Gesami Hea:su 144
1 Hina Gode da na Gaga: sudafa! Ema nodoma! E da na gegema: ne adoba: sa. Amola na gegema: ne momagesa.
I praise Yahweh, who is [like an overhanging] rock [under which I] ([get refuge/am protected])! He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles; he trains my fingers so that I can [shoot arrows in a war].
2 E da na gagulasa amola na gaga: sa. E da na ougiha aligisu dunu esala, amola na gaga: su dunu esala. Na da se mae nabawane hahawane masa: ne, Ea hou dafawaneyale dawa: sa. E da niha fifi asi gala banenesisa
He is the one who protects me; he is [like] a fortress [DOU] in which I am safe, he protects me [like] [protect soldiers] [MET], and he gives me refuge. He defeats [other] nations and [then] puts them under my power.
3 Hina Gode! Osobo bagade dunu ilia da hamedei agoai galebe. Dia abuliba: le ilima asigibala: ?
Yahweh, [we] people are [very insignificant/unimportant], so why (are you concerned/do you care about us) [RHQ]? [It is amazing to me that] you pay attention to humans.
4 Ninia da fo fonomene agoai ba: sa. Ninia esalebe eso da baba bobaligilalebe agoai ba: sa.
[The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
5 Hina Gode! Mu gadelale fasili, gudu sa: ima! Goumi digili ba: ma! Amasea, goumi da mobi bubugilalebe ba: mu.
Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
6 Dia ha lai afagogoma: ne, ha: ha: na gala: su iasima. Dia ha lai dunu hobeama: ne, dadia gala: le se bobogema.
Cause lightning to flash with the result that [your enemies] will run away! Shoot your arrows [at them] and cause them to (run away/scatter).
7 Na da hano lugudua mogo sososa. Dia gadodili, lobo ligia guduli, na hiougia gadoma. Ga fi dunu ilia gasaga na hasalasa: besa: le, Dia gaga: ma.
[It is as though my enemies surround me like] a flood; reach your hand down from heaven and rescue me from them [SYN]. They are men from other countries
8 Ilia da dafawane sia: hamedafa sia: sa. Amola ilia hamomusa: ilegele sia: sea, ogogosa.
who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
9 Gode! Na da Dima gesami gaheabolo hea: mu. Na da sani baidama dusa, Dima gesami hea: mu.
God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
10 Di da hina bagade ilia ha lai hasalasima: ne hamosa. Amola Dia hawa: hamosu dunu Da: ibidi gaga: sa.
You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
11 Na dodona: gi ha lai dunu da na osa: la heda: sa: besa: le, Dia na gaga: ma. Ga fi dunu ilia gasaga na hasalasa: besa: le, Dia gaga: ma. Ilia da dafawane sia: hamedafa sia: sa. Amola ilia hamomusa: ilegele sia: sea, ogogosa.
[So I ask you to] save me from [being killed by] the swords [that those] evil [people carry]. Rescue me from the power [MTY] of those foreigners who [SYN] [always] tell lies, and [who raise] their right hands [in courtrooms when they solemnly declare that they will tell the truth].
12 Ninia dunu mano ayeligi amolali, da ha: i manu bugi nasegagini heda: be agoai ganumu da defea. Amola ninia idiwilali, ilia da noga: le lelu duni bugi amo da hina bagade ea diasu hegomaia nina: hamonanebe, amo agoai ba: mu da defea.
I wish/hope that our young sons will grow up to be like strong plants [SIM], and I wish/hope that our daughters will [grow up to] be [straight and tall] like the pillars [SIM] that stand in the corners of palaces.
13 Ninia liligi legesu diasu ilia ha: i manu amoga nabai ba: mu da defea. Ninia sibi amo da nasegagi sogega esalebe, ilia mano osea: idafa lalelegemu da defea.
I wish/hope that our barns will be full of many different crops. I wish/hope that the sheep in our fields will give birth to tens of thousands of baby lambs.
14 Ninia bulamagau da mae daba: me asili, mano osea: idafa lalelegemu da defea. Ninia moilai logo ganodini, se nabasu wele sia: su hame nabimu da defea.
I wish/hope that our cows will give birth to many calves without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born (OR, that no enemies will break through our city walls and take us (into exile/to their own countries)). I wish/hope that [there will not be a time when the people in] our streets cry out in distress [because foreign armies are invading].
15 Fifi asi afae da amo hou ba: sea, hahawane bagade ganumu. Amola ilia da Hina Gode amo ilia Godedafa ilegesea, ilia da hahawane bagade ganumu.
If good things like that happen to a nation, the people will be very happy. The people whose God is Yahweh are the ones who will be happy!
