Psalms 89
1 [A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the loving kindness of Jehovah forever. With my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
Ezrahitɔ Etan ƒe nufiameha. Madzi ha le Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃ gã la ŋu ɖaa, matsɔ nye nu aɖe gbeƒã wò nuteƒewɔwɔ tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
2 I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
Maɖe gbeƒã be wò lɔlɔ̃ li ke tegbee, eye nèɖo wò nuteƒewɔwɔ anyi ɖe dziƒo ŋutɔŋutɔ.
3 "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
Ègblɔ be, “Mebla nu kple nye ame tiatia, meka atam na David, nye dɔla be,
4 'I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne for all generations.'" (Selah)
‘Maɖo wò ƒome anyi tegbee, eye mana wò fiazikpui nali ke na dzidzimewo katã.’” (Sela)
5 The heavens will praise your wonders, Jehovah; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
O! Yehowa, dziƒowo le wò nukunuwo kafum, kple wò nuteƒewɔwɔ hã le ame kɔkɔewo ƒe hame.
6 For who in the skies can be compared to Jehovah? Who among the sons of God is like Jehovah,
Elabena ame kae le dziŋgɔli me si woatsɔ asɔ kple Yehowa? Le nu gbagbe siwo le dziƒo dome la, kae le abe Yehowa ene?
7 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
Le ame kɔkɔewo ƒe adaŋudeha me la ŋɔdzi le Mawu ŋu ŋutɔ, ŋɔdzi le eŋu wu ame siwo katã ƒo xlãe.
8 Jehovah, the God of hosts, who is a mighty one like you, JAH? Your faithfulness is around you.
O! Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu, ame kae ɖi wò? O! Yehowa, wò la, ŋusẽtɔe nènye, eye wò nuteƒewɔwɔ ƒo xlã wò.
9 You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
Wòe ɖu atsiaƒu ƒe agbodzedze dzi, ne ƒutsotsoewo le dzi dem la, ènana wodzea akɔ anyi.
10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
Ègbã Rahab gudugudu abe ame siwo wowu la dometɔ ɖeka ene, eye nètsɔ wò abɔ sesẽ kaka wò futɔwo.
11 The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
Dziƒowo nye tɔwò, anyigba hã tɔwòe; wòe wɔ xexea me kple emenuwo katã.
12 The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
Wòe wɔ anyiehe kple dziehe; ne Tabɔr kple Hermon se wò ŋkɔ ko la, wodzia ha, tsoa aseye.
13 You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
Wotsɔ ŋusẽ de wò abɔ me, eye wò asi sesẽ, wò nuɖusi de dzi.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
Woli wò fiazikpui anyi ɖe dzɔdzɔenyenye kple ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ dzi, eye lɔlɔ̃ kple nuteƒewɔwɔ le zɔzɔm le ŋgɔwò.
15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk in the light of your presence, Jehovah.
Woayra ame siwo srɔ̃ ale si woakafu wòe, eye wozɔna le wò mo ƒe kekeli me, O Yehowa.
16 In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
Wotsoa aseye le wò ŋkɔ me ŋkeke blibo la, eye wokpɔa dodoɖedzi le wò dzɔdzɔenyenye me.
17 For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
Elabena wòe nye woƒe ŋutikɔkɔe kple ŋusẽ, eye to wò amenuveve me, nèkɔ míaƒe dzo ɖe dzi.
18 For our shield belongs to Jehovah; our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Vavã, míaƒe akpoxɔnu nye Yehowa tɔ, miaƒe fia nye Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la.
19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
Ɣe aɖe ɣi la, èƒo nu na wò ame kɔkɔewo le ŋutega me be, “Metrɔ ŋusẽ kɔ ɖe kalẽtɔ aɖe dzi; medo ɖekakpui aɖe ɖe dzi le nye amewo dome.
20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
Meke ɖe David, nye dɔla ŋu, eye mesi ami nɛ kple nye ami kɔkɔe.
21 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
Nye asi alée ɖe asi, le nyateƒe me, nye alɔ ado ŋusẽe.
22 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
Futɔ aɖeke mazi edzi wòadzɔ ga nɛ o, eye ame vɔ̃ɖi aɖeke matee ɖe to o.
23 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
Mafanya eƒe futɔwo le eŋgɔ, eye maƒo ame siwo tso ɖe eŋu la aƒu anyi.
24 But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
Nye lɔlɔ̃ si meʋãna o la anɔ anyi kplii, eye woakɔ eƒe dzo ɖe dzi to nye ŋkɔ dzi.
25 I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
Makɔ eƒe asi dzi ɖe atsiaƒu dzi, eye eƒe nuɖusi ɖe tɔsisiwo dzi.
