Abụ Ọma 78
1 Abụ maskil nke Asaf. Ndị m, nụrụnụ ihe m na-ezi; geenụ ntị nʼokwu ọnụ m.
A psalm (maskil) of Asaph. Listen to what I have to teach you, my people; hear what I have to say.
2 Aga m eji ilu malite okwu m, aga m ekwu ọtụtụ ihe omimi, ihe ndị sitere na mgbe ochie;
I will tell you wise sayings; I will explain mysteries from the past
3 ihe ndị anyị nụrụla, marakwa, ihe ndị nna nna anyị ha gwara anyị.
that we have heard before and reflected on; stories our forefathers passed down to us.
4 Anyị agaghị ezonarị ụmụ anyị ihe ndị a, kama anyị ga-akọrọ ọgbọ nke na-abịa nʼihu akụkọ ịdị ike Onyenwe anyị, na ọrụ ebube ya, na ihe ịtụnanya niile o mere.
We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about God's marvelous actions—about his power and the amazing things he has done.
5 O nyere Jekọb iwu banyere ụkpụrụ ya, mekwaa ka iwu ahụ guzosie ike nʼIzrel, bụ nke ọ dọrọ nna nna anyị ha aka na ntị, ka ha kuziere ụmụ ha,
He gave his laws to the descendants of Jacob; his instructions to the people of Israel. He commanded our forefathers to teach them to their children,
6 ka ọgbọ na-eso ha nwee ike mụta ya, ọ bụladị ọgbọ nke a ka amụbeghị, ndị nke ga-agwakwa ha ụmụ ha.
so that the next generation—children yet to be born—would understand and grow up to teach their children.
7 Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-atụkwasị Chineke obi ha, ma ghara ichefu ọrụ ya niile dị iche iche. Ha ga-edebekwa iwu ya niile.
In this way they should place their trust in God and not forget what God has done, and keep his commandments.
8 Ha agakwaghị adị ka ndị nna nna ha, ọgbọ ndị nnupu isi na ndị isiike; ndị obi ha na-adịghị nʼebe Chineke nọ, ndị mmụọ ha na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye ya.
Then they would not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation that was untrustworthy and unfaithful.
9 Ndị ikom Ifrem, nʼagbanyeghị na ha kwere ụta ha, chigharịrị azụ, gbaa ọsọ nʼụbọchị agha.
The soldiers of Ephraim, though armed with bows, ran away on the day of battle.
10 Ha edebeghị ọgbụgba ndụ Chineke. Ha jụkwara ibi ndụ dịka iwu ya si dị.
They did not keep God's agreement, and refused to follow his laws.
11 Ha chefuru ihe o mere, ọrụ ịtụnanya o gosiri ha.
They ignored what he had done, and the amazing things he had shown them—
12 Chineke rụrụ ọrụ ebube ndị a nʼihu nna nna ha nʼala Ijipt na nʼọhịa Zoan.
the miracles he had performed for their forefathers near Zoan in Egypt.
13 O kewara oke osimiri, site nʼetiti ya dufee ha. O mere ka mmiri ahụ guzo ọtọ dịka mgbidi.
He split the sea in two and led them through, making the water stand like walls on either side.
14 O ji igwe ojii duo ha nʼije nʼehihie, jirikwa ìhè sitere nʼọkụ ahụ, duo ha ogologo abalị niile.
He led them with a cloud by day, and by night with a light of fire.
15 Ọ gbawara oke nkume dị nʼọzara, si otu a nye ha mmiri hiri nne, dịka a ga-asị na ọ bụ mmiri si nʼọtụtụ oke osimiri.
He split open rocks in the desert to give his people plenty to drink, water as deep as the ocean.
16 O mere ka mmiri iyi site na nkume gbapụta, mee ka mmiri rudata dịka osimiri.
He made streams flow from the stone; water rushing down like rivers!
17 Ha nọgidere na-emehie megide ya. Ha nupuru isi nʼọzara megide Onye kachasị ihe niile elu.
But they repeatedly sinned against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 Ha kpachara anya nwaa Chineke ọnwụnwa, mgbe ha rịọrọ ya nri nke obi ha chọrọ.
