Thaburi 47

1 Thaburi ya Ariũ a Kora Inyuĩ andũ a ndũrĩrĩ ciothe, hũũrai hĩ; ugĩrĩriai nĩ ũndũ wa Ngai, na mwanĩrĩre mũrĩ na gĩkeno.

You people all [over the world], clap your hands for joy! Shout joyfully to [praise] God!

2 Jehova Ũrĩa-Ũrĩ-Igũrũ-Mũno kaĩ nĩ wa gwĩtigĩrwo-ĩ, O we Mũthamaki mũnene ũrĩa wathaga thĩ yothe!

Yahweh, who is much greater than any other god, is awesome; he is the king who rules over all the world!

3 Atooragia ndũrĩrĩ igaikara rungu rwitũ, irĩndĩ igaikara rungu rwa makinya maitũ.

He enabled us to defeat [the armies of] the people-groups [that lived in Canaan].

4 Nĩwe watũthuurĩire igai riitũ, ithuĩ gĩkeno kĩa Jakubu, o ũcio eendete.

He chose for us this land where we now live; we Israeli people [MTY], whom he loves, are proud that we own this land.

5 Ngai nĩambatĩte, o agĩkũngũyagĩrwo na gĩkeno, Jehova akaambata akĩhuhagĩrwo tũrumbeta.

God has gone up [into his temple]. The people shouted joyfully and blew trumpets as Yahweh went up.

6 Inĩrai Ngai mũmũgooce na nyĩmbo, mũinĩrei mũmũgooce; inĩrai Mũthamaki witũ mũmũgooce, mũinĩrei mũmũgooce.

Sing songs to praise our God! Sing to praise him [DOU]! Sing to God, our king!

7 Nĩgũkorwo Ngai nĩwe Mũthamaki wa thĩ yothe; mũgoocei na nyĩmbo.

God is the one who rules over everything in the world; sing a psalm to him!

8 Ngai nĩwe ũthamakagĩra ndũrĩrĩ; Ngai aikarĩire gĩtĩ gĩake kĩrĩa gĩtheru kĩa ũnene.

God sits on his sacred throne as he rules over the people of [all] ethnic groups.

9 Andũ a ndũrĩrĩ arĩa marĩ igweta nĩmonganĩte matuĩke ta andũ a Ngai wa Iburahĩmu, nĩgũkorwo athamaki a thĩ nĩ a Ngai; we nĩwe ũtũũgĩrĩtio mũno.

The rulers of those people-groups gather as God’s people, the people [descended] from Abraham, [do]. But God has more power than the weapons/shields [of all the kings] on the earth; (he is greatly honored/people honor him) everywhere.