Psalms 78
1 An Instructive Psalm. Asaph’s. Give ear, O my people, to mine instruction, Bend your ear to the sayings of my mouth;
Abụ maskil nke Asaf. Ndị m, nụrụnụ ihe m na-ezi; geenụ ntị nʼokwu ọnụ m.
2 I will open, in a parable, my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity; —
Aga m eji ilu malite okwu m, aga m ekwu ọtụtụ ihe omimi, ihe ndị sitere na mgbe ochie;
3 Which we have heard, and come to know, And, our fathers, have recounted to us;
ihe ndị anyị nụrụla, marakwa, ihe ndị nna nna anyị ha gwara anyị.
4 We will not withhold [them] from their children, To a later generation, recounting the praises of Yahweh, Even his might and his wonders which he wrought;
Anyị agaghị ezonarị ụmụ anyị ihe ndị a, kama anyị ga-akọrọ ọgbọ nke na-abịa nʼihu akụkọ ịdị ike Onyenwe anyị, na ọrụ ebube ya, na ihe ịtụnanya niile o mere.
5 When he set up a testimony in Jacob, And, a law, appointed in Israel, —Which he commanded our fathers, That they might make them known to their children;
O nyere Jekọb iwu banyere ụkpụrụ ya, mekwaa ka iwu ahụ guzosie ike nʼIzrel, bụ nke ọ dọrọ nna nna anyị ha aka na ntị, ka ha kuziere ụmụ ha,
6 To the end, A later generation, might come to know, Children who should be born, Who should arise, and recount [them] to their children;
ka ọgbọ na-eso ha nwee ike mụta ya, ọ bụladị ọgbọ nke a ka amụbeghị, ndị nke ga-agwakwa ha ụmụ ha.
7 That they might set, in Elohim, their confidence, —And not forget the doings of El, But, his commandments, might observe;
Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-atụkwasị Chineke obi ha, ma ghara ichefu ọrụ ya niile dị iche iche. Ha ga-edebekwa iwu ya niile.
8 And not become, like their fathers, a generation stubborn and rebellious, —A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit, faithful with GOD.
Ha agakwaghị adị ka ndị nna nna ha, ọgbọ ndị nnupu isi na ndị isiike; ndị obi ha na-adịghị nʼebe Chineke nọ, ndị mmụọ ha na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye ya.
9 The sons of Ephraim—armed bowmen, Turned in the day of battle;
Ndị ikom Ifrem, nʼagbanyeghị na ha kwere ụta ha, chigharịrị azụ, gbaa ọsọ nʼụbọchị agha.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, And, in his law, refused to walk;
Ha edebeghị ọgbụgba ndụ Chineke. Ha jụkwara ibi ndụ dịka iwu ya si dị.
11 And forgat His doings, And his wonders which he had showed them:
Ha chefuru ihe o mere, ọrụ ịtụnanya o gosiri ha.
12 In presence of their fathers, wrought he, wondrously, —In the land of Egypt—the field of Zoan:
Chineke rụrụ ọrụ ebube ndị a nʼihu nna nna ha nʼala Ijipt na nʼọhịa Zoan.
13 He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through, And reared up the waters like a mound;
O kewara oke osimiri, site nʼetiti ya dufee ha. O mere ka mmiri ahụ guzo ọtọ dịka mgbidi.
14 And led them, by a cloud, in the daytime, And all the night, by a light of fire;
O ji igwe ojii duo ha nʼije nʼehihie, jirikwa ìhè sitere nʼọkụ ahụ, duo ha ogologo abalị niile.
15 He used to cleave rocks in the desert, And let them drink as out of mighty deeps;
Ọ gbawara oke nkume dị nʼọzara, si otu a nye ha mmiri hiri nne, dịka a ga-asị na ọ bụ mmiri si nʼọtụtụ oke osimiri.
16 And he brought forth streams out of the cliff, And caused waters to flow down, like rivers.
O mere ka mmiri iyi site na nkume gbapụta, mee ka mmiri rudata dịka osimiri.
17 But again, once more sinned they against him, Resisting the Most High in a land of drought:
Ha nọgidere na-emehie megide ya. Ha nupuru isi nʼọzara megide Onye kachasị ihe niile elu.
18 They put GOD to the proof in their heart, By asking food to their mind:
Ha kpachara anya nwaa Chineke ọnwụnwa, mgbe ha rịọrọ ya nri nke obi ha chọrọ.