They deliberately provoked God by demanding the foods they longed for.
19 Ha kwuhiere Chineke; jụọ ya ọnụ sị, “Chineke ọ pụrụ inye anyị ezi nri na mmiri ọṅụṅụ nʼọzara a?
They insulted God by saying, “Can God provide food here in the desert?
20 Ọ bụ ezie na o tiri nkume ahụ ihe, mee ka mmiri sọpụta, mmiri iyi sọpụtara nʼebe o hiri nne, ma ọ pụrụ inye anyị nri? Ọ pụrụ inye ndị ya anụ?”
Yes, he can strike a rock so that water gushes out like flowing rivers, but can he give us bread? Can he supply his people with meat?”
21 Mgbe Onyenwe anyị nụrụ ihe ha kwuru, iwe were ya; ọkụ ya repịara Jekọb, iwe ọkụ ya biliri megide Izrel.
When he heard this, the Lord became very angry, burning like fire against the descendants of Jacob, furious with the people of Israel,
22 Nʼihi na ha ekwenyeghị na Chineke, maọbụ tụkwasị obi na nzọpụta ya.
for they didn't believe in God and didn't trust him to take care of them.
23 Nʼagbanyeghị ihe ndị a, o nyere mbara eluigwe iwu meghekwa ọnụ ụzọ niile nke eluigwe.
Even so he commanded the skies above and the doors of heaven to open,
24 O mere ka mánà zokwasị ndị mmadụ a dịka mmiri, ka ha rie. O nyere ha mkpụrụ ọka nke si nʼeluigwe.
and he made manna rain down on them to eat, giving them bread from heaven.
25 Ndị mmadụ tara achịcha ndị mmụọ ozi. O zitere ha nri niile ha nwere ike iri.
Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them more than enough food.
26 O sitere nʼeluigwe tọpụ ikuku nke ọwụwa anyanwụ, o jikwa ike ya duo ikuku nke ndịda.
He sent the east wind blowing across the sky; by his power he drove the south wind.
27 O zidatara ha anụ dị ukwuu dịka ọ bụ uzuzu, anụ ufe ọnụọgụgụ ha dịka ọnụọgụgụ aja dị nʼala ọnụ oke osimiri.
He rained down meat on them as plentiful as dust; birds as numerous as sand on a beach.
28 O mere ka ụmụ anụ ufe ndị a daara ha nʼala nʼetiti ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ha nakwa gburugburu ụlọ ikwu ha.
He made them fall right in the middle of their camp, all around where they were living.
29 Ha riri ihe tutu ruo mgbe ha enwekwaghị ike iri ọzọ, nʼihi na o nyere ha ihe obi ha chọrọ.
They ate until they were full. He gave them the food they longed for.
30 Ha erisibeghị nri ahụ obi ha chọrọ, anụ ụfọdụ dịkwa ha nʼọnụ,
But before they satisfied their appetite, while the meat was still in their mouths,
31 mgbe iwe Chineke biliri imegide ha; o tigburu ndị kachasị ike nʼetiti ha, tigbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa ndị Izrel.
God became angry with them and he killed their strongest men, striking them down in the prime of life.
32 Ma na-eleghị ihe ndị a anya, ha gakwara nʼihu na mmehie ha, jụkwa ikwere nʼọrụ ebube niile Onyenwe anyị rụrụ.
Despite all this they went right on sinning. Despite the miracles, they refused to trust him.
33 O mere ka ụbọchị ndụ ha bụrụ ihe efu. O mekwara ka afọ ha gwụsịa nʼobi ọlụlọ mmiri.
So he snuffed out their futile lives, bringing them to an end in terror.
34 Mgbe ọbụla Chineke tigburu ha, ha na-achọ ya; ha na-alaghachi azụ, chọsie ya ike.
When he began killing them, the rest came back to God in repentance, praying to him.
35 Ha na-echeta na Chineke bụ Oke nkume ha, na Chineke nke kachasị ihe niile elu bụrụ ha Onye Mgbapụta.
They remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was their Savior.
