Yerusalema Räṛu
1 OPI be 'bakici ndaro te lutu alokado dri,
2 nda lu 'bakici Zaiona ro ndrani
vo azaka se Yerusalema ya drisi.
3 Nyeri, 'bakici Lu ro,
Lu ka ta liŋgyiekye ata ta miro ta ekye:
4 “Matina Ezipeto ndi Babelona be 'da;
tu'dei se kabe ma oro ro;
lidri Felesetia ro, Tura ro ndi
Etiopia robe, matina lidri Yerusalema ro lako.”
5 Atana ta 'da ta Zaiona rota
tu'dei se cini lau ana orivoya 'ba'bai
nda se Mbaraekye ono o'bana ànya 'da mbara ro.
6 OPI orana ävuru lidri ro 'da
ago locina ànya cini 'da 'ba'bai Yerusalema ro ro.
7 Loŋgo oŋgo'bai ndi läri oto'bai be atana 'da ekye:
“Zaiona orivoya etovo äṛu cini maro roya.”
In Praise of Jerusalem
1 The Lord built his city on the sacred hill;
2 more than any other place in Israel
he loves the city of Jerusalem.
3 Listen, city of God,
to the wonderful things he says about you:
4 “I will include Egypt and Babylonia
when I list the nations that obey me;
the people of Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia
I will number among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.”
5 Of Zion it will be said
that all nations belong there
and that the Almighty will make her strong.
6 The Lord will write a list of the peoples
and include them all as citizens of Jerusalem.
7 They dance and sing,
“In Zion is the source of all our blessings.”