Dandalaaroo jeenoo la kuwo to
1 N diŋo, i tuloo loo n na ñaameŋ kumoolu la,
i ye i lamoyi n na kuma sahariŋo la kendeke,
2 fo i si tenteŋ ka i kekuwo loŋ,
ka londoo soto i fokumoolu to.
3 Kaatu musu jeenelaa daakumoo ka diyaa le komeŋ liyo,
aduŋ a la kumoo ka tara tenkundiŋ ne komeŋ tuloo,
4 bari labaŋo la, a ka kuniyaa le ko kunaŋ-kunaŋo,
a daa ka diyaa komeŋ hawusari* daa fuloo.
5 A siŋo ka taa saayaa le kaŋ,
a la simfaalu ka tiliŋ kaburoo le kono.
6 A buka a hakiloo tu baluwo sila kendoo to,
aduŋ a la siloolu jenketa le, bari a maŋ a loŋ.
7 Bituŋ saayiŋ, n diŋo, i lamoyi n na,
kana i koo dii n na kumoo la.
8 I la siloo jamfandi a la,
aduŋ kana sutiyaa a la bundaa la.
9 Niŋ wo nte, i be i la buuñaa dii la moo doolu le la,
i siyo si tara moo bulu, meŋ maŋ balafaa soto.
10 Luntaŋolu si ì niyo domo i la naafuloo to,
aduŋ i la sotofeŋolu si moo koteŋ na buŋo fankandi.
11 Niŋ i kotoota, i si ŋuntaŋ.
Niŋ i maŋ semboo soto kotenke,
12 i si a fo ko,
“Hee, ŋa kuluuroo koŋ ñaameŋ,
n sondomoo ye a ñaa kaasi yitandiroo la.
13 M maŋ n na karandirilaalu horoma,
waraŋ ka n lamoyi n na yaamarilaalu la.
14 M futata maloo dandulaa to
moolu bee ñaa la.”
I tiliŋ i la musoo ye
15 Jii diimaa bii i faŋo la koloŋo to,
i ye i miŋ i faŋo la jiibindaa to.
16 Fo i la woyoolu ñanta janjaŋ na mbeedoolu kono le,
waraŋ i la bolondiŋolu ye tara woyiriŋ bantabaalu to?
17 Ì ñanta ke la i dammaa le taa ti,
kana soŋ i niŋ luntaŋolu ye deŋ ì la.
18 Allamaa i la musoo ke la jiidilaa ti,
i ye seewoo soto i fansuŋ musoo la karoo la,
19 kanumusoo, musu ñiimaa.
Allamaa waati-wo-waati i ye i diyaŋñe futuwo soto a la karoo la.
Allamaa waati-wo-waati a la kanoo ye tara i sondomoo kono.
20 N diŋo, muŋ ne ye a tinna,
i be musu jeenelaa la kanoo muta la i sondomoo kono?
Muŋ ne ye a tinna, i niŋ wandi musoo be kanoo diyandi la?
21 Yaawe* ye hadamadiŋo taañaa bee loŋ ne,
aduŋ a ka a la siloolu bee koroosi le.
22 Moo kuruŋo la kuu jawu kewolu le ka ke a ye kutindiŋo ti,
a faŋo la junuboo le ka bataa kuwo saabu a ye.
23 Faŋ mutabaliyaa le be a faa la,
aniŋ a faŋo la kuntaŋyaa maañaa.
© Mandinka Bible © Bible Society in The Gambia, 2011
