Abụ Ọma 78
1 Abụ maskil nke Asaf. Ndị m, nụrụnụ ihe m na-ezi; geenụ ntị nʼokwu ọnụ m.
A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn 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, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that 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,
For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching 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, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell 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 God’s deeds, 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 didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast 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 didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
11 Ha chefuru ihe o mere, ọrụ ịtụnanya o gosiri ha.
They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
12 Chineke rụrụ ọrụ ebube ndị a nʼihu nna nna ha nʼala Ijipt na nʼọhịa Zoan.
He did marvelous things 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 split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14 O ji igwe ojii duo ha nʼije nʼehihie, jirikwa ìhè sitere nʼọkụ ahụ, duo ha ogologo abalị niile.
In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all 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 rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the 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.
Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 Ha kpachara anya nwaa Chineke ọnwụnwa, mgbe ha rịọrọ ya nri nke obi ha chọrọ.
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
19 Ha kwuhiere Chineke; jụọ ya ọnụ sị, “Chineke ọ pụrụ inye anyị ezi nri na mmiri ọṅụṅụ nʼọzara a?
Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare 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 struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat 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, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
22 Nʼihi na ha ekwenyeghị na Chineke, maọbụ tụkwasị obi na nzọpụta ya.
because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
23 Nʼagbanyeghị ihe ndị a, o nyere mbara eluigwe iwu meghekwa ọnụ ụzọ niile nke eluigwe.
Yet he commanded the skies 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.
He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
25 Ndị mmadụ tara achịcha ndị mmụọ ozi. O zitere ha nri niile ha nwere ike iri.
Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
26 O sitere nʼeluigwe tọpụ ikuku nke ọwụwa anyanwụ, o jikwa ike ya duo ikuku nke ndịda.
He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided 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 also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
28 O mere ka ụmụ anụ ufe ndị a daara ha nʼala nʼetiti ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ha nakwa gburugburu ụlọ ikwu ha.
He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around 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 ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
30 Ha erisibeghị nri ahụ obi ha chọrọ, anụ ụfọdụ dịkwa ha nʼọnụ,
They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
31 mgbe iwe Chineke biliri imegide ha; o tigburu ndị kachasị ike nʼetiti ha, tigbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa ndị Izrel.
when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young 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 still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
33 O mere ka ụbọchị ndụ ha bụrụ ihe efu. O mekwara ka afọ ha gwụsịa nʼobi ọlụlọ mmiri.
Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34 Mgbe ọbụla Chineke tigburu ha, ha na-achọ ya; ha na-alaghachi azụ, chọsie ya ike.
When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
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, the Most High God, their redeemer.
36 Ma mgbe ahụ, ha ga-eji naanị okwu efu fee ya ofufe, were ire ha na-aghara ya ụgha.
But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
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 faithful 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 merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t 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.
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
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, and grieved him in the desert!
41 Mgbe mgbe, ha nwara Chineke; ha kpasuru Onye Nsọ nke Izrel iwe.
They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 Ha echetaghị ike ya, ụbọchị ahụ ọ gbapụtara ha site nʼaka ndị na-emegbu ha;
They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
43 nʼụbọchị o gosipụtara ihe ịrịbama niile nʼala Ijipt, ọrụ ebube ya niile nʼọhịa Zoan.
how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 O mere ka osimiri ha niile ghọọ ọbara. Ha enwekwaghị ike ịṅụ mmiri si na ha.
he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 O zigakwara igwe ijiji nʼetiti ha, nke tara ha, zitekwa awọ nʼala ha, nke bibiri ha.
He sent among them swarms of flies, 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 also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to 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, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48 O weere ehi ha niile nyefee mkpụrụ mmiri, werekwa anụ ụlọ ha nyefee amụma egbe eluigwe.
He also gave over their livestock 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 threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
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 path for his anger. He didn’t spare 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 struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength 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 own people 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.
He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, 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.
He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
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 also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for 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 rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep 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 treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted 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 engraved images.
59 Mgbe Chineke nụrụ ha, iwe were ya nke ukwuu. Ọ jụrụ ndị Izrel kpamkpam.
When God heard this, he was angry, 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 abandoned the tent 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, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
62 O kwere ka e gbuo ndị ya nʼagha; iwe ya dị ọkụ megide ihe nketa ya.
He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
63 Ọkụ repịara ụmụ okorobịa ha, ọ dịkwaghị onye a gụụrụ egwu ọlụlụ di na nwunye, nʼetiti ụmụ agbọghọ ha;
Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
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 couldn’t weep.
65 Mgbe ahụ, onyenwe anyị tetara dịka onye si nʼụra teta, dịka dike si nʼụra mmanya teta.
Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
66 Ọ chụghachiri ndị iro ya azụ, mee ha ihe ihere nke ga-adịgide ruo ebighị ebi.
He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Ọ jụrụ ụlọ ikwu Josef, ọ họpụtaghị ebo Ifrem;
Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 ma ọ họọrọ ebo Juda, na ugwu Zayọn, nke ọ hụrụ nʼanya.
But chose the tribe of Judah, 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.
He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
70 Ọ họpụtara Devid, ohu ya, kpọrọ ya site nʼọgba igwe atụrụ;
He also chose David 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 that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of 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 was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
