Gesami Hea:su 78
1 Na fi dunu! Nabima! Sia: na olelebe amo noga: le nabalu, noga: le nabima!
My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
2 Na da bagade dawa: su malasu sia: amo da musa: muguniai dialu, amo dilima olelemu.
I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand [MET],
3 Amo liligi ninia nabi amola dawa: digi, amola liligi amo da ninia aowalalia ninima adole i, amo dilima olelemu.
things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
4 Ninia da ninia mano amo ilia mae nabima: ne ilima hame wamolegei dialumu. Ninia da fa: no fifi mabe ilima Hina Gode Ea gasa bagade hou, amola liligi noga: idafa ninima hamoi amo olelemu.
We will tell these things to our children [LIT], and we will also tell to our grandchildren [about] Yahweh’s power and the glorious/great things that he has done.
5 E da Isala: ili dunu fima sema iasi, amola hamoma: ne sia: i amo Ya: igobe egaga fifi manebe ilima iasi. E da ninia aowalali amo ilima, Ea malasu amo ilia mano ilima olelema: ne olelelesi.
He gave laws and commandments to the Israeli people, [those who are the descendants of] Jacob [DOU], and he told our ancestors to teach them to their children
6 Amalalu, eno fa: no fifi manebe ilia da amo dawa: ma: ne amola ilia da bu alofele ili baligia fifi manebe mano ilia dawa: ma: ne lelema: ne sia: i.
in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.
7 Agoane hamobeba: le, ilia da Godema bu bagadewane dawa: mu amola Ea hahamoi hou amo hamedafa gogolemu, be eso huluane Ea hamoma: ne sia: i amo fa: no bobogelalumu.
In that way, they also would trust in God, and not forget the things that he has done; instead, they would obey his commandments.
8 Ilia da ilia aowalali amo ili agoai hame ba: mu. Ilia da lelesu amola hame nabasu hou hamosu dunu galu. Ilia da Godema mae yolele, dafawaneyale dawa: su hou da gasa hame galu.
They would not be like their ancestors, who were very stubborn and kept rebelling [against God]; they did not continue firmly trusting in God, and they did not worship only him.
9 Ifala: ime dunu da dadi amola oulali gaguiwane asili, be gegesu eso da doaga: beba: le ilia da hobeale afia: i.
[The soldiers of] the tribe of Ephraim had bows [and arrows] but they ran away [from their enemies] on the day that they fought a battle with their enemies.
10 Ilia da Godema Gousa: su sema hamoi, amo hame dawa: i dialu. Ilia da Ea hamoma: ne sia: i amoma fa: no bobogemu higa: i galu.
They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.
11 Ilia da Ea hahamoi liligi amo gogolei amola musa: hame ba: su hou ilima hamosu ilia ba: su, amo gogolesu.
They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.
12 Ilia aowalali da sosodolaloba, Gode da musa: hame ba: su hou amo Soua: ne, umi soge amo da Idibidi soge ganodini dialu, amogai hamoi.
While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.
13 E da hano wayabo amo dogoa damunisili, ili amodili oule asi. E da hano amo dobea fei agoane dialowane hamoi.
[Then] he caused the [Red] Sea to divide, causing the water [on each side] to pile up like a wall, with the result that [our ancestors] walked through it [on dry ground].
14 Esomogoa, E da mumobi amoga ili oule ahoasu. Amola gasia E da lalu amoga ili oule ahoasu.
He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
15 E da hafoga: i soge ganodini igi goudagala: le amoga hano sa: i amola amoga ilia moma: ne hano i.
He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
16 E da si hano magufu damanadi misa: ne hamobeba: le, hano da bagade sa: ili, hano bagade hamoi.
He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
17 Be ilia da mae yolele Gode Ea ba: ma: ne wadela: i hou gebewane hamonanu, amola hafoga: i soge ganodini ilia da Gode Baligili Bagadedafa Ema lelesu hou hamosu.
But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
18 Ilia da Godema adoba: musa: , ha: i manu ilia hanaidafa amo ilima ima: ne gebewane adole boba: su.
By demanding that God give them the food that they desired, they tried to find out if he would always do what they requested him to do.
19 Ilia da Godema gadele amola agoane sia: i. “Gode da hafoga: i soge ganodini ha: i manu ninima sagoma: bela: ?
They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!
