Psalms 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
Asaf ƒe ha. Vavã, Mawu wɔ nyui na Israel kple ame siwo dza le woƒe dzi me.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
Ke nye la, nye afɔ ɖiɖi kloe, eye esusɔ vie ko medze anyi.
3 For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
Elabena mebiã ŋu ɖokuiŋudzela esi mekpɔ ale si nu le edzi dzem na ame vɔ̃ɖiwoe.
4 For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
Hiãkame aɖeke mele wo dzi o, eye wole lãmesẽ kple dedinɔnɔ me.
5 They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
Wovo tso agba siwo tena ɖe amewo dzi la me, eye amegbetɔwo ƒe hiãtuame aɖeke mele wo dzi o.
6 Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
Eya ta dada nye woƒe kɔga, eye wodo nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ abe awu ene.
7 Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
Dzidada dona tso woƒe dzi si ku atri la me, eye seɖoƒe meli na woƒe susu ƒe nu vɔ̃ɖiwo ɖoɖo o.
8 They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
Woɖua fewu, ƒoa nu vlodoametɔe, eye le woƒe dada me la, woklẽa ŋku ɖe amewo be woabɔbɔ na wo.
9 They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Woƒe nuwo xɔ dziƒo wɔ wo tɔe, eye woƒe aɖewo xɔ anyigba wòzu wo tɔ.
10 Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
Eya ta woƒe amewo trɔ ɖe wo gbɔ, eye wono tsi fũu.
11 And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
Wogblɔ be, “Aleke Mawu awɔ anya? Ɖe nunya le Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la sia?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
Aleae ame vɔ̃ɖiwo le, wole ablɔɖe me ɣe sia ɣi, eye wodzia woƒe kesinɔnuwo ɖe edzi.
13 Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
Nyateƒee, dzodzro ko wònye be mewɔ nye dzi dzadzɛ, eye dzodzroe meklɔ nye asi ɖe fɔmaɖimaɖi me.
14 For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Mekpea fu ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋdi sia ŋdi wohea to nam.
15 If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
Ɖe megblɔ be, “Ale maƒo nui nye si” la, anye ne mede viwòwo asi.
16 When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
Enye teteɖeanyi gã aɖe te menɔ esi medze agbagba be mase nu siawo gɔme,
17 Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
va se ɖe esime mege ɖe Mawu ƒe Kɔkɔeƒe la, tete mese afi si woawu nu ɖo la gɔme.
18 Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Vavã, ètsɔ wo ɖo didiƒe, eye nètsɔ wo xlã ɖe anyi wogblẽ keŋkeŋ.
19 How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
Aleke wohetsrɔ̃ kpata ale, ŋɔdzi kplɔ wo dzoe kaba ŋutɔ!
20 As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
O! Aƒetɔ, abe ale si drɔ̃e nɔna ne ame nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me ene la, do vlo wo abe drɔ̃e manyatalenu ene.
21 When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
Esi nye dzi bi ɖe dɔ me nam, eye nye gbɔgbɔ se veve la,
22 Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
mezu bometsila kple numanyala, eye mele abe lã tagbɔkukutɔ ene le ŋkuwò me.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
Ke mele gbɔwò ɣe sia ɣi, eye nèlé nye ɖusibɔ ɖe asi.
24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
Èkplɔm le wò aɖaŋudede nu, eye àkplɔm emegbe ayi wò ŋutikɔkɔe mee.
25 Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
Ame kae le dziƒo nam, negbe wò ko? Naneke mele anyigba si medi kpe ɖe ŋuwò o.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
Nye ŋutilã kple nye dzi nu ava yi, gake Mawue nye nye dzi ƒe ŋusẽ kple nye gomekpɔkpɔ tegbetegbe.
27 For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.
Ame siwo le adzɔge tso gbɔwò la atsrɔ̃, elabena ètsrɔ̃ ame siwo katã meto nyateƒe na wo o.
28 But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.
Ke nye ya la, enyo be mate ɖe Mawu ŋu. Aƒetɔ Yehowae mewɔ nye sitsoƒee, maxlẽ wò nuwɔwɔwo katã afia.