36 Ma mgbe ahụ, ha ga-eji naanị okwu efu fee ya ofufe, were ire ha na-aghara ya ụgha.
They flattered him by what they told him, but they were only lying.
37 Obi ha ekwesịkwaghị ike nye ya. Ha ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye ọgbụgba ndụ ya.
Deep down they were not sincere, and did not keep the agreement they had with him.
38 Ma o meere ha ebere. Ọ gbaghara ha mmehie ha. Ọ laghị ha nʼiyi. Ọtụtụ oge ka o jidere iwe ya. Ọ kpalịkwaghị oke iwe ya.
But being compassionate he pardoned their guilt and did not destroy all of them. He often held back his anger—he did not pour out all his fury.
39 Nʼihi na o chetara na ha bụ naanị anụ ahụ nke o kere eke, chetakwa na ha dịka ikuku nke na-adịghị alọghachi azụ mgbe ọ gabigasịrị.
He remembered their mortality—that they were like a puff of wind that would not return.
40 Ọtụtụ oge ka ha nupuru isi megide ya nʼọzara; ha kpasuru ya iwe nʼala ahụ tọgbọrọ nʼefu.
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, giving him grief in the desert!
41 Mgbe mgbe, ha nwara Chineke; ha kpasuru Onye Nsọ nke Izrel iwe.
Again and again they provoked God, causing pain to the Holy One of Israel.
42 Ha echetaghị ike ya, ụbọchị ahụ ọ gbapụtara ha site nʼaka ndị na-emegbu ha;
They did not remember his strength when he rescued them from their oppressors,
43 nʼụbọchị o gosipụtara ihe ịrịbama niile nʼala Ijipt, ọrụ ebube ya niile nʼọhịa Zoan.
performing miracles in Egypt, doing wonderful things on the plain of Zoan.
44 O mere ka osimiri ha niile ghọọ ọbara. Ha enwekwaghị ike ịṅụ mmiri si na ha.
There he turned their rivers and their streams into blood so that no one could drink from them.
45 O zigakwara igwe ijiji nʼetiti ha, nke tara ha, zitekwa awọ nʼala ha, nke bibiri ha.
He sent flies among them to destroy them, and frogs to ruin everything.
46 O zitekwara ụmụ ụkpana ndị tachapụrụ mkpụrụ a kụrụ nʼubi ha, zitekwa igurube nke ripịara ihe niile a gaara eweta dịka ihe ubi.
He gave their crops to locusts; everything they worked had for was taken by locusts.
47 O ji oke mkpụrụ mmiri mebie osisi vaịnị ha, jirikwa igirigi jụrụ oke oyi bibie osisi sikamọ ha niile.
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their fig trees with freezing rain.
48 O weere ehi ha niile nyefee mkpụrụ mmiri, werekwa anụ ụlọ ha nyefee amụma egbe eluigwe.
He handed over their cattle to hail and their flocks to lightning bolts.
49 O zipụrụ iwe ọkụ ya nʼetiti ha, oke iwe ya, na iwe ya, na mmeso nke iwe ya, ndị mmụọ ozi na-ebibi ihe na-eleghị anya nʼazụ.
He poured out on them his fierce anger—rage and hostility and anguish—sending a band of destroying angels against them.
50 O doziri ụzọ nke iwe ya ga-eso; o gbochighị ka ha ghara ịnwụ; kama o nyefere ndụ ha nʼaka ọrịa na-efe efe.
He sent his unrestrained anger against them; he did not spare them from death, handing them over to the plague.
51 O tigburu nwa ọbụla e bụ ụzọ mụọ nʼala Ijipt, mkpụrụ mbụ nke ndị ikom nʼime ụlọ ikwu Ham.
He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the first to be conceived in the tents of Ham.
52 Ma o dupụtara ndị nke ya dịka igwe atụrụ; o duuru ha dịka atụrụ gafee ọzara.
But he led out his people like sheep, and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
53 O duuru ha nʼudo, ụjọ atụkwaghị ha, ma osimiri kpuchigidere ndị iro ha.
He led them to safety, and they were not afraid. He drowned their enemies in the sea.