20 Amo da dafawane, E da igi damana fabeba: le hano da musa: le sa: i. Be E da ninima agi ima: bela: ? Amola Ea fi dunuma hu moma: ne ima: bela: ?”
[It is true that] he struck the rock, with the result that water gushed/flowed out, [but] (can he also provide bread and meat for [us], his people?/we doubt that he can also provide bread and meat for us, his people.)” [RHQ]
21 Amaiba: le, Gode da ilia amane sia: dabe amo nababeba: le, E da ougi galu. E da Ea fi dunu ilima lalu amoga doagala: i, amola Gode Ea ilima ougi hou bagadewane heda: lalu.
So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up [some of] his Israeli [people]. [MTY, DOU]
22 Bai ili da Ema dafawaneyale hame dawa: i, amola E da ili gaga: mu amo ili dafawaneyale hame dawa: i.
[He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.
23 Be E muagado ea logo ga: su doasisima: ne sia: i.
But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,
24 E da ilia moma: ne, ‘ma: na’ amo Hebenega gadonini salisisi.
and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).
25 Amaiba: le, ilia da a: igele dunu ilia ha: i manu amo mai dagoi, amola Gode da ilia hanai amo defele i.
[So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.
26 E da gusudili mabe fo amo misa: ne hamosu, amola Ea gasa amoga ga (south) amodili mabe fo amoma fane susugai.
[Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,
27 Amola E da Ea fi dunu ilima sio osea: idafa amo da hano bega: sa: i boso su amo idi defele ilima iasi.
and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
28 Amo sio da ilia logoa helefisu diasu gaguli gagai, amo dogoa amogai amola abula diasu gaguli gagai amo beba: le huluane dafia: i.
God caused those birds to fall [dead] in the middle of (their camp)/the area where the people had put up their tents. [There were dead birds] all around their tents.
29 Amalalu, dunu huluane ilia da amo maiba: le bagade sadigia: i ba: i. Gode da ilia hanai amo defele ilima i.
[So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.
30 Be ilia edegenanusu da hamedafa yolei, amola ilia da mae yolele gebewane nana ahoana,
But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,
31 Gode da ilima ougiba: le, E da ilia gasa bagade dunu amola Isala: ili ganodini ayeligi dunu noga: idafa, amo fane lelegei.
God was [still] very angry with them, and he caused their strongest men to die; he got rid of [many of] the finest [young] Israeli men.
32 Gode da ilima gasa bagade hame ba: su hou hamosu, be ilia da amo mae dawa: le, gebewane wadela: i hou hamonanusu amola ilia da Ema dafawaneyale hame dawa: su.
In spite of all that, the people continued to sin; in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, they still did not trust that he [would take care of them].
33 Amaiba: le, E da ilia esalusu eso amo mifo heda: be defele hedolowane dagolesi, amola ilia esalusu da hedolodafa gugunufinisi ba: i.
So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.
34 E da dunu oda fane lelegeloba, dunu mogili hame bogogia: i esalebe ilia da Ema sinidigisu. Ilia da ilia wadela: i hou hamoi huluane sisane, dafawane Ema fofada: ne iasu.
When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].
35 Ilia da dawa: loba, Gode da ili gaga: sudafa esala, amola Hina Bagadedafa da hidadea ili fidila misi.
They remembered that God is [like] a huge rock ledge [under which they would be safe] [MET], and that he, who was greater than any other god, is the one who protected/rescued them.
36 Be ilia sia: huluane da ogogosu sia: fawane sia: su. Ilia sia: da udigili sia: fawane sia: su.
But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.
37 Ilia da Ema hame fuligala: su. Ilia da Gode Ea Gousa: su ilima hamoi amoma mae fa: no bobogele, yolesi dagoi.
They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.
38 Be Gode da Ea fi dunuma asigi galu. E da ilia wadela: i hou hamoi gogolema: ne olofosu, amola ili wadela: le hamoiba: le hame gugunufinisisu. Eso bagohame, E da Ea ougi hou amo Hi gagulaligisu amola Ea ougi hou bagade amo Hi guminisisu.
