Abụ Ọma 118
1 Keleenụ Onyenwe anyị nʼihi na ọ dị mma; ịhụnanya ya na-adịgide ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
2 Ka ụmụ Izrel kwupụta nʼonwe ha sị, “Ịhụnanya ya na-adịgide ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.”
Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
3 Ka ndị ezinaụlọ Erọn kwuokwa sị, “Ịhụnanya ya na-adịgide ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.”
Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
4 Ka ndị niile na-atụ egwu Onyenwe anyị kwuo sị, “Ịhụnanya ya na-adịgide ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.”
Now let those who fear the LORD say that his loving kindness endures forever.
5 Nʼọnọdụ oke ihe mgbu m, akpọkuru m Onyenwe anyị, ọ zara m, mee ka m nwere onwe m.
Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom.
6 Onyenwe anyị nọnyeere m, agaghị m atụ egwu. Gịnị ka mmadụ pụrụ ime m?
The LORD is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
7 Onyenwe anyị nọnyere m; ọ bụ onye na-enyere m aka. Aga m ele ndị iro m anya na mmeri.
The LORD is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
8 Ọ kachasị mma ịgbaba nʼime Onyenwe anyị karịa ịtụkwasị ụmụ mmadụ obi.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man.
9 Ọ kachasị mma ịgbaba nʼime Onyenwe anyị karịa ịtụkwasị ndị amara aha ha obi.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes.
10 Mba niile gbara m gburugburu ma site nʼaha Onyenwe anyị aga m ala ha nʼiyi.
All the nations surrounded me, but in the LORD’s name I cut them off.
11 Ha gbara m gburugburu, ma site nʼaha Onyenwe anyị ka m na-egbuda ha.
They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the LORD’s name I indeed cut them off.
12 Ha gbara m gburugburu dịka aṅụ, ma e menyụọla ha dịka ogwu na-ere ọkụ; site nʼaha Onyenwe anyị, ka m na-egbuda ha.
They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the LORD’s name I cut them off.
13 Akwaghachiri m azụ, agaara m ada, ma Onyenwe anyị nyere m aka.
You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but the LORD helped me.
14 Onyenwe anyị bụ ike m na abụ m; ọ ghọọla nzọpụta m.
The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation [yeshu`ah].
15 Olu iti mkpu ọṅụ na mmeri na-ada nʼime ụlọ ikwu ndị ezi omume: “Aka nri Onyenwe anyị emeela ọtụtụ ihe dị ukwuu!
The voice of rejoicing and salvation [yeshu`ah] is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
16 Aka nri Onyenwe anyị bụ ihe e weliri elu; aka nri Onyenwe anyị emeela ọtụtụ ihe dị ukwuu!”
The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”
17 Agaghị m anwụ, kama aga m adị ndụ kwusaara ndị ọzọ ọrụ ebube Onyenwe anyị rụrụ.
I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.
18 Onyenwe anyị tara m ahụhụ nke ukwuu, ma o nyefeeghị m nʼaka ọnwụ.
The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
19 Megheere m ọnụ ụzọ ama nke ezi omume; aga m abanye nye Onyenwe anyị ekele.
Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to the LORD.
20 Nke a bụ ọnụ ụzọ ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị, ebe ndị ezi omume ga-esite na ya banye.
This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous will enter into it.
21 Aga m enye gị ekele, nʼihi na ị zara m; ị ghọọla nzọpụta m.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation [yeshu`ah].
22 Nkume ahụ ndị na-ewu ụlọ jụrụ, aghọọla nkume isi ntọala ụlọ;
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23 nke a bụ ọrụ aka Onyenwe anyị, ọ bụkwa ihe ịtụnanya nʼanya anyị.
This is the LORD’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
24 Nke a bụ ụbọchị Onyenwe anyị anyị mere, ka anyị ṅụrịa ọṅụ, nweekwa obi ụtọ nʼime ya.
This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
25 O Onyenwe anyị, zọpụta anyị; o Onyenwe anyị, mee ka ihe gaara anyị nke ọma.
Save us now, we beg you, LORD! LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now.
26 Onye a gọziri agọzi ka onye ahụ bụ, nke na-abịa nʼaha Onyenwe anyị. Anyị sitere nʼụlọ Onyenwe anyị na-agọzi gị.
Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name! We have blessed you out of the LORD’s house.
27 Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke, ọ bụ ya mere ka ìhè ya mụkwasị anyị. Chịrị igu nkwụ nʼaka gị, soro ndị ji ọṅụ bata nʼogige Chineke bịaruo nʼebe ịchụ aja.
The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
28 Ị bụ Chineke m, aga m eto gị; ị bụ Chineke m, aga m ebuli gị elu.
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
29 Keleenụ Onyenwe anyị nʼihi na ọ dị mma, ịhụnanya ya na-adịgide ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
