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Psalm 18 in Yoruba
1. Mo nífẹ̀ẹ́ rẹ, Oluwa, agbára mi.
- I love you, Lord, my strength.
2. Oluwa ni àpáta mi, àti ibi ààbò mi, àti olùràpadà mi; Ọlọrun mi, àpáta mi, nínú ẹniti mo máa ń gba ààbò; adágún mi, èrò àìsàn àìsàn àti ibi ààbò mi.
- The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3. Mo ké pè Oluwa, ẹni tí ó yẹ fún ìyìn, èmi yóò sì dáni nìkà nínú àwọn ọ̀tá mi.
- I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.
4. Ìkànsí ikú ni ó yí mi ká; àwọn ìbọn ikú sì fà mi kúnà.
- The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
5. Ìkànsí ikú síwájú mi; àwọn ìkánkán ikú yí mi ká.
- The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
6. Ní ìkànsí mi, mo ké pè Oluwa, mo ké pe Ọlọrun mi fún ìrànlọ́wọ́. Láti inú tèmù Olúwa ni ó gbọ́ ohùn mi, ìrántí mi sì dé sí ọ̀run níwájú rẹ̀.
- In my distress, I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple, he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
7. Ilẹ̀ ró, ó sì mì; ìpilẹ̀ àwọn òkè-ńlá mì, wọ́n sì tìrẹ̀ tì nítorí pé ó bí nù.
- The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
8. Ìdúra rẹ̀ mì láti inú ẹ̀fun rẹ̀, iná tó ń jó ní ínu mi jó.
- Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
9. Ó yà ojú ọ̀run ṣí, ó sì sọ̀kalẹ̀; èérí dúdú sì wà ní ìsàlè ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀.
- He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
10. Ó gùn àwọn cherubim, ó fò; ó ń ṣòṣoṣò lori ìgbẹ́ áfẹ̀ẹ́.
- He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
11. Ó dá òkùnkùn di àwọ̀n, ìbàdí rẹ̀; Ìbọ̀n omi èérí àti ère ọ̀run tó ń fi iná.
- He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12. Láti inú ìmọ́lẹ́ ti iṣẹ́ rẹ̀, àwọn èérí ń bọ̀, pẹ̀lú àwọn àdàbà ọ̀rọ̀ àti ìtànjẹ́.
- Out of the brightness of his presence, clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
13. Oluwa tán ohun rẹ láti ọ̀run; ohun Giga gbogbo kìlọ̀ fún wọ́n.
- The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
14. Ó ta àwọn ọfa rẹ, ó sì tán àwọn ọ̀tá ká; pẹ̀lú ọ̀kan ìkànsí ohun ọsán tí ó sì tán wọn ká.
- He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
15. Àfonífojì òkun farahàn, àwọn ìpìlẹ̀ ayé ńlá kúrò; ní gbígba Ìbọ̀n rẹ, Oluwa, àti ní àwọ̀n Ìwọbọ̀n ìdà sọlọ̀wọ̀ rẹ.
- The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, Lord, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
16. Ó de ilẹ̀ gbé mi lé; ó mú mi jáde nínú omi tí ó jin gán-an.
- He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
17. Ó gbà mí lọ́wọ́ ọ̀tá agbára mi, àti láti ọwọ́ àwọn afonífojì mi tí ó níṣoro ju mí lọ.
- He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
18. Wọ́n kàn mí ní ọjọ́ ìjìya mi, ṣùgbọ́n Oluwa jẹ́ ọkàn mi ní ìgbàlà.
- They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.
19. Ó gbé mi síbi tó gbòòrò; Ó gbà mí ní ìfẹ́ ti ó ní fún mi.
- He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
20. Oluwa san án fún mi ní ti òdodo mi; ní ti ọ̀nà ọ̀wọ́ mi tó mọ́ ní ojú rẹ.
- The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
21. Nítorí mo pa ọ̀nà Oluwa mọ́; n kò sì fi ẹnìkan kọ ojú ti Ọlọrun mi.
- For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I am not guilty of turning from my God.
22. Gbogbo àṣẹ rẹ ni í ṣí lọ́kàn mi; n kò sì fi àwọn ìlànà rẹ kọ́ síwájú mi.
- All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
23. Mo sì nàní ṣí ojú rẹ̀; mo sì ti yẹra fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀.
- I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
24. Nítorí náà ni Oluwa ṣe san án fún mi gẹ́gẹ́ bí òdodo mi; ati gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọwọ́ mi ṣe mọ́ lójú rẹ̀.
