Faarfannaa 85

1 Dura Buʼaa Faarfattootaatiif. Faarfannaa Ilmaan Qooraahi. Yaa Waaqayyo, ati lafa keetiif arjoomteerta; boojuu Yaaqoobis deebifteerta.

Yahweh, you have been kind to [us people who live in] this land; you have enabled [us] Israeli people to become prosperous again.

2 Ati balleessaa uummata keetii dhiifteertaaf; cubbuu isaanii hundumaas dhoksiteerta.

You forgave [us], your people, for the sins that we had committed; you pardoned [us] for all our sins [DOU].

3 Dheekkamsa kee hunda fageessiteerta; aarii kee sodaachisaa sana irraas deebiteerta.

You stopped being angry [with us] and turned away from severely punishing [us].

4 Yaa Waaqa Fayyisaa keenya, iddoo keenyatti nu deebisi; dheekkamsa kees nurraa qabi.

Now, God, the one who saves/rescues us, (restore us/make us prosperous again) and stop being angry with us!

5 Ati bara baraan nutti aartaa? Dheekkamsa kee dhaloota tokko irraa dhaloota kaanitti dabarsitaa?

(Will you continue to be angry with us forever?/Please do not continue to be angry with us forever.) [DOU, RHQ]

6 Akka sabni kee sitti gammaduuf, ati lubbuu nutti hin deebiftuu?

Please enable us [RHQ] to prosper again in order that [we], your people, will rejoice about what you [have done for us].

7 Yaa Waaqayyo, araara kee nutti mulʼisi; fayyina kees nuu kenni.

Yahweh, by rescuing us [from our troubles/difficulties], show us that you faithfully love us.

8 Ani waan Waaqayyo Waaqni jedhu nan dhaggeeffadha; inni saba isaa qulqullootaaf nagaa abdachiisa; isaan garuu gara gowwummaatti hin deebiʼin.

I want to listen to what Yahweh [our] God says, because he promises/says that he will enable [us], his people, to live peacefully, if we do not return to doing foolish things.

9 Akka ulfinni isaa lafa keenya irra jiraatuuf, fayyisuun isaa dhugumaan warra isa sodaatanitti dhiʼoo jira.

He is surely ready to save/rescue those who revere him, in order that [his] glory/splendor will be seen in our land.

10 Jaalallii fi amanamummaan wal gaʼan; qajeelummaa fi nagaan wal dhungatan.

[When that happens], he will both faithfully love us and faithfully [do for us what he promised to do] [PRS]; and we will act/behave righteously, and he will give us peace, which will be like a kiss that he gives us.

11 Amanamummaan lafa keessaa burqa; qajeelummaan immoo samii irraa gad ilaala.

Here on earth, we will (be loyal to/continually believe in) God, and from heaven, God will act justly/fairly [toward us].

12 Waaqayyo dhugumaan waan gaarii ni kenna; lafti keenyas midhaan ishee ni kenniti.

Yes, Yahweh will do good things [for us], and there will be great harvests in our land.

13 Qajeelummaan fuula isaa dura deema; miilla isaatiifis karaa qopheessa.

[Yahweh always acts] righteously [PRS, MET]; he acts righteously wherever he goes.