Zabura 78
1 Maskil na Asaf. Ya mutanena, ku ji koyarwata; ku saurari kalmomin bakina.
My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
2 Zan buɗe bakina da misalai, zan faɗi ɓoyayyun abubuwa, abubuwan dā,
I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand [MET],
3 abin da muka ji muka kuma sani, abubuwan da kakanninmu suka faɗa mana.
things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
4 Ba za mu ɓoye su wa’ya’yanmu ba; za mu faɗa wa tsara mai zuwa ayyukan da suka zama yabo na Ubangiji, ikonsa, da abubuwan banmamakin da ya aikata.
We will tell these things to our children [LIT], and we will also tell to our grandchildren [about] Yahweh’s power and the glorious/great things that he has done.
5 Ya kafa ƙa’idodi wa Yaƙub ya kuma kafa doka a cikin Isra’ila, wadda ya umarce kakanni-kakanninmu su koya wa’ya’yansu,
He gave laws and commandments to the Israeli people, [those who are the descendants of] Jacob [DOU], and he told our ancestors to teach them to their children
6 don tsara na biye su san su, har da’ya’yan da ba a riga an haifa ba, su kuma su faɗa wa’ya’yansu.
in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.
7 Ta haka za su dogara ga Allah ba kuwa za su manta da ayyukansa ba amma za su kiyaye umarnansa.
In that way, they also would trust in God, and not forget the things that he has done; instead, they would obey his commandments.
8 Ba za su zama kamar kakanni kakanninsu ba, masu taurinkai da kuma tsara masu tayarwa, waɗanda zukatansu ba su yi biyayya ga Allah ba, waɗanda zukatansu ba su yi aminci ga Allah ba.
They would not be like their ancestors, who were very stubborn and kept rebelling [against God]; they did not continue firmly trusting in God, and they did not worship only him.
9 Mutanen Efraim, ko da yake suna da bakkuna, suka juya da baya a ranar yaƙi;
[The soldiers of] the tribe of Ephraim had bows [and arrows] but they ran away [from their enemies] on the day that they fought a battle with their enemies.
10 ba su kiyaye alkawarin Allah ba suka kuma ƙi su yi rayuwa ta wurin dokarsa.
They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.
11 Suka manta da abin da ya aikata, abubuwan banmamakin da ya nuna musu.
They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.
12 Ya yi mu’ujizai a idanun kakanninsu a ƙasar Masar, a yankin Zowan.
While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.
13 Ya raba teku ya kuma bi da su ciki; ya sa ruwa ya tsaya daram kamar bango.
[Then] he caused the [Red] Sea to divide, causing the water [on each side] to pile up like a wall, with the result that [our ancestors] walked through it [on dry ground].
14 Ya bishe su da girgije da rana da kuma haske daga wuta dukan dare.
He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
15 Ya tsage duwatsu a cikin hamada ya kuma ba su ruwaye a yalwace kamar tekuna;
He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
16 ya fid da rafuffuka daga dutsen da ya tsaga ya sa ruwa ya gudu kamar koguna.
He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
17 Amma suka ci gaba da yin masa zunubi, suna tayarwa a cikin hamada a kan Mafi Ɗaukaka.
But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
18 Da gangan suka gwada Allah ta wurin neman abincin da suke kwaɗayi.
By demanding that God give them the food that they desired, they tried to find out if he would always do what they requested him to do.
19 Suka yi magana a kan Allah, suna cewa, “Allah zai iya shimfiɗa tebur a cikin hamada?
They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!
20 Sa’ad da ya bugi dutse, ruwa ya ɓulɓulo, rafuffuka suka yi gudu a yalwace. Amma zai iya ba mu abinci? Zai iya tanada wa mutanensa nama?”
[It is true that] he struck the rock, with the result that water gushed/flowed out, [but] (can he also provide bread and meat for [us], his people?/we doubt that he can also provide bread and meat for us, his people.)” [RHQ]
21 Sa’ad da Ubangiji ya ji su, ya yi fushi ƙwarai; wutarsa ta ɓarke a kan Yaƙub, hasalarsa kuwa ta tashi a kan Isra’ila,
So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up [some of] his Israeli [people]. [MTY, DOU]
22 gama ba su gaskata ga Allah ba ko su dogara ga cetonsa.
[He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.
23 Duk da haka ya ba da umarni ga sarari a bisa ya kuma buɗe ƙofofin sammai;
But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,
24 ya sauko da Manna wa mutanensa don su ci, ya ba su hatsin sama.
and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).
