Thaburi 124

1 Thaburi ya Daudi Korwo Jehova ndaakoretwo arĩ mwena witũ; Isiraeli nĩmakiuge ũguo:

A Song of degrees of David. If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2 Korwo Jehova ndaarĩ mwena witũ rĩrĩa andũ maatũtharĩkĩire-rĩ,

If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

3 nĩmangĩatũmeririe tũrĩ muoyo; rĩrĩa marakara mao maatũrĩrĩmbũkĩire-rĩ,

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 mũiyũro wa maaĩ nĩũngĩatũhubanĩirie, tũhumbwo nĩ nditi ya maaĩ macio;

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

5 maaĩ macio maathereraga na hinya mũno nĩmangĩatũthereririe.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Jehova arogoocwo, o we ũtaatũrekereirie tũtambuurangwo nĩ magego mao.

Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath not given us [as] a prey to their teeth.

7 Ithuĩ tũhonokete ta nyoni ĩhonokete mũtego-inĩ wa mũmĩtegi; mũtego nĩunangĩtwo, na ithuĩ nĩtũhonokete.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Ũteithio witũ uumaga harĩ Jehova, o we Mũũmbi wa igũrũ na thĩ.

Our help [is] in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.