The Bible

1

Vel nyn aignaghyn soit er cairys O shiuish phobble: as vel shiu briwnys shen ta cairagh, O shiuish cloan gheiney?

Are your minds set upon righteousness, O ye congregation: and do ye judge the thing that is right, O ye sons of men?

2

Dy jarroo ta shiu smooinaghtyn er olkys ayns nyn gree er y thalloo: as ta ny laueyn eu dellal rish mee-chraueeaght.

Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart upon the earth: and your hands deal with wickedness.

3

Ta ny mee-chrauee frourtagh, dy jarroo veih breïn nyn mayrey: cha leah as t'ad er nyn ruggey, t'ad goll er-shaghryn, as loayrt breagyn.

The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb: as soon as they are born, they go astray, and speak lies.

4

T'ad cha nieunagh as pyshoon ard-nieu: dy jarroo myr yn adder bouyr ta dooney ny cleayshyn eck;

They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent: even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears;

5

Ta gobbal dy eaishtagh rish bingys y chiaulleyder: lhig e haase-kiaullee 've cha millish as sallish.

Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer: charm he never so wisely.

6

Brish ny feeacklyn oc, O Yee, ayns nyn meeal; bwoaill craueyn-keeil ny lionyn, O Hiarn: lhig daue tuittym ersooyl myr ushtey ta roie dy tappee; as tra t'ad lhiggey nyn sideyn, lhig daue ve astyrit ass ny fraueyn.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths: smite the jaw-bones of the lions, O Lord. Let them fall away like water that runneth apace: and when they shoot their arrows let them be broken.

7

Lhig daue lheïe ersooyl myr crammag, as ve goll-rish mess ben ta er jeet roish y traa: as ny lhig daue fakin y ghrian.

Let them consume away like a snail, and be like the untimely fruit of a woman: and let them not see the sun.

8

Ny roish ta ny pooiyt eu er ny hiow lesh drineyn: myr shen lhig da jymmoose eh y heaghney myr red ta'n vio rish.

Or ever your pots be made hot with thorns: with a whirlwind in his indignation shall he sweep them away.

9

Gow-ee yn dooinney cairagh boggey tra hee eh yn kerraghey: nee eh e chesmadyn y niee ayns fuill ny mee-chrauee.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the ungodly.

10

Myr shen dy jir dooinney, Dy firrinagh ta leagh cour y sleih cairagh: gyn dooyt ta Jee ayn ta briwnys y theihll.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: doubtless there is a God that judgeth the earth.