11 Then Moses sei lo Jehovah: “Why nao iu no hapi lo mi? Why nao iu givim mi disfala big responsibility for lukaftarem evri pipol hia?+

15 Sapos diswan nao hao bae iu treatim mi, plis iu killim mi dae distaem.+ Sapos iu hapi lo mi, no mekem mi lukim eni nogud samting moa.”

3 Taem Elijah herem datwan hem fraet fogud, so hem getap and hem ranawe nao for sevem laef* blo hem.+ Hem kasem Beer-sheba+ lo Judah,+ and hem lusim wakaman blo hem lo there. 4 And hem go and wakabaot lo wilderness for wanfala full day, and hem kam and sidaon andanit lo wanfala broom tree, and hem ask for hem dae nomoa. Hem sei: “Diswan hem tumas nao, O Jehovah, iu tekem laef blo mi nao,+ bikos mi semsem nomoa olsem olketa grandadi blo mi.”

16 Mi barava heitim laef blo mi.+ Mi no laek gohed laef nao.

Iufala go from mi, bikos olketa day blo mi olsem wanfala brith nomoa.+

2 So hem prea olsem lo Jehovah: “O Jehovah, mi savve finis diswan bae happen taem mi stap yet lo hom blo mi! Dastawe mi trae for ranawe go lo Tarshish+ lo firstaem bikos mi savve dat iu God wea tingim* man and iu garem bigfala mercy, iu no savve kros kwiktaem, and iu showim loyal love* wea big tumas,+ and iu God wea savve change mind for no panisim man. 3 So plis, O Jehovah, letem mi dae bikos hem gud for mi dae nomoa. Mi les for laef nao.”+