< Psalms 50 >

1 A PSALM OF ASAPH. The God of gods—YHWH—has spoken, And He calls to the earth From the rising of the sun to its going in.
Asaf ƒe ha. Mawu ŋusẽtɔ, Yehowa ƒo nu heyɔ takpekpe na anyigba la tso agudzedze va se ɖe esime ɣe ɖo to.
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
Mawu klẽ tso Zion le eƒe anidzedze blibo la me.
3 Our God comes, and is not silent, Fire devours before Him, And around Him it has been very tempestuous.
Míaƒe Mawu la gbɔna, ahom le tutum le eŋgɔ, dzo le nu bim le eŋgɔ, eye mazi ɖoɖoe o.
4 He calls to the heavens from above, And to the earth, to judge His people.
Eɖi ʋɔnu, eye wòyɔ dziƒo kple anyigba ne wòadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu eƒe dukɔ,
5 Gather My saints to Me, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
“Miƒo nye ame kɔkɔewo nu ƒu nam, ame siwo bla nu kplim kple akpedavɔsa.”
6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judging. (Selah)
Dziƒo ɖe gbeƒã eƒe dzɔdzɔenyenye, elabena Mawu ŋutɔe nye ʋɔnudrɔ̃la. (Sela)
7 Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against you, God—I [am] your God.
“See, o nye dukɔ, mele nu ƒo ge, O! Israel, maɖu ɖasefo ɖe ŋuwò, elabena nyee nye Mawu, wò Mawu la.
8 I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, Indeed, your burnt-offerings [Are] continually before Me.
Nyemeka mo na wò ɖe wò akpedavɔsa alo numevɔsa siwo le ŋkunye me ɖaa la ta o.
9 I do not take a bullock from your house, [Or] male goats from your folds.
Nyemehiã nyitsu tso wò nyikpo me, alo gbɔ̃wo tso wò gbɔ̃kpo me o,
10 For every beast of the forest [is] Mine, The livestock on the hills of oxen.
elabena avemelãwo katã tɔnye wonye, kple nyi siwo le togbɛ akpewo dzi.
11 I have known every bird of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
Menya xevi ɖe sia ɖe si le towo dzi, eye nuwɔwɔ ɖe sia ɖe si le gbe me la tɔnyee wonye.
12 If I am hungry I do not tell [it] to you, For the world and its fullness [is] Mine.
Ne dɔe le wuyem la, nyemagblɔe na wò o, elabena xexea me kple nu siwo katã le eme la nye tɔnye.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of male goats?
Ɖe meɖua nyilã alo noa gbɔ̃wo ƒe ʋua?
14 Sacrifice to God confession, And complete your vows to the Most High.
“Mitsɔ akpedavɔsawo na Mawu, eye mixe miaƒe adzɔgbeɖefewo na Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la.
15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver you, and you honor Me.
Miyɔm le xaxagbe, maɖe mi, eye miade bubu ŋutinye.”
16 And to the wicked God has said: What to you—to recount My statutes? That you lift up My covenant on your mouth?
Ke Mawu le gbɔgblɔm na ame vɔ̃ɖi la be: “Mɔ ka nèkpɔ be nàxlẽ nye sewo afia, alo alé nye nubabla la ɖe nu?
17 Indeed, you have hated instruction, And cast My words behind you.
Wò la èlé fu nye nufiame, eye nètsɔ nye nyawo ƒu gbe ɖe megbe.
18 If you have seen a thief, Then you are pleased with him, And your portion [is] with adulterers.
Ne èkpɔ fiafitɔ la, èwɔa ɖeka kplii, eye nèdea ha kple ahasitɔwo.
19 You have sent forth your mouth with evil, And your tongue joins deceit together,
Nya vlowo doa go le nuwò, eye wò aɖe blea ame.
20 You sit, you speak against your brother, You give slander against a son of your mother.
Ègblɔa nya tsia tsitre ɖe nɔviwò ŋu, eye nèƒoa ɖi dawòvi ŋutsu.
21 These you did, and I kept silent, You have thought that I am like you, I reprove you, and set in array before your eyes.
Nu siawoe nye nu siwo nèwɔ hafi mezi ɖoɖoe, eye nèsusu be ɖeko mele abe ye ene, gake maka mo na wò, eye mado asi ɖe mo na wò.
22 Now understand this, You who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
“Bu esia ŋuti, wò ame si ŋlɔ Mawu be, ne menye nenema o la, mavuvu wò kakɛkakɛ, eye ame aɖeke maxɔ wò le asinye o.
23 He who is sacrificing praise honors Me, As for him who makes a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!
Ame si na akpedavɔsa la, de bubu ŋunye, eye wòta mɔ be mafia Mawu ƒe ɖeɖee.”

< Psalms 50 >