Mätu ta 'Digaga rota
1 OPI, mipa ma, ni lidri kozi rigyesi;
nyäti ma londro ro ni lidri siomba be risi.
2 Ànya kayi ugu takozi äyi
ago kayi ugu kyila egye ondoalo.
3 Ladra ànyaro orivoya kyaka'da oso ini ro ronye;
ata ànyaro orivoya oso äṛi ŋbuŋbu ro ronye.
4 Nyagaga ma, OPI, ni mbara takozi'bai ro risi;
nyäti ma londro ro ni lidri siomba be
se kabe taäyi o'de maro tana ro iyi risi.
5 Lidri driuŋgyiekye 'be abari te märi;
ànya yiyi iba ànyaro te,
ago 'beyi abari te liti dri märi.
6 Ma ata OPI ri makye: “Mi orivoya Lu maro.”
Nyeri liyi maro ta ŋgaopa rota, Äye OPI!
7 OPI, Lu maro, gaga'ba mbaraekye maro,
nyagaga ma te tu kyila rosi.
8 OPI, nyozo ŋgase takozi'bai koleyibe ko;
mi'ba taäyi ànyaro ka'do ko kado.
9 Kyila'baazii maro kayi driuŋgyi;
mi'ba ozionya ànyaro malomvo kogo gi ànya dri.
10 Mi'ba asikyele emero kalayi ànya dri;
mi'ba avo ànya 'bu ya ago kefoyi ko tesi alona.
11 Mi'ba ànya se kayibe azii kicu kowero iyi ka'do ko kandra kado be wari ya;
mi'ba takozi kuturu lidri se siomba be dri ago kutufu ànya.
12 Mäni ndi OPI, nyani ati'bai gaga,
ago nyani taŋgye lemeri'bai ro gaga vure ya.
13 Taŋgye'bai räṛunayi mi 'da endaro;
ànya orinayi 'da mikandra.
A Prayer for Protection
1 Save me, Lord, from evildoers;
keep me safe from violent people.
2 They are always plotting evil,
always stirring up quarrels.
3 Their tongues are like deadly snakes;
their words are like a cobra's poison.
4 Protect me, Lord, from the power of the wicked;
keep me safe from violent people
who plot my downfall.
5 The proud have set a trap for me;
they have laid their snares,
and along the path they have set traps to catch me.
6 I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Hear my cry for help, Lord!
7 My Sovereign Lord, my strong defender,
you have protected me in battle.
8 Lord, don't give the wicked what they want;
don't let their plots succeed.
9 Don't let my enemies be victorious;
make their threats against me fall back on them.
10 May red-hot coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into a pit and never get out.
11 May those who accuse others falsely not succeed;
may evil overtake violent people and destroy them.
12 Lord, I know that you defend the cause of the poor
and the rights of the needy.
13 The righteous will praise you indeed;
they will live in your presence.