Psalm 39

1 NGAI inda: I pan kanai ong al ai kan, pwe i ender wia dip ki lo i. I pan sali pena au ai arain en me sapung o mi re i.

For Jeduthun, the music director. A psalm of David. I told myself, “I will be careful in what I do, and not sin in what I say. I will keep my mouth shut when the wicked are around.”

2 I kadukiedier ai lokaia o nenenlar o solar inda duen peren, a ai kalokolok lalaudalar.

So I was completely silent—I didn't even say anything good. But the pain inside only got worse.

3 Mongiong i karakaradar nan kapedi, o ma i pan tamanda mepukat, a rasong kisiniai lulada; i ap lokaia kida lo i.

My mind burned as if on fire; I had to say what I was thinking:

4 Maing, kotin padaki ong ia, me maur i pan imwisokela, o imwi pan ai ran akan, me i pan samoer.

Lord, remind me. How short is my life? How long do I have? Remind me how quickly my life will pass.

5 Mangi, ai ran akan dueta tälap en pa en aramas re omui; o maur i likamata sota meakot mo’mui. Melel aramas, me kin keleki pein i, kin dueta adiniai. (Sela)

Just look at the tiny amount of days you have given me! In your eyes my whole lifetime is like nothing. Our lives here are just a breath… (Selah)

6 Re kin alialu sili rasong mota, o re kin katoutouki pein irail dodok mal. Re kin nanak pena ap sasa, is me pan naineki.

Human beings are just shadows walking around. They pointlessly rush through life, trying to pile up possessions without knowing who will get them.

7 Ari Maing, is me i en auiaui? I kaporoporeki komui.

So Lord, what am I looking for? I put my hope in you.

8 Dore ia la sang dip ai karos, o kom der mueid ong, me pweipwei kan en kaurur kin ia.

Save me from my rebellion. Don't let me be mocked by fools.

9 I pan nenenla o sota sar pasang au ai, pwe kom kotin wiadar.

I will stay quiet, I won't say a word, for it's you who has done this to me.

10 Kotin katukiedi omui kaloke ia; pwe ngai dupok kilar ai kalokolok pan lim omui.

Please stop hitting me! Your beating has worn me out!

11 Ma kom pan kaloke amen pweki dip a, mom a kaselel ap pan suedala likamada man en mot kangala. O meid mal aramas karos! (Sela)

When you discipline us, reprimanding us for our sins, it's like a moth eating up what is precious to us. All of us are just a breath… (Selah)

12 Maing kom kotin ereki ai kapakap, o mangi ai likwir, o der sapaimokid ni ai sangesang, pwe ngai sapwilim omui men kairu o pweledan omui wei men dueta sam ai kan karos.

Please hear my prayer, Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Don't be deaf to my weeping. Please treat me as your guest, passing through, just like my forefathers.

13 Kom kotin muei sang ia, pwe i en kelailada, mon ai pan kokowei o solar mia.

Please leave me alone so I can be cheerful again, before I am dead and gone.