Abụ Ọma 124

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

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened? Let everyone in Israel say:

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

If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened when people came and attacked us?

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

They would have swallowed us alive when their anger raged against us.

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

Like a flood they would have swept over us; like a rushing torrent they would have submerged us.

5 ebili mmiri niile gaara ebufu anyị.

They would have rushed over us like raging waters, drowning us.

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

Praise the Lord, who didn't hand us over to them as prey to be ripped apart by 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.

We escaped from them like a bird flying out of a hunter's trap. The trap was broken and we flew away!

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

Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.