Psalms 78
1 A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
Asaf ƒe nufiameha. O! Nye dukɔ, mise nye nufiame, eye miɖo to nye numenyawo.
2 I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
Make nye nu, aƒo nu le lododowo me. Magblɔ nu siwo le ɣaɣla, nu siwo li tso blema ke.
3 that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
Nu siwo míese, eye míenya, nu siwo mía fofowo tsɔ tu xoe na mí.
4 We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
Míawo míaɣlae ɖe mía viwo o, ke boŋ míagblɔ Yehowa ƒe dɔwɔwɔ siwo dze na kafukafu, eƒe ŋusẽ kple nukudɔ siwo wòwɔ la na megbeviwo.
5 For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
Ewɔ ɖoɖowo na Yakob, eye wòɖo se anyi ɖe Israel, se siwo ŋu wòde se na mía fofowo be woafia wo viwo,
6 that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children
ale be dzidzime megbetɔwo hã nanya wo, eye vi siwo womedzi haɖe o hã nanya wo, ne woawo hã nafia wo viwo.
7 that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
Ekema woatsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ ada ɖe Mawu dzi, eye womaŋlɔ eƒe nuwɔwɔwo be o, ke boŋ woalé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi.
8 Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Ke womanɔ abe wo fofo kɔlialiatɔwo, dzidzime dzeaglã, ame siwo ƒe dzi meku ɖe Mawu ŋu o, eye woƒe gbɔgbɔ meto nyateƒe nɛ o la ene o.
9 The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
Togbɔ be aŋutrɔwo le Efraimtɔwo si hã la, wotrɔ megbe si dzo le aʋakpegbe.
10 They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
Womelé Mawu ƒe nubabla me ɖe asi o, eye wogbe be yewomanɔ agbe ɖe eƒe se la nu o.
11 They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
Woŋlɔ nu si wòwɔ la be, esiwo nye nukunu siwo wòɖe fia wo.
12 He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
Ewɔ nukunu le wo fofowo ŋkume le Egiptenyigba dzi, le Zoan nuto me.
13 He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
Ema atsiaƒu, hekplɔ wo to emee, eye wòna tsi la tɔ dzɔ kã abe glikpɔ ene.
14 He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
Etsɔ lilikpo kplɔ woe le ŋkeke me, eye wòtsɔ dzo keklẽ kplɔ woe le zã me.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
Efe agakpe me le gbegbe, eye wòna tsi wo wòsɔ gbɔ abe atsiaƒumetsiwo ene.
16 He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
Ena tsi do tso agakpe me eye tsi la si bababa abe tɔsisiwo ene.
17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
Ke woyi edzi gawɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu, eye wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu le gbedzi.
18 They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
Wotsɔ woƒe lɔlɔ̃nu te Mawu kpɔ, esi wobia nuɖuɖu si le wo dzrom vevie.
19 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
Woƒo nu tsi tsitre ɖe Mawu ŋu be, “Ɖe Mawu ate ŋu aɖo kplɔ̃ na mí le gbedzia?
20 When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
Esi wòtsɔ nu ƒo agakpe la, tsi do bababa, eye tɔʋuwo si kplakplakpla. Gake ɖe wòate ŋu ana nuɖuɖu mía? Ate ŋu ana lã eƒe dukɔa?”
21 Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
Esi Yehowa se wo ŋkɔ la, dzi kui vevie; eƒe dzo bi ɖe Yakob ŋu, eye eƒe dɔmedzoe de dzi ɖe Israel ŋu,
22 because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
elabena womexɔ Mawu dzi se, alo ka ɖe eƒe xɔname dzi o.
23 Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
Ke hã la, eɖe gbe na lilikpowo le dzi, eye wòʋu dziƒo ƒe ʋɔtruwo,
24 He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
ena mana dza tso dziƒo na dukɔ la be woaɖu, eye wòna bli wo tso dziƒo.
25 Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.
Amegbetɔ ɖu mawudɔlawo ƒe nuɖuɖu, eye wòɖo nuɖuɖu si sinu wohiã la ɖe wo.
26 He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.
Etu ka ɣedzeƒeya tso dziƒo, eye wòkplɔ dzigbeya kple eƒe ŋusẽ.
27 He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
Ena lã dza ɖe wo dzi abe ʋuʋudedi ene, eye xe dzodzoewo abe ƒutake ene.
28 He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
Ena woge dze woƒe asaɖa me, eye woƒo xlã woƒe agbadɔwo.
29 So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.
Ale woɖui ʋuu heɖi ƒo taŋ, elabena ewɔ nu si dzrom wole la dzi na wo.
30 Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
Ke hafi nuɖuɖu si wodzro la navɔ, eye esi wògale nu me na wo ko la,
31 God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoe bi ɖe wo ŋu; ewu ame sesẽwo le wo dome, eye wòlã Israel ɖekakpuiwo ƒu anyi.
32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
To nu siawo katã gbɔ hã la, wogayi nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi, eye togbɔ be ewɔ nukunuwo hã la, womexɔe se o.
33 So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
Ale wòna woƒe ŋkekewo wu nu nanekemakpɔkpɔe, eye woƒe ƒewo wu nu le ŋɔdzi me.
34 When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
Ɣe sia ɣi si ke Mawu wu wo ko la, wodinɛ, eye wogatrɔna ɖe eŋu kple vevidodo.
35 And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
Woɖoa ŋku edzi be Mawue nye woƒe Agakpe, eye Mawu Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae nye woƒe Ɖela.
36 But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
Ke emegbe la, wotsɔa woƒe nu flunɛ, eye wotsɔa woƒe aɖe daa alakpa nɛ.
