Mätu Taoyiro Lu ya
1 Nya'do yauni be märi, Äye Lu, tana lidri ka ma lanja
kyila'baazii kayi ma eza tu cini si.
2 Kyila'baazii maro kayi ma lanja kituzwi.
Ànya orivoya amba se kayi kyila oye mabe driuŋgyi si.
3 Ondro ma'dote turi ro,
ma taoyi miya.
4 Lu se mabe tao'ba ndaro räṛuna ono;
ma taoyi Lu ya teinye turi ako.
Lidri oyena e'di märi ya?
5 Kyila'baazii maro kayi ma oye koziro taata ànyaro si kituzwi;
tausu ànyaro cini koziro malomvo!
6 Ànya kayi kalakoto voalo ya,
ànya kayi ruda'do,
ago kayi ma kote ufune.
7 Nyeza ànya, ta taenji ànyaro rota;
mipe lidri kai kyila miro si, Äye Lu!
8 Mini rriti maro te;
nyegyi miendre maro tana te.
Inye'do mira ṛo kote buku ya ya?
9 kyila'baazii maro ozanayi drî 'da kovole,
tuse mabe mi uzi si.
Mäni ta ono te, Lu orivoya maresi.
10 Lu se mabe tao'bai ndaro räṛuna ono,
OPI se mabe tao'ba ndaro räṛuna ono.
11 Ma taoyi Lu ya teinye turi ako.
Lidri oyena e'di märi ya?
12 Mozona ŋgase ma'batabe ozone miri 'da Äye Lu;
mozona ŋgapäṛi aro'boya oyero 'da miri,
13 tana mipa ma te ni odra yasi,
ago ni ma opevoya ṛe,
'dooko maba robe Lu be,
ŋgaeyi se kabe voeyi lidri dri ana yasi.
A Prayer of Trust in God
1 Be merciful to me, O God,
because I am under attack;
my enemies persecute me all the time.
2 All day long my opponents attack me.
There are so many who fight against me.
3 When I am afraid, O Lord Almighty,
I put my trust in you.
4 I trust in God and am not afraid;
I praise him for what he has promised.
What can a mere human being do to me?
5 My enemies make trouble for me all day long;
they are always thinking up some way to hurt me!
6 They gather in hiding places
and watch everything I do,
hoping to kill me.
7 Punish them, O God, for their evil;
defeat those people in your anger!
8 You know how troubled I am;
you have kept a record of my tears.
Aren't they listed in your book?
9 The day I call to you,
my enemies will be turned back.
I know this: God is on my side—
10 the Lord, whose promises I praise.
11 In him I trust, and I will not be afraid.
What can a mere human being do to me?
12 O God, I will offer you what I have promised;
I will give you my offering of thanksgiving,
13 because you have rescued me from death
and kept me from defeat.
And so I walk in the presence of God,
in the light that shines on the living.