Faarfannaa 94
1 Yaa Waaqayyo, Waaqa haaloo baaftu, Yaa Waaqa haaloo baaftu, ifii mulʼadhu.
O God, of vengeance, Lord! O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Yaa Abbaa Murtii lafa kanaa kaʼi; of tuultotaaf illee waan isaanii malu kenni.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud.
3 Yaa Waaqayyo, hamma yoomiitti warri hamoon, warri hamoon hamma yoomiitti burraaqu?
How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?
4 Isaan dubbii of tuulummaa gad roobsu; jalʼoonni hundinuu of dhiibuudhaan guutaman.
They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves.
5 Yaa Waaqayyo, isaan saba kee miidhu; handhuuraa kees ni hacuucu.
Thy people, O Lord! they crush, and thy heritage they afflict.
6 Haadha hiyyeessaatii fi keessummaa ni gorraʼu; ijoollee abbaa hin qabnes ni ajjeesu.
The widow and the stranger they slay, and the fatherless they murder.
7 Isaan, “Waaqayyo hin argu; Waaqni Yaaqoob hin qalbeeffatu” jedhu.
And they say, The Lord will not see, and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it.
8 Warri saba keessaa raatoftan mee hubadhaa; isin warri gowwoonni yoom ogeeyyii taatu?
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent!
9 Inni gurra uume sun hin dhagaʼuu? Inni ija uume hin argu?
He that hath planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that hath formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 Inni saboota sirreessu sun hin adabuu? Inni nama barsiisu sun beekumsa hin qabuu?
He that admonisheth nations, shall he not correct? is it not he that teacheth man knowledge!
11 Waaqayyo yaada namaa beeka; akka yaadni namaa faayidaa hin qabnes ni beeka.
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought.
12 Yaa Waaqayyo, namni ati adabdu, namni ati seera kee irraa barsiiftu eebbifamaa dha;
Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law:
13 hamma hamootaaf boolli qotamutti, guyyaa rakkinaatti ati boqonnaa kennitaaf.
That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil, until the pot be dug for the wicked.
14 Waaqayyo saba isaa hin gatuutii; inni akkana illee jedhee handhuuraa ofii isaa hin dhiisu.
For the Lord will not cast off his people, and his inheritance will he not forsake.
15 Murtiin qajeelummaa irratti hundeeffama; toloonni hundinuus isa faana buʼu.
For unto righteousness will justice return; and it shall be followed by all the upright in heart.
16 Eenyutu hamootatti naa kaʼa? Eenyutu na cina dhaabatee warra jalʼina hojjetaniin morma?
Who will rise up for me against evil-doers? or who will stand forward for me against the workers of wickedness?
17 Utuu Waaqayyo na gargaaruu baatee, silaa yoona lubbuun koo boolla duʼaa keessa jirti.
Unless the Lord had been a help unto me, but a little would have been wanting that my soul had dwelt in the silence of death.
18 Yaa Waaqayyo yeroo ani, “Miilli koo mucucaateera” jedhetti, araarri kee ol qabee na dhaabe.
When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
19 Yommuu yaaddoon natti baayʼatetti, jajjabeessuun kee lubbuu koo gammachiise.
In the multitude of my [painful] thoughts within me, thy consolations delight my soul.
20 Bulchitoonni hamoon, warri seeratti fayyadamanii jalʼina hojjetan si wajjin tokkummaa qabaachuu dandaʼuu?
Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law?
21 Isaan tokkummaadhaan nama qajeelaatti kaʼanii nama yakka hin qabnetti duʼa muru.
They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood do they condemn.
22 Waaqayyo garuu daʼoo, Waaqni koos, kattaa ani itti baqadhu naa taʼeera.
But the Lord is become my defence, and my God, the rock of my refuge.
23 Inni gatii cubbuu isaanii isaanumatti deebisa; sababii hammina isaaniitiif illee isaan balleessa; Waaqayyo Waaqni keenya isaan barbadeessa.
And he will bring back upon them their own injustice, and in their own wickedness will he destroy them: [yea], he will destroy them—the Lord our God.
