Abụ Ọma 78
1 Abụ maskil nke Asaf. Ndị m, nụrụnụ ihe m na-ezi; geenụ ntị nʼokwu ọnụ m.
GIVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 Aga m eji ilu malite okwu m, aga m ekwu ọtụtụ ihe omimi, ihe ndị sitere na mgbe ochie;
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3 ihe ndị anyị nụrụla, marakwa, ihe ndị nna nna anyị ha gwara anyị.
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told 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 hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath 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,
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known 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.
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to 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.
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but 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.
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
9 Ndị ikom Ifrem, nʼagbanyeghị na ha kwere ụta ha, chigharịrị azụ, gbaa ọsọ nʼụbọchị agha.
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 Ha edebeghị ọgbụgba ndụ Chineke. Ha jụkwara ibi ndụ dịka iwu ya si dị.
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11 Ha chefuru ihe o mere, ọrụ ịtụnanya o gosiri ha.
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
12 Chineke rụrụ ọrụ ebube ndị a nʼihu nna nna ha nʼala Ijipt na nʼọhịa Zoan.
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 O kewara oke osimiri, site nʼetiti ya dufee ha. O mere ka mmiri ahụ guzo ọtọ dịka mgbidi.
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
14 O ji igwe ojii duo ha nʼije nʼehihie, jirikwa ìhè sitere nʼọkụ ahụ, duo ha ogologo abalị niile.
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the 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 clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
16 O mere ka mmiri iyi site na nkume gbapụta, mee ka mmiri rudata dịka osimiri.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 Ha nọgidere na-emehie megide ya. Ha nupuru isi nʼọzara megide Onye kachasị ihe niile elu.
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18 Ha kpachara anya nwaa Chineke ọnwụnwa, mgbe ha rịọrọ ya nri nke obi ha chọrọ.
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19 Ha kwuhiere Chineke; jụọ ya ọnụ sị, “Chineke ọ pụrụ inye anyị ezi nri na mmiri ọṅụṅụ nʼọzara a?
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
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?”
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
21 Mgbe Onyenwe anyị nụrụ ihe ha kwuru, iwe were ya; ọkụ ya repịara Jekọb, iwe ọkụ ya biliri megide Izrel.
Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22 Nʼihi na ha ekwenyeghị na Chineke, maọbụ tụkwasị obi na nzọpụta ya.
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23 Nʼagbanyeghị ihe ndị a, o nyere mbara eluigwe iwu meghekwa ọnụ ụzọ niile nke eluigwe.
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24 O mere ka mánà zokwasị ndị mmadụ a dịka mmiri, ka ha rie. O nyere ha mkpụrụ ọka nke si nʼeluigwe.
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25 Ndị mmadụ tara achịcha ndị mmụọ ozi. O zitere ha nri niile ha nwere ike iri.
Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
26 O sitere nʼeluigwe tọpụ ikuku nke ọwụwa anyanwụ, o jikwa ike ya duo ikuku nke ndịda.
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in 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 flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28 O mere ka ụmụ anụ ufe ndị a daara ha nʼala nʼetiti ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ha nakwa gburugburu ụlọ ikwu ha.
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
29 Ha riri ihe tutu ruo mgbe ha enwekwaghị ike iri ọzọ, nʼihi na o nyere ha ihe obi ha chọrọ.
So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30 Ha erisibeghị nri ahụ obi ha chọrọ, anụ ụfọdụ dịkwa ha nʼọnụ,
They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31 mgbe iwe Chineke biliri imegide ha; o tigburu ndị kachasị ike nʼetiti ha, tigbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa ndị Izrel.
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32 Ma na-eleghị ihe ndị a anya, ha gakwara nʼihu na mmehie ha, jụkwa ikwere nʼọrụ ebube niile Onyenwe anyị rụrụ.
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
33 O mere ka ụbọchị ndụ ha bụrụ ihe efu. O mekwara ka afọ ha gwụsịa nʼobi ọlụlọ mmiri.
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
34 Mgbe ọbụla Chineke tigburu ha, ha na-achọ ya; ha na-alaghachi azụ, chọsie ya ike.
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
35 Ha na-echeta na Chineke bụ Oke nkume ha, na Chineke nke kachasị ihe niile elu bụrụ ha Onye Mgbapụta.
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36 Ma mgbe ahụ, ha ga-eji naanị okwu efu fee ya ofufe, were ire ha na-aghara ya ụgha.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37 Obi ha ekwesịkwaghị ike nye ya. Ha ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye ọgbụgba ndụ ya.
