Psalms 12

1 MAIN kom kotin jauaja, pwe me lelapok kan malaulaular, o me melel akan me malaulau ren aramaj akan.

To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

2 Irail kin lokaia likam, amen amen on men impa, re lokaiaki lol riapot.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

3 Ieowa pan kotin ujada kil en au karoj me linkapin o lo, me kin lokaia wei ni aklapalap.

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

4 Me kin indinda: Lo atail, me kit pan pwai kida, o kil en au at me kit keleki; ij at kaun?

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who [is] lord over us?

5 Ieowa kotin majani: I pan uda, pweki kankaneraner en me luet akan o janejan en me jamama kan: I pan jauaja i, me kin inon ion.

Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puff.

6 Majan en Ieowa me makelekeleta jilper, me kamakelekel kidar nan dal pwel en kijiniai pan pak iju.

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 Komui Main, pan kotin pera irail, o jinjila mon di wet kokolata.

Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 Pwe me japun kan pan totolar waja karoj, ma aramaj jued pukat kin kaunda aramaj akan.

The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.