Psalms 78
1 “A Maskil of Assaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction: incline thy ear to the words of my mouth.
Asaf ƒe nufiameha. O! Nye dukɔ, mise nye nufiame, eye miɖo to nye numenyawo.
2 I will open with a parable my mouth: I will utter riddles out of ancient times;
Make nye nu, aƒo nu le lododowo me. Magblɔ nu siwo le ɣaɣla, nu siwo li tso blema ke.
3 Which we have heard and know, and which our fathers have related unto us.
Nu siwo míese, eye míenya, nu siwo mía fofowo tsɔ tu xoe na mí.
4 We will not conceal them from their children, relating to the latest generation the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful deeds which he hath done.
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 Yea, he established a testimony in Jacob, and instituted a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known 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 In order that the latest generation might know them, even the children that are to be born; that they may arise and relate them to their 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 may place in God their hope, and not forget the doings of God, but observe 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 And that they may not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that had not directed their heart firmly, and 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 children of Ephraim, like well-armed archers, that turn round on the day of battle,
Togbɔ be aŋutrɔwo le Efraimtɔwo si hã la, wotrɔ megbe si dzo le aʋakpegbe.
10 Kept not the covenant of God, and in his law they refused to walk;
Womelé Mawu ƒe nubabla me ɖe asi o, eye wogbe be yewomanɔ agbe ɖe eƒe se la nu o.
11 And they forgot his deeds, as also his wonders, which he had permitted them to see.
Woŋlɔ nu si wòwɔ la be, esiwo nye nukunu siwo wòɖe fia wo.
12 In the presence of their fathers did he do wonders, in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zo'an.
Ewɔ nukunu le wo fofowo ŋkume le Egiptenyigba dzi, le Zoan nuto me.
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters stand upright as a wall.
Ema atsiaƒu, hekplɔ wo to emee, eye wòna tsi la tɔ dzɔ kã abe glikpɔ ene.
14 And he led them with the cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire.
Etsɔ lilikpo kplɔ woe le ŋkeke me, eye wòtsɔ dzo keklẽ kplɔ woe le zã me.
15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the mighty deep.
Efe agakpe me le gbegbe, eye wòna tsi wo wòsɔ gbɔ abe atsiaƒumetsiwo ene.
16 And he brought forth running streams out of the rock, and caused water to run down like rivers.
Ena tsi do tso agakpe me eye tsi la si bababa abe tɔsisiwo ene.
17 But they repeated to sin yet more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
Ke woyi edzi gawɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu, eye wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu le gbedzi.
18 And they tempted God in their heart, by asking food for their desire.
Wotsɔ woƒe lɔlɔ̃nu te Mawu kpɔ, esi wobia nuɖuɖu si le wo dzrom vevie.
19 Yea, they spoke against God: they said, Will God be able to set in order a table in the wilderness?
Woƒo nu tsi tsitre ɖe Mawu ŋu be, “Ɖe Mawu ate ŋu aɖo kplɔ̃ na mí le gbedzia?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed: shall he also be able to give bread? or can he provide flesh for his people?
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, when the Lord heard this, he became wroth: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also ascended 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 had not believed in God, and had not trusted in his salvation.
elabena womexɔ Mawu dzi se, alo ka ɖe eƒe xɔname dzi o.
23 Then he ordained the skies from above, and the doors of heaven he opened;
Ke hã la, eɖe gbe na lilikpowo le dzi, eye wòʋu dziƒo ƒe ʋɔtruwo,
24 And he let rain down upon them manna to eat, and the corn of heaven gave he unto them.
ena mana dza tso dziƒo na dukɔ la be woaɖu, eye wòna bli wo tso dziƒo.
25 Angels' bread did man eat: he sent them provision to satisfaction.
Amegbetɔ ɖu mawudɔlawo ƒe nuɖuɖu, eye wòɖo nuɖuɖu si sinu wohiã la ɖe wo.
26 He caused an east wind to pass along the heavens; and he led forth by his strength the south wind.
Etu ka ɣedzeƒeya tso dziƒo, eye wòkplɔ dzigbeya kple eƒe ŋusẽ.
