Abụ Ọma 124

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

IF it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

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

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

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

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

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

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

5 ebili mmiri niile gaara ebufu anyị.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

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

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to 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 is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

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.