹ jawoolu la kuluŋo juloo maŋ bambaŋ,
a dokoolu ka jiijaa le,
aduŋ a foño mutaraŋ faanoo maŋ fanu.
Wo to, ñapinkaŋ feŋ jamaa be talaŋ-talaŋ na le,
lanjuurutoolu faŋolu ye doo soto jee.
24 Moo te tara la Siyoni
meŋ be a fo la ko, “N saasaata le.”
Moolu mennu be sabatiriŋ jee,
ì la junuboolu be kafari la le.