27 And he let rain upon them flesh [as plentiful] as the 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 And he let them fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
Ena woge dze woƒe asaɖa me, eye woƒo xlã woƒe agbadɔwo.
29 And they ate, and were greatly satisfied, and what they longed for he brought unto them.
Ale woɖui ʋuu heɖi ƒo taŋ, elabena ewɔ nu si dzrom wole la dzi na wo.
30 They were not estranged from their longing, yet was their food in their mouth:
Ke hafi nuɖuɖu si wodzro la navɔ, eye esi wògale nu me na wo ko la,
31 When the wrath of God ascended against them, and he slew some of the fattest of them, and the young men of Israel did he strike down.
Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoe bi ɖe wo ŋu; ewu ame sesẽwo le wo dome, eye wòlã Israel ɖekakpuiwo ƒu anyi.
32 With all this they sinned again, and believed not in his wonders.
To nu siawo katã gbɔ hã la, wogayi nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi, eye togbɔ be ewɔ nukunuwo hã la, womexɔe se o.
33 Therefore he caused their days to come to an end in nought, and their years in dread.
Ale wòna woƒe ŋkekewo wu nu nanekemakpɔkpɔe, eye woƒe ƒewo wu nu le ŋɔdzi me.
34 When he slew them, then did they seek him, and they returned and inquired earnestly after 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, and the most high God their redeemer.
Woɖoa ŋku edzi be Mawue nye woƒe Agakpe, eye Mawu Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae nye woƒe Ɖela.
36 Nevertheless they prayed insincerely to him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto him.
Ke emegbe la, wotsɔa woƒe nu flunɛ, eye wotsɔa woƒe aɖe daa alakpa nɛ.
37 For their heart was not firm with him, and they were not faithful in his covenant.
Woƒe dziwo meku ɖe eŋu vavã o, eye womewɔ eƒe nubabla dzi le nyateƒe me o.
38 But he, being merciful, forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not awaken all his fury.
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 And he remembered that they are but flesh, a spirit that passeth away, and returneth not again.
Eɖo ŋku edzi be ŋutilã ko wonye, eye wonye ya si ƒona yina gake megatrɔna gbɔna o.
40 How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, grieve him in the desert!
Zi nenie womedze aglã ɖe eŋu le gbedzi, eye womedo vevesese nɛ le kuɖiɖinyigba dzi o!
41 Yea, they once more tempted God, and set limits to the Holy One of Israel.
Enuenu wotea Mawu kpɔna, eye wodoa dziku na Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la.
42 They remembered not his hand, the day when he ransomed them from the adversary;
Womeɖo ŋku eƒe ŋusẽ dzi, gbe si gbe wòɖe wo tso ŋutasẽla ƒe asi me,
43 When he displayed in Egypt his signs, and his wonderful tokens in the fields of Zo'an.
gbe si gbe wòɖe eƒe nukudzesiwo fia le Egipte kple eƒe nukudɔwo fia le Zoan nuto me o.
44 And he changed their rivers into blood; and their running streams, that they could not drink [of them].
Etrɔ woƒe tɔsisiwo wozu ʋu, eye womete ŋu no woƒe tɔʋumetsi o.
45 He sent out among them various wild beasts, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Eɖo togbato ƒe ha gã aɖe ɖe wo dome, woɖu wo kple akpɔkplɔwo wogblẽ woƒe nuwo.
46 And he gave unto the cricket their products, and their labor unto the locust.
Etsɔ woƒe nukuwo na ʋetrawo kple woƒe kutsetsewo na ʋetsuviwo.
47 He slew with hail their vines, and their sycamore-trees with ice-bolts.
Egblẽ woƒe waingblewo kple kpetsi, eye woƒe gbotiwo kple tsidzadza sesẽ.
48 And he surrendered to the hail their cattle, and their herds to the lightning's flashes.
Etsɔ woƒe nyihawo na kpetsi, eye wòtsɔ woƒe lãhawo na dzikedzo.
49 He let loose against them the fierceness of his anger, wrath and indignation, and distress, a host of angels of misfortune.
Eɖo eƒe dɔmedzoe nyanyra, dziku helĩhelĩ, xaxa kple fuwɔame, siwo nye mawudɔla siwo gblẽa nu la ɖe wo.
