Thaburi 124

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

A song of ascents; of David. “If Yahweh had not been on our side,” let Israel say now,

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

“if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side when men rose up against us,

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

then they would have swallowed us up alive when their anger raged against us.

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

The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us.

5 maaĩ macio maathereraga na hinya mũno nĩmangĩatũthereririe.

Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

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

Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth.

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

We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

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

Our help is in Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.