Abụ Ọma 106
1 Toonu Onyenwe anyị. Keleenụ Onyenwe anyị nʼihi na ọ dị mma; Ịhụnanya ya na-adịgide ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
Praise Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; he faithfully loves [us] forever/continually!
2 Onye pụrụ ikwupụtasịcha ihe ukwu niile nke Onyenwe anyị na-arụ maọbụ kwupụta otuto ya niile?
[Because Yahweh has done many great things], no one can [RHQ] tell all the great things that Yahweh has done, and no one can praise him enough/sufficiently.
3 Ndị a gọziri agọzi ka ha bụ, bụ ndị na-edebe ikpe ziri ezi, ndị ahụ na-eme ezi ihe mgbe niile.
(Happy are/He is pleased with) those who act fairly/justly, with those who always do what is right.
4 O Onyenwe anyị, cheta m mgbe ị ga-egosi ndị gị ihuọma, bịa leta m, mgbe ị na-azọpụta ha,
Yahweh, be kind to me when you help your people; help me when you rescue/save them.
5 ka m soro keta oke na ngọzị ndị gị ị họpụtara, ka m keta oke nʼọṅụ ahụ dịrị mba gị sorokwa ihe nketa gị nye otuto.
Allow me to see it when your people become prosperous again and when [all the people of] your nation, [Israel], are happy; allow me to be happy with them! I want to praise you along with [all] those [others] who belong to you.
6 Anyị emehiela, dịka nna nna anyị ha mehiere; anyị emeela ihe ọjọọ, rụọkwa ọrụ ajọ omume.
We and our ancestors have sinned; we have done things that were very wicked [DOU].
7 Mgbe nna nna anyị ha nọ nʼIjipt, ha echeghị uche banyere ọrụ ebube gị niile; ha echetakwaghị ịba ụba nke ebere gị niile, kama ha nupuru isi nʼakụkụ oke osimiri ahụ, bụ Osimiri Uhie.
When our ancestors were in Egypt, they did not pay attention to the wonderful things that Yahweh did; they forgot about the many times that he showed that he faithfully loved them. Instead, when they were at the Red Sea, they rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god.
8 Ma ọ zọpụtara ha nʼihi aha ya, ime ka a mara ike ya dị ukwuu.
But he rescued them for the sake of his own [reputation] in order that he could show that he is very powerful.
9 Ọ baara Osimiri Uhie mba, ọ tachaa; o dufere ndị ya site nʼebe dị omimi gafee dịka ọ bụ ọzara.
He rebuked the Red Sea and it became dry, and [then] while he led our ancestors across it, they walked through it as though it were as dry as a desert [SIM].
10 Ọ zọpụtara ha site nʼaka ndị kpọrọ ha asị; gbapụtakwa ha site nʼaka ndị iro ha.
In that way he rescued them from the power [MTY] of their enemies who hated them [DOU].
11 Mmiri ahụ riri ndị iro ha niile; ọ dịghị otu onye nʼime ha fọdụrụ.
[Then] their enemies were drowned in the water [of the Red Sea]; not one of them was left.
12 Mgbe ahụ, ha kweere okwu gị niile, ma bụkuo gị abụ otuto.
When that happened, our ancestors believed [that Yahweh had truly done for them] what he had promised to do, and they sang to praise him.
13 Ma o teghị aka, ha chefuru ihe niile ọ rụrụ, ha e chereghị ka ndụmọdụ ya pụta ìhè.
But they soon forgot what he had done for them; they [did things] without waiting to find out what Yahweh wanted them to do.
14 Nʼọzara, ha sooro ọchịchọ nke obi ha; nʼala tọgbọrọ nʼefu, ha nwara Chineke ọnwụnwa.
They intensely wanted [food like they formerly ate in Egypt]. They [did evil things to] find out [if they could do those things without God punishing them].
15 Nʼihi ya, o nyere ha ihe ha rịọrọ ya, ma zite ọrịa na-efe efe ka ọ dakwasị ha.
[So] he gave them what they requested, but he [also] caused a terrible disease to afflict them.
16 Nʼetiti ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ha, ha kworo ekworo megide Mosis na Erọn, ndị e doro nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị.