- The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25. Ò máa dúró ti àwọn tí ó dúró tì ọ́; ò sì máa ṣe àṣepé fún àwọn tí ó pé.
- To the faithful, you show yourself faithful; to the blameless, you show yourself blameless.
26. Mímọ́ ni ọ́ sí àwọn tí ọkàn wọn mọ́; ṣùgbọ́n àwọn alárèékérekè ni o fi ọgbọ́n tayọ.
- To the pure, you show yourself pure, but to the devious, you show yourself shrewd.
27. Nítorí tí o máa ń gba àwọn onírẹ̀lẹ̀ là; ṣùgbọ́n o máa ń rẹ àwọn onigbeeraga sílẹ̀.
- You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
28. Nítorí ìwọ ni o mú kí àtùpà mi máa tàn; Oluwa, Ọlọrun mi ni ó tan ìmọ́lẹ̀ sí òkùnkùn mi.
- You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
29. Pẹ̀lú ìrànlọ́wọ́ rẹ̀, mo lè run ọ̀wọ́ àwọn ọmọ ogun; àní, pẹ̀lú àtìlẹ́yìn Ọlọrun mi, mo lè fo odi ìlú.
- With your help, I can advance against a troop; with my God, I can scale a wall.
30. Ní ti Ọlọrun, ọ̀nà rẹ̀ pé; pípé ni ọ̀rọ̀ Oluwa; òun sì ni ààbò fún gbogbo àwọn tí ó sá di í.
- As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
31. Ta tún ni Ọlọrun, bíkòṣe Oluwa? Àbí, ta ni àpáta, àfi Ọlọrun wa?
- For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?
32. Ọlọrun tí ó gbé agbára wọ̀ mí, tí ó sì mú ọ̀nà mi pé.
- It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
33. Ó fi eré sí mi lẹ́sẹ̀ bíi ti àgbọ̀nrín, ó sì fún mi ní ààbò ní ibi ìsásí.
- He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.
34. Ó kọ́ mi ní ogun jíjà tó bẹ̀ẹ̀ tí mo fi lè fa ọrun idẹ.
- He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35. O ti fún mi ní asà ìgbàlà rẹ, ọwọ́ ọ̀tún rẹ ni ó gbé mi ró, ìrànlọ́wọ́ rẹ sì ni ó sọ mí di ẹni ńlá.
- You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.
36. O la ọ̀nà tí ó gbòòrò fún mi, n kò sì fi ẹsẹ̀ rọ́.
- You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.
37. Mo lé àwọn ọ̀tá mi, ọwọ́ mi sì tẹ̀ wọ́n, n kò bojú wẹ̀yìn títí a fi pa wọ́n run.
- I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
38. Mo ṣá wọn lọ́gbẹ́, wọn kò lè dìde, wọ́n ṣubú sí abẹ́ ẹsẹ̀ mi.
- I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
39. O gbé agbára ogun wọ̀ mí; o sì mú àwọn tí ó dìde sí mi wólẹ̀ lábẹ́ ẹsẹ̀ mi.
- You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
40. O mú kí àwọn ọ̀tá mi máa sá níwájú mi, mo sì pa àwọn tí ó kórìíra mi run.
- You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
41. Wọ́n kígbe pé, “Ẹ gbà wá o!” Ṣùgbọ́n kò sí ẹni tí ó gbà wọ́n, wọ́n ké pe Oluwa, ṣùgbọ́n kò dá wọn lóhùn.
- They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the Lord, but he did not answer.
42. Mo lọ̀ wọ́n lúbúlúbú bí eruku tí afẹ́fẹ́ ń gbá lọ, mo dà wọ́n nù bí ẹni da omi ẹrẹ̀ nù.
- I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
43. O gbà mí lọ́wọ́ ọ̀tẹ̀ àwọn èèyàn, o fi mí ṣe olórí àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè; àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí n kò mọ̀ rí sì ń sìn mí.
- You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me.
44. Bí wọ́n bá ti gbúròó mi ni wọ́n ń gbọ́ràn sí mi lẹ́nu; àwọn àjèjì ń fi ìbẹ̀rùbojo tẹríba, wọ́n ń wá ojurere mi.
- Foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
45. Àyà pá àwọn àlejò, wọ́n sì fi ìbẹ̀rùbojo sá jáde kúrò ní ibi tí wọ́n sápamọ́ sí.
- They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strong
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