2 Sa:miuele 22
1 Hina Gode da Da: ibidi amo Solo amola ea ha lai eno amoga gaga: loba, Da: ibidi da Hina Godema amane gesami hea: i.
After Yahweh had rescued David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang a song to Yahweh.
2 “Hina Gode da na gaga: sudafa. E da nama gasa bagade gagili salasu agoane.
[This is what] he sang: Yahweh, you are like a [huge overhanging] rock [under which I can hide] [MET]; you are like my fortress, and you rescue me.
3 Na Gode da na gaga: sudafa. E da na gasa bagade gagoi dialebe. E da na gaga: sa amola na da E guga esalea, enoga wadela: mu da hamedei. E da gaga: su liligi agoaiga na gaga: sa.
Yahweh, you protect me; you are like a shield; you are the powerful one [MET] who saves me; you are like a place where I (find refuge/am safe). You save me from those who act violently toward me.
4 Na da Hina Godema wele sia: sea, E da na ha lai ilima na gaga: sa. Hina Godema nodoma!
I call out to you, Yahweh; you deserve to be praised, and you rescue me from my enemies.
5 Na bogomu gadenenewane ba: i. Wadela: su liligi hano fugala: i agoane da na dedebomu galu.
“almost died [PRS]; it was like [MET] a huge wave had crashed over me, and almost destroyed me like a flood.
I thought that I would die; it was as though death wrapped ropes around me; it was as though I was in a trap where I would surely die. [PRS, MET] (Sheol h7585)
7 Na da se nababeba: le, Hina Godema wele sia: i dagoi. Na da E na fidima: ne wele sia: i. E da Ea Debolo diasu ganodini na fidima: ne wele sia: su nabi dagoi.
But when I was (very distressed/in great trouble), I called out to you, Yahweh; I cried out to you, my God. And from your temple you heard me; you listened when I called to you to help me.
8 Amalalu, osobo bagade da fofogoi. Goumi ilia bai amola da igugui. Bai Gode da ougi bagade ba: i.
“Then [it was as though] the earth quaked and shook; [it was as though] the foundations that ([held up/supported]) the sky trembled, because you were angry.
9 Ea mi gelabo amoga lalu mobi ahoanebe ba: i. Ea lafidili, lalu sawa: amola nasubu su nenanebe gilisili ahoanebe ba: i.
[It was as though] smoke poured out of your nostrils and burning coals and fire that burns everything came out of your mouth.
10 E da mu alalo gadelai amola mu mobi gasimiginisi gala amo da: iya osoboga Ea emo hagudu dialebe ba: i.
You tore open the sky and came down; there was a thick dark [cloud] under your feet.
11 E da liligi hedofo galebe amoga fila heda: le hehenaia ahoanebe ba: i. E da fedege agoane fo da hedofo galebe amoga fila heda: le ahoanebe ba: i.
You rode [through the sky] on a winged creature; the wind enabled you to travel [swiftly] [MET], like a bird.
12 E da gasimigi amoga uligi ba: i. Mu mobi gadugagi amo da hanoga nabai, amoga E sisiga: i dagoi.
The darkness surrounded you, like a blanket; thick clouds that were full of water also surrounded you.
13 Muge igi agoai amola lalu gona: su digagala: su amola da ha: ha: na bagade amoga misini mu mobi gasimigi amo dugagale dalebe ba: i.
Out of the lightning in front of you fire from burning coals flamed.
14 Amalalu, Hina Gode Ea sia: da muagado gugelebe agoane nabi. Dunu huluane da Gode Gadodafa Ea sia: nabi.
Then, Yahweh, you spoke like thunder from the sky; it was your voice, God, you who are greater than all other gods, that was heard.
15 E da Ea dadi dili fisiagagai. E da ea ha lai dunu huluane afagogoi. E da ha: ha: na digagala: su amoga gala: beba: le, ilia da hobea: i dagoi.
When you sent flashes of lightning, [it was as though] [MET] you shot your arrows and scattered your enemies.
16 Hina Gode! Di da Dima ha lai ilima gagabole sia: noba amola ilima ougiba: le gasa bagade sia: noba, hano wayabo bagade da hale hafoga: i dagoi ba: i. Osobo bagade ea bai huluane ba: i dagoi.
Then the bottom of the ocean was uncovered; the foundations of the world could be seen when you rebuked [your enemies] with a snort from your nostrils.
17 Hina Gode da ea lobo gudu da: le guduli, na gagulaligi, amola hano lugudu bagade amoga na hiougili gadoi.
“Yahweh, you reached down from heaven and lifted me up; you pulled me up from the deep water.
