Thaburi 78
1 Thaburi ya Asafu Inyuĩ andũ akwa, iguai ũrutani wakwa; thikĩrĩriai ciugo cia kanua gakwa.
A maskil of Asaph. My people, attend to my teaching: bend your ears to the words of my mouth,
2 Ngũtumũra kanua gakwa njarie na ngerekano, ngũgweta maũndũ mahithe, maũndũ ma kuuma o tene:
as I open my mouth in a poem on the riddling story of the past.
3 maũndũ marĩa twanaigua na tũkamenya, o marĩa maithe maitũ maanatwĩra.
What we have heard and known, and what our ancestors have told us,
4 Tũtingĩhitha ciana ciao maũndũ macio; nĩtũrĩĩraga rũciaro rũrĩa rũgooka ũhoro wa ciĩko cia Jehova cia kũmũgoocithia, na ũhoti wake, na magegania marĩa aaneka.
we will not hide from their children. We will tell to the next generation the praises and might of the Lord, and the wonders that he has done.
5 Aaheire Jakubu mawatho, na akĩhaanda watho thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli, ũrĩa aathire maithe maitũ atĩ maũrutage ciana ciao,
He set up a testimony in Jacob, a law he appointed in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to make known to their children,
6 nĩguo rũciaro rũrĩa rũgooka thuutha rũkaamenya watho ũcio, o hamwe na ciana iria itaciarĩtwo, nĩguo nacio ikeera ciana ciacio.
that the next generation should know it, that the children yet to be born should arise and tell their children;
7 Hĩndĩ ĩyo ciĩhoke Ngai na ciage kũriganĩrwo nĩ ciĩko ciake, no kũrũmia irũmagie maathani make.
that in God they might put their confidence, and not forget God’s works; but that they might keep his commandments,
8 Nacio itikahaane ta maithe macio ma tene, arĩa maarĩ a rũciaro rũremi na rũngʼathia, rũrĩa ngoro ciaruo itaathĩkagĩra Mũrungu, o rũu maroho maaruo mataamwĩhokire.
and not be like their ancestors, a generation defiant and stubborn, a generation with heart unsteady, and spirit unfaithful towards God.
9 Andũ a Efiraimu, o na maarĩ na mota ma kũrũa, nĩmahũndũkire mũthenya ũrĩa wa mbaara;
Ephraimites, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
10 matiarũmirie kĩrĩkanĩro kĩao na Ngai, na nĩmaregire kũrũmĩrĩra watho wake.
They did not keep God’s covenant, they refused to walk in his law.
11 Nĩmariganĩirwo nĩ maũndũ marĩa ekĩte, na makĩriganĩrwo nĩ magegania marĩa aamonetie.
They forgot what he had done, and the wonders he had shown them.
12 Nĩaringire ciama maithe mao makĩĩonagĩra marĩ kũu bũrũri wa Misiri, kũu werũ-inĩ wa Zoani.
He did wonders before their ancestors in the country of Zoan in Egypt.
13 Aagayanirie iria, akĩmaringia; aatũmire maaĩ marũgame ta rũthingo.
Through the sea which he split he brought them, making waters stand up like a heap;
14 Mũthenya aamatongoragia na itu, naguo ũtukũ wothe akamatongoria na ũtheri wa mwaki.
he led them by day with a cloud, all the night with a light of fire.
15 Nĩatũranirie mahiga kũu werũ-inĩ, na akĩmahe maaĩ maingĩ o ta ma iria;
From the rocks which he split in the wilderness, he gave them to drink as of ocean’s abundance.
16 nĩatũmire tũrũũĩ tuume rwaro-inĩ rwa ihiga, na agĩtũma maaĩ matherere ta njũũĩ.
He brought streams out of the rock, and made water run down like rivers.
17 No-o maathiire o na mbere kwĩhĩria Ngai, magĩkĩremera Ũrĩa-ũrĩ-Igũrũ-Mũno marĩ kũu werũ-inĩ.
Yet they still went on sinning against him, they defied the Most High in the desert.
18 Nao makĩgeria Mũrungu makĩendaga, na ũndũ wa gwĩtia irio iria meeriragĩria kũrĩa.
They willfully challenged God, demanding the food that they longed for.
