Mätu Mano se Kabe Ugu Rueza ro
1 Äye OPI, nyuluku ma ko kyila miro si, ca nyeza ma ko kyila miro si!
2 Mi'bo ma te ätui miro si;
ago mi'bi ma te vuru.
3 Ta kyila miro rosi, lomvo maro a'do kote kado;
lomvo maro a'do kote jiŋgiri ni ta takozi maro ro ri.
4 Takozi maro te drî maro te 'biṛi;
ànya oso ŋga läŋgyiekye ronye, läŋgyi tawi uŋgyine.
5 Lazà maro tashwate ago ŋgwa te,
tana ma'dote amama ro.
6 Eŋgo ma te, ma te rogorogo ro;
mugu abate liyi be kituzwi.
7 Lomvo maro te emero
ago adravo ru ma te rriti.
8 Ma te mbaraako ago te cu rogorogo ro;
ma leri ni lomvo luwu ri.
9 Äye OPI, mini ŋgase cini malebe te;
mada'do rriti maro kote ni mi risi.
10 Kariba maro ka ugu ruo'bi, mbara maro kyete,
ago mi maro ndre vo kpa kote kadoro.
11 Beraazii maro ndi oriazii be ikyi kote loto mare,
ta lazà maro rota;
ca 'didiri maro kayi ruona pere ni maresi.
12 Ànya se koleyibe ma ufune kayi abari o'be märi,
ago ànya se koleyibe ma ogane kayi ozionya ma perene;
ànya kayi taäyi malomvo kitu zwi.
13 Ma orivoya oso mano se biako ago ni ko taerine 'do ronye,
oso mano se tuṛu ro ni ata ko 'do ronye.
14 Ma orivoya oso mano se bi na erita ko ronye,
ago dilikala ko ronye.
15 Oko mayi ta mi ya, Äye OPI;
ago mi, Opi Lu maro ono, ozana tadri maro 'da.
16 Rägu mi'ba kyila'baazii maro konyayi ciri ko;
mi'ba ànya ko driuŋgyine ondro ma'dete owo!
17 Ma oye te o'dene
ago lomvoluwu maro kye kote.
18 Ma takozii maro eṛona;
ago ma orivoya tusu ro tana ro.
19 Kyila'baazii maro orivoya mbara ro;
ambana yanayi osoro malomvo ta ako.
20 Ànya se kayibe takozi logo ayani vo takado roya
orivoya kyilaro ma be tana mojote taŋgye oyene ayani.
21 Nye'be ma ko, Äye OPI;
nya'do ko lozo ni ma resi Lu maro!
22 Nyikyi ndrindri ma opane!
Äye OPI opa'ba maro.
(A psalm by David to be used when an offering is made.)
A Prayer in Times of Trouble
1 When you are angry, Lord,
please don't punish me
or even correct me.
2 You shot me with your arrows,
and you struck me
with your hand.
3 My body hurts all over
because of your anger.
Even my bones are in pain,
and my sins 4 are so heavy
that I am crushed.
5 Because of my foolishness,
I am covered with sores
that stink and spread.
6 My body is twisted and bent,
and I groan all day long.
7 Fever has my back in flames,
and I hurt everywhere.
8 I am worn out and weak,
moaning and in distress.
9 You, Lord, know every one
of my deepest desires,
and my noisy groans
are no secret to you.
10 My heart is beating fast.
I feel weak all over,
and my eyes are red.
11 Because of my sickness,
no friends or neighbors
will come near me.
12 All who want me dead
set traps to catch me,
and those who want
to harm and destroy me
plan and plot all day.
13 I am not able to hear
or speak a word;
14 I am completely deaf
and can't make a sound.
15 I trust you, Lord God,
and you will do something.
16 I said, “Don't let them laugh
or brag when I slip and fall.”
17 I am about to collapse
from constant pain.
18 I told you my sins,
and I am sorry for them.
19 Many deadly and powerful
enemies hate me,
20 and they repay evil for good
because I try to do right.
21 You are the Lord God!
Stay nearby
and don't desert me.
22 You are the one who saves me.
Please hurry and help.