Thaburi 113

1 Goocai Jehova. Mũgoocei, inyuĩ ndungata cia Jehova, mũgooce rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova.

Praise Yahweh! You people who serve Yahweh, praise him! Praise (him/his name)!

2 Rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova rĩrogoocwo, kuuma rĩu nginya tene na tene.

Yahweh should be praised now and forever!

3 Kuuma o irathĩro rĩa riũa nginya ithũĩro rĩarĩo, rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova nĩrĩgoocagwo.

People who live in the east and people who live in the west, everyone, should praise Yahweh [MTY]!

4 Jehova nĩatũũgĩrĩtio igũrũ rĩa ndũrĩrĩ ciothe, riiri wake ũrĩ igũrũ rĩa igũrũ.

Yahweh rules [MTY] over all the nations, and high in the heavens he shows that his glory is very great.

5 Nũũ ũhaana ta Jehova Ngai witũ, o Ũcio ũikaragĩra gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene kũu igũrũ,

There is no one [RHQ] who is like Yahweh, our God, who lives/sits/rules in the highest heaven,

6 o ũcio ũinamagĩrĩra arorererie maũndũ ma igũrũ o na ma thĩ?

and looks far down through the heavens and sees the [people on] the earth.

7 Oyaga athĩĩni na igũrũ kuuma rũkũngũ-inĩ, na agokĩria arĩa abatari, akamaruta kĩhumbu-inĩ kĩa mũhu;

[Sometimes] he lifts poor people up [so that they no longer sit in] the dirt; he helps needy [people so that they no longer sit on] heaps of ashes

8 amaikaragia hamwe na anene, o hamwe na anene a andũ ao.

and causes them to [be honored] by sitting next to princes, the sons of the kings [who rule] their people.

9 Atũmaga mũtumia thaata atũũre gwake mũciĩ, agatuĩka nyina wa ciana, agakenaga. Goocai Jehova.

He also enables women who have no children to have a family; he causes them to be happy mothers. Praise Yahweh!