Abụ Ọma 68
1 Abụ Ọma dịrị onyeisi abụ. Nke Devid. Abụ Ọma. Otu Abụ. Ka Chineke bilie, ka ndị iro ya bụrụ ndị a chụsasịrị; ka ndị iro ya site nʼihu ya gbalaga.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Dịka ikuku si achụsa anwụrụ ọkụ, sikwa otu a chụsaa ha. Dịka mmanụ na-ehi ụra si agbaze nʼọkụ, ka ndị na-eme ihe ọjọọ laa nʼiyi nʼihu Chineke.
Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
3 Ka ndị ezi omume bụrụ ndị nwere obi ụtọ, ma ṅụrịa nʼihu Chineke; ka ha bụrụ ndị nwere obi ụtọ, jupụtakwa nʼọṅụ.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 Bụkuo Chineke abụ, bụkuonụ aha ya abụ otuto, toonu onye na-agba igwe ojii dịka ịnyịnya, Onyenwe anyị bụ aha ya, ṅụrịa ọṅụ nʼihu ya.
Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
5 Ọ bụ nna ndị nke na-enweghị nna, onye na-ekpechitere ndị di ha nwụrụ anwụ ọnụ ha, onye a bụ Chineke, onye bi nʼebe ya dị nsọ.
God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
6 Chineke na-eme ka ndị naanị ha nọ nwee ezinaụlọ, ọ na-eji ịbụ abụ dupụta ndị nọ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ, ma ndị nnupu isi ka ọ na-eme ka ha biri, nʼala kpọrọ nkụ.
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
7 Mgbe i buteere ndị gị ụzọ, O Chineke, mgbe i gabigara nʼala tọgbọrọ nʼefu, (Sela)
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 elu ụwa mara jijiji, eluigwe wụpụrụ mmiri ozuzo, nʼihu Chineke, Onye Saịnaị, nʼihu Chineke, Chineke nke Izrel.
After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
9 I nyere mmiri ozuzo nʼebe ọ dị ukwuu, O Chineke, i tutere ihe nketa gị nke ike gwụrụ.
You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
10 Ndị gị biri nʼime ya, site nʼoke akụnụba gị, O Chineke, ị rọpụtaara ndị ogbenye mkpa ha.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Onyenwe anyị kpọsara okwu ahụ, ọnụọgụgụ ndị inyom kwusara ya bụ igwe dị ọtụtụ;
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 ndị eze na ndị agha ha ji ọsọ gbalaa; ndị mmadụ kere ihe a dọtara nʼagha, nʼime ọmụma ụlọ ikwu.
[They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
13 Ọ bụladị mgbe ị na-arahụ ụra nʼetiti ọgba atụrụ, nku abụọ nke nduru m bụ ihe e ji ọlaọcha kpuchie, jirikwa ọlaedo nke na-enwuke kpuchie abụba ya.
Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
14 Mgbe Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile chụsasịrị ndị eze bi nʼala a, ọ dị ka snoo dara nʼelu Zalmon.
When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
15 Ugwu Bashan, ugwu mara mma nke ukwuu, ugwu Bashan, ugwu nwere nʼelu ya ọtụtụ ugwu dị iche iche.
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 Gị ugwu nwere ọtụtụ ugwu, gịnị mere i ji ele anya site nʼekworo nʼugwu Chineke họọrọ ị bụ ebe ọ ga-anọ chịa, ebe Onyenwe anyị nʼonwe ya ga-ebi, ruo ebighị ebi?
But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
17 Ọnụọgụgụ ụgbọ agha Chineke dị iri puku kwụrụ puku, a pụghị ịgụta ha; ha dịkwa puku kwụrụ puku; Onyenwe anyị sitere Saịnaị bata nʼụlọnsọ ya.
[After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
18 Mgbe i rigoro gaa nʼelu, i duuru ndị a dọtara nʼagha; ị natara onyinye dị iche iche nʼaka ndị mmadụ, ọ bụladị nʼaka ndị na-enupu isi, ka gị, O Onyenwe anyị Chineke, biri nʼebe ahụ.
He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
19 Otuto dịrị Onyenwe anyị, Chineke anyị, na Onye Nzọpụta anyị, Onye na-ebu ibu arọ anyị ụbọchị niile. (Sela)
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Chineke anyị bụ Chineke na-azọpụta; mgbapụta pụọ nʼọnwụ na-esite nʼaka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị.
Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
21 Nʼezie, Chineke ga-egwepịa isi ndị iro ya niile, isi ndị niile na-aga nʼihu ibi ndụ mmehie.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Onyenwe anyị kwuru sị, “Aga m esite na Bashan kpọlata ha, aga m adọpụta ha site nʼebe omimi nke osimiri,
The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
23 ka unu nwee ike saa ụkwụ unu nʼime ọbara ndị iro unu, ka ire nkịta unu niile ketakwa oke nke ha.”
I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
24 O Chineke, ahụla igwe ahịrị mmadụ ndị na-eso gị, bụ igwe ahịrị mmadụ nke so Chineke m, na Eze m na-aba nʼebe nsọ ahụ.
God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
25 Ndị na-abụ abụ nọ nʼihu, ndị na-eti egwu, na-eso ha nʼazụ; ụmụ agbọghọ na-akpọ ụbọ sokwa ha.
The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
26 Too Chineke nʼetiti nzukọ ukwuu ahụ; toonu Onyenwe anyị nʼetiti nzukọ ụmụ Izrel.
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Lee Benjamin bụ agbụrụ dịkarịsịrị nta, ka ọ na-edu ha, lekwaa igwe ụmụ ndị eze Juda na nke Zebụlọn na Naftalị.
First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
28 O Chineke, kpọlite ike gị; mee ka ike gị pụta ìhè, O Chineke, dịka i mere na mbụ.
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 Nʼihi ụlọnsọ ukwu gị nke dị na Jerusalem, ndị eze ga-ewetara gị onyinye dị iche iche.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Baara anụ ọhịa ahụ zoro nʼetiti riidi mba, igwe oke ehi nọ nʼetiti ụmụ ehi nke mba niile. Site na nweda nʼala, ka o wetara gị ogbe ọlaọcha. Chụsasịa mba niile, bụ ndị na-enwe mmasị nʼibu agha.
Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
31 Ndị nnọchi anya obodo, ga-esite nʼIjipt bịa, Kush ga-etinye onwe ya nʼokpuru Chineke.
Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
32 Bụkuo Chineke abụ, unu alaeze niile nke ụwa, bụkuo Onyenwe anyị abụ otuto, (Sela)
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 Bụọ abụ nye onye na-agba ịnyịnya nʼeluigwe, e, ọ bụladị eluigwe nke dịrị site na mgbe ochie, onye olu ike ya dịka egbe eluigwe.
Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
34 Kwusaa ike Chineke, onye ịdị ukwuu nke ịma mma ya na-ekpuchi Izrel, onye ike ya dị nʼeluigwe.
Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
35 O Chineke, ị dị oke egwu nʼime ụlọnsọ gị; Chineke nke Izrel na-enye ndị ya ume na ike. Toonu Chineke!
God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