But God was merciful to his people. He forgave them for having sinned and did not get rid of them. Many times he refrained from becoming angry [with them] and restrained from furiously/severely [punishing them] [MTY].
39 E da dawa: loba, ilia da osobo bagade dunu fawane. Ilia da fo agoane misini bu asi hame ba: sa, amo agoai defele ba: su.
He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they [disappear quickly] [SIM], like a wind that blows by and then is gone.
40 Ilia eso bagohamedafa, hafoga: i soge ganodini Ema lelesu hou hamosu. Amola eso bagohamedafa ilia da Ema da: i diosu ianusu.
Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
41 Ilia da enoenoia Godema adoba: su hou hamonanu, amola Isala: ili fi dunu ilia Hadigi Gode Ema se nabasu iasu.
Many times they did evil things, to find out [if they could do those things without God punishing them]. They frequently caused the holy God of Israel to become disgusted/sad.
42 Ilia da Ea gasa bagade hou amo gogolei, amola ilima ha lai dunu ilia, ili wadela: lesisa: besa: le Ea gaga: i hou amo gogolei.
They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.
43 Amola Ea gasa bagade hou hamosu amola musa: hame ba: su hou amo da Soua: ne umi soge amo da Idibidi soge ganodini, hahamoi, amo gogolei.
They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.
44 E da hano huluane afadenene maga: me agoane hamoiba: le, Idibidi dunu ilia da hano manu hamedei ba: i.
He caused the [Nile] River (OR, their sources of water) to become [red like] blood, with the result that the people of Egypt had no water to drink.
45 Gode da Idibidi dunuma se nabasu ba: ma: ne, amola ilia soge wadela: lesima: ne, gagoba: amola guama iasi.
He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.
46 Gode da ilia ha: i manu bugi wadela: lesima: ne, danuba: iasi.
He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.
47 Gode da ilia waini bugi amo fane salima: ne, mu gene iasi. Amola ilia figi ifa bugi amo anegagi ofo amoga dubu fili wadela: gia: ma: ne hamoi.
He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.
48 Gode da ilia bulamagau fofoi amo mu gene sa: ili fane bogogia: ma: ne, mu gene iasi amola ilia ohe fofoi amo ha: ha: naga fane lelegema: ne hamoi.
He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.
49 Gode da Ea gasa bagade hou amo Isala: ili dunu ilia noga: le dawa: digima: ne, ilima, Ea ougi hou amo iasi. Amo da sia: adola ahoasu dunu agoane bogosu ilima oule misi.
Because God was fiercely angry with the people of Egypt, he caused them to be very distressed. The disasters that struck them were like a group of angels that destroyed [everything].
50 E da Ea ougi hou amo hame gumi, amola ilia esalusu amo hame gaga: i. Be E da ili medole legemusa: , olo bagade ilima iasi.
He did not lessen his being angry [with them], and he did not (spare their lives/prevent them from dying); he sent a (plague/serious illness) that killed [many of] them.
51 E da Idibidi dunu ilia sosogo fi amoga magobo dunu mano huluane fane lelegei.
He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.
52 Amalu Gode da Ea fi dunu amo sibi ouligisu dunu ilia sibi ouligibi defele Isala: ili dunu amo gadili oule asili, hafoga: i soge ganodini ili noga: le fidisu.
Then he led his people out [of Egypt] like [a shepherd leads] his sheep [SIM], and he guided them [while they walked] through the desert.
53 Gode da ili noga: le oule asi amola ilia da hame beda: gia: i. Be hano wayabo da ilima ha lai dunu amo gadulisiba: le, ilia da bogogia: i.
He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.
54 Gode da Isala: ili dunu amo Ea hadigi soge amoga oule misi. Amo goumia fi dunu Gode Hi Hisu hasalasilalu samogene lai, amo goumiga oule misi.
[Later] he brought them to [Canaan], his sacred land, to [Zion] Hill (OR, the hilly area) and by his power [MTY] he enabled them to conquer [the people who were living there].
55 Isala: ili dunu da gusuba: i mogodigili ahoanoba, Gode da ilia ha lai dunu gadili sefasilalu. E da soge amo momogili, ilima sagolesi. Amola ilia ha lai dunu ilia diasu amo lale, Ea fi dunu ilima sagolesi.