19 Yea they spake against Elohim, —They said, Can GOD prepare a table in the desert?
Ha kwuhiere Chineke; jụọ ya ọnụ sị, “Chineke ọ pụrụ inye anyị ezi nri na mmiri ọṅụṅụ nʼọzara a?
20 Lo! he hath smitten a rock, And waters, have gushed out, Yea, torrents, have rushed along, —Food also, can he give? Or provide flesh for his people?
Ọ bụ ezie na o tiri nkume ahụ ihe, mee ka mmiri sọpụta, mmiri iyi sọpụtara nʼebe o hiri nne, ma ọ pụrụ inye anyị nri? Ọ pụrụ inye ndị ya anụ?”
21 Therefore, Yahweh hearkened, and became wroth, —And, a fire, was kindled against Jacob, Moreover also, anger, mounted against Israel;
Mgbe Onyenwe anyị nụrụ ihe ha kwuru, iwe were ya; ọkụ ya repịara Jekọb, iwe ọkụ ya biliri megide Izrel.
22 Because, They believed not in God, Nor trusted in his salvation;
Nʼihi na ha ekwenyeghị na Chineke, maọbụ tụkwasị obi na nzọpụta ya.
23 Though he had commanded the skies above, And, the doors of the heavens, had opened;
Nʼagbanyeghị ihe ndị a, o nyere mbara eluigwe iwu meghekwa ọnụ ụzọ niile nke eluigwe.
24 And had rained on them manna to eat, And, the corn of the heavens, had given to them:
O mere ka mánà zokwasị ndị mmadụ a dịka mmiri, ka ha rie. O nyere ha mkpụrụ ọka nke si nʼeluigwe.
25 The food of the mighty, each one did eat, Nourishment, sent he them to the full;
Ndị mmadụ tara achịcha ndị mmụọ ozi. O zitere ha nri niile ha nwere ike iri.
26 He let loose an east wind in the heavens, Then guided he, in his might, a south wind;
O sitere nʼeluigwe tọpụ ikuku nke ọwụwa anyanwụ, o jikwa ike ya duo ikuku nke ndịda.
27 And rained upon them flesh as the dust, And, like the sand of the seas, birds of wing;
O zidatara ha anụ dị ukwuu dịka ọ bụ uzuzu, anụ ufe ọnụọgụgụ ha dịka ọnụọgụgụ aja dị nʼala ọnụ oke osimiri.
28 And let them fall in the midst of their camp, —Round about their habitations.
O mere ka ụmụ anụ ufe ndị a daara ha nʼala nʼetiti ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ha nakwa gburugburu ụlọ ikwu ha.
29 So they did eat and were abundantly filled, When, what they longed for, he had brought them: —
Ha riri ihe tutu ruo mgbe ha enwekwaghị ike iri ọzọ, nʼihi na o nyere ha ihe obi ha chọrọ.
30 They had not turned away from what they had longed for, Yet was their food in their mouth,
Ha erisibeghị nri ahụ obi ha chọrọ, anụ ụfọdụ dịkwa ha nʼọnụ,
31 When, the anger of God, mounted against them, And he slew of their vigorous youths, And, the choice young men of Israel, caused he to bow down in death.
mgbe iwe Chineke biliri imegide ha; o tigburu ndị kachasị ike nʼetiti ha, tigbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa ndị Izrel.
32 For all this, sinned they still, And believed not in his wonders;
Ma na-eleghị ihe ndị a anya, ha gakwara nʼihu na mmehie ha, jụkwa ikwere nʼọrụ ebube niile Onyenwe anyị rụrụ.
33 So he ended, in a breath, their days, And their years, in a sudden terror!
O mere ka ụbọchị ndụ ha bụrụ ihe efu. O mekwara ka afọ ha gwụsịa nʼobi ọlụlọ mmiri.
34 If he slew [of] them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;
Mgbe ọbụla Chineke tigburu ha, ha na-achọ ya; ha na-alaghachi azụ, chọsie ya ike.
35 And remembered that, Elohim, was their rock, Yea, EL Most High, their Redeemer:
Ha na-echeta na Chineke bụ Oke nkume ha, na Chineke nke kachasị ihe niile elu bụrụ ha Onye Mgbapụta.
