Abụ Ọma 149

1 Toonu Onyenwe anyị! Bụkuonụ Onyenwe anyị abụ ọhụrụ. Bụọnụ abụ ito ya nʼetiti ndị nsọ ya.

Praise Yahweh! Sing a new song to Yahweh, praise him whenever [his] faithful [people] gather together!

2 Ka Izrel ṅụrịa ọṅụ nʼime onye kere ha; ka ndị bi na Zayọn nwee obi ụtọ nʼime Eze ha.

[You] Israeli people, be glad because of [what God], who created you, [has done for you]! You people of Jerusalem, rejoice because of [what God] your king [has done for you]!

3 Ka ha jiri ite egwu too aha ya ka ha jiri ọyọ na ụbọ akwara kpọọrọ ya egwu.

Praise Yahweh by dancing, by beating/playing tambourines, and by playing harps to praise him!

4 Nʼihi na ihe banyere ndị ya na-atọ Onyenwe anyị ụtọ. Ọ na-eji nzọpụta kpukwasị ndị dị umeala nʼobi nʼisi dịka okpueze.

Yahweh is pleased with his people; he honors humble [people] by helping them to defeat [their enemies].

5 Ka ndị nsọ ṅụrịa ọṅụ nʼime nsọpụrụ a, bụkwaa abụ nʼihi ọṅụ nʼelu ihe ndina ha.

God’s people should rejoice because they have won battles and they should sing joyfully all during the night!

6 Ka otuto Chineke dịrị nʼọnụ ha, ka mma agha ihu abụọ dịrịkwa nʼaka ha,

They [MTY] should shout loudly to praise God; but [they should also hold] sharp swords in their hands,

7 iji bọọrọ mba niile ọbọ taakwa ndị niile dị iche iche ahụhụ,

[ready to use them] to defeat the [soldiers of] nations [that do not worship God], and to punish the people [of those nations],

8 iji mkpọrọ igwe kee ndị eze ha na ndị ha a na-asọpụrụ agbụ igwe,

and to fasten the arms and legs of their kings and other leaders with iron chains,

9 imezu ihe ahụ e kpebiri, depụtakwa megide ha. Nke a bụ nsọpụrụ dịrị ndị nsọ ya. Toonu Onyenwe anyị.

to judge [and punish] the people of those nations, like [God] wrote/declared [should be done]. It is (a privilege/an honor) for God’s faithful people to do that! Praise Yahweh!