18 Na ha lai dunu da gasa bagade. Ilia da na bagade higasa. Be ilia da nama doagala: loba, Hina Gode da na gaga: i.
You rescued me from my strong enemies, from those who hated me; [I could not defeat them because] they were very strong.
19 Na da se nabaloba, ilia da na doagala: musa: misi, be amomane Hina Gode da na gaga: i.
They attacked me when I was experiencing troubles/difficulties, but Yahweh, you protected me.
20 E da nama hahawaneba: le, na gaga: i.
You brought me to a place where I was safe; you rescued me because you were pleased with me.
21 Na da moloidafa hou fawane hamobeba: le, amola na da wadela: i hou hame hamobeba: le, amola nama bidi ida: iwane iaha.
“Yahweh, you rewarded me because I do what is right; you did good things for me because I (was innocent/had not done things that are wrong).
22 Na da Gode Ea sema dedei amoma fa: no bobogesu amola Godema fa: no bobogei na da hame buhagi.
Yahweh, I have obeyed your laws; I have not turned away from you, my God.
23 Na da Ea hamoma: ne sia: i huluane nabawane hamosu amola Ea sia: nababeba: le hame nabasu hou hame hamosu.
All of your regulations were in my mind, and I did not turn away from [obeying] all your statutes.
24 Na da afuda: le hame hamoi amola moloi hou fawane hamonanu. Hina Gode da na hou dawa:
You know that I have not done anything that is evil; I have kept myself from doing things for which I should be punished.
25 Amo na hou dawa: beba: le, E da nama bidi ida: iwane iaha. Bai na da wadela: le hamedafa hamosa, amo E dawa:
So you have rewarded me in return for my doing what is right, because [you know that] I (am innocent of doing/have not done) wrong things.
26 Hina Gode! Nowa dunu da Dima mae fisili, Dia hou dafawaneyale dawa: iwane hamonanea, Di da amo dunu amola hamedafa yolesimu. Di da nowa dunu moloidafa ba: sea, amo dunu hahawane fidisa.
“Yahweh, you are faithful/loyal to those who always trust in you; you always do what is good to those whose behavior is always good.
27 Di da ledo hamedei fofoloi dunu ilima fofoloi ba: sa. Be wadela: i hamosu dunu Di higasa.
You act sincerely toward those whose inner beings are pure, but you are hostile to those who are perverse/wicked.
28 Nowa dunu amo ea hou hi fonobosea, Di da amo dunu gaga: sa. Be nowa da ilila: hou hidale gaguia gadobe, amo Di da banenesisa.
You rescue those who are humble, but you watch [MTY] those who are proud and humiliate them.
29 Hina Gode! Di da nama hadigi iaha. Amola gasimigi Dia fadegale fasisa.
Yahweh, you are [like] [MET] a lamp that causes it to become light when I am in the dark.
30 Di da nama gasa amo na ha lai dunuma ili doagala: ma: ne defele gala, amo iaha. Amola gasa amo ha lai dunu ilia gagoi amo muguluma: ne defele gala, Dia da nama iaha.
With your strength/help I can run through a line of enemy soldiers and I can climb over the wall [that surrounds their city].
31 Gode Ea hou da noga: idafa amola moloidafa. Ea adi hamomusa: sia: sea, E da hamosa. Nowa dunu da Ea gaga: su Ema lala masea, E da da: igene gaga: su liligi defele, amo dunu ea ha lai dunuma gaga: sa.
“My God whom I worship, everything that you do is perfect; you always do what you promise that you will do. You are like a shield [MET] to all those who request you to protect them.
32 Hina Gode Hi fawane da Godedafa. Hi fawane da ninia gaga: su dunu.
Yahweh, you are [RHQ] the only one who is God; only you are like a huge rock [MET] [under which we are protected/safe].
33 Gode Hi fawane da nama gasa iaha amola na da logoba: le ahoasea, E da na noga: le ouligisa.
God, you [whom I worship] are a strong refuge for me; you keep me safe on the roads that I [walk on].
34 E da na goumiba: le noga: le heda: ma: ne, na emo amo ‘dia’ gebo ea emo defele hamosa. Amola na da goumiga ahoasea, E da na mae dafama: ne noga: le ouligisa.
[When I walk] in the mountains, you enable me to walk safely, without stumbling [MET] like a deer runs.