25 Mutane suka ci burodin mala’iku; ya aika musu dukan abincin da za su iya ci.
[So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.
26 Ya saki iskar gabas daga sammai ya kuma saki iskar yamma ta wurin ikonsa.
[Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,
27 Ya sauko da nama a kansu kamar ƙura, tsuntsaye masu firiya kamar yashi a bakin teku.
and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
28 Ya sa suka sauka a cikin sansaninsu, ko’ina kewaye da tentunansu.
God caused those birds to fall [dead] in the middle of (their camp)/the area where the people had put up their tents. [There were dead birds] all around their tents.
29 Suka ci har suka sami fiye da abin da ya ishe su, gama ya ba su abin da suka yi kwaɗayi.
[So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.
30 Amma kafin su juyo daga abincin da suka yi kwaɗayi, kai tun ma yana a bakunansu,
But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,
31 fushin Allah ya ƙuna a kansu; ya karkashe waɗanda suka fi ƙiba a cikinsu, yana yankan matasan Isra’ila.
God was [still] very angry with them, and he caused their strongest men to die; he got rid of [many of] the finest [young] Israeli men.
32 Duk da haka, suka ci gaba da yin zunubi; duk da abubuwan banmamakinsa, ba su gaskata ba.
In spite of all that, the people continued to sin; in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, they still did not trust that he [would take care of them].
33 Saboda haka ya sa kwanakinsu suka ƙare a banza shekarunsu kuma cikin masifa.
So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.
34 A duk sa’ad da Allah ya kashe su, sai su neme shi; sukan juyo a natse gare shi.
When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].
35 Sun tuna cewa Allah ne Dutsensu, cewa Allah Mafi Ɗaukaka ne Mai fansarsu.
They remembered that God is [like] a huge rock ledge [under which they would be safe] [MET], and that he, who was greater than any other god, is the one who protected/rescued them.
36 Amma sai su yi ta yin masa zaƙin baki, suna masa ƙarya da harsunansu;
But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.
37 zukatansu ba sa biyayya gare shi, ba su da aminci ga alkawarinsa.
They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.
38 Duk da haka ya kasance mai jinƙai; ya gafarta laifofinsu bai kuwa hallaka su ba. Sau da sau ya janye fushinsa bai kuwa sa fushinsa yă ƙuna ba.
But God was merciful to his people. He forgave them for having sinned and did not get rid of them. Many times he refrained from becoming angry [with them] and restrained from furiously/severely [punishing them] [MTY].
39 Ya tuna cewa su naman jiki ne kawai, iska mai wucewa da ba ta dawowa.
He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they [disappear quickly] [SIM], like a wind that blows by and then is gone.
40 Sau da yawa sun tayar masa a cikin hamada suka kuma ɓata masa rai a jeji!
Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
41 Sau da sau suka riƙa gwada Allah; suka tsokane Mai Tsarki na Isra’ila.
Many times they did evil things, to find out [if they could do those things without God punishing them]. They frequently caused the holy God of Israel to become disgusted/sad.
42 Ba su tuna da ikonsa, a ranar da ya fanshe su daga mai danniya,
They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.
43 ranar da ya nuna mu’ujizansa a Masar abubuwan banmamakinsa a yankin Zowan ba.
They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.
44 Ya mai da kogunansu suka zama jini; ba su iya sha daga rafuffuka ba.
He caused the [Nile] River (OR, their sources of water) to become [red like] blood, with the result that the people of Egypt had no water to drink.
45 Ya aika da tarin ƙudajen da suka cinye su, da kwaɗin da suka wahalshe su.
He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.
46 Ya ba da hatsinsu ga fāra, amfanin gonakinsu ga ɗango.
He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.
47 Ya lalace inabinsu da ƙanƙara itatuwan al’ul nasu kuma da jaura.
He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.
48 Ya miƙa shanunsu ga ƙanƙara, tumakinsu ga aradun tsawa.
He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.
49 Ya saki musu fushinsa mai zafi, hasalarsa, zafin rai da kuma ɓacin ransa, ƙungiyar mala’iku masu hallakarwa.
Because God was fiercely angry with the people of Egypt, he caused them to be very distressed. The disasters that struck them were like a group of angels that destroyed [everything].