36 So they spake him fair with their mouth, And, with their tongue, did promise him falsely;
Ma mgbe ahụ, ha ga-eji naanị okwu efu fee ya ofufe, were ire ha na-aghara ya ụgha.
37 But, their heart, was not fixed with him, Nor were they trusty in his covenant:
Obi ha ekwesịkwaghị ike nye ya. Ha ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye ọgbụgba ndụ ya.
38 Yet, he, full of compassion, would put a propitiatory-covering over iniquity, and not destroy, —Yea, many a time, turned he back his anger, And would not stir up all his wrath.
Ma o meere ha ebere. Ọ gbaghara ha mmehie ha. Ọ laghị ha nʼiyi. Ọtụtụ oge ka o jidere iwe ya. Ọ kpalịkwaghị oke iwe ya.
39 So then he remembered, That, Flesh, they were, A Wind departing, that returneth not.
Nʼihi na o chetara na ha bụ naanị anụ ahụ nke o kere eke, chetakwa na ha dịka ikuku nke na-adịghị alọghachi azụ mgbe ọ gabigasịrị.
40 How often they, Resisted him in the desert, Vexed him, in the waste:
Ọtụtụ oge ka ha nupuru isi megide ya nʼọzara; ha kpasuru ya iwe nʼala ahụ tọgbọrọ nʼefu.
41 Yea they again put GOD to the test, And, to the Holy One of Israel, caused they sorrow:
Mgbe mgbe, ha nwara Chineke; ha kpasuru Onye Nsọ nke Izrel iwe.
42 They remembered not his hand—The day, When he ransomed them from the adversary;
Ha echetaghị ike ya, ụbọchị ahụ ọ gbapụtara ha site nʼaka ndị na-emegbu ha;
43 When he set, in Egypt, his signs, And his wonders, in the plain of Zoan;
nʼụbọchị o gosipụtara ihe ịrịbama niile nʼala Ijipt, ọrụ ebube ya niile nʼọhịa Zoan.
44 When he turned, into blood, their Nile-streams, And, their own rivers, could they not drink;
O mere ka osimiri ha niile ghọọ ọbara. Ha enwekwaghị ike ịṅụ mmiri si na ha.
45 He sent among them, The gad-fly, and it devoured them, And the frog, and it despoiled them;
O zigakwara igwe ijiji nʼetiti ha, nke tara ha, zitekwa awọ nʼala ha, nke bibiri ha.
46 When he gave to the corn-locust their produce, And their toil, to the swarming locust;
O zitekwara ụmụ ụkpana ndị tachapụrụ mkpụrụ a kụrụ nʼubi ha, zitekwa igurube nke ripịara ihe niile a gaara eweta dịka ihe ubi.
47 He killed, with hail, their vine, And their sycomores, with frost:
O ji oke mkpụrụ mmiri mebie osisi vaịnị ha, jirikwa igirigi jụrụ oke oyi bibie osisi sikamọ ha niile.
48 When he gave up, to hail-storms, their beasts, And their cattle, to pestilent fevers;
O weere ehi ha niile nyefee mkpụrụ mmiri, werekwa anụ ụlọ ha nyefee amụma egbe eluigwe.
49 He sent among them the heat of his anger, Wrath and indignation and distress, —A mission of messengers of misfortune:
O zipụrụ iwe ọkụ ya nʼetiti ha, oke iwe ya, na iwe ya, na mmeso nke iwe ya, ndị mmụọ ozi na-ebibi ihe na-eleghị anya nʼazụ.
50 He leveled a path for his anger, Withheld not, from death, their soul, But, their life—to the pestilence, he delivered:
O doziri ụzọ nke iwe ya ga-eso; o gbochighị ka ha ghara ịnwụ; kama o nyefere ndụ ha nʼaka ọrịa na-efe efe.
51 So he smote, Every first-born in Egypt, The beginning of their strength, in the tents of Ham;
O tigburu nwa ọbụla e bụ ụzọ mụọ nʼala Ijipt, mkpụrụ mbụ nke ndị ikom nʼime ụlọ ikwu Ham.
52 And he set forth, like sheep, his people, And guided them, like a flock in the desert;
Ma o dupụtara ndị nke ya dịka igwe atụrụ; o duuru ha dịka atụrụ gafee ọzara.
53 Yea he led them securely, and they dreaded not, And, their enemies, the sea did cover.
O duuru ha nʼudo, ụjọ atụkwaghị ha, ma osimiri kpuchigidere ndị iro ha.
