Psalm 144
1 [Psalm lal David] Kaksakin LEUM GOD, eot ku luk! El lutiyu in anwuk, Ac akoeyu nu ke mweun.
I praise Yahweh, who is [like an overhanging] rock [under which I] ([get refuge/am protected])! He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles; he trains my fingers so that I can [shoot arrows in a war].
2 El eot ku luk ac mwe loeyuk luk, Nien molela luk su langoeyula, Su nga filiya lulalfongi luk se. El akpusiselye mutanfahl nu ye niuk.
He is the one who protects me; he is [like] a fortress [DOU] in which I am safe, he protects me [like] [protect soldiers] [MET], and he gives me refuge. He defeats [other] nations and [then] puts them under my power.
3 LEUM GOD, mea mwet uh, tuh kom in akilenulos? Mwet uh ma pilasr, na kom ku lohang nu selos?
Yahweh, [we] people are [very insignificant/unimportant], so why (are you concerned/do you care about us) [RHQ]? [It is amazing to me that] you pay attention to humans.
4 Mwet uh oana polo eng se ma tuhwot tuhme; Lusen len lalos oana ohk, su sa na wanginla.
[The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
5 O LEUM GOD, ikaselik kusrao ac oatume; Kahlye eol uh, ac elos fah fosryak.
Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
6 Supweya sarom in akfahsryelik mwet lokoalok lom; Pusrkama pisr nutum, ac oru elos in kaing.
Cause lightning to flash with the result that [your enemies] will run away! Shoot your arrows [at them] and cause them to (run away/scatter).
7 Asroema poum lucng me. Srukyuyak liki kof loal, ac moliyula. Moliyula liki inpoun mwetsac,
[It is as though my enemies surround me like] a flood; reach your hand down from heaven and rescue me from them [SYN]. They are men from other countries
8 Su tia fahk kas pwaye, Ac elos kaskas kikiap elos finne fulahk.
who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
9 Nga fah onkin soko on sasu nu sum, O God, Nga fah srital ke harp ac on nu sum.
God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
10 Kom pa oru tuh tokosra in eis kutangla, Ac kom molella David, mwet kulansap lom.
You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
11 Moliyula liki mwet lokoalok sulallal luk; Moliyula liki ku lun mwetsac, Su tia fahk kas pwaye, Ac elos kaskas kikiap elos finne fulahk.
[So I ask you to] save me from [being killed by] the swords [that those] evil [people carry]. Rescue me from the power [MTY] of those foreigners who [SYN] [always] tell lies, and [who raise] their right hands [in courtrooms when they solemnly declare that they will tell the truth].
12 Lela tuh wen natusr, su srakna mwet fusr, In oana sak sunasr ma kapak arulana ku. Lela tuh acn natusr in oana sru loeloes Ma tu ke sruwasrik in lohm sin tokosra.
I wish/hope that our young sons will grow up to be like strong plants [SIM], and I wish/hope that our daughters will [grow up to] be [straight and tall] like the pillars [SIM] that stand in the corners of palaces.
13 Lela tuh nien fil fokin ima lasr in nwanala Ke kain in fahko nukewa. Lela tuh sheep in ima lasr In oswe tausin ac ngoul tausin.
I wish/hope that our barns will be full of many different crops. I wish/hope that the sheep in our fields will give birth to tens of thousands of baby lambs.
14 Lela tuh cow natusr in isus pus Ac in wangin ma isus tuh misa. Lela tuh in wangin pusren asor ke inkanek lasr uh.
I wish/hope that our cows will give birth to many calves without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born (OR, that no enemies will break through our city walls and take us (into exile/to their own countries)). I wish/hope that [there will not be a time when the people in] our streets cry out in distress [because foreign armies are invading].
15 Insewowo mutunfacl se su sikyak ouinge nu selos; Aok, insewowo mutunfacl se su LEUM GOD El God lalos!
If good things like that happen to a nation, the people will be very happy. The people whose God is Yahweh are the ones who will be happy!