50 He leveled a path for his anger; he withheld not from death their soul, and their life he surrendered to the pestilence;
Eɖe mɔ ɖi na eƒe dɔmedzoe; meɖe woƒe agbe tso ku me o, ke boŋ etsɔ wo de asi na dɔvɔ̃.
51 And he smote all the first-born in Egypt; the first of their strength in the tents of Ham;
Ewu Egiptetɔwo ƒe ŋgɔgbevi siwo nye woƒe ŋutsunyenye ƒe kutsetse gbãtɔwo le Ham gbadɔwo te.
52 But he caused his own people to depart like flocks, and guided them like a drove in the wilderness.
Gake ekplɔ eƒe dukɔ la abe lãhawo ene, eye wòkplɔ wo abe alẽwo ene to gbedzi.
53 And he led them in safety, so that they felt no dread; but the sea covered over their enemies.
Ekplɔ wo le dedinɔnɔ me, ale be womevɔ̃ o, gake ƒu la tsyɔ woƒe futɔwo dzi.
54 And he brought them to his holy territory, even to this mount, which 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 And he drove out from before them nations, and divided them by the measuring-line as an inheritance, and he caused to dwell in their tents the tribes of Israel.
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 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the most high God, and his testimonies they kept not;
Ke wote Mawu kpɔ, wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu, eye womelé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi o.
57 But swerved aside, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers; they turned about like a deceitful 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 And they provoked him to anger with their high-places, and with their graven images they moved him to jealousy.
Wotsɔ woƒe nuxeƒewo do dɔmedzoe nɛ, eye woƒe legbawo na ŋuʋaʋã tso le eya amea me.
59 God heard this, and he became wroth, and felt greatly disgusted with Israel;
Esi Mawu se wo ŋkɔ la, dzi kui vevie ŋutɔ, eye wògbe Israel keŋkeŋ.
60 And he cast off the dwelling at Shiloh, the tabernacle where he had dwelt among men;
Ale wògblẽ agbadɔ si le Silo la ɖi, agbadɔ si wòtu ɖe amegbetɔwo dome.
61 And he gave up his strength unto captivity, and his glory into the adversary's hand.
Eɖo nubablaɖaka si nye eƒe ŋusẽ la ɖe aboyome, eye wòtsɔ eƒe atsyɔ̃nu de asi na futɔ la.
62 And he surrendered his people unto the sword; and with his inheritance was he wroth.
Etsɔ eƒe dukɔ de asi na yi, eye wòdo dɔmedzoe vevie ɖe eƒe domenyinu la ŋu.
63 His young men the fire devoured; and his virgins were not demanded in marriage.
Ena dzo fia eƒe ɖekakpuiwo, eye womedzi srɔ̃ɖeha na eƒe ɖetugbiwo o.
64 His priests fell by the sword; and his widows did not weep.
Wotsɔ woƒe nunɔlawo de asi na yi, eye avi bu ɖe woƒe ahosiwo.
65 Then awoke the Lord as one that sleepeth, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Tete Aƒetɔ la nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me abe ale si aha kɔna le mo na ame si no wain mu la ene.
66 And he smote his enemies backward: a perpetual disgrace on them.
Enya eƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye wòdo ŋukpe mavɔ wo.
67 Yet was he disgusted with the tent of Joseph, and of the tribe of Ephraim he made not choice;
Emegbe la, wògbe nu le Yosef ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ, eye metia Efraim ƒe to la o.
68 But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Ke boŋ etia Yuda ƒe to la, esi nye Zion to si wòlɔ̃na vevie.
69 And he built like high [mountains] his sanctuary, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
Etu eƒe kɔkɔeƒe la abe kɔkɔƒe ene, eye abe anyigba si wòli kee tegbetegbe ene.
70 And he made choice of David his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds:
Etia David dɔla, eye wòɖee le alẽkpo me;
71 From following the ewes with young he brought him, to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
tso alẽkplɔdɔ me, eye wòkplɔe vɛ be wòakplɔ eƒe dukɔ, Yakob kple eƒe domenyinu, Israel.
72 And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and by the skilfulness of his hands did he lead them.
David kpɔ wo dzi le dzi dzɔdzɔe me, eye wòkplɔ wo le aɖaŋu me.