[Later] when [some of] the men became jealous of Moses and [his older brother] Aaron, who was dedicated [to serve Yahweh by being a priest],
17 Ala meghere loda Datan, o likwara Abiram, na ndị otù ya.
the ground opened up and swallowed Dathan and [also] buried Abiram and his family.
18 Ọkụ repịara ndị niile sonyere ha; ire ọkụ repịara ndị ajọ omume.
And [God sent] a fire down [from heaven] which burned up [all] the wicked [people who (supported them/agreed with) them].
19 Na Horeb, ha kpụrụ nwa ehi, kpọọ isiala nye arụsị e jiri igwe pịa.
Then the [Israeli leaders] made a gold statue at Sinai [Mountain] and worshiped it.
20 Ha jiri oyiyi oke ehi nke na-ata ahịhịa gbanwere Ebube ha.
Instead of worshiping [our] glorious God, they [started to] worship a statue of a bull that eats grass!
21 Ha chefuru Chineke, onye zọpụtara ha, onye rụrụ ọtụtụ ọrụ dị ukwuu nʼIjipt,
They forgot about God, who had rescued them by the great miracles that he performed in Egypt.
22 ọtụtụ ihe ịrịbama nʼala Ham, na ọtụtụ ọrụ ịtụnanya nʼakụkụ Osimiri Uhie.
They forgot about the wonderful things that he did for them in Egypt and the amazing/awesome things that he did for them at the Red Sea.
23 Nʼihi ya, o kwuru na ọ ga-ala ha nʼiyi, ma Mosis, onye ya ọ họpụtara, guzoro nʼetiti ndị ahụ na Chineke, ka oke iwe ya ghara ịla ha nʼiyi.
Because of that, God said that he would get rid of the Israelis, but Moses, whom God had chosen [to serve him], pleaded with God [not to get rid of them]. And as a result God did not destroy them.
24 Emesịa, ha ledara ala ọma ahụ anya, ha ekwenyeghị na nkwa ya.
[Later], our ancestors (refused/were afraid) to enter beautiful [Canaan] land because they did not believe [that God would enable them to take the land from the people who were living there, as] he had promised.
25 Ha tamuru ntamu nʼime ụlọ ikwu ha; ha erubekwaghị isi nye Onyenwe anyị.
They stayed in their tents and grumbled and would not pay attention to what Yahweh said that they should do.
26 Nʼihi nke a, o weliri aka ya elu ṅụọrọ ha iyi na ọ ga-eme ka ha niile nwụọ nʼọzara,
So he solemnly [MTY] told them that he would cause them to die [there] in the desert,
27 mee ka agbụrụ ha daa nʼetiti mba dị iche iche, ma chụsasịa ha nʼala niile.
and that he would scatter their descendants among the [people of other] nations/people-groups [who did not believe in him], and that he would allow them to die in those lands.
28 Ha dịnyeere ndị na-efe arụsị Baal nke Peoa, riekwa ihe e ji chụọrọ chi na-enweghị ndụ aja;
Later the Israeli people [started to] worship [the idol of] Baal [who they thought lived] at Peor [Mountain], and they ate [meat that had been] sacrificed to [Baal and those other] lifeless gods.
29 ha sitere nʼajọ omume ha kpasuo Onyenwe anyị iwe, nke mere ka ọrịa na-efe efe dakwasị ha.
Yahweh became [very] angry because of what they had done, [so again] he sent a terrible disease to attack/strike them.
30 Ma Finehaz guzoro ọtọ, mee ihe ziri ezi, ọrịa ahụ na-efe efe kwụsịkwara.
But Phinehas stood up and punished/killed [the ones who had sinned greatly], and as a result the (plague/serious disease) ended.
31 A gụnyere nke a dịka ezi omume nye ya site nʼọgbọ ruo nʼọgbọ.
People have remembered that righteous thing that Phinehas did, and in future years people will remember it.
32 Nʼakụkụ mmiri Meriba, ha kpasuru Onyenwe anyị iwe, nʼihi ha, nsogbu dakwasịrị Mosis;
[Then] at Meribah Springs our ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry, and as a result Moses had trouble.
33 nʼihi na ha nupuru isi megide Mmụọ nke Chineke, Mosis kwuru okwu, na-echeghị echiche banyere ihe ọ na-ekwu.