19 Magĩũkĩrĩra Ngai na mĩario, makĩũrania atĩrĩ, “Mũrungu no ahote kwara metha werũ-inĩ?
“Is God able,” such was their challenge, “to spread in the desert a table?
20 Rĩrĩa aagũthire ihiga, maaĩ nĩmatothokire boo, natuo tũrũũĩ tũgĩtherera tũiyũrĩte maaĩ maingĩ. No rĩrĩ, no ahote gũtũhe o na irio? No ahe andũ ake nyama?”
From the rock that he struck there gushed water, and torrents that overflowed; but can he also give bread, or provide his people with meat?”
21 Rĩrĩa Jehova aiguire ũguo, akĩrakara; agĩtharĩkĩra Jakubu na mwaki wake, namo mangʼũrĩ make magĩũkĩrĩra Isiraeli,
When the Lord heard this, he was furious, and fire was kindled on Jacob, anger flared up against Israel.
22 nĩgũkorwo matiigana gwĩtĩkia Ngai, kana kwĩhoka ũhonokania wake.
For they put no trust in God, no confidence in his help.
23 No rĩrĩ, we nĩathire matu ma igũrũ na akĩhingũra mĩrango ya igũrũ;
So he summoned the clouds above; and, opening the doors of heaven,
24 oirĩirie andũ mana ta mbura marĩe, na akĩmahe ngano ya kũu igũrũ.
he rained manna upon them for food, and grain of heaven he gave them.
25 Andũ makĩrĩa irio cia araika; akĩmahe irio iria ciothe mangĩahotire kũrĩa.
Everyone ate the bread of angels; he sent them food to the full.
26 O na ningĩ akĩerekeria rũhuho rwa mwena wa irathĩro kuuma igũrũ, na akĩrehithia rũhuho rwa mwena wa gũthini na ũndũ wa hinya wake.
He launched the east wind in the heavens, and guided the south by his power.
27 Akĩmaharũrũkĩria nyama nyingĩ ta rũkũngũ, nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ ciaingĩhĩte ta mũthanga wa iria-inĩ.
He rained meat upon them like dust, winged bird like the sand of the sea.
28 Agĩtũma igwe thĩinĩ wa kambĩ yao, igĩthiũrũrũkĩria hema ciao.
In the midst of their camp he dropped it, all around their tents.
29 Maarĩire o nginya makĩhũũna, nĩgũkorwo aamaheire kĩrĩa merirĩirie kũrĩa.
They ate and were more than filled; he had brought them the thing they desired.
30 No matanarĩkia kũrĩa irio icio meriragĩria, o irĩ tũnua-inĩ twao-rĩ,
But the thing they desired became loathsome: while their food was still in their mouths,
31 marakara ma Ngai makĩmokĩrĩra; akĩũraga arĩa maarĩ na hinya mũno gatagatĩ kao, akĩniina andũ ethĩ a Isiraeli.
the wrath of God rose against them. He slew the stoutest among them, and laid low the young men of Israel.
32 O na amekĩte ũguo wothe-rĩ, mathiire o na mbere kwĩhia; o na ekĩte magegania make, matiamwĩtĩkirie.
Yet for all this they sinned yet more, and refused to believe in his wonders.
33 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩtũma matukũ mao mathire o ũguo tũhũ, na mĩaka yao ĩgĩthira nĩ ihooru rĩa kũmaka.
So he ended their days in a breath, and their years in sudden dismay.
34 Rĩrĩa rĩothe Mũrungu ooraga amwe ao nĩmamũmaathaga; mamũrongoragia na makamũcookerera na kĩyo.
When he slew them, then they sought after him, they turned and sought God with diligence.
35 Nao makaririkana atĩ Ngai nĩwe warĩ Rwaro rwao rwa Ihiga, na atĩ Mũrungu Ũrĩa-ũrĩ-Igũrũ-Mũno nĩwe warĩ Mũkũũri wao.
They remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.
36 No-o makeyendithĩrĩria harĩ we na tũnua twao, makamũheenagia na nĩmĩ ciao;
But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
37 ngoro ciao itiarĩ njĩhokeku kũrĩ we, na matiarĩ eehokeku harĩ kĩrĩkanĩro gĩake.
