Alla la tomboŋ mansa
1 Bantala bankoolu* duŋ ka muŋ jamfaa le siti?
Ì ka jamfaa kenseŋo le siti.
2 Duniyaa mansoolu ye i paree keloo la.
Maralilaalu kafuta ñoo ma ka feeroo siti Yaawe* kamma,
aniŋ a la tomboŋ mansa.
3 Ì ka a fo ko, “Ali ŋà m̀ faŋ firiŋ ka bo ì la joloolu daa,
ŋà m̀ faŋ bondi ì la mutaroo kono.”
4 Ate meŋ be siiriŋ mansasiiraŋo kaŋ Arijana,
a jeleta le.
Maariyo ye ì muta jelefeŋo le ti.
5 Bituŋ a ye ì jalayi a la kamfaa kaŋ,
a ye ì kijafarandi a la jusukandoo kaŋ.
6 A ko, “Ŋa n na mansa londi Siyoni* le,
n na konko senuŋo* kaŋ.”
7 Mansa ko, “M be a fo la le Yaawe ye kaŋo meŋ dii,
a ko n ye le ko:
‘I mu n dinkewo le ti.
Bii luŋo la nte faŋo keta i faamaa le ti.
8 Niŋ i ye n kaniŋ,
m be bankoolu dii la i la le
ka ke ì la keetaafeŋo ti.
Duniyaa fannaa bee si ke i taa ti.
9 I be ì teyi la niŋ needokoo le la,
ka ì teyiŋ-teyiŋ komeŋ jiibindaa.’ ”
10 Wo to alitolu mansoolu, ali ñaameŋ.
Duniyaa maralilaalu, ali ñiŋ dandalaaroo moyi.
11 Ali Yaawe batu niŋ ñaasilaŋo la,
ali jarajara, ali ye a jayi.
12 Ali sujudi Alla la mansariŋo ma,
niŋ wo nte, ali si kasaara ali la siloo kaŋ,
kaatu a la kamfaa ka wuli le kataba kiliŋ.
Seewoo be moolu le ye
mennu ka tankoo ñini a bulu.
God's Chosen King
1 Why do the nations plan rebellion?
Why do people make their useless plots?
2 Their kings revolt,
their rulers plot together against the Lord
and against the king he chose.
3 “Let us free ourselves from their rule,” they say;
“let us throw off their control.”
4 From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs
and mocks their feeble plans.
5 Then he warns them in anger
and terrifies them with his fury.
6 “On Zion, my sacred hill,” he says,
“I have installed my king.”
7 “I will announce,” says the king, “what the Lord has declared.
He said to me: ‘You are my son;
today I have become your father.
8 Ask, and I will give you all the nations;
the whole earth will be yours.
9 You will break them with an iron rod;
you will shatter them in pieces like a clay pot.’”
10 Now listen to this warning, you kings;
learn this lesson, you rulers of the world:
11 Serve the Lord with fear;
tremble 12 and bow down to him;
or else his anger will be quickly aroused,
and you will suddenly die.
Happy are all who go to him for protection.
