Abụ Ọma 99
1 Onyenwe anyị bụ eze, ka mba niile maa jijiji! O wuru ocheeze ya nʼetiti cherubim, ka elu ụwa maa jijiji.
Yahweh is the [supreme] king, so [all] the people-groups should tremble ([in his presence/in front of him])! He sits on his throne [in the temple] above the [statues of] winged creatures, [so] the earth should quake/shake!
2 Onyenwe anyị dị ukwuu nʼime Zayọn; ọ bụ onye e buliri elu karịa mba niile dị iche iche.
Yahweh is a mighty [king] in Jerusalem; [but] he is [also] the supreme ruler of all people-groups.
3 Ka ha too aha gị nke dị ukwuu, dịkwa oke egwu, ọ dị nsọ.
[So] they should praise him because he is very great/powerful; and he is holy!
4 Eze bụ onye dị ike, ọ hụrụ ikpe ziri ezi nʼanya, i meela ka ihe ziri ezi guzosie ike; nʼime Jekọb ka i mere ihe ziri ezi na ihe dị mma.
He is a mighty king who (loves/is pleased with) what is just/right; he has acted justly and fairly [DOU] in Israel.
5 Bulienụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị elu, feenụ ofufe nʼihu ebe ihe ịtụkwasị ụkwụ ya; ọ dị nsọ.
Praise Yahweh our God! Worship him [in front of the Sacred Chest in his temple] [MTY], where he rules people. He is holy!
6 Mosis na Erọn so nʼetiti ndị nchụaja ya, Samuel sokwa nʼetiti ndị kpọkuru aha ya; ha kpọkuru Onyenwe anyị ọ zakwara ha.
Moses and Aaron were two of his priests; Samuel also was someone who prayed to him. Those [three] cried out to Yahweh [to help them], and he answered them.
7 Ọ gwara ha okwu site nʼogidi igwe ojii. Ha debere ụkpụrụ ya na iwu niile o nyere ha.
He spoke to Moses and Aaron from the cloud [that was like a huge] pillar; they obeyed [all] the laws and commandments [DOU] that he gave to them.
8 O Onyenwe anyị, Chineke anyị, ị zara ha; ị bụụrụ Izrel Chineke onye na-agbaghara mmehie, nʼagbanyeghị na ị tara ha ahụhụ nʼihi mmehie ha.
Yahweh, our God, you answered [your people] [when they cried out to you to help them]; you are a God who forgave them [for those sins that they had committed], even though you punished them for the things that they did that are wrong.
9 Bulienụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị elu; na-efe ya ofufe nʼelu ugwu ya dị nsọ, nʼihi na onye dị nsọ ka Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị bụ.
Praise Yahweh, our God, and worship him [at the temple] on his sacred hill; [it is right to do that] because Yahweh, our God, is holy!
