Psalms 94
1 Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
LEUM GOD, kom sie God su kai ma koluk; Fahkak mulat lom!
2 You are the one who judges all [people on] the earth; [so] arise, and give/punish the proud [leaders of our] people like they deserve.
Kom mwet nununku lun mwet nukewa faclu; Tuyak ac oru nu sin mwet filang ma fal nu selos!
3 Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
Mwet koluk inge ac engan putaka? LEUM GOD, elos ac konkin nwe ngac?
4 They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
Mwet orekma koluk elos ac inse fulat Ac tungakkin ma koluk lalos nwe ngac?
5 Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
Elos itungya mwet lom, LEUM GOD, Ac akkeokye mwet su ma lom.
6 They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
Elos uniya katinmas ac tulik mukaimtal, Ac akmuseya mwetsac su muta in facl sesr.
7 Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; [so] the God whom those Israelis [worship] does not see [the evil things that we do].”
Elos fahk, “LEUM GOD El tia liye kut; God lun Israel El tia akilen ma inge.”
8 You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
Mwet luk, efu ku kowos arulana lalfon? Kowos ac etala ngac?
9 God made our ears; so [do you think that] he cannot hear [what you say] [RHQ]? He created our eyes; so do you think that he cannot see [the evil things that you do] [RHQ]?
God El orala insrasr — ya El ku in tia lohng? El orala mutasr — ya El ku in tia liye?
10 He also scolds [the leaders of other] nations; so do you think that he will not punish [you] [RHQ]? He is the one who knows everything; [so why do you think that he does not know what you do] [RHQ]?
El mulat nu sin mutunfacl — ya el ac tia kaelos? El su luti mwet nukewa — ya pwaye wangin etu lal?
11 Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
LEUM GOD El etu ma elos nunku; El etu lah wangin kalmen nunak lalos.
12 Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
O LEUM GOD, insewowo mwet se su kom luti, El su kom luti ke ma sap lom.
13 When those people have had troubles, you cause those troubles to cease, and some day [it will be as though] you will dig pits for wicked people, and they will fall into those pits [and die].
Kom sang mongla nu sel ke len in ongoiya, Nwe ke pacl se pukpukyak sie luf in sruokya mwet koluk.
14 Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
LEUM GOD El ac fah tia sisla mwet lal, Ac El ac fah tia som lukelos.
15 [Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
Ac fah sifil koneyukyak nununku suwohs ke iwen nununku; Ac mwet suwoswos nukewa ac fah akkeye.
16 But when wicked [people] ([oppressed me/treated me cruelly]), (who defended me?/no one defended me.) [RHQ] No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people [RHQ].
Ku su ac tuyak keik in lain mwet koluk? Ac su ac wiyuyak lain elos su orek ma koluk?
17 If Yahweh had not helped me [at that time], [I would have been executed], [and] my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where [dead people] say nothing.
LEUM GOD El funu tia kasreyu Na ngunik lukun sa na som nu ke facl se wangin pusra lohngyuk we.
18 I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
Nga fahk, “Nga ikori,” Na lungse kawil lom, O LEUM GOD, tapukyuyak.
19 Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
Ke pacl nga fohsak ke nunak pus insiuk, Kom akwoyeyu ac akenganye ngunik.
20 You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
Kom tia welulos su oru nununku sesuwos, Su oru mu ma koluk uh wo —
21 They plan to get rid of righteous [people], and they declare that (innocent people/people who have not done what is wrong) must be executed.
Su pwapa sulallal lain mwet suwohs Ac wotela tuh mwet wangin mwata in anwuki.
22 But Yahweh (has become [like] my fortress/protects me) [MET]; my God is [like a huge] rock under which I am protected/safe [MET].
A LEUM GOD El loangeyu; God luk El nien moul luk.
23 He will punish those wicked leaders in return for the wicked things that they have done, and will get rid of them for the sins that they have committed; [yes], Yahweh our God will (wipe them out/destroy them completely).
El ac fah kaelos ke koluk lalos, Ac kunauselosla ke ma koluk lalos; LEUM GOD lasr El ac fah kunauselosla.
