Abụ Ọma 73
1 Abụ Ọma Asaf. Nʼezie, Chineke dịịrị Izrel mma, dịkwara ndị obi ha dị ọcha.
A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who 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 nearly slipped.
3 Nʼihi na e kwosara m ndị mpako ekworo; mgbe m hụrụ ịba ụba nke ndị ajọ omume.
For I was envious of 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 struggles 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 free from burdens of 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 like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
7 Mmehie na-esite nʼobi ọjọọ ha apụta; echiche ọjọọ ha enweghị ngụta.
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
8 Ha na-akwa emo, na-ejikwa iro ekwu okwu; nʼime mpako ha, ha na-aba mba imegbu ndị ọzọ.
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
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. Their tongue walks through the earth.
10 Nʼihi nke a, ndị ha na-eso ha, na-aṅụrụ okwu ha ebe ọ bara ụba dịka mmiri.
Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
11 Ha na-asị, “Olee otu Chineke ga-esi mara? Ọ dịkwanụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu maara?”
They say, “How does God know? 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. Being always 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 I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
14 Ogologo ụbọchị niile, anọ m na nsogbu; ụtụtụ niile ka m na-anata ntaramahụhụ.
For all day long I have been plagued, and punished 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 would have betrayed the generation of your children.
16 Mgbe m gbalịrị ịghọta ihe ndị a niile, ọ ghọọrọ m ihe mwute,
When I tried to understand 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 entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
18 Nʼezie, ị na-eguzo ha nʼala na-achị achị; ị na-atụda ha, laa ha nʼiyi.
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
19 Lee, ka ha si laa nʼiyi nʼotu ntabi anya, bụrụ ndị ihe egwu dị iche iche kpochapụrụ kpamkpam!
How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away 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 wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
21 Mgbe m nọ nʼobi mwute; mmụọ m dara mba.
For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
22 Abụ m onye nzuzu na onye na-amaghị ihe. Adị m ka anụ ọhịa nʼihu gị.
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
23 Ma ana m anọnyere gị mgbe niile; ị na-ejide m nʼaka nri m.
Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
24 Ị na-eji ndụmọdụ gị na-edu m, ma emesịa, ị ga-anabata m nʼebube gị.
You will guide me with your 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 do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides 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 flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to 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 come close to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
