< Psalms 127 >

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. BY SOLOMON. If YHWH does not build the house, Its builders have labored at it in vain, If YHWH does not watch a city, A watchman has awoken in vain.
MA Ieowa jota pan kauada im o, dodok en pwin jauje jota pan katepa; ma Ieowa jota pan jinjila kanim o, jaunmajamajan pan majamajan mal.
2 Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He gives sleep to His beloved one.
Jota katepa on komail, ma komail pan paurida nin joran, ap pil pwand kamol ni pon, o toutouki okotme, ni omail manamana, pwe a kin kakepwapwala japwilim a kompokepa kan ni ar mamair.
3 Behold, sons [are] an inheritance of YHWH, The fruit of the womb [is] a reward.
Kilan, jeri ko iei kijakij eu jan ren Ieowa, o wan aramaj pai eu.
4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So [are] the sons of the young men.
Duen kananan kajik katieu nan pa en ol komad amen, iduen putak ko ar pan pwaida.
5 O the blessedness of the man Who has filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!
Meid pai ol o, me a lepan me direki mepukat! Re jota pan jarodi, ni ar kapun pena ren ar imwintiti kan.

< Psalms 127 >