Abụ Ọma 124

1 Abụ nrigo. Nke Devid. A sị na Onyenwe anyị adịnyereghị anyị, ka Izrel kwuo,

A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:

2 a sị na Onyenwe anyị adịnyereghị anyị, mgbe ndị mmadụ biliri imegide anyị,

if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,

3 mgbe iwe ha rere dịka ọkụ megide anyị, ha gaara eloda anyị na ndụ;

perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,

4 idee mmiri gaara iri anyị, oke mmiri gaara ebufu anyị,

perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.

5 ebili mmiri niile gaara ebufu anyị.

Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.

6 Ma otuto dịrị Onyenwe anyị, onye na-ekweghị ka ha jiri eze ha dọrie anyị.

Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.

7 Anyị agbanarịla ha dịka nwa nnụnụ si gbanarị ọnya osi ọnya chọrọ iji jide ya; ọnya ahụ agbajiela, anyị ewezugakwala onwe anyị, nwere onwe anyị.

Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.

8 Inyeaka anyị dị nʼaha Onyenwe anyị, onye kere eluigwe na ụwa.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.