Zaburi 124

1 Wer ma ji wero kadhi e hekalu. Mar Daudi. Ka dine bed ni Jehova Nyasaye ok jakorwa, jo-Israel mondo owach kamano,

A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,

2 ka dine bed ni Jehova Nyasaye ok jakorwa kane ji omonjowa,

if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

3 e kinde mane mirima mabebni ka mach omakogi kodwa, to dine gimwonyowa ngili;

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

4 ataro dine odinonwa, ee, kodh yamo dine oywerowa,

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

5 kendo pi maringo matek dine odhi kodwa.

Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

6 Pak mondo odogne Jehova Nyasaye, ma ok oseyie mondo gikidhwa gi lekegi.

Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Wasetony mana ka winyo mowuok e wino mar jachik winy; wino osechodi, to wan wasetony.

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Konyruokwa ni e nying Jehova Nyasaye, Jachwech polo gi piny.

Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.