Psalms 44
1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Korah ƒe viwo ƒe nufiameha na hɛnɔ la. O! Mawu, míawo ŋutɔ míesee kple míaƒe towo, nu siwo mía fofowo gblɔ na mí tso nu siwo nèwɔ na wo le woƒe ɣeyiɣiwo me le blema.
2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Ètsɔ wò asi nya dukɔwo, eye nètsɔ mía fofowo ɖo wo teƒe. Ègbã dukɔwo gudugudu, ke èna mía fofowo ya dzi ɖe edzi.
3 For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
Anyigba mesu wo si to woawo ŋutɔ ƒe yi dzi loo, alo woawo ŋutɔ ƒe alɔe ɖu dzi na wo o, ke boŋ wò nuɖusi, wò alɔ kple wò mo ƒe kekelie xɔ na wo, elabena èlɔ̃ wo.
4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Wòe nye nye Fia kple nye Mawu, wòe he dziɖuɖuwo vɛ na Yakob.
5 Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
To dziwò míetutu míaƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye to wò ŋkɔ me míenya avuzi le míaƒe futɔwo dzi.
6 For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
Nyemeɖo ŋu ɖe nye aŋutrɔ ŋu o, eye nye yi mehe dziɖuɖu vɛ nam o,
7 For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
ke boŋ èna míeɖu míaƒe ketɔwo dzi, eye nèna ŋukpe lé míaƒe adikatɔwo.
8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever.
Míetsɔ Mawu ƒo adegbe ŋkeke blibo la, eye míakafu wò ŋkɔ tegbetegbe. (Sela)
9 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
Ke azɔ la, ègbe mí, eye nèbɔbɔ mí ɖe anyi; azɔ la, mègadona kple míaƒe aʋakɔwo o.
10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
Èna míegbugbɔ ɖe megbe le míaƒe futɔwo ŋgɔ, eye míaƒe ketɔwo ha mí.
11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
Ètsɔ mí na be woavuvu mí abe alẽwo ene, eye nèkaka mí ɖe dukɔwo dome.
12 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
Ètsɔ wò dukɔ la dzra ho kpɔtsɔe eye mèkpɔ naneke le wo dzadzra me o.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
Ètsɔ mí wɔ vlodonu na míaƒe aƒelikawo, eye míezu alɔmeɖenu kple nu ɖikokoe na ame siwo ƒo xlã mí.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Ètsɔ mí wɔ lodonu le dukɔwo dome, eye amewo ʋuʋua ta ɖe mía ŋu ne wokpɔ mí.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
Nye vlododo le ŋkunye me ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋukpe tsyɔa mo nam,
16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
ne vlodolawo, fewuɖulawo le nunye ɖiam, elabena futɔ la ɖoe kplikpaa be yeabia hlɔ̃m.
17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Togbɔ be míeŋlɔ wò be, alo da alakpa le wò nubabla la me o hã la, èna nu siawo katã va mía dzi.
18 Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
Míaƒe dziwo metrɔ le yowòme o, eye míaƒe afɔwo hã metra le wò mɔ dzi o.
19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Gake ègbã mí gudugudu hegble mí ɖe amegaxiwo dome, eye nètsɔ viviti tsiɖitsiɖi tsyɔ mía dzi.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Nenye ɖe míeŋlɔ míaƒe Mawu ŋkɔ be, alo ke míaƒe abɔwo na dzromawu aɖe la,
21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
ɖe Mawu manya esi wònya dzimenu ɣaɣlawo katã oa?
22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Gake le tawò la, míekpɔa ku ŋkeke blibo la, eye wobua mí abe alẽ siwo wokplɔ yina wuwu ge la ene.
23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
Nyɔ, O Aƒetɔ! Nu ka ta nèle alɔ̃ dɔm ɖo? Fɔ! Mègagbe mí ɖikaa o.
24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
Nu ka ta nèɣla wò mo, eye nèŋlɔ míaƒe hiãkame kple teteɖeanyi be ɖo?
25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Wohe mí ƒu ke me, eye míaƒe ŋutilã lé ɖe anyigba.
26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
Tso, nàxɔ na mí, ɖe mí le wò lɔlɔ̃ si meʋãna o la ta.
