Abụ Ọma 74
1 Abụ maskil nke Asaf. Chineke, gịnị mere i ji jụ anyị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi? Gịnị mere iwe gị ji akwụ anwụrụ megide igwe atụrụ ndị ị na-azụ?
The understanding of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us to the end. Why has your fury become enraged over the sheep of your pasture?
2 Cheta mba ahụ nke ị zụtara na mgbe ochie, ebo ahụ bụ ihe nketa gị, ndị ị gbapụtara, nʼugwu Zayọn ebe i biri.
Be mindful of your congregation, which you have possessed from the beginning. You redeemed the scepter of your inheritance, mount Zion, in which you have dwelt.
3 Tụgharịa nzọ ụkwụ gị bịa na mbibi ebighị ebi ndị a. Ọ bụ onye iro wetara ịla nʼiyi a niile nʼụlọnsọ a.
Lift up your hands against their arrogance in the end. How great the malice of the enemy has been in the sanctuary!
4 Ndị iro gị gbọrọ ụja nʼebe i zutere anyị. Ha weliri ọkọlọtọ ha dịka ihe ịrịbama.
And those who hate you have been glorified, in the midst of your solemnity. They have set up their own signs as a proof,
5 Ha kpara agwa dịka ndị ikom ji anyụike ha ga-eji gbutuo ọtụtụ osisi dị nʼoke ọhịa.
as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,
6 Ha ji anyụike na egbugbu ha kụjisie ihe niile eji amachi ihe bụ nke egbunyere ihe.
they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.
7 Ha kpọkwara ụlọnsọ gị ọkụ, mee ya ka o repịa. Ha merụrụ ụlọ obibi ahụ a kpọkwasịrị aha gị.
They have set fire to your Sanctuary. They have polluted the tabernacle of your name on earth.
8 Ha sịrị nʼobi ha, “Anyị ga-etipịa ha kpamkpam!” Ha kpọrọ ebe niile a na-anọ efe Chineke nʼala a ọkụ.
They have said in their heart, the whole group of them together: “Let us cause all the feast days of God to cease from the land.
9 Enyeghị anyị ihe ịrịbama ọbụla site nʼaka Chineke. Ọ dịkwaghị ndị amụma fọdụrụ. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ọbụla nʼetiti anyị onye maara, mgbe ihe a ga-agwụ.
We have not seen our proof; there is now no prophet. And he will no longer know us.”
10 O Chineke, ruo ole mgbe ka ndị iro ga-anọgide na-achị gị ọchị? Onye iro, ọ ga-eleli aha gị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi?
How long, O God, will the enemy place blame? Is the adversary to provoke your name until the end?
11 Gịnị mere ị na-eseghachi aka gị azụ, e aka nri gị? Sepụta aka gị laa ha nʼiyi!
Why do you turn your hand away, even your right hand, from the midst of your sinews, until the end?
12 Ma gị, O Chineke, bụrịị eze m site na mgbe ochie. Ọ bụ gị na-arụpụta nzọpụta nʼelu ụwa.
But God is our king before all ages. He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Site nʼike gị dị ukwuu i mere ka osimiri kewaa abụọ. Ọ bụ gị gwepịara isi anụ ọjọọ ahụ nʼime mmiri.
In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters.
14 Ọ bụ gị gwepịara isi anụ ọjọọ ahụ a na-akpọ leviatan, mee ka ọ ghọọ nri nye ụmụ anụmanụ bi nʼọzara.
You have broken the heads of the serpent. You have given him as food for the people of the Ethiopians.
15 Ọ bụ gị mere ka isi iyi na mmiri iyi na-asọ. I mere ka osimiri na-eru eru mgbe niile taa.
You have disrupted the fountains and the torrents. You have dried up the rivers of Ethan.
16 Ehihie na abalị bụ nke gị. I mere ka anyanwụ na ọnwa guzosie ike.
Yours is the day, and yours is the night. You have made the morning light and the sun.
17 Ọ bụ gị kewapụtara oke ala niile nke ụwa. Ọ bụ gị mere ka ọkọchị na udu mmiri dị.
You have made all the limits of the earth. The summer and the spring were formed by you.
18 O Onyenwe anyị, cheta otu onye iro si chịa gị ọchị, na otu ndị nzuzu si kwaa aha gị emo.
Be mindful of this: the enemy placed blame against the Lord, and a foolish people has incited against your name.
19 Ewerala ndụ nduru gị nyefee anụ ọhịa ọjọọ nʼaka. Echefukwala ndụ ndị gị a na-akpagbu ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
Do not hand over to beasts the souls that confess to you; and do not forget the souls of your poor until the end.
20 Chetakwa ọgbụgba ndụ gị, nʼihi na ihe ike na-ejupụta ebe niile gbara ọchịchịrị nʼala a.
Consider your covenant. For those who have been darkened upon the earth have been filled by the iniquity of the houses.
21 Ekwela ka ndị a na-akpagbu gbaghachi azụ nʼihere; ka ndị ogbenye na ndị nọ na mkpa too aha gị.
Do not allow the humble to be turned away in confusion. The poor and the needy will praise your name.
22 O Chineke, bilie, kpechitara onwe gị ikpe. Chetakwa otu ndị nzuzu si kọọ gị ọnụ ogologo ụbọchị niile.
Rise up, O God, judge your own case. Call to mind the accusations against you, which are made by the foolish all day long.
23 Elepụla mkpọtụ nke ndị iro gị niile anya, olu mkpọtụ nke ndị iro gị na-aga nʼihu na-ala elu.
Do not forget the voices of your adversaries. The arrogance of those who hate you rises up continually.
