Zaburi 12

1 Kuom jatend wer. Kaluwore gi sheminith. Zaburi mar Daudi. Kony ji yaye Jehova Nyasaye, nikech joma oluoro Nyasaye koro onge; joma jo-adiera oserumo e dier ji.

HELP, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 Ngʼato ka ngʼato riambo ne nyawadgi; dhogi mohero jaro ji wuoyo gi wuond.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

3 Mad Jehova Nyasaye ongʼad oko lep duto ma jaro ji kod lep duto masungore;

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

4 mawacho niya, “Wabiro wuoyo kaka wahero; kendo onge ngʼama biro tamowa. Koso en ngʼa ma ruodhwa manyalo tamowa timo kamano?”

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5 “Nikech dich modigo joma ok nyal kod chur ma joma ochando churgo, koro abiro aa malo,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho. “Abiro ritogi e lwet joma sandogi.”

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

6 Weche Jehova Nyasaye liw, giliw ka fedha moleny e lowo mowangʼ maliet ha, mopwodhi ndalo abiriyo.

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 Yaye Jehova Nyasaye, yie iritwa maber kik gimoro ohinywa kendo reswa e lwet joma kamago nyaka chiengʼ.

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 Joma timbegi richo wuotho koni gi koni kendo gima rach ema ji puoyo.

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.