Gesami Hea:su 80
1 Isala: ili fi Sibi Ouligisudafa! Ninia sia: be nabima! Di da Dia Hadigidafa Fisu da: iya ougia hamoi esafulubi liligi amo dabua gadodafa fisa.
[Yahweh], you [who lead us like] a shepherd leads his flock [of sheep], listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne [in the Very Holy Place in the temple], above the [carvings of] winged creatures.
2 Ifala: ime fi, Bediamini fi, Ma: na: se fi amola nini huluane ba: ma: ne, Dia gasa bagade hou ninima olelema. Nini gaga: la misa.
Show yourself to [the people of the tribes of] Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!
3 Gode! Nini Dima sinidigili misa: ne oule misa! Dia asigili olofosu hou ninima olema. Amasea, nini da gaga: i dagoi ba: mu.
God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us [IDM] in order that we may be saved [from our enemies.]
4 Hina Gode Bagadedafa! Habowali seda Di da Dia fi dunu ilia Dima sia: ne gadobe amoga ougi dialoma: bela: ?
Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
5 Di da ninima se nabasu amo nabima: ne iasi. Amola Di da nini dinanoma: ne si hano faigeleiga nabai agoai ninima iasi.
[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
6 Di da nini guba: le fifi lai, ilia ninia soge amo sia: ga gegema: ne yolesi. Amaiba: le, ninima ha lai dunu ilia da ninima gadesa.
You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with [each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take]; our enemies laugh at us.
7 Gode Bagadedafa! Nini Dima sinidigili misa: ne oule misa! Dia asigili gogolema: ne olofosu hou ninima ima! Amasea, nini da gaga: i dagoi ba: mu!
God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved!
8 Di da Idibidi soge amogainini waini efe gaguli misi. Di da eno fifi asi ili sefasilalu, ilia sogea amogai waini efe bugi.
[Our ancestors were like] a grapevine [MET] that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups [from this land], and you put your people in their land.
9 Di da amo efe bugi heda: ma: ne none yo abi. Amo efe bugi ea difi da gududafa sa: ili, Isala: ili soge huluane gigisila asi.
[Like people] clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], [you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it]. [Like] the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], [you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land].
10 Amo efe da gigisila asili agolo soge huluane ougigala: i. Amola ea amoda da agologa afufuli, dolo ifa bagadedafa amo ougihai.
[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
11 Ea amoda da bu baligili sa: loba afufuli, Medidela: inia hano wayabo bagade bega: doaga: i amola asili Iufala: idisi hano bega: doaga: i.
[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
12 Abuliba: le Dia da amo efe bugi beba: le gagoi amo mugululi sanasibala: ? Waha eno dunu amodili bobaligilalebe, ilia da amo efe fage wamo faili manusa: dawa:
So why have you abandoned us and [allowed our enemies to] tear down our walls [RHQ]? [You are like] someone who tears down the fences [around his vineyard], with the result that all [the people] who pass by [can] steal the grapes,
13 Gebo sigua da amo waini efe sagai dogone muwane sala, amola sigua ohe da amo nana.
and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
14 Gode Bagadedafa! Ninima ba: le guda: ma! Hebene gadonini ninima ba: leguduma. Di da misini, Dia fi dunu gaga: la misa!
You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, (turn to/stop abandoning) us! Look down from heaven and see [what is happening to] us! Come and rescue [us who are like] [MET] your grapevine,
15 Di da misini, waini efe Dia bugisi, amola gasa fili heda: ma: ne hamoi, amo noga: le gaga: ma.
who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
16 Ninima ha lai dunu amo waini sagai laluga ulagisili dadamuni sali dagoi. Dia ilima ougili ili gugunufinisima!
Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
17 Dia da fi Dia ilegei amola gasa bagade hahamoi, amo noga: le ouligima amola gaga: ma!
But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
18 Ninia da Dima bu hamedafa baligi fa: mu. Nini da esaloma: ne, Dia hamoma. Amasea, ninia da Dima nodone sia: nanumu.
When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; (revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously), and [then] we will praise/worship you.
19 Hina Gode Bagadedafa! Nini Dima sinidigima: ne, oule misa! Ninima Dia gogolema: ne olofosu ima! Amasea, nini da gaga: i dagoi ba: mu.
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
