¹The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil.

¹ Adilante ga bu, boro kulu baa si nd'a. Borey kaŋ gonda anniya Irikoy ganayaŋ ra mo ga te ka si, Amma boro si no kaŋ ga laakal ka bay kaŋ adilante ga dira no zama nga ma si di laala kaŋ ga kaa.

²He entereth into peace: they rest in their beds, [each one] that hath walked in his uprightness.

² A ga furo laakal kanay ra. I afo kulu kaŋ ga dira nga adilitara ra ga fulanzam nga naŋ-kaniya ra.

³But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

³ Amma araŋ, wayboro ziima izey, Da wayboro zina-teero da kaaruwa banda, wa maan ne.

⁴Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, [and] draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

⁴ May no araŋ goono ga fooru nd'a? May gaa no araŋ goono ga me nyatte ka deene malaw? E! Manti araŋ wo zunubi ize da tangari banda yaŋ no bo?

⁵inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?

⁵ Araŋ kaŋ g'araŋ bine ibaay laaley tunandi nda tooruyaŋ tuuri bi-koy kulu cire, Araŋ ga zankey wi goorey da tondi kortimey ra.

⁶Among the smooth [stones] of the torrent is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured out a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be comforted myself as to these things?

⁶ Gooru ra tondi yuttey cire no ni baa bara. Oho, woodin yaŋ ga ti ni baa. Toorey se no ni na haŋyaŋ sargayey soogu ka ŋwaari nooyaŋey salle. Ya suuru nda woodin yaŋ, wala?

⁷Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice.

⁷ Tondi beeri kuuku fo boŋ no ni na ni daaro sinji, Noodin mo no ni kaaru ka ni sarga salle.

⁸Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for apart from me, thou hast uncovered thyself, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and hast made agreement with them; thou lovedst their bed, thou sawest their nakedness.

⁸ Fu meyey daabirjo da nga bareyaŋ haro banda no ni na ni fonguyaŋ harey sinji, zama ni fay d'ay. Ni na ni jallo feeri, Ni kaaru mo ka ni daarijo tafandi, Ni sappe nda toorey mo. Ni kani nd'ey yaŋo kaan ni se, ni n'i jalley guna.

⁹And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers afar off, and didst debase thyself unto Sheol.

⁹ Ni koy bonkoono do mo da tuusuyaŋ ji, Ni na ni waddi jinayey mo labu-care a se. Ni na ni diyey donton nangu mooro, Ni zumbu mo ka koy hala Alaahara.

¹⁰Thou wast wearied by the multitude of thy ways; [but] thou saidst not, It is of no avail. Thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not sick [of it].

¹⁰ Ni farga ni fonda moora sabbay se, Kulu nda yaadin ni mana ne: «Ay g'ay bina kaa.» Ni kambe gaabo taji, Woodin sabbay se no ni mana zaŋay.

¹¹And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor taken it to heart? Have not I even of long time held my peace, and thou fearest me not?

¹¹ Man bora kaŋ ni humburu nda humburkumay beeri? Zama ni tangari, ni mana fongu ay gaa, Ni mana woodin jisi ni bina ra mo. Manti ay dangay za gayyaŋ kaŋ ga naŋ ni si humburu ay?

¹²I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee.

¹² Ay ga ni adilitara da ni goyey bangandi, Amma i si ni nafa bo.

¹³When thou criest, let them that are gathered by thee deliver thee! But a wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall take them; but he that putteth his trust in me shall inherit the land, and possess my holy mountain.

¹³ Da ni ce, Kala ni toorey kaŋ ni margu-margu ma ni faaba. Amma haw kaŋ ga faaru g'i sambu, Funsuyaŋ folloŋ g'i kulu say. Amma boro kaŋ de ay gaa ga laabo tubu, A ga du ay tondi hananta mo.

¹⁴And it shall be said, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.

¹⁴ Boro fo ga ne mo: «Wa te laabu gusam, wa te laabu gusam, Wa fondo hanse, wa katiyaŋ sabaabey hibandi ka kaa ay jama fonda gaa!»

¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy [place], and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

¹⁵ Zama ya no beeray da darza Koyo ci, Nga kaŋ goono ga goro hal abada zamaney kaŋ ga duumi ra, Nga kaŋ maa ga hanan, A ne: Ay goono ga goro beeray nangu hananta ra, Da mo boro kaŋ a wane taaley dooru a gaa, Kaŋ gonda lalabu mo banda, zama ay ma borey kaŋ gonda lalabu biyey funandi, Ya boro kaŋ a wane taaley dooru a gaa mo fundo tajandi.

¹⁶For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.

¹⁶ Zama ay si canda-canda duumi bo. Ay si futu mo waati kulu. Zama d'ay te yaadin, kala boro biya da fundey kaŋ ay te din ma yangala ay jine.

¹⁷For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.

¹⁷ Israyla riiba laala se no ay futu. Ay n'a kar, ay n'ay moyduma tugu, ay futu mo. Kulu nda yaadin a soobay ka bare ka nga boŋ fonda gana.

¹⁸I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn.

¹⁸ Ay di a bina fonda, amma ay g'a yayandi, Ay g'a candi mo. Ay ma yaamaryaŋ te a se koyne, Nga nda borey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga bu baray te a banda.

¹⁹I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him [that is] afar off, and to him [that is] nigh, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.

¹⁹ Ay no ka sifaw kaŋ me ga ci taka. Laakal kanay toonante go no boro kaŋ ga mooru nda boro kaŋ ga maan mo se. Yaadin no Rabbi ci. Ay g'a no baani mo.

²⁰But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

²⁰ Amma laalakoyey ga hima teeku kaŋ ga follo, Kaŋ si hin ka kani, A harey mo goono ga zuru nda biti da ziibi-ziiba.

²¹There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

²¹ Ay Irikoyo ne: Laakal kanay si no laalakoyey se.