Abụ Ọma 25
1 Abụ Ọma Devid. Ọ bụ na gị Onyenwe anyị ka m tụkwasịrị obi m.
Yahweh, my God, I give myself to you.
2 O Chineke m, ọ bụ gị ka m tụkwasịrị obi m. Ekwela ka ihere mee m, ekwekwala ka ndị iro m merie m.
I trust in you. Do not allow my enemies [to defeat me], with the result that I would be ashamed/disgraced. Do not allow my enemies to defeat/conquer me, with the result that they would rejoice.
3 Ihere agaghị eme onye ọbụla olileanya ya dị na gị, ma ihere ga-eme ha bụ ndị niile ịghọ aghụghọ jụrụ ahụ.
Do not allow any of those who trust in you to be disappointed/disgraced. Cause those who (act treacherously toward/try to deceive) others to be disappointed/disgraced.
4 O Onyenwe anyị, zi m ụzọ gị niile, kuzikwaara m ụzọ gị niile.
Yahweh, show me the way that I should (conduct my life/live as you want me to), teach me how to act in the manner that you want me to act/behave.
5 Duo m nʼeziokwu gị, kuzikwaara m ihe, nʼihi na ị bụ Chineke, onye Nzọpụta m, ụbọchị niile, olileanya m dị na gị.
Teach me to conduct my life [by obeying] your truth because you are my God, the one who saves me. All the time I trust in you.
6 Cheta, Onyenwe anyị, oke obi ebere na ịhụnanya gị, nʼihi na ha na-adị siterị na mgbe ochie.
Yahweh, do not forget how you have acted mercifully to me and have faithfully loved me; that is the way that you have acted toward me from long ago.
7 Echetala mmehie m mere nʼokorobịa m, ya na nnupu isi m niile. Kama site nʼịhụnanya gị cheta m, Onyenwe anyị, nʼihi na onye dị mma ka ị bụ.
Forgive me for all the sinful things I did and the ways that I rebelled against you when I was young; I ask this because you faithfully love your people and do good things for them, Yahweh, do not forget me!
8 Onye dị mma na onye ezi omume ka Onyenwe anyị bụ; ọ bụ ya mere ọ na-ezi ndị mmehie ụzọ ya.
Yahweh is good and fair/just; therefore he shows sinners (how they should conduct their lives/how to live as you want them to).
9 Ọ na-edu ndị dị umeala nʼobi nʼụzọ ziri ezi, na-ezikwa ha ụzọ nke ya.
He shows humble people what is right for them to do and teaches them what he wants [them to do].
10 Ụzọ niile nke Onyenwe anyị jupụtara nʼịhụnanya na ikwesi ntụkwasị obi, nye ndị niile na-edebe iwu ọgbụgba ndụ ya.
He always faithfully loves and does what he has promised to those who keep his agreement with them and who do what he requires.
11 Nʼihi aha gị, O Onyenwe anyị, gbaghara m ajọ omume m nʼagbanyeghị na ha dị ukwuu.
Yahweh, forgive me for all my sins, which are many, in order that I may honor you [MTY].
12 Olee mmadụ ahụ nke na-atụ egwu Onyenwe anyị? O ga-ezi ya ihe nʼụzọ ahụ a họpụtaara ya.
To all those who revere you [RHQ], you show them the (right way to conduct their lives/things that they should do).
13 Ọ ga-ebi ogologo ụbọchị nke ndụ ya nʼime ịba ụba, ndị agbụrụ ha ga-eketa ala ahụ.
They will always be prosperous, and their descendants will continue to live in [this] land.
14 Onyenwe anyị na-eme ka ndị ahụ na-atụ egwu ya mara ọgbụgba ndụ ya na izu nzuzo ya.
Yahweh is a friend of those who have an awesome respect for him, and he teaches them the agreement that he [made with them].
15 Anya m abụọ na-elegide Onyenwe anyị mgbe niile; nʼihi na ọ bụ naanị ya ga-eme ka ụkwụ m abụọ site nʼọnya pụta.
I always ask [MTY] Yahweh to help me, and he rescues me from danger [MET].
16 Chee m ihu ma gosi m ebere gị, nʼihi na abụ m onye nọ na nsogbu, naanị m nọkwa.
Yahweh, pay attention to me and be merciful to me, because I am alone, and I am very distressed because I am suffering/oppressed.
17 Ihe mgbu nke obi m abaala ụba, napụta m site nʼobi mwute.
Help me to not worry, and rescue me from my troubles.
18 Lekwasị nsogbu m na ihe mgbu m anya. Biko, gbaghara m mmehie m niile.
Note that I am distressed and troubled [DOU], and forgive [me for] all my sins.
19 Lee ka ndị iro m si mụbaa, ha ji oke iwe kpọọ m asị.
Also note that I have many enemies, see that they hate me very much.
20 Chebe ndụ m ma gbapụta m; ekwela ka m bụrụ onye ihere ga-eme, nʼihi na nʼime gị ka m gbabara izere ndụ
Protect me, and rescue me from them; do not allow [them to defeat me], [with the result that] I would be ashamed/disgraced; I have come to you to (get refuge/be safe).
21 Kwere ka ezi omume na izuoke bụrụ ihe ga-agba m gburugburu, nʼihi na olileanya m dị nʼime gị.
Protect me because I do what is good and honest/just [PRS], and because I trust in you.
22 O Chineke, Gbapụtakwa Izrel, site na nsogbu ya niile.
God, rescue [us] Israeli people from all of our troubles!
