2 Samuel 22
1 AND David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
David dzi ha sia na Yehowa le esime wòɖee tso Saul kple eƒe futɔ bubuawo ƒe asi me.
2 And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
Egblɔ be: “Yehowae nye nye agakpe, nye mɔ kple nye xɔnametɔ.
3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
Nye Mawu nye nye agakpe, eyae mesi tso, nye akpoxɔnu kple ɖeɖe ƒe ŋusẽ. Nye mɔ sesẽ, nye sitsoƒe kple nye ɖela èɖem le nye futɔwo katã ƒe asi me.
4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
“Meyɔ Yehowa, ame si dze na kafukafu, eɖem tso nye futɔwo katã ƒe asi me.
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
Ku ƒe ƒutsotsoewo ƒo xlãm, vɔ̃ ƒe tɔɖɔɖɔwo gbã ɖe dzinye.
Tsiẽƒe ƒe kawo blam eye ku ƒe mɔtetrewo ɖi kpem. (Sheol h7585)
7 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
“Ke meyɔ Yehowa le nye xaxa me, medo ɣli na nye Mawu be wòaɖem. Ese nye gbe tso eƒe gbedoxɔ me ke eye nye ɣlidodo ɖo egbɔ, ge ɖe eƒe to me.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
Tete anyigba dzo nyanyanya eye wòʋuʋu; dziƒo ƒe agunuwo ke hã ʋuʋu heyeheye eye wodzo kpekpekpe elabena dzi kui.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Dzudzɔ do tso eƒe ŋɔtime; dzo ƒe aɖewo do tso eƒe nu me eye dzoka xɔxɔwo kplɔe ɖo.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
Ema dziŋgɔli ɖe eve, wòto eme ɖi va anyi eye lilikpo do blukɔ le eƒe afɔ te.
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
Ede Kerubiwo dzi eye wòdzo dzo. Eɖo asagba ɖe ya ƒe aʋalawo dzi.
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
Ewɔ viviti nɔ eme abe agbadɔ ene eye lilikpo yibɔ si dzaa tsi lae ƒo xlãe
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
dzoka xɔxɔwo do tso eƒe keklẽ me le eŋgɔ.
14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
Yehowa ɖe gbe tso dziƒo; eye Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la na wose eƒe gbe.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
Eda eƒe aŋutrɔ eye wòkaka eƒe futɔwo, eɖo dzikedzo ɖa eye wòtɔtɔ wo.
16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
Atsiaƒu ƒe balimewo dze gaglãa eye anyigba ƒe gɔmeɖoɖo tsi ƒuƒlu le Yehowa ƒe nyaheɖeameŋu kple gbɔgbɔ si do tso eƒe ŋɔtime ta.
17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
“Edo asi ɖa tso dziƒo lém, heɖem tso tɔ goglowo me;
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
tso nye futɔ ŋusẽtɔwo ƒe asi me, tso nye ketɔwo ƒe asi me, ame siwo sẽ wum akpa la ƒe asi me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
Woƒo ɖe dzinye le nye dzɔgbevɔ̃egbe gake Yehowa nye nye kpeɖeŋutɔ.
20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Eɖem tsɔ da ɖe teƒe gbadza; eɖem elabena nye nu nyo eŋu.
21 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
“Yehowa nɔ kplim le nye dzɔdzɔenyenye nu eye wòwɔ nyui nam le esi nye asi me dza ta.
22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Melé Yehowa ƒe mɔwo me ɖe asi. Nyemewɔ vɔ̃ hetrɔ le nye Mawu yome o;
23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
Eƒe sewo katã le ŋkunye me; eye nyemetrɔ le eƒe ɖoɖowo yome o.
24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
Nyemeɖi fɔ le eŋkume o eye mete ɖokuinye ɖa tso nu vɔ̃ gbɔ.
25 Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
Eya ta Yehowa wɔ nyui nam le nye dzɔdzɔenyenye kple esi nye asi me dza le eŋkume la ta.