Their heart was not steady with him, they were faithless to his covenant.
38 Nowe no aaiyũrĩtwo nĩ tha; akĩmarekera waganu wao, na ndaigana kũmaniina. Kaingĩ na kaingĩ nĩagiragĩrĩria marakara make, na ndaigana kwarahũra mangʼũrĩ make mothe.
But he is full of pity: he pardons sin and destroys not. Often he turns his anger away, without stirring his wrath at all.
39 Nĩaaririkanire atĩ maarĩ o andũ tu, karũhuho karĩa kahĩtũkaga na gaticooke rĩngĩ.
So he remembered that they were but flesh, breath that passes and does not return.
40 Nĩ maita maingĩ atĩa maamũremagĩra marĩ kũu werũ-inĩ, na makamũiguithia kĩeha marĩ kũu rũngʼũrĩ-inĩ.
But how often they rebelled in the desert, and caused him grief in the wilderness,
41 Mahinda maingĩ nĩmageririe Mũrungu; maathirĩkirie Ũrĩa-Mũtheru-wa-Isiraeli.
tempting God again and again, provoking the Holy One of Israel.
42 Matiaririkanire ũhoti wake: mũthenya ũrĩa aamakũũrire kuuma kũrĩ arĩa maamahinyagĩrĩria,
They did not remember his strength, nor the day he redeemed from the foe,
43 kana mũthenya ũrĩa onanirie ciama ciake kũu bũrũri wa Misiri, kana magegania make marĩa onanirie kũu werũ-inĩ wa Zoani.
how he set his signs in Egypt, in the country of Zoan his wonders.
44 Nĩagarũrire njũũĩ cia bũrũri wa Misiri igĩtuĩka thakame; matingĩahotire kũnyua maaĩ ma tũrũũĩ twao.
He turned their canals into blood, their streams undrinkable.
45 Akĩmatũmĩra mĩrumbĩ mĩingĩ ya ngi ikĩmarĩa, o na ciũra iria ciamaanangire.
He sent forth flies, which devoured them; frogs, too, which destroyed them.
46 Irio cia mĩgũnda yao aaciheire itono, na maciaro mao akĩmarekereria ngigĩ.
Their crops he gave to the caterpillar, and the fruits of their toil to the locust.
47 Aanangire mĩthabibũ yao na mbura ya mbembe, na mĩkũyũ yao akĩmĩcina na mbaa.
He slew their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
48 Ngʼombe ciao aaciũragire na mbura ya mbembe, na mahiũ mao akĩmahũũra na ngwa.
He delivered their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to bolts of fire.
49 Aamaitĩrĩirie marakara make mahiũ, na mangʼũrĩ, na marũrũ, na muku: akĩmarekereria mbũtũ ya araika arĩa maniinanaga.
He let loose his hot anger among them, fury and wrath and distress, a band of destroying angels.
50 Nĩaatemeire marakara make njĩra; ndamahonokirie kũrĩ gĩkuũ, no nĩamarekereirie kũrĩ mũthiro.
He cleared a path for his anger, did not spare them from death, but gave them over to pestilence.
51 Akĩũraga marigithathi mothe ma bũrũri wa Misiri, arĩ mo maciaro ma mbere ma mũndũ thĩinĩ wa hema cia Hamu.
He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the first fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 No akĩruta andũ ake kuo ta rũũru; akĩmatongoria o ta ũrĩa mũrĩithi atongoragia ngʼondu magĩtuĩkanĩria kũu werũ-inĩ.
He led forth his people like sheep, he was guide to his flock in the desert.
53 Aamatongoririe amamenyereire, nĩ ũndũ ũcio matietigĩrire; no thũ ciao ikĩhubĩkanio nĩ iria.
Securely he led them, and free from fear, while their foes were drowned in the sea.
54 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩmakinyia mũhaka-inĩ wa bũrũri wake ũcio mũtheru, akĩmakinyia bũrũri wa irĩma ũrĩa guoko gwake kwa ũrĩo kwegwatĩire.
