Faarfannaa 68
1 Dura buʼaa faarfattootaatiif. Faarfannaa Daawit. Waaqni haa kaʼu; diinonni isaas haa bittinnaaʼan; warri isa jibbanis fuula isaa duraa haa baqatan.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Akkuma aarri bittinnaaʼu, ati isaan bittinneessi; akkuma gagaan ibidda duratti baqu, hamoonni fuula Waaqaa duraa haa badan.
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 Qajeelonni garuu haa gammadan; fuula Waaqaa durattis baayʼee haa gammadan; isaan gammachuudhaan haa ililchan.
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 Waaqaaf faarfadhaa; faarfannaa galataa maqaa isaatiif faarfadhaa; isa duumessaan gulufu sana jajadhaa; maqaan isaa Waaqayyoo dha; fuula isaa durattis baayʼee gammadaa.
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 Waaqni warra abbaa hin qabneef abbaa, niitota dhirsoonni irraa duʼaniifis falmaa taʼe sun iddoo jireenya isaa qulqulluu keessa jira.
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 Waaqni warra kophaa taʼan maatii keessa jiraachisa; warra hidhamanis mana hidhaatii baasa; finciltoonni garuu lafa gogaa irra jiraatu.
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 Yaa Waaqayyo, gaafa ati saba kee dura baate, gaafa ati gammoojjii keessa dabarte,
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 fuula Waaqaa, Waaqa Siinaa duratti, fuula Waaqaa, Waaqa Israaʼel duratti, lafti ni raafamte; samiiwwanis bokkaa roobsan.
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 Yaa Waaqayyo, ati bokkaa baayʼee roobsite; dhaala kee kan dadhabe illee ni quubsite.
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 Sabni kee achi qubate; yaa Waaqayyo, ati badhaadhummaa kee keessaa hiyyeeyyii soorte.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Gooftaan dubbii isaa kenne; dubartoonni dubbii sana labsanis baayʼee dha:
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 “Mootonnii fi loltoonni ariitiin baqatan; dubartoonni qeʼee oolan boojuu qooddatan.
[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 Yoo gola hoolotaa gidduutti argamtan illee, isin akka gugee qoochoon ishee meetiidhaan uffifamee baalleen ishee immoo warqee calaqqisuun uffifamee ti.”
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 Yommuu Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu mootota achitti bittinneessetti, Zalmoon irratti cabbiin buʼe.
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 Yaa tulluu Baashaan, yaa tulluu surra qabeessa, yaa Tulluu Baashaan, yaa tulluu fiixee baayʼee qabu,
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 yaa tulluu fiixee baayʼee qabdu, ati maaliif tulluu Waaqni bulchuuf filate, iddoo Waaqayyo bara baraan jiraatu sana hinaaffaadhaan ilaalta?
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 Gaariiwwan Waaqaa kuma hedduu dha; isaan kumaatama yeroo kumaatamaa ti; Gooftaanis Siinaadhaa gara iddoo qulqulluu dhufeera.
[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 Ati yommuu ol gubbaa baatetti boojuu baayʼee fudhate; yaa Waaqayyo, yaa Waaqi, ati achi jiraachuuf jettee, namoota irraa, finciltoota irraas kennaa fudhatte.
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 Gooftaan guyyuma guyyaan baʼaa keenya baatu, Waaqni Fayyissaa keenya taʼe sun haa eebbifamu.
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Waaqni keenya Waaqa fayyinaa ti; duʼa jalaa baʼuunis Waaqayyo Goofticha biraa dhufa.
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 Waaqni dhugumaan mataa diina isaa, gubbee mataa warra cubbuu isaaniitti fufanii kan rifeensa qabu ni caccabsa.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Gooftaan akkana jedha; “Ani deebisee Baashaanii isaan nan fida; tuujuba galaanaa keessaas deebisee isaan nan fida;
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 kunis akka ati dhiiga diinota keetii miilla keetiin borcituuf; arrabni saroota keetiis akka qooda isaanii qabaatuuf.”
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 Yaa Waaqayyo, hiriirri kee mulʼateera; hiriirri Waaqa kootiitii fi mootii kootii iddoo qulqulluutti ol galeera.
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 Fuula duraan faarfattoota, dugda duubaan immoo warra muuziiqaa taphatantu ture; dubartoonni dibbee rukutanis gidduu isaanii turan.
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 Waldaa guddaa keessatti Waaqa jajadhaa; yaaʼii Israaʼel keessattis Waaqayyoon jajadhaa.
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Beniyaam gosti xinnichi isaan dura deema; tuunni ilmaan mootota Yihuudaas achi turan; ilmaan mootota Zebuuloonii fi Niftaalemis achi turan.
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 Yaa Waaqayyo, humna kee ajaji; yaa Waaqa keenya, akkuma duraan goote sana jabina kee nu argisiisi.
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 Sababii mana qulqullummaa keetii kan Yerusaalem keessaatiif mootonni kennaa siif fidu.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Bineensota shambaqqoo keessaa, karra korommii jabboota sabootaa keessaas ifadhu. Warra meetii fidan gad deebisi. Warra waraanatti gammadanis bittinneessi.
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 Ergamoonni Gibxi ni dhufu; Itoophiyaanis daftee harka ishee Waaqatti balʼifatti.
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 Yaa mootummoota lafaa, Waaqa faarfadhaa; faarfannaa galataas Gooftaadhaaf faarfadhaa;
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 isa samiiwwan durii keessa gulufu, isa sagalee jabaadhaan qaqawweessaʼu sana faarfadhaa.
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 Waaqa ulfinni isaa Israaʼel irra jiru, isa miidhaginni isaa samiiwwan keessa jiru sana humna isaa labsaa.
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 Yaa Waaqayyo, ati iddoo qulqullummaa keetiitti sodaachisaa dha; Waaqni Israaʼel saba isaatiif humnaa fi jabina ni kenna. Waaqni haa eebbifamu!
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!
