Faarfannaa 124

1 Faarfannaa ol baʼuu. Faarfannaa Daawit. Israaʼel akkana haa jedhu: Utuu Waaqayyo garee keenya taʼuu baatee,

A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;

2 utuu Waaqayyo garee keenya taʼuu baatee, yommuu namoonni nutti kaʼanitti,

if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

3 yommuu aariin isaanii nutti bobaʼetti, silaa isaan utuu nu lubbuun jirruu nu liqimsu turan;

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 lolaan nu liqimsee dhaʼaan bishaanii nurra yaaʼa ture;

verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 bishaan hamaan nu fudhatee bada ture.

Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

6 Waaqayyo akka nu ilkaan isaaniitiin cicciramnuuf dabarsee itti nu hin kennin sun haa eebbifamu.

Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

7 Akkuma simbirri kiyyoo adamsituu jalaa baatu, nu isaan jalaa baaneerra; kiyyoon ni ciccite; nus jalaa baane.

Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

8 Gargaarsi keenya maqaa Waaqayyoo, Uumaa samii fi lafa sanaa ti.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.