26 He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
Ayɔm be, ‘Wòe nye Fofonye, nye Mawu, nye Agakpe kple Ɖela.’
27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Matsɔe awɔ nye ŋgɔgbevi kple fia si wodo ɖe dzi wu le anyigbadzifiawo katã dome.
28 I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.
Malé nye lɔlɔ̃ nɛ me ɖe asi ɖaa, eye nye nubabla kplii mada le edzi akpɔ gbeɖe o.
29 And I will establish his descendants forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Maɖo eƒe ƒome anyi tegbee, eye zi ale si dziƒo li la, nenema ke eƒe fiazikpui hã anɔ anyii.
30 If his children forsake my Law, and do not walk in my ordinances;
“Ne viawo gblẽ nye sewo ɖi, eye womewɔ nye ɖoɖowo dzi o,
31 if they break my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
ne woda le nye sedede dzi, eye wogbe nye gbeɖeɖewo dzi wɔwɔ la,
32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
ekema matsɔ ati ahe to na woe ɖe woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta, eye matsɔ ƒoƒo ahe to na wo ɖe woƒe vodadawo ta,
33 But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
gake nyemaxɔ nye lɔlɔ̃ le esi, alo ada le nye nuteƒewɔwɔ dzi o.
34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
Nyemagbe nye nubabla la dzi wɔwɔ o, eye nyematrɔ nu si nye nu gblɔ la o.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
Meta nye kɔkɔenyenye zi ɖeka hena ɣeyiɣiwo katã be, nyemada alakpa na David o.
36 His descendants will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
Ke boŋ eƒe ƒome anɔ anyi tegbee, eye eƒe fiazikpui ali ke le nye ŋkume abe ɣe ene.
37 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." (Selah)
Woaɖoe anyi ɖaa abe ɣleti, ɖasefo nuteƒewɔla si le dziŋgɔli ŋu ene.” (Sela)
38 But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
Gake ègbe, èdo vlo, eye nèdo dɔmedzoe ɖe wò amesiamina ŋu vevie.
39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
Ète fli ɖe nu si nèbla kple wò dɔla me, eye nèdo gu eƒe fiakuku, tsɔe ƒu gbe ɖe ke me.
40 You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
Ègbã eƒe gliwo, eye nèwɔ eƒe mɔ sesẽwo wozu aƒedo.
41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become an object of ridicule to his neighbors.
Ame siwo katã to afi ma la hae, eye wòzu alɔmeɖenu na eƒe aƒelikawo.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
Èdo eƒe futɔwo ƒe nuɖusi ɖe dzi, eye nèna eƒe ketɔwo katã tso aseye.
43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.
Èna eƒe yi nu tsi, eye mèkpe ɖe eŋu le aʋawɔwɔ me o.
44 You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
Èna eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe wu enu, eye nètsɔ eƒe fiazikpui ƒu gbe ɖe anyigba.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Selah)
Èɖe eƒe ɖekakpuimeŋkekewo dzi kpɔtɔ, eye nètsɔ ŋukpe tsyɔ nɛ abe avɔ ene. (Sela)
46 How long, Jehovah? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
O! Yehowa va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣie? Ɖe nàɣla ɖokuiwò tegbea? Ɣe ka ɣi wò dziku abi abe dzo ene ase ɖo?
47 Remember how short my time is. Have you created the descendants of Adam for no reason?
Ɖo ŋku ale si nye agbe le du dzii la dzi. Tofloko kae nye si, nèwɔ amegbetɔviwo na!
48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
Amegbetɔ kae anɔ agbe, eye maku o, alo aɖe eɖokui tso tsiẽƒe ƒe ŋusẽ me? (Sela) (Sheol h7585)
49 Jehovah, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
O! Aƒetɔ, afi ka wò lɔlɔ̃ gã tsãtɔ le, wò lɔlɔ̃ si nye atam nèka na David le wò nuteƒewɔwɔ me la le?
50 Remember, Jehovah, the ridicule of all the many peoples against your servants I have borne in my heart,
Aƒetɔ, ɖo ŋku ale si woɖu fewu le wò dɔla ŋuti kple ale si nye dzi tsɔ dukɔwo ƒe vlodoame la dzi.
51 how your enemies have ridiculed, Jehovah, how they have ridiculed the footsteps of your anointed one.
O! Yehowa, ɖo ŋku vlodoame si wò futɔwo tsɔ le alɔme ɖem le wò amesiamina ƒe afɔɖeɖe ɖe sia ɖe ŋuti la dzi.
52 Blessed be Jehovah forevermore. Amen, and Amen.
Woakafu Yehowa tegbetegbee!