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
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 he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
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.
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40 Ọtụtụ oge ka ha nupuru isi megide ya nʼọzara; ha kpasuru ya iwe nʼala ahụ tọgbọrọ nʼefu.
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41 Mgbe mgbe, ha nwara Chineke; ha kpasuru Onye Nsọ nke Izrel iwe.
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 Ha echetaghị ike ya, ụbọchị ahụ ọ gbapụtara ha site nʼaka ndị na-emegbu ha;
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43 nʼụbọchị o gosipụtara ihe ịrịbama niile nʼala Ijipt, ọrụ ebube ya niile nʼọhịa Zoan.
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
44 O mere ka osimiri ha niile ghọọ ọbara. Ha enwekwaghị ike ịṅụ mmiri si na ha.
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45 O zigakwara igwe ijiji nʼetiti ha, nke tara ha, zitekwa awọ nʼala ha, nke bibiri ha.
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
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 also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
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 sycomore trees with frost.
48 O weere ehi ha niile nyefee mkpụrụ mmiri, werekwa anụ ụlọ ha nyefee amụma egbe eluigwe.
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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 cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among 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 made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51 O tigburu nwa ọbụla e bụ ụzọ mụọ nʼala Ijipt, mkpụrụ mbụ nke ndị ikom nʼime ụlọ ikwu Ham.
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52 Ma o dupụtara ndị nke ya dịka igwe atụrụ; o duuru ha dịka atụrụ gafee ọzara.
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 O duuru ha nʼudo, ụjọ atụkwaghị ha, ma osimiri kpuchigidere ndị iro ha.
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 Otu a ka o si duru ha bịaruo nʼoke ala nsọ ya, ala ugwu ugwu ahụ nke aka nri ya nwetara.
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
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 cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Ma ha nwara Chineke ọnwụnwa, nupu isi megide Onye kachasị ihe niile elu; ha edebeghị ụkpụrụ ya.
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57 Dịka nna nna ha, ha bụ ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi, na ndị aghụghọ, ha dịka ụta a na-ekweghị nke ọma.
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 Nʼihi ebe nchụaja ha wuru, ha mere ka iwe wee ya; sitekwa nʼarụsị ha pịrị apị, ha kpaliri ekworo ya.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 Mgbe Chineke nụrụ ha, iwe were ya nke ukwuu. Ọ jụrụ ndị Izrel kpamkpam.
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60 Ọ gbakụtara ụlọ nzute ya nke dị na Shaịlo azụ, ụlọ ikwu ahụ ọ mara nʼetiti ndị mmadụ.
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
61 O nyefere igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ike ya ka a dọta ya nʼagha, o nyefekwara onye iro ahụ ebube ya nʼaka.
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
62 O kwere ka e gbuo ndị ya nʼagha; iwe ya dị ọkụ megide ihe nketa ya.
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
63 Ọkụ repịara ụmụ okorobịa ha, ọ dịkwaghị onye a gụụrụ egwu ọlụlụ di na nwunye, nʼetiti ụmụ agbọghọ ha;
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
64 E gburu ndị nchụaja ha nʼagha; ndị inyom ha ndị di ha nwụrụ enwekwaghị ike iru ụjụ.
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65 Mgbe ahụ, onyenwe anyị tetara dịka onye si nʼụra teta, dịka dike si nʼụra mmanya teta.
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 Ọ chụghachiri ndị iro ya azụ, mee ha ihe ihere nke ga-adịgide ruo ebighị ebi.
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Ọ jụrụ ụlọ ikwu Josef, ọ họpụtaghị ebo Ifrem;
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68 ma ọ họọrọ ebo Juda, na ugwu Zayọn, nke ọ hụrụ nʼanya.
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
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.
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70 Ọ họpụtara Devid, ohu ya, kpọrọ ya site nʼọgba igwe atụrụ;
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
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.
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72 Devid ji izuoke nke obi ya zụọ ha, aka nke maara ihe ọ na-eme ka o ji duo ha.
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
