Psalms 78
1 [A contemplation by Asaph.] Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
Thaburi ya Asafu Inyuĩ andũ akwa, iguai ũrutani wakwa; thikĩrĩriai ciugo cia kanua gakwa.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings since the beginning of the world,
Ngũtumũra kanua gakwa njarie na ngerekano, ngũgweta maũndũ mahithe, maũndũ ma kuuma o tene:
3 which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
maũndũ marĩa twanaigua na tũkamenya, o marĩa maithe maitũ maanatwĩra.
4 We will not hide them from their descendants, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
Tũtingĩhitha ciana ciao maũndũ macio; nĩtũrĩĩraga rũciaro rũrĩa rũgooka ũhoro wa ciĩko cia Jehova cia kũmũgoocithia, na ũhoti wake, na magegania marĩa aaneka.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
Aaheire Jakubu mawatho, na akĩhaanda watho thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli, ũrĩa aathire maithe maitũ atĩ maũrutage ciana ciao,
6 that the generation to come might know it, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell their children,
nĩguo rũciaro rũrĩa rũgooka thuutha rũkaamenya watho ũcio, o hamwe na ciana iria itaciarĩtwo, nĩguo nacio ikeera ciana ciacio.
7 that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments,
Hĩndĩ ĩyo ciĩhoke Ngai na ciage kũriganĩrwo nĩ ciĩko ciake, no kũrũmia irũmagie maathani make.
8 and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Nacio itikahaane ta maithe macio ma tene, arĩa maarĩ a rũciaro rũremi na rũngʼathia, rũrĩa ngoro ciaruo itaathĩkagĩra Mũrungu, o rũu maroho maaruo mataamwĩhokire.
9 The people of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Andũ a Efiraimu, o na maarĩ na mota ma kũrũa, nĩmahũndũkire mũthenya ũrĩa wa mbaara;
10 They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to walk by his Law.
matiarũmirie kĩrĩkanĩro kĩao na Ngai, na nĩmaregire kũrũmĩrĩra watho wake.
11 They forgot his doings, his wondrous works that he had shown them.
Nĩmariganĩirwo nĩ maũndũ marĩa ekĩte, na makĩriganĩrwo nĩ magegania marĩa aamonetie.
12 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Nĩaringire ciama maithe mao makĩĩonagĩra marĩ kũu bũrũri wa Misiri, kũu werũ-inĩ wa Zoani.
13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
Aagayanirie iria, akĩmaringia; aatũmire maaĩ marũgame ta rũthingo.
14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
Mũthenya aamatongoragia na itu, naguo ũtukũ wothe akamatongoria na ũtheri wa mwaki.
15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
Nĩatũranirie mahiga kũu werũ-inĩ, na akĩmahe maaĩ maingĩ o ta ma iria;
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
nĩatũmire tũrũũĩ tuume rwaro-inĩ rwa ihiga, na agĩtũma maaĩ matherere ta njũũĩ.
17 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
No-o maathiire o na mbere kwĩhĩria Ngai, magĩkĩremera Ũrĩa-ũrĩ-Igũrũ-Mũno marĩ kũu werũ-inĩ.
18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
Nao makĩgeria Mũrungu makĩendaga, na ũndũ wa gwĩtia irio iria meeriragĩria kũrĩa.
19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Magĩũkĩrĩra Ngai na mĩario, makĩũrania atĩrĩ, “Mũrungu no ahote kwara metha werũ-inĩ?
20 Look, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"
Rĩrĩa aagũthire ihiga, maaĩ nĩmatothokire boo, natuo tũrũũĩ tũgĩtherera tũiyũrĩte maaĩ maingĩ. No rĩrĩ, no ahote gũtũhe o na irio? No ahe andũ ake nyama?”
21 Therefore the LORD heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
Rĩrĩa Jehova aiguire ũguo, akĩrakara; agĩtharĩkĩra Jakubu na mwaki wake, namo mangʼũrĩ make magĩũkĩrĩra Isiraeli,
22 because they did not believe in God, and did not trust in his salvation.
nĩgũkorwo matiigana gwĩtĩkia Ngai, kana kwĩhoka ũhonokania wake.
23 Yet he commanded the clouds above, and opened the doors of heaven.
No rĩrĩ, we nĩathire matu ma igũrũ na akĩhingũra mĩrango ya igũrũ;
24 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them bread from heaven.
oirĩirie andũ mana ta mbura marĩe, na akĩmahe ngano ya kũu igũrũ.