26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
“Èwɔa nuteƒe na nuteƒewɔla eye nèfiaa ɖokuiwò fɔmaɖilae na ame si ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o.
27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
Ame si dza le eƒe dzi me la, èɖea ɖokuiwò fianɛ be èdza eye nèfiaa ɖokuiwò ayetɔe ɖe ayetɔ la ŋu.
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Èɖea ame siwo bɔbɔa wo ɖokui ke wò ŋku le dadalawo ŋu, be nabɔbɔ wo ɖe anyi.
29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
Wò, Yehowa, wòe nye nye akaɖi! Ènana nye viviti trɔna zua kekeli.
30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Mate ŋu alũ ɖe aʋakɔ dzi to wò kpekpeɖeŋu me eye le nye Mawu ta mate ŋu ati kpo aflɔ gli.
31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
“Mawu ya ƒe mɔwo de blibo, Yehowa ƒe nya nye nyateƒe sɔŋ. Enye akpoxɔnu na ame siwo tsɔe wɔ sitsoƒee.
32 For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
Elabena ame kae ganye Mawu kpe ɖe Yehowa ŋu? Ame kae ganye Agakpe? Ɖe menye míaƒe Mawu la koe oa?
33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
Mawue nye nye mɔ sesẽ, eyae na nye mɔ zu gbadzaa.
34 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
Ewɔ nye afɔwo abe zi tɔwo ene eye wòna metea ŋu tsia tsitre ɖe teƒe kɔkɔwo.
35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Efia aʋawɔwɔ nye asiwo eye nye asiwo ate ŋu abɔ dati si wowɔ kple akɔbli.
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Ètsɔ wò dziɖuɖu ƒe akpoxɔnu la nam. Ebɔbɔ ɖokuiwò be nàdo kɔkɔm.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
Èkeke mɔ le tenye, be nye klowo magli le tenye o.
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
“Meti nye futɔwo yome eye metsrɔ̃ wo; nyemetrɔ le wo yome o, va se ɖe esime wotsrɔ̃.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
Metsrɔ̃ wo gudugudu eye ɖeke magate ŋu afɔ o. Wodze anyi ɖe nye afɔ nu
40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
elabena wòe na ŋusẽm hena aʋa la wɔwɔ, èna mebɔbɔ ame siwo katã tso ɖe ŋunye la ɖe anyi.
41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
Èna nye futɔwo trɔ megbe dem helé du tsɔ eye metsrɔ̃ nye futɔwo.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
Wodo ɣli be Yehowa naxɔ na yewo gake ame aɖeke mexɔ na wo o elabena Yehowa metɔ na wo o.
43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
Metu wo, wozu abe ke ene. Megbã wo, wokaka abe ʋuʋudedi si le ablɔwo dzi ene.
44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
“Èɖem tso ame siwo va dze dzinye la si me, èkpɔ tanye abe dukɔwo ƒe fia ene; eye ame siwo nyemenya o la dzie meɖu fia ɖo.
45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
Ne wose ŋkɔnye ko la, woɖoa tom eye du bubu me tɔwo gɔ̃ hã dzona nyanyanya le nye ŋkume.
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
Dzi ɖena le wo katã ƒo eye wotsɔa dzodzo nyanyanya hedoa goe le woƒe mɔ sesẽwo me.
47 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
“Yehowa li tegbee! Woakafu nye Agakpe la! Woado Mawu, nye Xɔla la ɖe dzi bobobo!
48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
Eyae nye Mawu, ame si bia hlɔ̃ nam. Etsɔ dukɔwo de nye afɔ te.
49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Èɖeam tso nye futɔwo ƒe asi me, ɛ̃, èkɔm gbɔ nye futɔwo ta eye nèɖem tso ŋutasẽlawo ƒe asi me,
50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
eya ta ele be makafu wò, Oo Yehowa, le dukɔwo katã dome eye madzi kafukafuha na wò ŋkɔ.
51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
“Ena dziɖuɖu geɖe eƒe fia la, eye wòvea eƒe amesiamina David kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo nu tegbee.”