He expelled the people-groups while his people were advancing; he allotted part of the land for [each tribe] to possess, and he gave to the Israeli people the houses of those people who had been expelled.
56 Be Ea fi dunu da Gode Bagadedafa amoma odoga: i. Amola Ema adoba: su hou hamoi. Ilia da Ea hamoma: ne sia: i, amo hame nabasu.
However, the Israeli people rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god, and they did many evil things to see if they could do those things without God punishing them, and they did not obey his commandments.
57 Ilia da ilia aowalalia hou defele, lelesu bagade hamoi amola Godemagale hame fuligala: i. Ilia da gugaloi dadi defele, moloi hame ba: i.
Instead, like their ancestors did, they rebelled against God and (were not loyal to/did not faithfully [obey]) him; they were as [unreliable as] a crooked arrow [that does not go straight] [SIM].
58 Ilia da E ougima: ne, ogogosu loboga hamoi ‘gode’ ilima nodone sia: ne gadosu, amola ogogole sia: ne gadosu sogebi hamoi.
Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].
59 Amo hou ba: beba: le, Gode da ougi bagade ba: i. Amaiba: le, E da dafawanedafa Ea fima higale, ili fisiagai.
He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.
60 E da musa: Siailou moilai abula diasu ganodini nini esalu. Be E da amo gahegi dagoi.
He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.
61 Gode Ea Gousa: su sema Gagili da ninima Ea gasa amola hadigi hou dawa: digima: ne olelesu galu. Be Gode da amo nini ha lai dunu amo samogema: ne, logo doasi dagoi.
He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.
62 E da Ea fidafa dunuma ougiba: le, E da ilia ha lai dunu amo ili fane legema: ne yolesi.
Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].
63 Ayeligi dunu huluane da gegesu ganodini fane legei dagoiba: le, uda a: fini ili lamu dunu da hame ba: i.
Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.
64 Gobele salasu dunu da nimi sa: li gegesu amoga bogogia: iba: le, ilia uda didalo ili da mae didigia: ma: ne ilegei.
[Many] priests were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and (the people did not allow the priests’ widows/the priests’ widows were not allowed) to mourn.
65 Fa: nodafa, Hina Gode da golai dialu wa: legadobe agoane wa: legadoi. E da gasa bagade dunu, amo da waini hano maiba: le, fofogadigili amola gasa bagade hamosa, amo defele ba: i.
Later, [it was as though] the Lord awoke from sleeping; he was like a strong man who (became stimulated/felt that he was strong) by (OR, became sober after) [drinking] a lot of wine [SIM].
66 Gode da Ea ha lai dunu ili mae fisili gogosia: i dialoma: ne, ili se bobogele hasalasi.
He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].
67 Be E da Yousefe egaga fifi mabe ili higa: i. Amola E da Ifala: ime fi amo hame ilegele lai.
[But] he did not set up his tent where [the people of] the tribe of Ephraim lived; he did not choose their area [to do that].
68 Be amomane E da Yuda sosogo fi dunu amo ilegele lai, amola Saione Goumia fi dunu ilima Hi da baligili asigi galu, amo E da lai.
Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.
69 Amogai E da Ea Debolo diasu (amo da Hebene ganodini dialebe, amo agoai) gagui. E da amo Debolo Diasu ga: nasidafa osobo bagade agoai, eso huluane dialoma: ne, gagui dagoi.
He [decided to have] his temple built [there], high up, like [his home in] heaven; he caused it to be firm, [and intended that] his temple would last forever, like the earth.
70 Gode Ea hawa: hamosu Da: ibidi da ea ohe fofoi ilia moma: ne gisi bugi, amo ganodini esaloba, Gode da e ilegei.
He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures
71 Amogai e da ea sibi ouligilaloba, Gode da e Isala: ili ilia hina bagade hamoma: ne ilegei. Amalu e da Gode Ea fi dunuma sibi ouligisu defele ouligilaloma: ne, ema ilegei.
where he was taking care of his [father’s] sheep, and appointed him to be the leader [MET] of the Israeli people, the people who belong to God.
72 Da: ibidi da Isala: ili fi ouligisia, e da ilia gilisisu amo ganodini, e da ilima uasu hou hame hamosu amola hina fidimu mae dawa: le, ili noga: le ouligi.
David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.
