Abụ Ọma 135
1 Toonu Onyenwe anyị. Toonu aha Onyenwe anyị, toonu ya, unu ndị ohu Onyenwe anyị niile,
Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
2 unu ndị na-eje ozi nʼime ụlọ Onyenwe anyị, nʼime ogige ụlọ Chineke anyị.
You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
3 Toonu Onyenwe anyị, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị dị mma; bụkuo aha ya abụ otuto, nʼihi na ọ bụ ihe ziri ezi.
Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].
4 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị ahọpụtala Jekọb nye onwe ya, ọ họpụtala Izrel ka ọ bụrụ ihe oke ọnụahịa nke aka ya.
He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
5 Amaara m na Onyenwe anyị dị ukwuu, na Onyenwe anyị dị ukwuu karịa chi niile.
I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
6 Onyenwe anyị na-eme ihe ọbụla masịrị ya nʼeluigwe na elu ụwa na nʼoke osimiri na nʼime ogbu mmiri niile.
Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth and in the seas/oceans, [down] to the bottom of the seas.
7 Ọ bụ ya na-eme ka igwe ojii na-apụta site nʼakụkụ niile nke ụwa. Ọ bụkwa ya na-ezite amụma nke na-eweta mmiri ozuzo. Ọ na-ewepụtakwa ifufe site nʼụlọ ifufe ya niile.
He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he sends lightning with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them.
8 O tigburu ụmụ niile e buru ụzọ mụọ nʼala Ijipt, ụmụ mmadụ buru ụzọ mụọ na ụmụ anụ ụlọ e buru ụzọ mụọ.
He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
9 O zipụrụ ihe ịrịbama ya dị iche iche na ọrụ ebube ya niile nʼetiti unu, o Ijipt, megide Fero na ndị niile na-ejere ya ozi.
There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
10 O tigburu ọtụtụ mba dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ, tigbukwaa ndị eze ha, ndị dị ike nʼagha.
He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
11 Ụfọdụ nʼime ha bụ Saịhọn, eze ndị Amọrait, na Ọg eze Bashan, na ndị eze niile dị na Kenan.
Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].
12 O weere ala ndị obodo ahụ niile nye ndị ya, nye ya ụmụ Izrel dịka ihe nketa ha.
Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
13 O Onyenwe anyị, aha gị na-adịgide ruo mgbe ebighị ebi a maara aha gị ruo ọgbọ niile.
Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].
14 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị ga-ekpepụta ndị ya. Ọ ga-enwekwa ọmịiko nʼahụ ndị ohu ya.
Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.
15 Chi ndị mba ọzọ bụ arụsị e jiri aka kpụọ, nke e ji ọlaọcha na ọlaedo kpụọ.
But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
16 Ha nwere ọnụ ma ha adịghị ekwu okwu, ha nwere anya ma ha adịghị ahụ ụzọ.
Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
17 Ha nwere ntị ma ha adịghị anụ ihe, ọ dịkwaghị nkuume dị nʼime ọnụ ha.
They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
18 Ndị na-eme ha ga-adị ka ha. Ọ bụkwa otu a ka ndị na-atụkwasị ha obi ga-adị.
The people who make those idols are as [powerless as] those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish no more than] their idols can!
19 Ndị Izrel, toonu Onyenwe anyị. Unu ndị ụlọ Erọn, toonu Onyenwe anyị.
[My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
20 Unu ndị ụlọ Livayị, toonu Onyenwe anyị; unu ndị na-atụ egwu ya, toonu Onyenwe anyị.
You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
21 Ka otuto dịrị Onyenwe anyị site na Zayọn, nye onye ahụ na-ebi na Jerusalem. Toonu Onyenwe anyị.
Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
