Psalm 38
1 [Psalm lal David] O LEUM GOD, nimet kaiyu in mulat lom!
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 Kom kanteyuwi ke pisr nutum, Ac kom puokyuwi.
For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me.
3 Ke sripen kasrkusrak lom, nga muta in keok lulap; Monuk nufon mas ke sripen ma koluk luk.
[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 Nga walomla in sronot lun ma koluk luk, Su arulana toasr nu sik in us.
For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 Kinet keik pusrosr ac kulawi Ke sripen ma lalfon nga oru.
My wounds are offensive, [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 Nga itungyuki ac kuruweni; Nga mwemelil ke len fon.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 Arulana folla monuk ke mas luk Ac nga apkuran in misa.
For my loins are filled with a lothsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.
8 Nga totola ac arulana itungyuki; Insiuk keok na, ac nga sasaola ke ngal luk.
I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 O Leum, kom etu lah mea nga kena kac; Kom lohng sasao luk nukewa.
LORD, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 Insiuk kihmkim, ku luk wanginla, Ac mutuk ohkla.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.
11 Mwet kawuk ac mwet tulan luk elos tila tuku apkuran nu yuruk Ke sripen ruf keik; Finne sou luk, elos tila fahsriyu.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 Elos su suk in uniyuwi elos filiya kwasrip nu sik, Ac elos su kena akngalyeyu elos fahk mu elos ac kunausyula. Elos tiana tui in orek pwapa koluk lainyu.
They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 Nga oana sie mwet sulohngkas — nga tia ku in lohng, Nga oana sie mwet kofla kaskas, na nga tia kaskas.
But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
14 Nga oana mwet se su tia ku in topuk ma uh Ke sripen el tia ku in lohng.
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
15 Tusruktu nga lulalfongi in kom, O LEUM GOD, Kom, Leum God luk, fah topukyu.
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O LORD my God.
16 Nikmet lela mwet lokoalok luk in engan ke nga sun mwe ongoiya; Nikmet lela elos in tungak ke nga ikori.
For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
17 Nga apkuran in ikori, Ac nga waiok pacl e nukewa.
For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.
18 Nga fahkak ma koluk luk; Tuh ma inge oru nga arulana fosrnga.
For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 Mwet lokoalok luk elos arulana ku in mano; Pukanten mwet srungayu ke wangin sripa.
But my enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 Elos su folokin ma koluk ke ma wo Elos lainyu mweyen nga srike in oru ma suwohs.
They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow [the thing that is] good.
21 Nikmet sisyula, O LEUM GOD; Nikmet fahsr likiyu, God luk.
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Kasreyu inge, O Leum su langoeyu!
Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation.
