Psalms 78
1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.
Abụ maskil nke Asaf. Ndị m, nụrụnụ ihe m na-ezi; geenụ ntị nʼokwu ọnụ m.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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 known, and our fathers have told us.
ihe ndị anyị nụrụla, marakwa, ihe ndị nna nna anyị ha gwara anyị.
4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
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 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should 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 That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare 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 their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
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 might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast 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 children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back 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 refused to walk in his law;
Ha edebeghị ọgbụgba ndụ Chineke. Ha jụkwara ibi ndụ dịka iwu ya si dị.
11 And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had shown them.
Ha chefuru ihe o mere, ọrụ ịtụnanya o gosiri ha.
12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Chineke rụrụ ọrụ ebube ndị a nʼihu nna nna ha nʼala Ijipt na nʼọhịa Zoan.
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
O kewara oke osimiri, site nʼetiti ya dufee ha. O mere ka mmiri ahụ guzo ọtọ dịka mgbidi.
14 In the day time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
O ji igwe ojii duo ha nʼije nʼehihie, jirikwa ìhè sitere nʼọkụ ahụ, duo ha ogologo abalị niile.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
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 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
O mere ka mmiri iyi site na nkume gbapụta, mee ka mmiri rudata dịka osimiri.
17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Ha nọgidere na-emehie megide ya. Ha nupuru isi nʼọzara megide Onye kachasị ihe niile elu.
18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Ha kpachara anya nwaa Chineke ọnwụnwa, mgbe ha rịọrọ ya nri nke obi ha chọrọ.
19 Yea, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Ha kwuhiere Chineke; jụọ ya ọnụ sị, “Chineke ọ pụrụ inye anyị ezi nri na mmiri ọṅụṅụ nʼọzara a?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he 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 the LORD heard this, and was full of wrath: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up 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, and trusted not in his salvation:
Nʼihi na ha ekwenyeghị na Chineke, maọbụ tụkwasị obi na nzọpụta ya.
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Nʼagbanyeghị ihe ndị a, o nyere mbara eluigwe iwu meghekwa ọnụ ụzọ niile nke eluigwe.
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the grain of heaven.
O mere ka mánà zokwasị ndị mmadụ a dịka mmiri, ka ha rie. O nyere ha mkpụrụ ọka nke si nʼeluigwe.
25 Man ate angels’ food: he sent them food to the full.
Ndị mmadụ tara achịcha ndị mmụọ ozi. O zitere ha nri niile ha nwere ike iri.
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
O sitere nʼeluigwe tọpụ ikuku nke ọwụwa anyanwụ, o jikwa ike ya duo ikuku nke ndịda.
27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
O zidatara ha anụ dị ukwuu dịka ọ bụ uzuzu, anụ ufe ọnụọgụgụ ha dịka ọnụọgụgụ aja dị nʼala ọnụ oke osimiri.
28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, around 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 ate, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
Ha riri ihe tutu ruo mgbe ha enwekwaghị ike iri ọzọ, nʼihi na o nyere ha ihe obi ha chọrọ.
30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
Ha erisibeghị nri ahụ obi ha chọrọ, anụ ụfọdụ dịkwa ha nʼọnụ,
31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
mgbe iwe Chineke biliri imegide ha; o tigburu ndị kachasị ike nʼetiti ha, tigbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa ndị Izrel.
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
Ma na-eleghị ihe ndị a anya, ha gakwara nʼihu na mmehie ha, jụkwa ikwere nʼọrụ ebube niile Onyenwe anyị rụrụ.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
O mere ka ụbọchị ndụ ha bụrụ ihe efu. O mekwara ka afọ ha gwụsịa nʼobi ọlụlọ mmiri.
34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Mgbe ọbụla Chineke tigburu ha, ha na-achọ ya; ha na-alaghachi azụ, chọsie ya ike.
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Ha na-echeta na Chineke bụ Oke nkume ha, na Chineke nke kachasị ihe niile elu bụrụ ha Onye Mgbapụta.
36 Nevertheless they would flatter him with their mouth, and they lied to him with their tongues.
Ma mgbe ahụ, ha ga-eji naanị okwu efu fee ya ofufe, were ire ha na-aghara ya ụgha.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
Obi ha ekwesịkwaghị ike nye ya. Ha ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye ọgbụgba ndụ ya.
