Faarfannaa 89
1 Maskiilii Eetaan Izraahichaa. Ani waaʼee araara Waaqayyoo bara baraan nan faarfadha; afaan kootiinis amanamummaa kee dhaloota hundumatti nan labsa.
Yahweh, I will sing forever about the ways you faithfully love me; people not yet born will hear that you faithfully [do all that you have promised].
2 Akka araarri kee bara baraan jiraatu, akka ati amanamummaa kee samii keessatti jabeessitee dhaabde nan labsa.
I will tell people that you will faithfully love us forever, and that your being faithful [to do what you have promised] is as permanent as the sky.
3 Ati akkana jetteerta; “Ani filatamaa koo wajjin kakuu galeera; Daawit tajaajilaa kootiif illee akkana jedhee kakadheera;
Yahweh said, “I have made an agreement with David, whom I chose [to serve me]. I have made this solemn (agreement with/promise to) him:
4 ‘Ani bara baraan sanyii kee nan dhaaba; teessoo kees dhaloota hundaaf nan cimsa.’”
‘I will enable various ones of your descendants to always be kings; the line of kings descended from you [MTY] will never end.’”
5 Yaa Waaqayyo, samiiwwan dinqii kee jaju; yaaʼii qulqullootaa keessattis amanamummaa kee jaju.
Yahweh, I desire that all [those beings who are in] [MTY] heaven will praise you for the wonderful things that you do, and that all your holy angels will sing about how you faithfully [do what you promise].
6 Samii keessatti eenyutu Waaqayyoon qixxaachuu dandaʼa? Uumamawwan samii keessaa kan Waaqayyoon fakkaatu eenyu?
There is no one [RHQ] in heaven who can be compared with you, Yahweh. There are no angels [RHQ] in heaven who are equal to you.
7 Waaqni waldaa qulqullootaa keessatti baayʼee sodaatama; warra naannoo isaa jiran hunda keessaas isatu sodaachisaa dha.
When your holy angels gather together, they declare that you must be revered; they say that you are more awesome than all the angels that surround your throne!
8 Yaa Waaqayyo, Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandeessu, kan akka keetii eenyu? Yaa Waaqayyo, ati jabaa dha; amanamummaan kees si marsa.
O Yahweh, God Almighty, there is no one [RHQ] who is powerful like you are; your faithfully doing [all that you promise] is [like a cloak that] [MET] [always] surrounds you.
9 Ati raafama galaanaa ni moota; yommuu dhaʼaan isaa jabaatus ni tasgabbeessita.
You rule over the powerful seas; when their waves rise up, you calm them.
10 Akka warra qalamaniitti Raʼaabin bulleessite; irree kee jabaa sanaanis diinota kee ni bittinneessite.
You are the one who crushed [and killed the great sea monster named] Rahab. You [defeated and] scattered your enemies with your great power [MTY].
11 Samiiwwan kan kee ti; laftis akkasuma kan kee ti; ati addunyaa fi waan ishee keessa jiru hunda hundeessiteerta.
The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; and everything on the earth is yours, because you created it all.
12 Kaabaa fi kibba situ uume; Taaboorii fi Hermoon gammachuudhaan maqaa kee galateeffatu.
You created [everything from] the north to the south. Tabor [Mountain] and Hermon [Mountain] joyfully praise you [MTY].
13 Ati irree jabaa qabda; harki kee jabaa dha; harki kee mirgaas ol kaʼeera.
(You/Your arms) are very powerful; (you/your hands) are extremely strong.
14 Qajeelummaa fi murtiin qajeelaan hundee teessoo keetii ti; araarrii fi amanamummaan fuula kee dura deemu.
(Your rule [MTY] over us is based on/As you rule over us, you are always) treating people fairly and justly, and on/are always faithfully loving us and doing [what you promised].
15 Yaa Waaqayyo, warri siif ililchuu beekan, warri ifa iddoo ati jirtuu keessa jiraatan eebbifamoo dha.
Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts, who live knowing that you are always watching over them.
16 Isaan guyyaa guutuu maqaa keetiin gammadu; qajeelummaa keetiinis si jajatu.
Every day, throughout the day, they rejoice in what you [MTY] [have done], and they praise you for being very good [to them].
17 Ati ulfina jabina isaanii ti; jaalala keetiinis gaanfa keenya ol qabdeerta.
You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat [MET] [our enemies].
18 Dhugumaan gaachanni keenya kan Waaqayyoo ti; kan mootii keenya Qulqullicha Israaʼelii ti.
Yahweh, you gave us [the one who] protects us [MET]; you, the holy God whom we Israelis worship, chose a king for us.
19 Ati dur akkana jettee saba kee amanamaatti mulʼataan dubbatteerta: “Ani loltuu tokkoof humna kenneera; dargaggeessa saba keessaa filatame tokkos ani ol guddiseera.
Long ago you spoke in a vision to one of your servants/prophets, saying, “I have helped a famous soldier; I chose him from among all the people to be a king.
20 Ani garbicha koo Daawitin argadheera; zayitii koo qulqulluunis isa dibeera.
That man is David, the one who will serve me [faithfully], and I anointed him with sacred olive oil [to make him king].
21 Harki koo isa wajjin jira; irreen koos isa jajjabeessa.
I [MTY] will always strengthen him; with my power [MTY] I will make him strong.
22 Diinni tokko iyyuu isa hin moʼatu; namni hamaanis isa hin hacuucu.
His enemies will never find ways to defeat him, and wicked people will never defeat him.
23 Amajaajota isaa fuula isaa duratti nan barbadeessa; warra isa jibbanis nan dhaʼa.
I will crush his enemies in front of him and get rid of those who hate him.
