Vureope Lu ro ndi Yauni be
1 Mano 'desi, nya driuŋgyi takozi miro ro etaya?
Yauni Lu ro orivoya äduako.
2 Nya tavo 'di tufuro ora;
ladra miro orivoya oso kidri osiekye ronye,
mi koweoga'ba ono.
3 Nyulu taundi ndrani takado drisi
ago koweoga ndrani taŋgye ata drisi.
4 Nyulu ata kozi ata,
mi koweoga'ba ono!
5 Ka'do inye Lu ufuna mi 'da äduako;
nda uruna mi 'da ago esena mi 'da ni 'ba miro yasi;
nda onana mi 'da ni 'bädri 'di lidriidri ro ro yasi.
6 Lidri taŋgye'bai ondrenayi ta ono 'da ago a'donayi 'da turi ro;
'dooko ànya ugunayi mi 'da ago atanayi 'da ekye:
7 “Mìndre, mano se 'ba Lu kote voruoparo ono,
oko yi ta gwo ŋgadriamba ndaro ya ayani,
ago ṛi ŋgaopa te ŋgaamba ndaro ya.”
8 Oko malaba oso ce luru ido ro se zo Lu roya 'do ronye;
ma taoma ŋgalu 'duro ndaro ya rriro ago äduako.
9 Mayena aro'boya 'da miri äduako, tase miyebe ono ta;
mapena takado miro 'da,
lidri miro kandra, tana mi orivoya kado.
God's Judgment and Grace
1 Why do you boast, great one, of your evil?
God's faithfulness is eternal.
2 You make plans to ruin others;
your tongue is like a sharp razor.
You are always inventing lies.
3 You love evil more than good
and falsehood more than truth.
4 You love to hurt people with your words, you liar!
5 So God will ruin you forever;
he will take hold of you and snatch you from your home;
he will remove you from the world of the living.
6 Righteous people will see this and be afraid;
then they will laugh at you and say,
7 “Look, here is someone who did not depend on God for safety,
but trusted instead in great wealth
and looked for security in being wicked.”
8 But I am like an olive tree growing in the house of God;
I trust in his constant love forever and ever.
9 I will always thank you, God, for what you have done;
in the presence of your people
I will proclaim that you are good.