Abụ Ọma 73
1 Abụ Ọma Asaf. Nʼezie, Chineke dịịrị Izrel mma, dịkwara ndị obi ha dị ọcha.
A Psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!
2 Ma mụ onwe m, ọ fọdụrụ nwantịị ka m zọhie ụkwụ, ọ fọdụrụ nwantịị ka ụkwụ m gbụchapụ.
But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.
3 Nʼihi na e kwosara m ndị mpako ekworo; mgbe m hụrụ ịba ụba nke ndị ajọ omume.
For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquility of sinners.
4 Ha anaghị adọgbu onwe ha; ahụ ha gbara abụba, siekwa ike.
For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and [they have] firmness under their affliction.
5 Nsogbu niile mmadụ ibe ha na-enwe adịghị erute ha. Ha enweghị mkpa ọbụla nke na-akpa ha dịka ndị ọzọ nwere.
They are not in the troubles of [other] men; and they shall not be scourged with [other] men.
6 Nʼihi nke a, nganga bụ ihe ịnya nʼolu ha; ha jikwa ihe ike kpuchie onwe ha dịka uwe.
Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
7 Mmehie na-esite nʼobi ọjọọ ha apụta; echiche ọjọọ ha enweghị ngụta.
Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.
8 Ha na-akwa emo, na-ejikwa iro ekwu okwu; nʼime mpako ha, ha na-aba mba imegbu ndị ọzọ.
They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
9 Ha ji ọnụ ha na-ekwu na eluigwe bụ nke ha, ha jikwa ire ha kwuo na ụwa niile bụ nke ha.
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
10 Nʼihi nke a, ndị ha na-eso ha, na-aṅụrụ okwu ha ebe ọ bara ụba dịka mmiri.
Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them.
11 Ha na-asị, “Olee otu Chineke ga-esi mara? Ọ dịkwanụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu maara?”
And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Otu a ka ndị ajọ omume dị, ha na-ebi ndụ na-enweghị nsogbu; akụnụba ha na-amụbakwa.
Behold, these [are] the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth.
13 Nʼezie, ọ bụ naanị nʼefu ka m debere obi m ọcha, nʼefu ka m kwọrọ aka m abụọ nʼemeghị ihe ọjọọ.
And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 Ogologo ụbọchị niile, anọ m na nsogbu; ụtụtụ niile ka m na-anata ntaramahụhụ.
For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof [was] every morning.
15 Ọ bụrụ na m kwuru sị, “Nke a ka m ga-ekwu,” agaara m abụ onye na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nʼetiti ụmụ gị.
If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of your children.
16 Mgbe m gbalịrị ịghọta ihe ndị a niile, ọ ghọọrọ m ihe mwute,
And I undertook to understand this, [but] it is too hard for me,
17 tutu ruo mgbe m bara nʼebe nsọ Chineke; mgbe ahụ ka m ghọtara ihe ga-eme ha nʼikpeazụ.
until I go into the sanctuary of God; [and so] understand the latter end.
18 Nʼezie, ị na-eguzo ha nʼala na-achị achị; ị na-atụda ha, laa ha nʼiyi.
Surely you have appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings: you have cast them down when they were lifted up.
19 Lee, ka ha si laa nʼiyi nʼotu ntabi anya, bụrụ ndị ihe egwu dị iche iche kpochapụrụ kpamkpam!
How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
20 Dịka nrọ, mgbe mmadụ na-eteta, otu a, O Onyenwe anyị, mgbe i tetara, ị ga-eleda ha anya dịka echiche na-agaghị emezu.
As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in your city you will despise their image.
21 Mgbe m nọ nʼobi mwute; mmụọ m dara mba.
For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.
22 Abụ m onye nzuzu na onye na-amaghị ihe. Adị m ka anụ ọhịa nʼihu gị.
But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before you.
23 Ma ana m anọnyere gị mgbe niile; ị na-ejide m nʼaka nri m.
Yet I am continually with you: you have holden my right hand.
24 Ị na-eji ndụmọdụ gị na-edu m, ma emesịa, ị ga-anabata m nʼebube gị.
You have guided me by your counsel, and you have taken me to yourself with glory.
25 Onye ka m nwere nʼeluigwe ma ọ bụghị gị? Ọ dịghị ihe ụwa a nwere nke m ga-achọsi ike karịa gị.
For what have I in heaven [but you]? and what have I desired upon the earth beside you?
26 Anụ ahụ m na mkpụrụobi m nwere ike ịda mba, ma Chineke bụ ike nke obi m, na ihe nketa m ruo ebighị ebi.
My heart and my flesh have failed: [but] God [is the strength] of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.
27 Ndị niile nọpụrụ gị nʼebe dị anya ga-ala nʼiyi. Ị ga-alakwa ndị niile na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi, nye gị nʼiyi.
For, behold, they that remove themselves far from you shall perish: you have destroyed every one that goes a whoring from you.
28 Ma nye mụ onwe m, ọ dị mma ịnọ Chineke nso. Emeela m Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị ebe mgbaba m. Aga m akọ banyere ọrụ gị niile dị iche iche.
But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
