Zaburi 48
1 Wer. Zaburi mar yawuot Kora. Jehova Nyasaye duongʼ adier, kendo owinjore chuth gi pak, e dala maduongʼ mar Nyasachwa, ma en gode maler.
Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be greatly praised in the city where he [lives], [which is built on Zion], his sacred hill.
2 E dala motingʼore malo kendo ober neno omiyo piny duto bedo mamor. Got Sayun chalo gi kama otingʼore malo mar Zafon, ma en dala maduongʼ mar Ruoth Maduongʼ.
That city, on a high [hill], is beautiful; it is the city where the true [God], the great king, [lives], and it causes people all over the world to rejoice [when they see it].
3 Nyasaye nitiere e dalane mochiel motegno kendo osenyisore ni en e ohingane.
God is in the strong towers there, and he shows that he protects the people in that city.
4 Ka ruodhi noriwo teko kanyakla, kane giwuokne oko kaachiel,
Many kings gathered [with their armies] to attack [that city],
5 negineno mi gibuok; kendo negiringo gia ka luoro omakogi.
but when they saw it, they were amazed; they became terrified, and ran away.
6 Dendgi nochako tetni kanyo kendo negibedo gi rem machalo gi muoch ma kayo dhako.
Because they were very afraid, they trembled like a woman who is about to give birth to a child;
7 Ne iturogi matindo tindo ka meli mag Tarshish ma yamb wuok chiengʼ ongʼinjo.
they shook [like] ships sailing from Tarshish are shaken by a strong wind.
8 Mana kaka wasewinjo e kaka waseneno gi wengewa, e dala maduongʼ mar Jehova Nyasaye Maratego, e dala mar Nyasachwa: Nyasaye oselose kama dak berie nyaka chiengʼ. (Sela)
We had heard [that this city is glorious], and now we have seen that it is. It is the city in which Yahweh, the almighty one, [lives]. It is the city which God will preserve/protect forever.
9 Ei hekalu mari, yaye Nyasaye, ema wabetie ka waparo kuom herani ma ok rem.
God, [here] in your temple we think about how you faithfully love us.
10 Mana kaka nyingi, yaye Nyasaye, e kaka pakni bende chopo nyaka tungʼ piny; lweti ma korachwich opongʼ gi tim makare.
You [MTY] are famous and (are praised/people praise you) all over the earth, because you rule powerfully [MTY] and justly.
11 Got Sayun oil, kendo mier mag Juda nigi mor, nikech iyalo ji maber.
The people who live near Zion Hill should be happy! The people in [all] the cities [MTY] in Judah should rejoice because you judge people fairly.
12 Wuothi ei Sayun, luorri e iye koni gi koni, kwan osuche duto,
[You Israeli people should] walk around Zion [Hill] and count the towers there;
13 par maber kuom ohinga mage, nee udi mag ruodhine, mondo ibi inyis tienge mabiro.
notice the walls there and examine the forts in order that you can tell about them to your children.
14 Nikech Nyasaye en Nyasachwa manyaka chiengʼ obiro bedo jaritwa nyaka chop giko ndalowa e piny.
[Say to them], “This is [the city that belongs to] our God, [the one who lives] forever; he will guide us all of our lives.”