37 Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
Woƒe dziwo meku ɖe eŋu vavã o, eye womewɔ eƒe nubabla dzi le nyateƒe me o.
38 And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
Gake ekpɔ nublanui na wo; etsɔ woƒe vodadawo ke wo, eye metsrɔ̃ wo o. Zi geɖe la, eɖoa asi eƒe dziku dzi, eye menaa eƒe dɔmedzoe katã bina o.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
Eɖo ŋku edzi be ŋutilã ko wonye, eye wonye ya si ƒona yina gake megatrɔna gbɔna o.
40 How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
Zi nenie womedze aglã ɖe eŋu le gbedzi, eye womedo vevesese nɛ le kuɖiɖinyigba dzi o!
41 Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Enuenu wotea Mawu kpɔna, eye wodoa dziku na Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la.
42 They did not remember His power — the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
Womeɖo ŋku eƒe ŋusẽ dzi, gbe si gbe wòɖe wo tso ŋutasẽla ƒe asi me,
43 when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
gbe si gbe wòɖe eƒe nukudzesiwo fia le Egipte kple eƒe nukudɔwo fia le Zoan nuto me o.
44 He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.
Etrɔ woƒe tɔsisiwo wozu ʋu, eye womete ŋu no woƒe tɔʋumetsi o.
45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
Eɖo togbato ƒe ha gã aɖe ɖe wo dome, woɖu wo kple akpɔkplɔwo wogblẽ woƒe nuwo.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
Etsɔ woƒe nukuwo na ʋetrawo kple woƒe kutsetsewo na ʋetsuviwo.
47 He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
Egblẽ woƒe waingblewo kple kpetsi, eye woƒe gbotiwo kple tsidzadza sesẽ.
48 He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
Etsɔ woƒe nyihawo na kpetsi, eye wòtsɔ woƒe lãhawo na dzikedzo.
49 He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels.
Eɖo eƒe dɔmedzoe nyanyra, dziku helĩhelĩ, xaxa kple fuwɔame, siwo nye mawudɔla siwo gblẽa nu la ɖe wo.
50 He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
Eɖe mɔ ɖi na eƒe dɔmedzoe; meɖe woƒe agbe tso ku me o, ke boŋ etsɔ wo de asi na dɔvɔ̃.
51 He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
Ewu Egiptetɔwo ƒe ŋgɔgbevi siwo nye woƒe ŋutsunyenye ƒe kutsetse gbãtɔwo le Ham gbadɔwo te.
52 He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Gake ekplɔ eƒe dukɔ la abe lãhawo ene, eye wòkplɔ wo abe alẽwo ene to gbedzi.
53 He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
Ekplɔ wo le dedinɔnɔ me, ale be womevɔ̃ o, gake ƒu la tsyɔ woƒe futɔwo dzi.
54 He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
Ale wòkplɔ wo va eƒe anyigba kɔkɔe la ƒe liƒo dzi, va tonyigba si eƒe nuɖusi xɔ la gbɔ.
55 He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
Enya dukɔwo le wo ŋgɔ, eye wòma woƒe anyigba na wo be wòanye woƒe domenyinu, eye wòna Israel ƒe toawo nɔ woƒe aƒewo me.
56 But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
Ke wote Mawu kpɔ, wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu, eye womelé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi o.
57 They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
Abe wo fofowo ene la, womeɖo to o, wowɔ nu dzimaxɔsetɔe, eye wole abe dati doagblɔ ene, elabena womate ŋu aka ɖe wo dzi o.
58 They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
Wotsɔ woƒe nuxeƒewo do dɔmedzoe nɛ, eye woƒe legbawo na ŋuʋaʋã tso le eya amea me.
59 On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
Esi Mawu se wo ŋkɔ la, dzi kui vevie ŋutɔ, eye wògbe Israel keŋkeŋ.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
Ale wògblẽ agbadɔ si le Silo la ɖi, agbadɔ si wòtu ɖe amegbetɔwo dome.
61 He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.
Eɖo nubablaɖaka si nye eƒe ŋusẽ la ɖe aboyome, eye wòtsɔ eƒe atsyɔ̃nu de asi na futɔ la.
62 He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.
Etsɔ eƒe dukɔ de asi na yi, eye wòdo dɔmedzoe vevie ɖe eƒe domenyinu la ŋu.
63 Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
Ena dzo fia eƒe ɖekakpuiwo, eye womedzi srɔ̃ɖeha na eƒe ɖetugbiwo o.
64 His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
Wotsɔ woƒe nunɔlawo de asi na yi, eye avi bu ɖe woƒe ahosiwo.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
Tete Aƒetɔ la nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me abe ale si aha kɔna le mo na ame si no wain mu la ene.
66 He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
Enya eƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye wòdo ŋukpe mavɔ wo.
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
Emegbe la, wògbe nu le Yosef ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ, eye metia Efraim ƒe to la o.
68 But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
Ke boŋ etia Yuda ƒe to la, esi nye Zion to si wòlɔ̃na vevie.
69 He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
Etu eƒe kɔkɔeƒe la abe kɔkɔƒe ene, eye abe anyigba si wòli kee tegbetegbe ene.
70 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
Etia David dɔla, eye wòɖee le alẽkpo me;
71 from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
tso alẽkplɔdɔ me, eye wòkplɔe vɛ be wòakplɔ eƒe dukɔ, Yakob kple eƒe domenyinu, Israel.
72 So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
David kpɔ wo dzi le dzi dzɔdzɔe me, eye wòkplɔ wo le aɖaŋu me.
