Sam
BUK TU
(Sams 42-72)
To di wan we de dayrɛkt. Maskil* fɔ Korah in bɔypikin dɛn.
42 Jɔs lɛk aw dia kin rili want fɔ drink bɔku bɔku wata,
Na so a rili de luk fɔ yu, E Gɔd.
2 Jɔs lɛk aw pɔsin kin tɔsti fɔ drink wata,
Na so a nid di Gɔd we de alayv.
Ustɛm a go apia bifo Gɔd?
3 Mi kray wata na mi it de ɛn nɛt:
Ol de pipul dɛn de provok mi se: “We yu Gɔd?”
4 A mɛmba ɔl dɛn tin dɛn de, ɛn a tɛl yu aw a de fil.
Trade, a bin de waka wit bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn.
A yus fɔ waka slo wan bifo dɛn fɔ go na Gɔd in os.
Wi kin ala wit gladi-at ɛn tɛl Gɔd tɛnki
As wi de sɛlibret fɛstival.
5 Wetin mek mi at pwɛl?
Wetin mek a kɔnfyuz?
A go wet fɔ Gɔd,
Bikɔs a go prez am as di Wan We De Sev mi.
6 Mi Gɔd, mi at pwɛl.
7 A yɛri di sawnd we bɔku bɔku wata de mek.
Na di sawnd we de kɔmɔt na yu watafɔl.
Yu swɛlin dɛn tan lɛk di trɔbul dɛn we dɔn pasmak pan mi.
8 Dyurin di de, Jiova go sho mi in lɔv we nɔ de chenj,
Ɛn na nɛt, a go siŋ bɔt am; a go pre to di Gɔd we gi mi layf.
9 A go aks Gɔd we na mi rɔk se:
“Wetin mek yu dɔn fɔgɛt mi?
Wetin mek a de pas wit pwɛlat bikɔs mi ɛnimi dɛn de sɔprɛs mi?”
10 Mi ɛnimi dɛn we want fɔ kil mi de provok mi;
Ol de dɛn de provok mi se: “We yu Gɔd?”
11 Wetin mek mi at pwɛl?
Wetin mek a kɔnfyuz?
A go wet fɔ Gɔd,
Bikɔs a go prez am as di Wan We Go Sev mi ɛn as mi Gɔd.