Khoesi ǂkhabasigu
ǁNaeǃnans ǂgaeǂgui-aob ǃoa
Davidi Psalms
(Psalm 53)1 Gâ khoen ge ǁî-aitsama
“Elo-i ge a ǀkhai” ti ra mîbasen.
ǁÎn ge hoatsama a ǂhanuoǃnâ
tsî tsū xūna dī hâ;
khoe-i xare-i, ǂhanuse ra dī-i ge a ǀkhai.
2 ǃKhūb ge ǀhomma xu khoen ǃoa ra kōǁnâ,
ǀgui-i xawe-i ǁîn ǃnâ gā-ai tama,
ǁîba nî ǃoaba-e ǃkhaisab nî kōse.
3 Xawen ge hoana tsūdī hâ
tsî ǀguitikōse a ǂkhaba.
ǀGui-i ân tsîn ge ǂhanu xū-e dī tama hâ
ǀgui-i xawe-e.
4 “Hoaraga khoen hîa a ǂkhaban,
ti khoena pere-en ra ǂû khami
ra hapuna kha ǁnâuǃā tama hâ?”
tib ge ǃKhūba ra dî.
5 Ab toxopa huiba Sionsa xu
Israelsa hāba re.
6 Mâtikōsen Israels khoen,
Jakob dina nî ǃgâiaǂgao,
Elob ga ǁîna ǁkhawa ǀasa kaio!
7 Ab toxopa huiba Sionsa xu
Israelsa hāba re.
ǃKhūb ga ǁîb ǁaes di mâsiba ǀkharaǀkhara
on ge Jakob dina nî dâ,
os ge Israelsa nî ǃgâiaǂgao!
Human Wickedness
(Psalm 53)1 Fools say to themselves,
“There is no God!”
They are all corrupt,
and they have done terrible things;
there is no one who does what is right.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven at us humans
to see if there are any who are wise,
any who worship him.
3 But they have all gone wrong;
they are all equally bad.
Not one of them does what is right,
not a single one.
4 “Don't they know?” asks the Lord.
“Are all these evildoers ignorant?
They live by robbing my people,
and they never pray to me.”
5 But then they will be terrified,
for God is with those who obey him.
6 Evildoers frustrate the plans of the humble,
but the Lord is their protection.
7 How I pray that victory
will come to Israel from Zion.
How happy the people of Israel will be
when the Lord makes them prosperous again!
