¹In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation doth he appoint for walls and bulwarks.

¹ Han din hane no i ga dooni woone te Yahuda laabo ra ka ne: Iri gonda gallu gaabikooni. Rabbi ga cinari beeri da wongu fu ciya iri se faaba.

²Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in.

² Wa birni meyey fiti zama dumi adilante kaŋ ga cimi haggoy ma furo.

³Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee.

³ Bora kaŋ laakalo goono ga sinji ni gaa, Ni g'a gaay laakal kanay toonante ra, Zama se a goono ga de ni gaa.

⁴Confide ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rock of ages.

⁴ Wa de Rabbi gaa hal abada, Zama Rabbi Irikoy ya Tondi daaru kaŋ ga duumi no.

⁵For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low, he layeth it low to the ground, he bringeth it even to the dust.

⁵ Zama a na beena ra gorokoy zeeri. Gallo din kaŋ gonda boŋbeeray mo, a n'a ye ganda. Oho, a n'a ye ganda kala laabo gaa.

⁶The foot shall tread it down, -- the feet of the afflicted, the steps of the poor.

⁶ Ce ga gallo taamu-taamu, Sanda alfukaarey cey da londibuuney taamuyaŋey nooya.

⁷The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.

⁷ Adilante fondo ya kayyaŋ no. Ya nin Adilitaraykoyo, Ni ga adilante fondo te banda folloŋ.

⁸Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial.

⁸ Oho, ni ciiti fondey ra no iri hangan ni se da beeje. Ya Rabbi, ni maa da ni fonguyaŋey no iri fundey ga laami nd'a.

⁹With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

⁹ Ay fundo ga laami nda nin cin haray. Oho, ay biya kaŋ go ay ra go ga ni ceeci da anniya. Zama waati kaŋ cine ni ciitey go ndunnya ra, Ndunnya gorokoy ga adilitaray dondon.

¹⁰If favour be shewn to the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly, and beholdeth not the majesty of Jehovah.

¹⁰ Baa boro na gomni cabe boro laalo se, A day si adilitaray dondon. Laabu cimikoy ra no a ga laala goy te, A si di Rabbi koytaray darza mo.

¹¹Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: [yet] they shall see [thy] jealousy [for] the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them.

¹¹ Ya Rabbi, ni kamba go beene, amma boro laaley mana di a. Amma i ga di ni anniya ni jama se, Haawi m'i di mo. Oho, danji ga ni yanjekaarey ŋwa.

¹²Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou also hast wrought all our works for us.

¹² Ya Rabbi, ni ga lordi te ka ne iri ma du laakal kanay, Zama nin no ka iri goyey kulu goy iri se.

¹³Jehovah our God, other lords than thee have had dominion over us; by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

¹³ Ya Rabbi iri Irikoyo, koy fooyaŋ kaŋ manti nin n'iri may. Amma ni maa hinne no iri ga seeda.

¹⁴[They are] dead, they shall not live; deceased, they shall not rise: for thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.

¹⁴ Buukoy din si ye ka funa. Refayimey* kaŋ dira si ye ka kaa mo. Zama ni n'i taabandi k'i halaci. Ni naŋ mo baa i fonguyaŋo ma daray.

¹⁵Thou hast increased the nation, Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified. Thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the ends of the earth.

¹⁵ Ya Rabbi, ni na laabo borey tonton, ni du beeray. Ni na laabo borey tonton, Ni na laabo hirrey kulu tafandi.

¹⁶Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out [their] whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

¹⁶ Ya Rabbi, taabi ra ni jama na ni ceeci. Waato kaŋ cine ni goojiyaŋo go i boŋ, I na adduwa te ciinay ra.

¹⁷As a woman with child, that draweth near her delivery, is in travail, [and] crieth out in her pangs; so have we been before thee, Jehovah.

¹⁷ Sanda wayboro gundekoy kaŋ maan nga hayyaŋo alwaati, A go azaaba ra, a go ga kaati nga hay-zaŋa ra. Ya Rabbi, yaadin cine no iri mo bara ni jine.

¹⁸We have been with child, we have been in travail, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought the deliverance of the land, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

¹⁸ Iri te gunde, iri goono ga hay-zaŋay, Amma danga haw no iri hay. Iri mana faaba goy fo te laabo ra, Ndunnya gorokoy mo mana kaŋ _wongu ra|_.

¹⁹Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing in triumph, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is the dew of the morning, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

¹⁹ Ni wane buukoy ga ye ka funa, Ay buukoy gaahamey ga ye ka tun koyne. Ya araŋ kaŋ go laabo ra ga kani, Wa mo hay, wa doon farhã sabbay se, Zama ni harandaŋo ya kaari harandaŋ no, Laabo mo ga Refayimey kaa taray.

²⁰Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself just for a little moment, until the indignation be past.

²⁰ Ya ay jama, wa kaa ka furo araŋ fuwey ra. Araŋ ma fu meyey daabu araŋ boŋ, Araŋ ma tugu alwaati kayna fo, Hala dukuro ma bisa.

²¹For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

²¹ Zama guna, Rabbi ga fatta nga nango ra zama nga ma ndunnya gorokoy ciiti i goy laaley sabbay se. Laabo mo ga kuro kaŋ borey mun nga boŋ bangandi, A si ye ka borey kaŋ boro laaley wi din tugu koyne.