Abụ Ọma 124

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

A song of ascents; of David. “If Yahweh had not been on our side,” let Israel say now,

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

“if it had not been Yahweh 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 anger raged against us.

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

The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us.

5 ebili mmiri niile gaara ebufu anyị.

Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

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

Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn 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 have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

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

Our help is in Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.