Abụ Ọma 124

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

[A Song of Ascents. By David.] If it had not been YHWH who was on our side, let Israel now say,

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

if it had not been YHWH 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 would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

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

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

5 ebili mmiri niile gaara ebufu anyị.

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

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

Blessed be YHWH, who has 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 has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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

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