54 Otu a ka o si duru ha bịaruo nʼoke ala nsọ ya, ala ugwu ugwu ahụ nke aka nri ya nwetara.
He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land that he had conquered for them.
55 Ọ chụpụrụ mba niile nʼihu ha, tụọ ala ha kesara ha dịka ihe nketa; o mere ka ebo niile nke Izrel biri nʼụlọ nke aka ha.
He drove out the heathen nations before them. He divided up the land for them to own. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 Ma ha nwara Chineke ọnwụnwa, nupu isi megide Onye kachasị ihe niile elu; ha edebeghị ụkpụrụ ya.
But they provoked God Most High, rebelling against him. They did not follow what he had told them.
57 Dịka nna nna ha, ha bụ ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi, na ndị aghụghọ, ha dịka ụta a na-ekweghị nke ọma.
Just like their forefathers they turned away from God and were unfaithful to him, as twisted as a defective bow.
58 Nʼihi ebe nchụaja ha wuru, ha mere ka iwe wee ya; sitekwa nʼarụsị ha pịrị apị, ha kpaliri ekworo ya.
They made him angry with their pagan high places of worship; they made him jealous with their idols.
59 Mgbe Chineke nụrụ ha, iwe were ya nke ukwuu. Ọ jụrụ ndị Izrel kpamkpam.
When God heard their worship he became furious and he totally rejected Israel.
60 Ọ gbakụtara ụlọ nzute ya nke dị na Shaịlo azụ, ụlọ ikwu ahụ ọ mara nʼetiti ndị mmadụ.
He abandoned his place at Shiloh, the Tabernacle where he lived among the people.
61 O nyefere igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ike ya ka a dọta ya nʼagha, o nyefekwara onye iro ahụ ebube ya nʼaka.
He surrendered the Ark of his power, allowing it to be captured; handing it over into enemy hands.
62 O kwere ka e gbuo ndị ya nʼagha; iwe ya dị ọkụ megide ihe nketa ya.
He handed over his people to be slaughtered by the sword; he was furious with his chosen people.
63 Ọkụ repịara ụmụ okorobịa ha, ọ dịkwaghị onye a gụụrụ egwu ọlụlụ di na nwunye, nʼetiti ụmụ agbọghọ ha;
Their young men were destroyed by fire; their young women had no wedding songs.
64 E gburu ndị nchụaja ha nʼagha; ndị inyom ha ndị di ha nwụrụ enwekwaghị ike iru ụjụ.
Their priests were killed by the sword; their widows were unable to mourn.
65 Mgbe ahụ, onyenwe anyị tetara dịka onye si nʼụra teta, dịka dike si nʼụra mmanya teta.
Then the Lord woke up as if from sleep, as a warrior sobering up from drinking wine.
66 Ọ chụghachiri ndị iro ya azụ, mee ha ihe ihere nke ga-adịgide ruo ebighị ebi.
He defeated his enemies, striking them on the back, causing them everlasting shame.
67 Ọ jụrụ ụlọ ikwu Josef, ọ họpụtaghị ebo Ifrem;
He rejected the descendants of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68 ma ọ họọrọ ebo Juda, na ugwu Zayọn, nke ọ hụrụ nʼanya.
Instead he chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion which he loves.
69 O wuru ụlọnsọ ya ka ọ dị ka ebe dị elu, dịka ụwa nke o mere ka o guzosie ike ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
There he built his sanctuary, high like the heavens, on earth that he made to last forever.
70 Ọ họpụtara Devid, ohu ya, kpọrọ ya site nʼọgba igwe atụrụ;
He chose his servant David, taking him from the sheep pens,
71 o si nʼebe ọ nọ na-azụ atụrụ kpọrọ ya, ka ọ bịa bụrụ onye na-azụ ndị ya Jekọb, na Izrel, ihe nketa ya dịka atụrụ.
taking him from caring for the sheep and lambs to be a shepherd to the descendants of Jacob—God's special people, Israel.
72 Devid ji izuoke nke obi ya zụọ ha, aka nke maara ihe ọ na-eme ka o ji duo ha.
Like a shepherd, he took care of them with sincere devotion, leading them with skillful hands.
