Faarfannaa 25
1 Faarfannaa Daawit. Yaa Waaqayyo, ani lubbuu koo gara keetti ol nan qaba.
Yahweh, my God, I give myself to you.
2 Yaa Waaqa koo ani sin amanadha. Ati na hin qaanessin; akka diinonni koo na moʼatanis hin godhin.
I trust in you. Do not allow my enemies [to defeat me], with the result that I would be ashamed/disgraced. Do not allow my enemies to defeat/conquer me, with the result that they would rejoice.
3 Namni si eeggatu tokko iyyuu yoom iyyuu hin qaaneffamu; warri sababii malee yakka hojjetan garuu ni qaaneffamu.
Do not allow any of those who trust in you to be disappointed/disgraced. Cause those who (act treacherously toward/try to deceive) others to be disappointed/disgraced.
4 Yaa Waaqayyo, karaa kee na argisiisi; daandii kees na barsiisi;
Yahweh, show me the way that I should (conduct my life/live as you want me to), teach me how to act in the manner that you want me to act/behave.
5 ati Waaqa Fayyisaa koo waan taateef, dhugaa keetiin na dura buʼi; na barsiisi; anis guyyaa guutuu sin eeggadha.
Teach me to conduct my life [by obeying] your truth because you are my God, the one who saves me. All the time I trust in you.
6 Yaa Waaqayyo, araara keetii fi jaalala kee yaadadhu; isaan durumaa jalqabanii jiruutii.
Yahweh, do not forget how you have acted mercifully to me and have faithfully loved me; that is the way that you have acted toward me from long ago.
7 Cubbuu afaan kootii yookaan dogoggora koo hin yaadatin; yaa Waaqayyo, gaarummaa keetiif jedhiitii akkuma araara keetiitti na yaadadhu.
Forgive me for all the sinful things I did and the ways that I rebelled against you when I was young; I ask this because you faithfully love your people and do good things for them, Yahweh, do not forget me!
8 Waaqayyo gaarii dha; tolaadhas; kanaafuu inni daandii isaa cubbamootatti argisiisa.
Yahweh is good and fair/just; therefore he shows sinners (how they should conduct their lives/how to live as you want them to).
9 Warra gad of qaban waan qajeelaa taʼeen geggeessa; karaa isaas isaan barsiisa.
He shows humble people what is right for them to do and teaches them what he wants [them to do].
10 Karaan Waaqayyoo hundinuu warra kakuu isaatii fi seera isaa eeganiif araaraa fi dhugaa dha.
He always faithfully loves and does what he has promised to those who keep his agreement with them and who do what he requires.
11 Yaa Waaqayyo, cubbuun koo guddaa taʼu iyyuu maqaa keetiif jedhiitii dhiifama naa godhi.
Yahweh, forgive me for all my sins, which are many, in order that I may honor you [MTY].
12 Namni Waaqayyoon sodaatu eenyu? Waaqayyo karaa inni filachuu qabu isa argisiisa.
To all those who revere you [RHQ], you show them the (right way to conduct their lives/things that they should do).
13 Lubbuun isaa badhaadhummaadhaan jiraatti; sanyiin isaas lafa dhaala.
They will always be prosperous, and their descendants will continue to live in [this] land.
14 Waaqayyo icciitii isaa warra isa sodaatan duraa hin dhoksu; kakuu isaa illee isaan beeksisa.
Yahweh is a friend of those who have an awesome respect for him, and he teaches them the agreement that he [made with them].
15 Iji koo yeroo hunda gara Waaqayyoo ilaala; inni miilla koo kiyyoo keessaa ni baasaatii.
I always ask [MTY] Yahweh to help me, and he rescues me from danger [MET].
16 Gara kootti garagali; garaas naa laafi; ani kophaa koon jiraatii; rakkataadhas.
Yahweh, pay attention to me and be merciful to me, because I am alone, and I am very distressed because I am suffering/oppressed.
17 Yaaddoon garaa kootii baayʼateera; dhiphina koo keessaas na baasi.
Help me to not worry, and rescue me from my troubles.
18 Dhiphina kootii fi rakkina koo ilaali; cubbuu koo hunda naa dhiisi.
Note that I am distressed and troubled [DOU], and forgive [me for] all my sins.
19 Akka diinonni koo baayʼatan, hammam akka cimsanii na jibban argi!
Also note that I have many enemies, see that they hate me very much.
20 Lubbuu koo eegi; na oolchis; sababii ani kooluu sitti galeef, akka ani qaanaʼu na hin godhin.
Protect me, and rescue me from them; do not allow [them to defeat me], [with the result that] I would be ashamed/disgraced; I have come to you to (get refuge/be safe).
21 Waan ani si eeggadhuuf, amanamummaa fi qajeelummaan ana haa eegan.
Protect me because I do what is good and honest/just [PRS], and because I trust in you.
22 Yaa Waaqayyo, rakkina isaa hundumaa keessaa Israaʼelin furi!
God, rescue [us] Israeli people from all of our troubles!