To his holy realm he brought them, to the mountain his right hand had purchased.
55 Ningĩ akĩrutũrũra ndũrĩrĩ ciehere mbere yao, na akĩmagaĩra bũrũri ũcio wa ndũrĩrĩ ũtuĩke igai rĩao; akĩhe mĩhĩrĩga ya Isiraeli mĩciĩ yao.
He drove out the nations before them, and allotted their land for possession, and their tents for Israel to live in.
56 No nĩmageririe Ngai na makĩremera Ũrĩa-ũrĩ-Igũrũ-Mũno; matiathikĩrĩirie mawatho make.
Yet they tempted and angered the Most High God, they did not observe his decrees.
57 Nĩmagire wĩhokeku na makĩaga wĩtĩkio o ta maithe mao, makĩaga kwĩhokeka o ta ũta mũgathũku ũrĩa ũtangĩĩhokwo.
They drew back, false like their ancestors; they failed like a treacherous bow.
58 Nĩmamũrakaririe nĩ ũndũ wa gũkorwo na kũndũ kwao gũtũũgĩru gwa kũhooyagĩra; makĩarahũra ũiru wake nĩ ũndũ wa mĩhianano yao.
Their shrines stirred him to anger, their idols moved him to jealousy.
59 Rĩrĩa Ngai aamaiguire, nĩarakarire mũno; nake agĩtiganĩria Isiraeli o biũ.
When God heard of this, he was furious, and he spurned Israel utterly.
60 Agĩthaama Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo ĩrĩa yarĩ Shilo, hema ĩrĩa aahaandĩte atũũranagie na andũ.
He abandoned his home in Shiloh, the tent he had pitched among people.
61 Akĩrekereria ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro rĩrĩa rĩa hinya wake rĩthaamio, riiri ũcio wake akĩũneana moko-inĩ ma thũ.
He gave his strength up to captivity, his glory to the hands of the foe.
62 Andũ ake nao akĩmarekereria rũhiũ rwa njora; nĩarakarĩtio mũno nĩ igai rĩake.
He gave his people to the sword, he was furious with his own.
63 Mwaki ũgĩcina aanake ao, nao airĩtu ao makĩaga kũinagĩrwo nyĩmbo cia ũhiki;
Fire devoured their young men, and their maidens had no marriage-song.
64 athĩnjĩri-Ngai ao makĩũragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, na atumia ao a ndigwa makĩaga kũmacakaĩra.
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows could not weep.
65 Ningĩ Mwathani akĩarahũka ta mũndũ woima toro, ta njamba ya ita ĩgĩũkĩra thuutha wa kũrĩĩo nĩ ndibei.
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a warrior flushed with wine;
66 Aahũũrire thũ ciake agĩcihũndũra; aaciconorithirie nginya tene.
and he beat back his foes, putting them to perpetual scorn.
67 Ningĩ akĩrega hema cia Jusufu, na ndathuurire mũhĩrĩga wa Efiraimu;
He disowned the tent of Joseph, he rejected the tribe of Ephraim;
68 no rĩrĩ, nĩathuurire mũhĩrĩga wa Juda, na Kĩrĩma gĩa Zayuni kĩrĩa endete.
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
69 Nĩaakire handũ harĩa hake haamũre hakĩhaana ta irĩma iria ndaaya, hakĩhaana ta thĩ ĩrĩa aahaandire ĩtũũre ĩrũmĩte nginya tene.
And he built like the heights his sanctuary, like the earth which he founded forever.
70 Aathuurire Daudi ndungata yake na akĩmũruta ciugũ-inĩ cia ngʼondu;
And he chose David his servant, taking him from the sheepfolds.
71 akĩmũtigithia kũrĩithia ngʼondu, akĩmutua mũrĩithi wa andũ ake, nĩo mbarĩ ya Jakubu, arĩithagie Isiraeli igai rĩake.
From the mother-ewes he brought him, to be shepherd to Jacob his people, and to Israel his inheritance.
72 Nake Daudi akĩmarĩithia arĩ na wagĩrĩru wa ngoro; aamatongoragia na ũũgĩ wa moko make.
With upright heart did he shepherd them, and with skilful hands did he guide them.