They caused Moses to become very angry [IDM], and he said things that were foolish.
34 Ha egbuchapụghị mba niile bi nʼala ahụ dịka Onyenwe anyị dọrọ ha aka na ntị ka ha mee.
Our ancestors did not destroy the people [who did not believe in Yahweh] like he told them to do.
35 Kama ha gwakọtara onwe ha na mba niile nke ala ahụ, site otu a, mụta ime ka ha na-eme.
Instead, they mingled with people from those people-groups, and they started to do the evil things that those people did.
36 Ha fere arụsị ha ofufe, nke ghọrọ ihe ịma nʼọnya nye ha.
Our ancestors worshiped the idols of those people, which resulted in their being destroyed/exiled/taken to another country [MET].
37 Ha gara nʼihu were ụmụ ha ndị ikom na ndị inyom chụọrọ chi na-abụghị chi aja.
[Some of] the Israelis sacrificed their sons and daughters to the demons [that those idols represented].
38 Ha na-awụfu ọbara ndị na-emeghị ihe ọbụla, ọbara ụmụ ha ndị ikom na ndị inyom, bụ ndị ha chụrụ dịka aja nye arụsị niile nke ala Kenan, si otu a jiri ọbara ha merụọ ala ahụ.
They killed [MTY] their own children, who (were innocent/had not done things that were wrong), and offered them as sacrifices to the idols in Canaan. [As a result], Canaan land was polluted by those murders [MTY].
39 Ha sitere nʼihe ha na-eme merụọ onwe ha; site nʼaka ọrụ ha, maka uru ha nyefere onwe ha nʼaka ndị na-emerụ ha.
So by their deeds they caused themselves to become unacceptable to God; [because they did not faithfully worship only God], [they became like] women who sleep with other men [instead of sleeping only with their husbands] [MET].
40 Nʼihi nke a, iwe were Onyenwe anyị megide ndị ya; ọ gụkwara ihe nketa ya dịka ihe rụrụ arụ.
So Yahweh became very angry with his people; he was completely disgusted with them.
41 Ọ raara ha nye nʼaka ndị mba ọzọ dị iche iche, ndị kpọrọ ha asị chịkwara ha.
[As a result] he allowed people-groups [who did not believe in him] to conquer them, so those who hated our ancestors started to rule over them.
42 Ndị iro ha mekpara ha ahụ chie ha ọnụ nʼala nʼokpuru ike ha.
Their enemies (oppressed them/treated them cruelly) and completely controlled them [MET].
43 Ọtụtụ oge, ọ napụtara ha, ma ha nọgidesịrị ike nʼinupu isi site na ndụmọdụ ya, bụrụ ndị lara nʼiyi nʼime mmehie ha.
Many times Yahweh rescued them, but they continued to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed because of the sins that they committed.
44 Ma mgbe ọ nụrụ mkpu akwa ha, ọnọdụ mkpagbu ha metụtara ya;
However, Yahweh [always] heard them when they cried out to him; he listened to them when they were distressed.
45 nʼihi ha, o chetara ọgbụgba ndụ ya, sitekwa nʼoke ịhụnanya ya, meere ha ebere.
For their sake, he thought about the agreement/promise that he had made [to bless] them, and because he never stopped loving them very much, he changed his mind [about punishing them more].
46 Ọ na-emekwa ka ndị ahụ dọtara ha nʼagha nwee ọmịiko nʼahụ ha.
He caused all those who had taken the Israelis [to Babylonia] to (feel sorry for/pity) them.
47 O Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị, zọpụta anyị, chịkọta anyị site nʼaka mba dị iche iche, ka anyị nwee ike nye aha nsọ gị ekele ma nyaakwa isi nʼime otuto gị.
Yahweh our God, rescue/save us and bring us back [to Israel] from among those people-groups in order that we may thank you [MTY] and joyfully praise you.
48 Otuto dịrị Onyenwe anyị, bụ Chineke nke Izrel, site nʼebighị ebi ruo ebighị ebi. Ka mmadụ niile sị, “Amen!” Toonu Onyenwe anyị.
Praise Yahweh, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], praise him now and forever! And I want everyone to say, “Amen/May it be so!” Praise Yahweh!
