Psalm 68
1 [Psalm lal David] God El tuyak ac akfahsryelik mwet lokoalok lal. Elos su srungal elos kutangyukla ac kaingelik.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Oana ke kulasr uh ukukla, ouinge God El luselosla. Oapana ke wax uh kofelik ke e uh, Ouinge mwet koluk elos wanginla ye mutun God.
Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
3 A mwet suwoswos elos insewowo ac engan ye mutal; Elos insewowo ac sasa ke engan.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 On nu sin God, yuk on in kaksak nu sel; Kowos srukak pusren on ac akfulatye El su kasrusr fin pukunyeng uh! Inel pa LEUM GOD— kowos in engan ye mutal!
Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
5 God, su muta in Tempul mutal sel, El nunku ke tulik mukaimtal, ac El karinganang katinmas.
God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
6 El sang acn in muta lun mwet mukaimtal, Ac el kolla mwet kapir nu ke sukosok ac engan, A elos su lainul fah muta ke acn na turangangla.
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
7 O God, ke kom tuh kol mwet lom, Ac fahsr sasla yen mwesis,
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 Faclu kusrusrsrusr, ac af kahkla inkusrao me Ke sripen tuku lun God lun Sinai, Su God lun Israel.
After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
9 Kom oru tuh af matol in putat nu faclu Ac aksroksrokyauk acn su munaslana.
You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
10 Mwet lom elos orala acn in muta lalos ingo; Ke pakoten lom, kom sang mwe kasru nu sin mwet sukasrup.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Leum El oru sap lal, Ac mutan puspis elos usalik pweng se inge:
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 “Tokosra uh wi mwet mweun lalos elos kaingelik!” Na mutan su mutana acn selos elos kitalik ma wap inge:
[They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
13 Luman wule uh ma afla ke silver, Ac posohksok lalos saromrom ke gold nasnas. (Efu ku kutu suwos muta in kalkal lun sheep uh ke len in mweun?)
Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
14 Ke God Kulana El akfahsryelik tokosra uh Fineol Zalmon, El oru tuh snow in putat we.
When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
15 Fuka kuiyen Fineol Bashan, Soko eol su pukanten tohktok fac!
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 Efu ku kowos ngetnget koluk liki tohktok fulat kowos muta we Nu ke eol soko su God El sulela tuh Elan muta we? LEUM GOD El ac fah muta we ma pahtpat!
But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
17 Ke tausin chariot fokoko natul, Leum El tuku Sinai me nu in acn mutal sel.
[After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
18 El utyak nu yen fulat Ac us mwet sruoh puspis welul; El eis mwe sang sin mwet su lainul. LEUM GOD El ac fah muta ingo.
He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
19 Kaksakin Leum, Su us ma toasr lasr len na len; El pa God su molikutla.
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 God lasr, El God su molela; El pa LEUM GOD, Leum lasr, Su loangekut liki misa.
Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
21 Pwayena lah God El ac fah fukulya sifen mwet lokoalok lal, Elos su suk na in mutana in ma koluk lalos.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Leum El fahk, “Nga ac fah folokonma mwet lokoalok lowos liki Bashan, Nga fah folokunulosma liki acn loal meoa,
The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
23 Tuh kowos fah fahsr in srah kaclos, Ac kosro ngalngul nutuwos in lohi srah kaclos nwe kena elos muti.”
I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
24 O God, mwet nukewa elos liye fahsr in kutangla lom, Aok utyak lun God, Tokosra luk, nu in acn mutal sel.
God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
25 Mwet on elos fahsr meet, ac mwet srital ke mwe on elos fahsr tok, Ac mutan fusr elos fahsr infulwa ac srital ke tambourine natulos.
The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
26 “Kaksakin God in walil lulap lun mwet lal. Kaksakin LEUM GOD, kowos fwil natul Jacob!”
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Benjamin, sruf se ma srik emeet, elan fahsr meet; Toko, mwet kol lun Judah wi mwet lalos, Na tufah mwet kol lun Zebulun ac Naphtali.
First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
28 Akkalemye ku lom, O God; Ku se su kom orekmakin kacsr
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 Liki Tempul lom in Jerusalem, Yen tokosra uh elos use mwe lung nu sum we.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Kael Egypt, su oana kosro lemnak su muta inmasrlon loa uh; Kai mutunfacl uh, su oana un cow mukul wi cow fusr, Nwe ke na elos nukewa suwoli ac asot silver lalos nu sum. Akfahsryeloselik su lungse orek mweun!
Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
31 Mwet fulat aolyen facl Egypt fah tuku; Ac mwet Ethiopia elos ac fah asroeak paolos in pre nu sin God.
Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
32 On nu sin God, tokosrai lun faclu, Onkin on in kaksak nu sin Leum,
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 Nu sel su kasrusr inkusrao — Kusrao su oan oemeet me. Porongo, el sala ke sie pusra ku.
Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
34 Kowos fahkak ku lun God; Tuh fulat lal oan fin Israel, Ac ku lal oan inkusrao.
Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
35 Arulana yohk mangoliyen God ke El ac illa liki acn mutal sel — God lun Israel! El sang ku wolana nu sin mwet lal. Kaksakin God!
God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
