Abụ Ọma 73
1 Abụ Ọma Asaf. Nʼezie, Chineke dịịrị Izrel mma, dịkwara ndị obi ha dị ọcha.
A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, [even] to such as are pure in heart.
2 Ma mụ onwe m, ọ fọdụrụ nwantịị ka m zọhie ụkwụ, ọ fọdụrụ nwantịị ka ụkwụ m gbụchapụ.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 Nʼihi na e kwosara m ndị mpako ekworo; mgbe m hụrụ ịba ụba nke ndị ajọ omume.
For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 Ha anaghị adọgbu onwe ha; ahụ ha gbara abụba, siekwa ike.
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
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 trouble as [other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men.
6 Nʼihi nke a, nganga bụ ihe ịnya nʼolu ha; ha jikwa ihe ike kpuchie onwe ha dịka uwe.
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Mmehie na-esite nʼobi ọjọọ ha apụta; echiche ọjọọ ha enweghị ngụta.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 Ha na-akwa emo, na-ejikwa iro ekwu okwu; nʼime mpako ha, ha na-aba mba imegbu ndị ọzọ.
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: they speak 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 in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Nʼihi nke a, ndị ha na-eso ha, na-aṅụrụ okwu ha ebe ọ bara ụba dịka mmiri.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out by them.
11 Ha na-asị, “Olee otu Chineke ga-esi mara? Ọ dịkwanụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu maara?”
And they say, How doth 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 wicked; and, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
13 Nʼezie, ọ bụ naanị nʼefu ka m debere obi m ọcha, nʼefu ka m kwọrọ aka m abụọ nʼemeghị ihe ọjọọ.
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
14 Ogologo ụbọchị niile, anọ m na nsogbu; ụtụtụ niile ka m na-anata ntaramahụhụ.
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened 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 had said, I will speak thus; behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
16 Mgbe m gbalịrị ịghọta ihe ndị a niile, ọ ghọọrọ m ihe mwute,
When I thought how I might know this, it was too painful for me;
17 tutu ruo mgbe m bara nʼebe nsọ Chineke; mgbe ahụ ka m ghọtara ihe ga-eme ha nʼikpeazụ.
Until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end.
18 Nʼezie, ị na-eguzo ha nʼala na-achị achị; ị na-atụda ha, laa ha nʼiyi.
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: thou castest them down to destruction.
19 Lee, ka ha si laa nʼiyi nʼotu ntabi anya, bụrụ ndị ihe egwu dị iche iche kpochapụrụ kpamkpam!
How are they become a desolation in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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 a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Mgbe m nọ nʼobi mwute; mmụọ m dara mba.
For my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins:
22 Abụ m onye nzuzu na onye na-amaghị ihe. Adị m ka anụ ọhịa nʼihu gị.
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.
23 Ma ana m anọnyere gị mgbe niile; ị na-ejide m nʼaka nri m.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand.
24 Ị na-eji ndụmọdụ gị na-edu m, ma emesịa, ị ga-anabata m nʼebube gị.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Onye ka m nwere nʼeluigwe ma ọ bụghị gị? Ọ dịghị ihe ụwa a nwere nke m ga-achọsi ike karịa gị.
Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
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 flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God is the strength of my heart and 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, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
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 draw near unto God: I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.
