1{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.
1 Doonkoy jine bora Yedutun se. Dawda baytu fo no.
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
2 Ay ne: «Ay ga haggoy d'ay muraadey, Zama ay ma si zunubi te d'ay deena. Duumi da laalakoy go ay jine, Ay g'ay me daabu danga nda takunkum.»
3My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,
3 Ay goro siw, ay dangay baa ihanno ciyaŋ gaa, Ay bine sara mo tonton.
4Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.
4 Ay bina ton ay ganda ra, Ay go fonguyaŋ gaa, kala danji di. Gaa no ay salaŋ d'ay deena ka ne:
5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, [even] the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
5 «Ya Rabbi, ma naŋ ay m'ay bananta bay, Ay jirbey baayaŋo lasaabo mo, Ya bay mate kaŋ cine no a go. Naŋ ay m'ay jaŋ-ka-gayyaŋo bay.
6Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
6 A go, ni n'ay jirbey te sanda kambe gaaba cine. Ay jiirey baayaŋo mo manti hay fo no ni jine. Daahir, boro fo kulu ya funsar no, Mate kulu kaŋ cine a goono yaŋ ga bara nd'a. (Wa dangay)
7And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee.
7 Daahir, boro kulu ga nga bar-bareyaŋ te no sanda yuumay cine. Daahir, i ga kosongu yaamo day no. A ga arzaka margu-margu, a s'a ŋwakwa bay mo.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish.
8 Sohõ binde, ya ay Koyo, ifo no ay goono ga hangan? Ay beeja, ni do no a go.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for *thou* hast done [it].
9 M'ay faaba ay hartayaŋey kulu gaa. Ma si naŋ ya ciya wowi hari borey kaŋ yaŋ sinda laakal se.
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
10 Ay te siw! Ay man'ay me fiti mo, Zama nin no ka woodin te.
11When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.
11 Ma ni karyaŋo hibandi ka kaa ay gaa, Ay halaci ni kamba sabbay se.
12Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
12 Waati kaŋ ni ga boro gooji nda kaseetiyaŋ zunubi sabbay se, Ni ga naŋ a darza ma halaci sanda naana-baano. Daahir boro kulu ya funsar no. (Wa dangay)
13Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.
13 Ya Rabbi, ma maa ay adduwa, Ma hanga jeeri ay hẽeno mo se. Ma s'ay hẽeno dangay, zama ay ya yaw no ni do, Boro kaŋ kaa ka zumbu no, Sanda ay kaayey kulu cine za doŋ.
14 Ma fay d'ay gunayaŋ zama ay ma du ka moyduma feeri, Za ay mana gana ne, za ay mana te ka si.»