1I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
1 Doonkoy jine bora Yedutun se. Dawda baytu fo no.
1For the Chief Musician, 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 bridle, While the wicked is before me.
2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. 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.»
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
3My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
3 Ay goro siw, ay dangay baa ihanno ciyaŋ gaa, Ay bine sara mo tonton.
3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: [Then] spake I with my tongue:
4“Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me 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:
4Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.
5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” 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.
5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
6“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
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)
6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
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.
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
8 Sohõ binde, ya ay Koyo, ifo no ay goono ga hangan? Ay beeja, ni do no a go.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
9 M'ay faaba ay hartayaŋey kulu gaa. Ma si naŋ ya ciya wowi hari borey kaŋ yaŋ sinda laakal se.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
10Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
10 Ay te siw! Ay man'ay me fiti mo, Zama nin no ka woodin te.
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
11 Ma ni karyaŋo hibandi ka kaa ay gaa, Ay halaci ni kamba sabbay se.
11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah
12“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
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)
12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist 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.
13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
14 Ma fay d'ay gunayaŋ zama ay ma du ka moyduma feeri, Za ay mana gana ne, za ay mana te ka si.»