Zaburi 94
1 Yaye Jehova Nyasaye en Nyasaye ma jachul kuor, yaye Nyasaye ma jachul kuor, nyis lerni.
Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
2 Aa malo, yaye Jangʼad bura mar piny; chul josunga gima owinjore kodgi.
You are the one who judges all [people on] the earth; [so] arise, and give/punish the proud [leaders of our] people like they deserve.
3 Yaye Jehova Nyasaye, nyaka karangʼo ma joma timbegi richo, nyaka karangʼo ma joma timbegi richo biro goyo siboi?
Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
4 Gidiro weche mag wich teko; joma timbegi richo duto opongʼ gi sunga.
They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
5 Gikidho jogi, yaye Jehova Nyasaye; gidiyo girkeni mari.
Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
6 Ginego dhako ma chwore otho gi jadak; gideyo ngʼama onge gi wuon.
They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
7 Giwacho niya, “Jehova Nyasaye ok ne; Nyasach Jakobo ok dew gik ma watimo.”
Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; [so] the God whom those Israelis [worship] does not see [the evil things that we do].”
8 To winjuru, un joma omingʼ e dier ji; un joma ofuwogi, ubiro bedo mariek karangʼo?
You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
9 Donge ngʼama nochomo it winjo wach? Donge ngʼat manoloso wangʼ neno?
God made our ears; so [do you think that] he cannot hear [what you say] [RHQ]? He created our eyes; so do you think that he cannot see [the evil things that you do] [RHQ]?
10 Donge ngʼat marieyo ogendini kumo ji? Bende ngʼat mapuonjo dhano dibed maonge rieko?
He also scolds [the leaders of other] nations; so do you think that he will not punish [you] [RHQ]? He is the one who knows everything; [so why do you think that he does not know what you do] [RHQ]?
11 Jehova Nyasaye ongʼeyo pach dhano; ongʼeyo ni gionge tich.
Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
12 Ogwedh ngʼat mikumo, yaye Jehova Nyasaye, ma en ngʼama ipuonjo koa e chikeni;
Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
13 imiyo ngʼama kamano resruok e ndalo chandruok, nyaka chop kuny bur ne joma richo.
When those people have had troubles, you cause those troubles to cease, and some day [it will be as though] you will dig pits for wicked people, and they will fall into those pits [and die].
14 Nimar Jehova Nyasaye ok bi dagi joge; ok obi jwangʼo girkeni mare.
Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
15 Yor adiera biro yudore kendo ne joma kare, kendo joma oriere gie chunygi biro luwe.
[Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
16 En ngʼa mabiro radona gi joma timbegi richo? Ngʼatno mabiro chwaka kakedo gi joricho?
But when wicked [people] ([oppressed me/treated me cruelly]), (who defended me?/no one defended me.) [RHQ] No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people [RHQ].
17 Ka dine Jehova Nyasaye ok omiya kony, to dikoro asedhi dak e piny ma ji olingʼe thi.
If Yahweh had not helped me [at that time], [I would have been executed], [and] my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where [dead people] say nothing.
18 Kane awacho niya, “Tienda kier,” to herani nojola, yaye Jehova Nyasaye.
I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
19 Ka achiedh-nade nopongʼo chunya, to hochni noduogo mor e ngimana.
Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
20 Loch marach bende inyalo riworigo adier, loch mamiyo ji chandore malit nikech chikene maricho?
You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
21 Ginywako ne joma kare kendo gingʼadone joma onge ketho buch tho.
They plan to get rid of righteous [people], and they declare that (innocent people/people who have not done what is wrong) must be executed.
22 To Jehova Nyasaye osebedo ohingana, kendo Nyasacha en lwanda ma aponde.
But Yahweh (has become [like] my fortress/protects me) [MET]; my God is [like a huge] rock under which I am protected/safe [MET].
23 Obiro chulogi nikech richogi kendo obiro tiekogi nikech timbegi maricho; Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa biro tiekogi.
He will punish those wicked leaders in return for the wicked things that they have done, and will get rid of them for the sins that they have committed; [yes], Yahweh our God will (wipe them out/destroy them completely).