25 Man ate the bread of the mighty ones. He sent them food to the full.
Andũ makĩrĩa irio cia araika; akĩmahe irio iria ciothe mangĩahotire kũrĩa.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
O na ningĩ akĩerekeria rũhuho rwa mwena wa irathĩro kuuma igũrũ, na akĩrehithia rũhuho rwa mwena wa gũthini na ũndũ wa hinya wake.
27 He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas.
Akĩmaharũrũkĩria nyama nyingĩ ta rũkũngũ, nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ ciaingĩhĩte ta mũthanga wa iria-inĩ.
28 He let it fall in the midst of his camp, all around his tent.
Agĩtũma igwe thĩinĩ wa kambĩ yao, igĩthiũrũrũkĩria hema ciao.
29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
Maarĩire o nginya makĩhũũna, nĩgũkorwo aamaheire kĩrĩa merirĩirie kũrĩa.
30 They did not turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
No matanarĩkia kũrĩa irio icio meriragĩria, o irĩ tũnua-inĩ twao-rĩ,
31 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of the fattest of them, and struck down the young men of Israel.
marakara ma Ngai makĩmokĩrĩra; akĩũraga arĩa maarĩ na hinya mũno gatagatĩ kao, akĩniina andũ ethĩ a Isiraeli.
32 For all this they still sinned, and did not believe in his wondrous works.
O na amekĩte ũguo wothe-rĩ, mathiire o na mbere kwĩhia; o na ekĩte magegania make, matiamwĩtĩkirie.
33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩtũma matukũ mao mathire o ũguo tũhũ, na mĩaka yao ĩgĩthira nĩ ihooru rĩa kũmaka.
34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
Rĩrĩa rĩothe Mũrungu ooraga amwe ao nĩmamũmaathaga; mamũrongoragia na makamũcookerera na kĩyo.
35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
Nao makaririkana atĩ Ngai nĩwe warĩ Rwaro rwao rwa Ihiga, na atĩ Mũrungu Ũrĩa-ũrĩ-Igũrũ-Mũno nĩwe warĩ Mũkũũri wao.
36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
No-o makeyendithĩrĩria harĩ we na tũnua twao, makamũheenagia na nĩmĩ ciao;
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
ngoro ciao itiarĩ njĩhokeku kũrĩ we, na matiarĩ eehokeku harĩ kĩrĩkanĩro gĩake.
38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and did not destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Nowe no aaiyũrĩtwo nĩ tha; akĩmarekera waganu wao, na ndaigana kũmaniina. Kaingĩ na kaingĩ nĩagiragĩrĩria marakara make, na ndaigana kwarahũra mangʼũrĩ make mothe.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.
Nĩaaririkanire atĩ maarĩ o andũ tu, karũhuho karĩa kahĩtũkaga na gaticooke rĩngĩ.
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert.
Nĩ maita maingĩ atĩa maamũremagĩra marĩ kũu werũ-inĩ, na makamũiguithia kĩeha marĩ kũu rũngʼũrĩ-inĩ.
41 They turned again and tempted God, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.
Mahinda maingĩ nĩmageririe Mũrungu; maathirĩkirie Ũrĩa-Mũtheru-wa-Isiraeli.
42 They did not remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
Matiaririkanire ũhoti wake: mũthenya ũrĩa aamakũũrire kuuma kũrĩ arĩa maamahinyagĩrĩria,
43 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
kana mũthenya ũrĩa onanirie ciama ciake kũu bũrũri wa Misiri, kana magegania make marĩa onanirie kũu werũ-inĩ wa Zoani.
44 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
Nĩagarũrire njũũĩ cia bũrũri wa Misiri igĩtuĩka thakame; matingĩahotire kũnyua maaĩ ma tũrũũĩ twao.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Akĩmatũmĩra mĩrumbĩ mĩingĩ ya ngi ikĩmarĩa, o na ciũra iria ciamaanangire.
46 He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
Irio cia mĩgũnda yao aaciheire itono, na maciaro mao akĩmarekereria ngigĩ.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
Aanangire mĩthabibũ yao na mbura ya mbembe, na mĩkũyũ yao akĩmĩcina na mbaa.
48 He gave over their livestock also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Ngʼombe ciao aaciũragire na mbura ya mbembe, na mahiũ mao akĩmahũũra na ngwa.
49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of destroying angels.
