Lu Räṛu Takado Ndaro ta
1 Ondro ka'do OPI ka ko ni zo obe,
losi zo obe'bai ro orivoya ta awi yi;
ondro ka'do OPI ka ko ni 'bakici gaga,
edre vookwa'bai ro vookwane orivoya ta awi yi.
2 Oŋgane kyenoŋboci ago oyine u'dune le
liyaro ta losi oyero mbara si ta orivoya ta awi yi.
Tana OPI kani ŋga ozo ànya se nda kulu be ri,
ondro ànya ku'duyite owo.
3 Ŋgwai orivoya ŋgapäṛi yi ni OPI resi,
ànya orivoya äṛu yi ni nda resi.
4 Ŋgwàagoro se ätibe mano aza ri agoanji si.
Laba oso ätui kyila'ba rigye ronye.
5 Mano se ka'dobe ätu be amba ni kado!
Apena nda ko ṛe alona
ondro nda kotaru ca kyila'baazii ndaro be vo vureope roya owo.
In Praise of God's Goodness
1 If the Lord does not build the house,
the work of the builders is useless;
if the Lord does not protect the city,
it does no good for the sentries to stand guard.
2 It is useless to work so hard for a living,
getting up early and going to bed late.
For the Lord provides for those he loves,
while they are asleep.
3 Children are a gift from the Lord;
they are a real blessing.
4 The sons a man has when he is young
are like arrows in a soldier's hand.
5 Happy is the man who has many such arrows.
He will never be defeated
when he meets his enemies in the place of judgment.