35 E da gegesu hou nama olelesa. Na da gasa bagade oulali amoga gegema: ne, E da nama gasa iaha.
You teach me [how to fight] in a battle in order that I can shoot arrows well from a very strong bow.
36 Hina Gode! Di da na gaga: lala. Dia ouligisu hou da na fidibiba: le, eno dunu da nama nodosa. Dia gasa fawane da na gaga: i dagoi.
[It is as though] [MET] you have given me a shield by which you have saved/rescued me, and you have answered my prayers and caused me to become famous/great.
37 Dia fidibiba: le, na da na ha lai amoga hame gagulaligi ba: i. Na da hamedafa dafai.
You have not allowed [my enemies] to capture me [IDM], and I have not fallen down [during battles].
38 Na da na ha lai dunu sefasili, gagulaligisa. Amasea, gegesu mae fisili, ilia da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: sea fawane yolesisa.
“pursued my enemies and defeated them; I did not stop [fighting them] until they were all killed.
39 Na da ili fane legesea, ilia da bu wa: legadomu gogolesa. Ilia da na emo gadenene dafasea, hasalasi dagoi ba: sa.
I struck them down; I stabbed them with my sword; they fell down at my feet and did not stand up again.
40 Di fawane da na gegema: ne nimi iaha amola na ha lai dunuma hasalasima: ne gasa iaha.
You have given me strength for fighting battles and caused those who were attacking me to fall down, and I trampled on them.
41 Dia hamobeba: le, na ha lai da naba: le hobeasa. Nowa da nama higasa, na da gugunufinisisa.
You caused my enemies to turn and run away from me; I destroyed those who hated me.
42 Ilia da fidima: ne diginiwane wele sia: sa. Be gaga: su dunu hame ba: sa. Ilia da Hina Godema wele sia: sa, be E da hame alofesa.
They (looked for/wanted) someone to rescue them, but no one did. They cried out to you, Yahweh, [for help, ] but you did not answer them.
43 Na da ili gagoudane amola ilia gulu dou hamone da fo misini doga: le fasisa. Ilia da fafu logoga dialebe agoane ba: sa amola na da ilima ososa: gisa.
I crushed them, and as a result they became like [SIM] tiny particles of dust. I trampled them, and they became like [SIM] mud in the streets.
44 Hame nabasu dunu da nama hasalimusa: dawa: i. Be Di da na gaga: i. Di da na fifi asi gala ilima hina bagade hamoi. Amola dunu fi na da musa: hame dawa: i, amo na da ouligisa.
“You rescued me from those who tried to rebel [against me], and you appointed me to rule many nations; people whom I did not know previously are now (under my authority/my slaves).
45 Ga soge fi dunu da nama beguduli, na sia: nabawane fa: no bobogesa.
Foreigners humbly bowed down in front of me; as soon as they heard about me, they obeyed me.
46 Ilia da beda: ga ilia gasa bagade gagoi amo fisili yaguguiwane gadili maha.
They became afraid, and they came to me, trembling, from the places where they were hiding.
47 Hina Gode da esala. Na Gaga: su dunuma nodoma! Na Gaga: su Gode amo Ea gasa bagade hou amo dunu huluanema olelema.
“Yahweh, you are alive! I praise you! You are like [MET] a [huge overhanging] rock under which I am safe/protected! You are the one who rescues me [MET]. Everyone should exalt/honor/praise you.
48 Ea da na ha lai ilima hasalasimusa: nama gasa iaha. Na da dunu fi ilima hasalasimusa: , E da amo dunu fi banenesisa.
You enable me to conquer my enemies; you cause people of [other] nations to be (under my authority/my slaves).
49 E da na gaga: sa. Hina Gode! Na da nama ha lai ilima hasalasimusa: Dia da hamosa. Amola nimi bagade dunu nama mae doagala: ma: ne, Dia da na gaga: sa.
You delivered me from my enemies; you caused me to be honored more than they were; you rescued me from men who [always] acted violently.
50 Amaiba: le, na da dunu fifi asi gala amo ganodini Dima nodosa. Na da Dima nodone gesami hea: sa.
Because of all that, I exalt you among many people-groups and I sing to praise you.
51 Gode da Ea hina bagade ilegei ema hasalasu hou bagade iaha. Hina bagade dunu amo E da ilegei, ema Ea asigidafa hou da mae fisili diala. E da Da: ibidi amola egaga fi ilima Ea asigidafa hou mae fisili eso huluane olelelalumu.
You enable me, whom you appointed to be king, to powerfully conquer [my enemies]; you faithfully love me, David, and you will love my descendants forever.