54 Then brought he them within his own holy bounds, The mountain-range, which his right hand made his own:
Otu a ka o si duru ha bịaruo nʼoke ala nsọ ya, ala ugwu ugwu ahụ nke aka nri ya nwetara.
55 So he drave out, before them, [whole] nations, And allotted them, by line, an inheritance, And caused to dwell, in their own homes, the tribes of Israel.
Ọ chụpụrụ mba niile nʼihu ha, tụọ ala ha kesara ha dịka ihe nketa; o mere ka ebo niile nke Izrel biri nʼụlọ nke aka ha.
56 But they tested and resisted God Most High, And, his testimonies, did not observe;
Ma ha nwara Chineke ọnwụnwa, nupu isi megide Onye kachasị ihe niile elu; ha edebeghị ụkpụrụ ya.
57 But drew back and dealt treacherously, like their fathers, They turned aside, like deceitful bowmen;
Dịka nna nna ha, ha bụ ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi, na ndị aghụghọ, ha dịka ụta a na-ekweghị nke ọma.
58 And provoked him to anger with their high places, And, with their images, used to move him to jealousy.
Nʼihi ebe nchụaja ha wuru, ha mere ka iwe wee ya; sitekwa nʼarụsị ha pịrị apị, ha kpaliri ekworo ya.
59 God heard and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
Mgbe Chineke nụrụ ha, iwe were ya nke ukwuu. Ọ jụrụ ndị Izrel kpamkpam.
60 So he gave up the habitation of Shiloh, The tent he had set up among Men;
Ọ gbakụtara ụlọ nzute ya nke dị na Shaịlo azụ, ụlọ ikwu ahụ ọ mara nʼetiti ndị mmadụ.
61 Yea he gave up, into captivity, his strength, And his beauty into the hand of an adversary;
O nyefere igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ike ya ka a dọta ya nʼagha, o nyefekwara onye iro ahụ ebube ya nʼaka.
62 And delivered up, to the sword, his people, And, with his own inheritance, was he wroth;
O kwere ka e gbuo ndị ya nʼagha; iwe ya dị ọkụ megide ihe nketa ya.
63 His young men, were devoured by fire, And, his virgins, were not praised in song;
Ọkụ repịara ụmụ okorobịa ha, ọ dịkwaghị onye a gụụrụ egwu ọlụlụ di na nwunye, nʼetiti ụmụ agbọghọ ha;
64 His priests, by the sword, did fall, And, his widows, were not able to bewail.
E gburu ndị nchụaja ha nʼagha; ndị inyom ha ndị di ha nwụrụ enwekwaghị ike iru ụjụ.
65 Then awoke, as one that had slept, Adonay, As a warrior exulting with wine!
Mgbe ahụ, onyenwe anyị tetara dịka onye si nʼụra teta, dịka dike si nʼụra mmanya teta.
66 So he smote his adversaries in the rear, Reproach age-abiding, laid he upon them.
Ọ chụghachiri ndị iro ya azụ, mee ha ihe ihere nke ga-adịgide ruo ebighị ebi.
67 Howbeit he rejected the tent of Joseph, And, the tribe of Ephraim, did not choose:
Ọ jụrụ ụlọ ikwu Josef, ọ họpụtaghị ebo Ifrem;
68 But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved;
ma ọ họọrọ ebo Juda, na ugwu Zayọn, nke ọ hụrụ nʼanya.
69 And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.
O wuru ụlọnsọ ya ka ọ dị ka ebe dị elu, dịka ụwa nke o mere ka o guzosie ike ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
70 And made choice of David his servant, And took him from among the folds of the sheep:
Ọ họpụtara Devid, ohu ya, kpọrọ ya site nʼọgba igwe atụrụ;
71 From after the sucking ewes, he brought him in, —To be shepherd to Jacob his people, And to Israel, his inheritance.
o si nʼebe ọ nọ na-azụ atụrụ kpọrọ ya, ka ọ bịa bụrụ onye na-azụ ndị ya Jekọb, na Izrel, ihe nketa ya dịka atụrụ.
72 So he did shepherd them, according to the singleness of his heart, And, with the discernment of his hands, used he to guide them.
Devid ji izuoke nke obi ya zụọ ha, aka nke maara ihe ọ na-eme ka o ji duo ha.