Aamaitĩrĩirie marakara make mahiũ, na mangʼũrĩ, na marũrũ, na muku: akĩmarekereria mbũtũ ya araika arĩa maniinanaga.
50 He made a path for his anger. He did not spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
Nĩaatemeire marakara make njĩra; ndamahonokirie kũrĩ gĩkuũ, no nĩamarekereirie kũrĩ mũthiro.
51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Akĩũraga marigithathi mothe ma bũrũri wa Misiri, arĩ mo maciaro ma mbere ma mũndũ thĩinĩ wa hema cia Hamu.
52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
No akĩruta andũ ake kuo ta rũũru; akĩmatongoria o ta ũrĩa mũrĩithi atongoragia ngʼondu magĩtuĩkanĩria kũu werũ-inĩ.
53 He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Aamatongoririe amamenyereire, nĩ ũndũ ũcio matietigĩrire; no thũ ciao ikĩhubĩkanio nĩ iria.
54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩmakinyia mũhaka-inĩ wa bũrũri wake ũcio mũtheru, akĩmakinyia bũrũri wa irĩma ũrĩa guoko gwake kwa ũrĩo kwegwatĩire.
55 He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Ningĩ akĩrutũrũra ndũrĩrĩ ciehere mbere yao, na akĩmagaĩra bũrũri ũcio wa ndũrĩrĩ ũtuĩke igai rĩao; akĩhe mĩhĩrĩga ya Isiraeli mĩciĩ yao.
56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not keep his testimonies;
No nĩmageririe Ngai na makĩremera Ũrĩa-ũrĩ-Igũrũ-Mũno; matiathikĩrĩirie mawatho make.
57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Nĩmagire wĩhokeku na makĩaga wĩtĩkio o ta maithe mao, makĩaga kwĩhokeka o ta ũta mũgathũku ũrĩa ũtangĩĩhokwo.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
Nĩmamũrakaririe nĩ ũndũ wa gũkorwo na kũndũ kwao gũtũũgĩru gwa kũhooyagĩra; makĩarahũra ũiru wake nĩ ũndũ wa mĩhianano yao.
59 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel;
Rĩrĩa Ngai aamaiguire, nĩarakarire mũno; nake agĩtiganĩria Isiraeli o biũ.
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among men;
Agĩthaama Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo ĩrĩa yarĩ Shilo, hema ĩrĩa aahaandĩte atũũranagie na andũ.
61 and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary's hand.
Akĩrekereria ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro rĩrĩa rĩa hinya wake rĩthaamio, riiri ũcio wake akĩũneana moko-inĩ ma thũ.
62 He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
Andũ ake nao akĩmarekereria rũhiũ rwa njora; nĩarakarĩtio mũno nĩ igai rĩake.
63 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
Mwaki ũgĩcina aanake ao, nao airĩtu ao makĩaga kũinagĩrwo nyĩmbo cia ũhiki;
64 Their cohanim fell by the sword, and their widows couldn't weep.
athĩnjĩri-Ngai ao makĩũragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, na atumia ao a ndigwa makĩaga kũmacakaĩra.
65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
Ningĩ Mwathani akĩarahũka ta mũndũ woima toro, ta njamba ya ita ĩgĩũkĩra thuutha wa kũrĩĩo nĩ ndibei.
66 He struck his adversaries backward. He made them a permanent shame.
Aahũũrire thũ ciake agĩcihũndũra; aaciconorithirie nginya tene.
67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
Ningĩ akĩrega hema cia Jusufu, na ndathuurire mũhĩrĩga wa Efiraimu;
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
no rĩrĩ, nĩathuurire mũhĩrĩga wa Juda, na Kĩrĩma gĩa Zayuni kĩrĩa endete.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
Nĩaakire handũ harĩa hake haamũre hakĩhaana ta irĩma iria ndaaya, hakĩhaana ta thĩ ĩrĩa aahaandire ĩtũũre ĩrũmĩte nginya tene.
70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
Aathuurire Daudi ndungata yake na akĩmũruta ciugũ-inĩ cia ngʼondu;
71 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob his servant, and Israel his inheritance.
akĩmũtigithia kũrĩithia ngʼondu, akĩmutua mũrĩithi wa andũ ake, nĩo mbarĩ ya Jakubu, arĩithagie Isiraeli igai rĩake.
72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Nake Daudi akĩmarĩithia arĩ na wagĩrĩru wa ngoro; aamatongoragia na ũũgĩ wa moko make.
