Abụ Ọma 98
1 Abụ Ọma. Bụkuonụ Onyenwe anyị abụ ọhụrụ, nʼihi na ọ rụọla ọtụtụ ọrụ dị ebube; aka nri ya na aka nsọ ya arụpụtarala ya nzọpụta.
Sing to Yahweh a new song, because he has done wonderful things! By his power [MTY] and his great strength [DOU] he has defeated [his enemies].
2 Onyenwe anyị emeela ka a mata nzọpụta ya o kpugheela ezi omume ya nye mba niile.
Yahweh has declared to people that he has defeated his enemies; he has revealed that he has punished [them], and [people in] all the world have seen that he has done it.
3 O chetala ịhụnanya ya na ikwesi ntụkwasị obi ya nʼebe ụlọ Izrel dị; nsọtụ nke ụwa niile ahụla nzọpụta Chineke anyị.
Like he promised to us Israeli people [MTY], he has faithfully loved us and (been loyal to/not abandoned) us. [People who live] in very remote places in all the earth have seen that our God has defeated [his enemies].
4 Tikusienụ Onyenwe anyị mkpu ọṅụ ike, ụwa niile jirinụ iti egwu tiwaa mkpu abụ ọṅụ;
All you [people] [MTY] everywhere should sing joyfully to Yahweh; praise him while you sing and shout joyfully!
5 werenụ ụbọ akwara bụkuo Onyenwe anyị abụ, e, were ụbọ akwara na olu abụ ọma,
Praise Yahweh while you play the lyres/harps, playing [delightful] music.
6 jirinụ opi na opi ike, tisie mkpu ọṅụ ike nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, Onye bụ Eze.
[Some of you should] blow trumpets and other horns, [while others] shout joyfully to Yahweh, [our] king.
7 Ka oke osimiri niile gbọọ ụja, ya na ihe niile dị nʼime ya, ụwa na ndị niile bi nʼime ya.
The oceans and all [the creatures] that are in the oceans should roar [to praise Yahweh]. Everyone on the earth should sing!
8 Ka osimiri na iyi niile kụọ aka ha, ka ugwu niile bụkuokwa ya abụ nʼihi ọṅụ;
[It should seem as though] the rivers are clapping their hands [to praise Yahweh] and that the hills are singing together joyfully in front of Yahweh,
9 ka ha bụọ abụ nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, nʼihi na ọ na-abịa ikpe ụwa ikpe. Ọ ga-eji ezi omume kpee ụwa ikpe. Ọ ga-eji ikpe ziri ezi kpee ndị niile ikpe.
because he will come to judge [everyone on] [MTY] the earth! He will judge [all] the people-groups [in the world] justly and fairly [DOU].