24 Amanamummaa fi araarri koo isa wajjin jiraata; gaanfi isaas maqaa kootiin ol jedha.
I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat [MET] [his enemies].
25 Ani harka isaa galaana irra, harka isaa mirgaas lageen irra nan kaaʼa.
I will cause (his kingdom/the area that he rules) to include all the land from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Euphrates] River.
26 Innis, ‘Ati Abbaa koo ti; Waaqa koo ti, Kattaa Fayyina koo ti’ jedhee na waammata.
He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the one who protects [MET] and saves me.’
27 Anis ilma koo hangafa, kan mootota lafaa hundaa olii isa nan godha.
I will give him [the rights/privileges that a man’s] firstborn son has [MET]; he will be the greatest king on the earth.
28 Jaalala koos bara baraan isaaf nan tursa; kakuun ani isa wajjin qabus hin cabu.
I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement [to bless] him will last forever.
29 Hidda sanyii isaa bara baraan, teessoo isaa illee hamma samiiwwan jiraatanitti nan dhaaba.
I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, various ones of his descendants will always be kings.
30 “Yoo ilmaan isaa seera koo eeguu didan, yoo isaan ajaja koo faana buʼuu baatan,
But, if [some of] his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should,
31 yoo isaan sirna koo cabsanii ajaja koo illee eeguu baatan,
if they disregard my requirements and do not do the right things that I have told them to do,
32 ani cubbuu isaanii uleedhaan, yakka isaanii immoo qacceedhaan nan adaba;
I will punish them severely [MTY] and cause them to suffer for doing wrong.
33 ani garuu jaalala koo isa irraa hin fudhadhu; yookaan amanamummaa koo sobatti hin geeddaru.
But I will not stop faithfully loving [David], and I will always do what I promised him.
34 Ani kakuu koo hin cabsu; yookaan waan afaan koo dubbates hin geeddaru.
I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke [to him].
35 Siʼa tokko yeroo hundaaf, qulqullina kootiin kakadheera; ani Daawitin hin sobu.
Once I made a solemn promise to David, and that will never change, and because I am God, I will never lie to David.
36 Sanyiin isaa bara baraan itti fufa; teessoon isaas akkuma aduu fuula koo dura jiraata;
[I promised that] the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun [shines].
37 akkuma jiʼaas bara baraan ni jiraata; hamma samiiwwan jiranittis cimee dhaabata.”
That line will (be as permanent/last as long) as the moon that is always watching everything from the sky.
38 Ati amma garuu isa dhiifteerta; tuffatteertas; isa dibde sanatti baayʼee aarteerta.
But [Yahweh], now you have rejected [DOU] David! You are very angry with the king whom you appointed.
39 Kakuu tajaajilaa kee wajjin galte cabsiteerta; gonfoo isaas awwaara keessa buuftee xureessiteerta.
[It seems that] you have broken the agreement that you made with your servant, [David]; it seems as though you [have signaled that he is no longer the king by] throwing his crown into the dust/dirt.
40 Dallaa isaa hunda caccabsiteerta; daʼoo isaa jajjabaas barbadeessiteerta.
You have torn down the walls [that protect] his [city], and allowed all his forts to become ruins.
41 Warri achiin darban hundi isa saamu; olloonni isaas itti qoosu.
All those who pass by plunder/steal his possessions; his neighbors (laugh at/ridicule) him.
42 Ati harka amajaajii isaa mirgaa ol qabdeerta; akka diinonni isaa hundi gammadan gooteerta.
You have enabled his enemies to defeat him; you have made them all happy.
43 Arfii goraadee isaa duubatti deebifteerta; waraana keessattis isa hin gargaarre.
You have caused his sword to become useless, and you have not helped him in his battles.
44 Surraa isaa isa irraa balleessiteerta; teessoo isaas lafatti gatteerta.
You have caused his splendor to end (OR, You have taken away his power by knocking his throne to the ground.
45 Umurii dargaggummaa isaa gabaabsiteerta; qaaniidhaanis isa haguugdeerta.
You have caused him to look old when he is still young and caused him to be very shamed/disgraced.
46 Yaa Waaqayyo, kun hamma yoomiitti? Ati bara baraan of dhoksitaa? Dheekkamsi kee hamma yoomiitti akka ibiddaa bobaʼa?
O Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?
47 Umuriin koo hammam akka gabaabaa taʼe yaadadhu. Ati badiisa akkamiitiif ilmaan namaa hunda uumte!
Do not forget that life is very short; have you created all us people in vain?
48 Utuu duʼa hin argin jiraachuu kan dandaʼu yookaan humna siiʼool jalaa of baasuu kan dandaʼu nama akkamii ti? (Sheol h7585)
No one can [RHQ] keep on living and never die; (No one can [RHQ] avoid going/Everyone will go) to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
49 Yaa Gooftaa, jaalalli kee guddaan durii kan ati amanamummaa keetiin Daawitiif kakatte sun eessa jira?
Yahweh, you promised long ago that you would faithfully love us; why are you not doing that? You solemnly promised that to David!
50 Yaa Gooftaa, akkamitti akka tajaajilaan kee tuffatame, akkamitti akka ani arrabsoo saboota hundaa bobaatti baadhe yaadadhu;
Yahweh, do not forget that people insult me! (Heathen people/People who do not know you) curse me!
51 yaa Waaqayyo, qoosaa diinonni kee natti qoosan, kan isaan ittiin tarkaanfii dibamaa keetii hundatti qoosan yaadadhu.
Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes.
52 Galanni bara baraan Waaqayyoof haa taʼu!
I hope/desire that Yahweh will be praised forever! Amen! May it be so!