38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time he turned his anger away, and did 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 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
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 oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Ọtụtụ oge ka ha nupuru isi megide ya nʼọzara; ha kpasuru ya iwe nʼala ahụ tọgbọrọ nʼefu.
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
Mgbe mgbe, ha nwara Chineke; ha kpasuru Onye Nsọ nke Izrel iwe.
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
Ha echetaghị ike ya, ụbọchị ahụ ọ gbapụtara ha site nʼaka ndị na-emegbu ha;
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
nʼụbọchị o gosipụtara ihe ịrịbama niile nʼala Ijipt, ọrụ ebube ya niile nʼọhịa Zoan.
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their streams, that they could not drink.
O mere ka osimiri ha niile ghọọ ọbara. Ha enwekwaghị ike ịṅụ mmiri si na ha.
45 He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
O zigakwara igwe ijiji nʼetiti ha, nke tara ha, zitekwa awọ nʼala ha, nke bibiri ha.
46 He gave also their increase to the caterpiller, and their labour to the 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 destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
O ji oke mkpụrụ mmiri mebie osisi vaịnị ha, jirikwa igirigi jụrụ oke oyi bibie osisi sikamọ ha niile.
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
O weere ehi ha niile nyefee mkpụrụ mmiri, werekwa anụ ụlọ ha nyefee amụma egbe eluigwe.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
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 made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
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 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
O tigburu nwa ọbụla e bụ ụzọ mụọ nʼala Ijipt, mkpụrụ mbụ nke ndị ikom nʼime ụlọ ikwu Ham.
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Ma o dupụtara ndị nke ya dịka igwe atụrụ; o duuru ha dịka atụrụ gafee ọzara.
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
O duuru ha nʼudo, ụjọ atụkwaghị ha, ma osimiri kpuchigidere ndị iro ha.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
Otu a ka o si duru ha bịaruo nʼoke ala nsọ ya, ala ugwu ugwu ahụ nke aka nri ya nwetara.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
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 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Ma ha nwara Chineke ọnwụnwa, nupu isi megide Onye kachasị ihe niile elu; ha edebeghị ụkpụrụ ya.
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Dịka nna nna ha, ha bụ ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi, na ndị aghụghọ, ha dịka ụta a na-ekweghị nke ọma.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Nʼihi ebe nchụaja ha wuru, ha mere ka iwe wee ya; sitekwa nʼarụsị ha pịrị apị, ha kpaliri ekworo ya.
59 When God heard this, he was filled with wrath, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Mgbe Chineke nụrụ ha, iwe were ya nke ukwuu. Ọ jụrụ ndị Izrel kpamkpam.
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Ọ gbakụtara ụlọ nzute ya nke dị na Shaịlo azụ, ụlọ ikwu ahụ ọ mara nʼetiti ndị mmadụ.
61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
O nyefere igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ike ya ka a dọta ya nʼagha, o nyefekwara onye iro ahụ ebube ya nʼaka.
62 He gave over his people also to the sword; and was filled with wrath with his inheritance.
O kwere ka e gbuo ndị ya nʼagha; iwe ya dị ọkụ megide ihe nketa ya.
63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Ọkụ repịara ụmụ okorobịa ha, ọ dịkwaghị onye a gụụrụ egwu ọlụlụ di na nwunye, nʼetiti ụmụ agbọghọ ha;
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
E gburu ndị nchụaja ha nʼagha; ndị inyom ha ndị di ha nwụrụ enwekwaghị ike iru ụjụ.
65 Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Mgbe ahụ, onyenwe anyị tetara dịka onye si nʼụra teta, dịka dike si nʼụra mmanya teta.
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder part: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Ọ chụghachiri ndị iro ya azụ, mee ha ihe ihere nke ga-adịgide ruo ebighị ebi.
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Ọ jụrụ ụlọ ikwu Josef, ọ họpụtaghị ebo Ifrem;
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
ma ọ họọrọ ebo Juda, na ugwu Zayọn, nke ọ hụrụ nʼanya.
69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
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 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheep folds:
Ọ họpụtara Devid, ohu ya, kpọrọ ya site nʼọgba igwe atụrụ;
71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and 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 fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Devid ji izuoke nke obi ya zụọ ha, aka nke maara ihe ọ na-eme ka o ji duo ha.
