Psalms 102
1 The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
Hiãtɔ aɖe ƒe gbedodoɖa, esi nu te eŋu, eye wòfa konyi le Yehowa ŋkume. O! Yehowa, se nye gbedodoɖa, eye nye kokoƒoƒo hena kpekpeɖeŋu neɖo gbɔwò.
2 Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
Mègaɣla wò ŋkume ɖem, ne mele xaxa me o. Trɔ wò to ɖe gbɔnye, eye ne meyɔ wò la, nàtɔ nam kaba.
3 For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.
Elabena nye ŋkekewo nu va yi abe dzudzɔ ene, eye nye ƒuwo xɔ dzo hẽe abe dzokpo ene.
4 I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.
Nye dzi xɔ abi, eye wòyrɔ abe gbe ene. Meŋlɔ nye nuɖuɖu gɔ̃ hã be.
5 Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
Le nye ŋeŋe sesĩe ta la, meɖi ku zu ƒu ɖeɖe.
6 I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.
Mele abe ʋlukuku si le gbegbe ene, alo abe ʋlukuku si le gli gbagbãwo tome ene.
7 I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.
Mele ŋu le aba dzi, eye mele abe xevi si tsi akogo le xɔ tame ene.
8 All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.
Nye futɔwo le alɔme ɖem le ŋunye ŋkeke blibo la, eye ame siwo tso ɖe ŋunye la tsɔ nye ŋkɔ wɔ ɖiŋudonui.
9 For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
Elabena meɖu dzowɔ abe nuɖuɖu ene, eye metsɔ aɖatsi tɔtɔ nye nunonoe,
10 Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.
le wò dziku helĩhelĩ la ta elabena èdom ɖe dzi, eye nètsɔm ƒu gbe ɖe adzɔge.
11 My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.
Nye ŋkekewo le abe fiẽ ƒe vɔvɔli ene, eye meyrɔ abe gbe ene.
12 But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.
O! Yehowa, wò la èle fia ɖum tegbetegbe, eye wò ŋkɔxɔxɔ li tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.
Ke wò la àtso, akpɔ nublanui na Zion, elabena ɣeyiɣi de be nàve enu, ɛ̃, ɣeyiɣi ɖoɖi la de.
14 For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.
Elabena eƒe kpewo xɔ asi le wò dɔlawo gbɔ, eye eƒe ʋuʋudedi gɔ̃ hã ʋãa nublanuikpɔkpɔ le wo me.
15 And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
Dukɔwo avɔ̃ Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ, eye anyigbadzifiawo katã ade bubu wò ŋutikɔkɔe ŋu.
16 For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.
Elabena Yehowa agbugbɔ Zion atso, eye wòado le eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe me.
17 He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.
Aɖo hiãtɔwo ƒe gbedodoɖa ŋu, eye mado vlo woƒe kokoƒoƒo o.
18 Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:
Miŋlɔ esia ɖi hena dzidzime siwo ava dzɔ, ale be ame siwo womedzi haɖe o la nakafu Yehowa be:
19 Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.
“Yehowa kpɔ nu tso eƒe kɔkɔeƒe la, eye wòkpɔ anyigba tso dziƒo,
20 That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:
be wòase gamenɔlawo ƒe ŋeŋe, eye wòaɖe ga ame siwo wotso kufia na.”
21 That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;
Ale woaɖe gbeƒã Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ le Zion kple eƒe kafukafu le Yerusalem,
22 When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.
ne dukɔwo kple fiaɖuƒewo ƒo ƒu be woasubɔ Yehowa.
23 He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.
Eŋe nye ŋusẽ le nye agbemɔ dzi, eye wòɖe nye ŋkekewo dzi kpɔtɔ,
24 Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.
eya ta megblɔ be, “O! Nye Mawu, mègakplɔm dzoe le nye ŋkekewo ƒe titina o, wò ame si ƒe ƒewo li tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
25 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.
Le gɔmedzedzea me la, èɖo anyigba ƒe agunu anyi, eye dziƒowo nye wò asinudɔwɔwɔ.
26 They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.
Woatsrɔ̃, ke wò ya ànɔ anyi ɖaa; woanyunyɔ abe avɔ ene, eye àɖɔli wo abe avɔ ene ahatsɔ wo aƒu gbe.
27 But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.
Ke wò la, ègale ale si nènɔ, eye wò ƒewo mawu enu akpɔ o.
28 The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever.
Wò dɔlawo ƒe viwo anɔ ŋkuwò me, eye woaɖo woƒe dzidzimeviwo anyi le ŋkuwò me.”
