Abụ Ọma 44
1 Abụ Ọma nke dịrị onyeisi abụ. Abụ maskil nke ụmụ Kora. O Chineke, anyị anụla; nna anyị ha agwakwala anyị ihe ndị i mere nʼoge ha, nʼoge gara aga.
“To the chief musician, for the sons of Korach, a Maskil.” O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, deeds which thou hadst done in their days, in times of old.
2 I ji aka gị chụpụ ndị mba ọzọ, ma kụnye nna nna anyị ha dịka osisi. I gwepịara ndị ahụ ma mee ka ndị nna anyị na-eto na-awasa.
Thou, with thy hand, didst indeed drive out nations, and plant them; thou didst ill-treat people, and cause them to spread out.
3 Ọ bụghị site na mma agha ha ka ha ji merie nweta ala a, ha emerighị site nʼike nke aka ha; ọ bụ aka nri gị, aka gị, na ìhè nke ihu gị nyere ha mmeri, nʼihi na ị hụrụ ha nʼanya.
For not by their sword did they obtain possession of the land, and their own arm brought them no victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst given them thy favor.
4 Ị bụ eze m na Chineke m, onye na-ekpebi na Jekọb aghaghị inwe mmeri.
Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for Jacob.
5 Nʼihi ọ bụ naanị site nʼike gị, ya na aha gị, ka anyị ji zọda ndị iro anyị nʼokpuru ụkwụ anyị.
Through thee will we butt down our assailants: through thy name will we tread under foot our opponents.
6 Atụkwasịghị m obi m nʼụta m, mma agha m anaghị enye m mmeri;
For not in my bow will I trust, and my sword shall not help me.
7 ma i na-enye anyị mmeri nʼebe ndị iro anyị nọ, ị na-eme ka ihere mee ndị na-eguzogide anyị.
But thou helpest us against our assailants, and those that hate us thou puttest to shame.
8 Nʼime Chineke ka ịnya isi anyị dị ogologo ụbọchị niile, anyị ga-eto aha gị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. (Sela)
Of God we boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. (Selah)
9 Ma ugbu a, ị jụla anyị ma weda anyị nʼala; ị naghị esokwa ndị agha anyị apụ ọzọ.
But [now] thou hast cast off, and put us to the blush, and goest not forth with our armies.
10 I mere ka anyị site nʼihu ndị iro anyị gbalaga, i meela ka ndị na-emegide anyị were aka ike napụ anyị ihe bụ nke anyị.
Thou causest us to turn back from before our assailant: and they who hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 Ị gbakụtara anyị azụ ka e ripịa anyị dịka atụrụ, ma chụsasịa anyị nʼetiti mba niile.
Thou givest us up like sheep for food, and among the nations hast thou dispersed us.
12 I rere ndị gị ọnụ ala, ihe i retara ha abaghị uru nye gị.
Thou sellest thy people for no value, and acquirest no gain by their price.
13 I meela ka anyị bụrụ nkọcha nye ndị agbataobi anyị, anyị bụ ihe ịkwa emo na ihe ọchị nye ndị gbara anyị gburugburu.
Thou renderest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.
14 I meela anyị ka anyị bụrụ ihe ịmaatụ ọchị nʼetiti mba niile, ndị ọbụla hụrụ anyị na-efufe isi na mkparị.
Thou renderest us a by-word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 Ogologo ụbọchị niile, ihere m dị m nʼihu, ihere m na-ekpuchikwa m ihu,
All the day is my disgrace before me, and the shame of my face covereth me;
16 mgbe ndị nkwulu na ndị nkọcha na-eji m eme ihe ọchị, nʼihi onye iro, onye kpebiri ịbọ ọbọ.
Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.
17 Ọ bụ ezie na ihe ndị a adakwasịla anyị, ma anyị echefubeghị gị. Anyị enupubeghị isi nʼọgbụgba ndụ anyị na gị.
All this is come over us, yet have we not forgotten thee; nor have we dealt falsely by thy covenant;
18 Obi anyị ahapụbeghị gị! Anyị ahapụbekwaghị iso ụzọ gị.
Our heart is not moved backward, nor hath our step turned aside from thy path:
19 Ma i gwepịara anyị mee ka anyị bụrụ ebe nkịta ọhịa na-akpagharị, jirikwa oke ọchịchịrị kpuchie anyị.
Even when thou didst crush us in the abode of monsters, and cover us with the shadow of death.
20 Ọ bụrụ na anyị chefuru aha Chineke anyị, maọbụ na anyị gbasaara chi mba ọzọ aka anyị,
If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange God:
21 ọ bụ na Chineke agaraghị achọpụta ya, ebe ọ maara ihe nzuzo niile dị nʼobi?
Would not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Ọ bụ nʼihi gị ka anyị na ọnwụ ji agba mgba, ogologo ụbọchị niile. A na-ele anyị anya dịka atụrụ a gaje igbu egbu.
But for thy sake are we slain all the day; we are counted as flocks [destined] for slaughter.
23 O, Onyenwe m teta! Gịnị mere i ji arahụ ụra? Kpọtee onwe gị! Ajụkwala anyị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
Awake, wherefore wilt thou sleep, O Lord? arise, abandon us not for ever.
24 Gịnị mere i ji ezopụ ihu gị, ma chefuo mmegbu na ịta ahụhụ anyị?
Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, wilt thou forget our misery, and our oppression?
25 E tidala anyị nʼala, nʼuzuzu, ahụ anyị rapara nʼaja
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Bilie ma nyere anyị aka; gbapụta anyị maka ịhụnanya gị nke na-adịghị agwụ agwụ.
Arise unto our help, and redeem us for the sake of thy kindness.
