BUKU LISU
Ta Lu ro ndi Lidri be
1 Äye Opi, nya'dote gaga'ba amaro ṛoni etosi.
2 Ṛo teinye miri dri lutui o'baako
ago ṛo dri 'bädri o'baako,
mi ṛo orivoya Lu yi,
ago nya'dona ndi Lu yi äduako.
3 Nya lidri logo ni durufu ya;
ago nya ata ànyari rutozane durufu ro.
4 Ndroa kutu alo miri orivoya oso u'du alodi kälävute ronye;
ago oso saa juṛuŋwa ŋgäkyi si ronye.
5 Nya lidri o'ba odrane oso u'du ronye;
ànya oso käyii se 'buṛu'buṛu ro kyenoŋbo si ronye,
6 kyenoŋbo si ànya mba te ago so fo te,
ago tandrolesi oko dra go ago wi go.
7 Utufu ama te kyila miro si;
turi kyila miro ro so ama te.
8 Mira takozii amaro te mimile,
takozii ndrwi amaro mini ndi ànya ondrene.
9 Ori amaro a'bate juṛuŋwa a'do miro kyilaro si;
ànya ka okye ndri oso ata wayawaya ronye.
10 Ndroa amaro oriro cini 'butenjidrieri,
kode ndroa 'butenjidriena, ondro mà'dote mbara ro owo;
caoko vona cini ka ama o'ba rriti ro ago tusuro;
ori kye ṛo gwo ndri, ago mälävute.
11 A'di tämbi mbara kyila miro ro niya?
A'di kani turi se kyila miro kabe ezina uni ya?
12 Nyemba ama mäni robe anjioko ori amaro orivoya toto fereŋwa,
tana ma'do robe tavouni'ba ro.
13 Nya'dona yauni ako tuna mu'du eŋwanyeya Äye OPI?
Nya'do yauni be, ruindu'bai miro ri!
14 Kyenoŋbo cini si mi'ba ŋgalu 'duro miro ka'do twi ama ya,
tana 'dooko maŋgo loŋgo robe ago ma'do robe yai'dwesi tu ori cini amaro rosi.
15 Nyozo riyä amba ämäri oso nyozo tusu be ämäri
ndroa cini amaro rueza rosi ronye.
16 Mi'ba ama, ruindu'bai miro taoye miro ondrene;
ago nyaka'da mbara a'do'desi miro ro zelevoi amaro ri.
17 OPI Lu amaro, mi'ba yauni miro ka'do ämädri.
Mi'ba tase cini mabe oyena ka'do kadoro.
BOOK IV
(A prayer by Moses, the man of God.)
God Is Eternal
1 Our Lord, in all generations
you have been our home.
2 You have always been God—
long before the birth
of the mountains,
even before you created
the earth and the world.
3 At your command we die
and turn back to dust,
4 but a thousand years
mean nothing to you!
They are merely a day gone by
or a few hours in the night.
5 You bring our lives to an end
just like a dream.
We are merely tender grass
6 that sprouts and grows
in the morning,
but dries up by evening.
7 Your furious anger frightens
and destroys us,
8 and you know all our sins,
even those we do in secret.
9 Your anger is a burden
each day we live,
then life ends like a sigh.
10 We can expect seventy years,
or maybe eighty,
if we are healthy,
but even our best years
bring trouble and sorrow.
Suddenly our time is up,
and we disappear.
11 No one knows the full power
of your furious anger,
but it is as great as the fear
that we owe to you.
12 Teach us to use wisely
all the time we have.
13 Help us, Lord! Don't wait!
Pity your servants.
14 When morning comes,
let your love satisfy
all our needs.
Then we can celebrate
and be glad for what time
we have left.
15 Make us happy for as long
as you caused us trouble
and sorrow.
16 Do wonderful things for us,
your servants,
and show your mighty power
to our children.
17 Our Lord and our God,
treat us with kindness
and let all go well for us.
Please let all go well!