Psalm 12
For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.
1Help, Lord! No one does what is right anymore.
Those who are faithful have disappeared from the human race.
2Everyone tells lies to their neighbors.
With their lips they praise others, but they don’t really mean it.
3May the Lord close all lips that don’t mean what they say.
May he stop every tongue that brags.
4They say, “What we speak with our tongues will win the battle.
What we say with our lips will keep us safe. No one will have victory over us.”
5The Lord says, “The poor are being robbed.
Those who are in need groan.
So I will stand up to help them.
I will keep them safe from those who tell lies about them.”
6The words of the Lord are perfect.
They are like silver made pure in a clay furnace.
They are like gold made pure seven times over.
7Lord, you will keep needy people safe.
You will always keep sinners from hurting us.
8Proud and sinful people walk around openly
when the evil they do is praised by the human race.
Ihooya rĩa kũũria Ũteithio
Thaburi ya Daudi
112:1 Isa 57:1; Mik 7:2Jehova, tũteithie, nĩgũkorwo andũ arĩa etigĩri Ngai nĩmaniinĩtwo;
andũ arĩa ehokeku nĩmathirĩte makoima gatagatĩ-inĩ ka andũ.
212:2 Thab 5:6; Arom 16:18O mũndũ aheenagia mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake;
mĩromo yao ya ũhinga yaragia maheeni.
3Jehova aroeheria mĩromo yothe ya ũhinga,
o na nĩmĩ ciothe iria ciaragia na mwĩgaatho,
412:4 Thim 18:21; Jak 3:6iria ciugaga atĩrĩ, “Tũkũhootana nĩ ũndũ wa nĩmĩ ciitũ;
mĩromo ĩno tũrĩ nayo nĩ iitũ; mwathi witũ akĩrĩ ũ?”
512:5 Thab 44:24; Atũm 7:34“Tondũ wa kũhinyĩrĩrio kwa andũ arĩa matarĩ hinya,
na gũcaaya kwa arĩa abatari-rĩ,
rĩu nĩngwarahũka,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
“Nĩngũmagitĩra kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa mamacambagia.”
612:6 2Sam 22:31; Thab 119:140Nacio ciugo cia Jehova itirĩ mahĩtia,
ihaana ta betha ĩthereirio kĩrugutĩro-inĩ kĩa rĩũmba,
ĩtheretio maita mũgwanja.
712:7 Thab 16:1; Joh 17:12Wee Jehova nĩũrĩtũmenyagĩrĩra wega,
na ũtũgitagĩre kuuma kũrĩ andũ ta acio nginya tene.
8Andũ arĩa aaganu macangacangaga marĩ na mwĩtĩĩo,
rĩrĩa ũndũ ũrĩa mũũru ũragathĩrĩrio nĩ andũ.
