Zaburi 124

1 Wer ma ji wero kadhi e hekalu. Mar Daudi. Ka dine bed ni Jehova Nyasaye ok jakorwa, jo-Israel mondo owach kamano,

A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was amongst us, let Israel now say;

2 ka dine bed ni Jehova Nyasaye ok jakorwa kane ji omonjowa,

if it had not been that the Lord was amongst us, when men rose up against us;

3 e kinde mane mirima mabebni ka mach omakogi kodwa, to dine gimwonyowa ngili;

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 ataro dine odinonwa, ee, kodh yamo dine oywerowa,

verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 kendo pi maringo matek dine odhi kodwa.

Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

6 Pak mondo odogne Jehova Nyasaye, ma ok oseyie mondo gikidhwa gi lekegi.

Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

7 Wasetony mana ka winyo mowuok e wino mar jachik winy; wino osechodi, to wan wasetony.

Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

8 Konyruokwa ni e nying Jehova Nyasaye, Jachwech polo gi piny.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.