A Prayer for Help
1 I call to the Lord for help;
I plead with him.
2 I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.
3 When I am ready to give up,
he knows what I should do.
In the path where I walk,
my enemies have hidden a trap for me.
4 When I look beside me,
I see that there is no one to help me,
no one to protect me.
No one cares for me.
5 Lord, I cry to you for help;
you, Lord, are my protector;
you are all I want in this life.
6 Listen to my cry for help,
for I am sunk in despair.
Save me from my enemies;
they are too strong for me.
7 Set me free from my distress;
then in the assembly of your people I will praise you
because of your goodness to me.
Mätu ta Ŋgaopa ro ta
1 Ma driayo amba OPI ri;
ma rulo'ba ndäri ta ŋgaopa rota.
2 Ma driovi maro ezina nda re;
ma rriti maro itina ndäri.
3 Ondro ma'dote agoago ako ako,
mini tase oyene märi te.
Liti se mabe aba kigyesi ya,
kyila'baazii maro 'beyi abari te driigye dämbidämbiro.
4 Ondro mandrevote malomvosi oko,
'diaza i'do se ma opane.
'Diaza i'do ma gagane,
'diaza ti ta maro kote.
5 Ma driayo miri OPI;
makye mi orivoya gaga'ba maro;
mi orivoya ni se malebe ori ono ya owo.
6 Nyeri liyi maro,
tana ma te milo'belo'be ro.
Mipa ma ni ma eza'bai rigyesi;
tana ànya orivoya mbara be ndrani märi.
7 Nyonji ma dritai ro ni kamba yasi;
tana märäṛu mi robe.
Taŋgye'bai ombina kala 'da malomvo;
tana takado miro märi ta.