¹A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.

¹ Annabi Habaku adduwa neeya. I g'a baytu da Sijiyonot subo:

¹A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.

²Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.

² Ya Rabbi, ay maa ni baaro, ay humburu mo. Ya Rabbi, ma ni goyey tajandi jiirey bindi ra, Ni m'i bayrandi mo jiirey bindi ra. Futay ra mo ni ma fongu suuji.

²O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

³God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.

³ Irikoy kaa ka fun Teman haray, Hananyankoyo fun Paran tondo do. (Wa dangay) A darza ga beeney daabu, ndunnya mo to nd'a sifayaŋo.

³God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.

⁴His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

⁴ A nyaaleyaŋo mo ga bisa wayna kaariyaŋ, Sansariyaŋ ga fun a kambey ra, Noodin mo no a hino go tugante.

⁴And [his] brightness was as the light; He had rays [coming forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

⁵Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.

⁵ A jine balaaw goono ga fun ka koy, Balaaw doori mo goono g'a banda gana.

⁵Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.

⁶He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.

⁶ A kay ka ndunnya neesi, A guna ka ndunnya dumey jijirandi. Za doŋ tondi kuukey bagu-bagu, A tudey kaŋ ga duumi sumbal. A fondey mo, za zamaney kaŋ sinda me wane yaŋ no.

⁶He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.

⁷I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.

⁷ Ay di kaŋ Etiyopi kuuru fuwey go kankami ra, Midiyan waney mo go ga jijiri.

⁷I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

⁸Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?

⁸ Rabbi dukur isey se, wala? Ni futa go isey do haray, Wala mo ni bine tunay go teeko do haray? Ni na ni bariyey kaaru, Kaŋ ga ti ni wongu torkey kaŋ ga kande faaba?

⁸Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?

⁹You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.

⁹ Ni na ni birawo kaa taray. Ni zeyaŋey kaŋ ga kundey gooji ya sanni tabbatante no. (Wa dangay) Ni na ndunnya kortu nda isayaŋ.

⁹Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a [sure] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

¹⁰The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.

¹⁰ Tondi beerey di nin, i jijiri mo. Beene hirriyaŋ harey bisa, Hari guusuyaŋey mo na jinde tunandi ka salaŋ ka ngey bondayey sambu beene.

¹⁰The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.

¹¹The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.

¹¹ Wayna da hando kay ngey nangey ra, Ni hangawey kaariyaŋ kaŋ i ga dira nd'a, Da ni yaajo nyaaleyaŋo walayyaŋ mo i jine.

¹¹The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.

¹²You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger.

¹² Ni na ndunnya windi ni dukuro ra, Ni na dumi cindey kara ni futa ra mo.

¹²Thou didst march though the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

¹³You went forth for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.

¹³ Ni fatta ni jama faabayaŋ se, Ni wane suubananta faabayaŋ sabbay se no. Ni na fuwo beena bagu boro laalo windo ra, Ni n'a feeri-feeri mo za ganda gaa kala boŋo gaa. (Wa dangay)

¹³Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah.

¹⁴You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.

¹⁴ A yaajey no ni na wongaarey boŋey hay d'a, I kaa sanda alma haw cine zama ngey m'iri say-say. I farhã hari ga hima ngey kaŋ ga alfukaarey ŋwa tuguray ra.

¹⁴Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

¹⁵You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters.

¹⁵ Ni na teeko taamu da ni bariyey, Hari bambatey walay.

¹⁵Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.

¹⁶I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

¹⁶ Ay maa, ay bine pati, Ay me-kuurey jijiri mo jinda maayaŋo se, Fumbi furo ay biriyey ra, Ay kangey go ga jijiri. Zama ay ga hima ka dangay ka taabi zaaro batu, Waati kaŋ kankamkwa ga kande iri kunda gaa wongu.

¹⁶I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

¹⁷For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:

¹⁷ Amma baa jeejay* nya si boosi te, Reyzin* nya si ize hay, Zeytun* nya taabo ciya yaamo, Farey si te ŋwaari mo -- Baa feejey daray ka fay da ngey kaley, I ma si hawey gar mo ngey kangayey gaa,

¹⁷For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

¹⁸yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

¹⁸ Kulu nda yaadin ay ga farhã Rabbi do, Ay ga farhã ay Faabakwa Irikoy do.

¹⁸Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

¹⁹Yahweh, the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” , is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.

¹⁹ Rabbi, Koy Beero no ga ti ay gaabo, A g'ay cey ye ka ciya sanda jeeri wane yaŋ cine, A ga naŋ ay ma soobay ka dira ay nangu kuukey boŋ. Doonkoy koyo se: I m'a te ay moola boŋ.

¹⁹Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And will make me to walk upon my high places.