50 Ya shirya hanya wa fushinsa; bai tsare ransu daga mutuwa ba amma ya miƙa su ga annoba.
He did not lessen his being angry [with them], and he did not (spare their lives/prevent them from dying); he sent a (plague/serious illness) that killed [many of] them.
51 Ya bugi kowane ɗan fari na Masar, mafari ƙarfin mazantakansu a tentunan Ham.
He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.
52 Amma ya fitar da mutanensa kamar garke; ya bi da su kamar tumaki ta cikin hamada.
Then he led his people out [of Egypt] like [a shepherd leads] his sheep [SIM], and he guided them [while they walked] through the desert.
53 Ya bi da su lafiya ƙalau, don kada su ji tsoro; amma teku ya cinye abokan gābansu.
He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.
54 Ta haka ya kawo su iyakar ƙasa mai tsarki, zuwa ƙasar tudun da hannunsa na dama ya kame.
[Later] he brought them to [Canaan], his sacred land, to [Zion] Hill (OR, the hilly area) and by his power [MTY] he enabled them to conquer [the people who were living there].
55 Ya kori al’ummai a gabansu ya rarraba ƙasashensu gare su a matsayin gādo; ya zaunar da kabilan Isra’ila a gidajensu.
He expelled the people-groups while his people were advancing; he allotted part of the land for [each tribe] to possess, and he gave to the Israeli people the houses of those people who had been expelled.
56 Amma suka gwada Allah suka tayar wa Mafi Ɗaukaka; ba su kiyaye ƙa’idodinsa ba.
However, the Israeli people rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god, and they did many evil things to see if they could do those things without God punishing them, and they did not obey his commandments.
57 Kamar kakanninsu suka zama marasa biyayya da marasa aminci, marar tabbas kamar tanƙwararren baka.
Instead, like their ancestors did, they rebelled against God and (were not loyal to/did not faithfully [obey]) him; they were as [unreliable as] a crooked arrow [that does not go straight] [SIM].
58 Suka ba shi haushi da masujadansu na kan tudu; suka tayar da kishinsa da gumakansu.
Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].
59 Sa’ad da Allah ya ji su, ya yi fushi ƙwarai; ya ƙi Isra’ila gaba ɗaya.
He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.
60 Ya yashe tabanakul na Shilo, tentin da ya kafa a cikin mutane.
He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.
61 Ya aika da akwatin alkawarin ƙarfinsa zuwa bauta, darajarsa zuwa cikin hannuwan abokin gāba.
He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.
62 Ya ba da mutanensa ga takobi; ya yi fushi ƙwarai da gādonsa.
Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].
63 Wuta ta cinye matasansu maza,’yan matansu kuma ba su da waƙoƙin aure;
Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.
64 aka karkashe firistocinsu, gwaurayensu kuwa ba su iya makoki ba.
[Many] priests were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and (the people did not allow the priests’ widows/the priests’ widows were not allowed) to mourn.
65 Sa’an nan Ubangiji ya farka sai ka ce daga barcinsa, kamar yadda mutum kan farka daga buguwar ruwan inabi.
Later, [it was as though] the Lord awoke from sleeping; he was like a strong man who (became stimulated/felt that he was strong) by (OR, became sober after) [drinking] a lot of wine [SIM].
66 Ya kori abokan gābansa; ya sa suka sha madawwamiyar kunya.
He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].
67 Sa’an nan ya ƙi tentunan Yusuf, bai zaɓi kabilar Efraim ba;
[But] he did not set up his tent where [the people of] the tribe of Ephraim lived; he did not choose their area [to do that].
68 amma ya zaɓi kabilar Yahuda, Dutsen Sihiyona, wanda ya ƙaunaci.
Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.
69 Ya gina wurinsa mai tsarki kamar bisa, kamar duniyar da ya kafa har abada.
He [decided to have] his temple built [there], high up, like [his home in] heaven; he caused it to be firm, [and intended that] his temple would last forever, like the earth.
70 Ya zaɓi Dawuda bawansa ya kuma ɗauke shi daga ɗakin tumaki;
He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures
71 daga kiwon tumaki ya kawo shi don yă kuma zama makiyayin mutanensa Yaƙub, na Isra’ila gādonsa.
where he was taking care of his [father’s] sheep, and appointed him to be the leader [MET] of the Israeli people, the people who belong to God.
72 Dawuda kuwa ya zama makiyayinsu da mutuncin zuciya; da hannuwa masu gwaninta ya bi da su.
David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.
