Psalms 73
1 [A Psalm by Asaph.] Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Asaf ƒe ha. Vavã, Mawu wɔ nyui na Israel kple ame siwo dza le woƒe dzi me.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
Ke nye la, nye afɔ ɖiɖi kloe, eye esusɔ vie ko medze anyi.
3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Elabena mebiã ŋu ɖokuiŋudzela esi mekpɔ ale si nu le edzi dzem na ame vɔ̃ɖiwoe.
4 For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
Hiãkame aɖeke mele wo dzi o, eye wole lãmesẽ kple dedinɔnɔ me.
5 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
Wovo tso agba siwo tena ɖe amewo dzi la me, eye amegbetɔwo ƒe hiãtuame aɖeke mele wo dzi o.
6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
Eya ta dada nye woƒe kɔga, eye wodo nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ abe awu ene.
7 Their sin proceeds forth from fatness. Their hearts overflow with imaginations.
Dzidada dona tso woƒe dzi si ku atri la me, eye seɖoƒe meli na woƒe susu ƒe nu vɔ̃ɖiwo ɖoɖo o.
8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
Woɖua fewu, ƒoa nu vlodoametɔe, eye le woƒe dada me la, woklẽa ŋku ɖe amewo be woabɔbɔ na wo.
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
Woƒe nuwo xɔ dziƒo wɔ wo tɔe, eye woƒe aɖewo xɔ anyigba wòzu wo tɔ.
10 Therefore his people turn to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
Eya ta woƒe amewo trɔ ɖe wo gbɔ, eye wono tsi fũu.
11 They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
Wogblɔ be, “Aleke Mawu awɔ anya? Ɖe nunya le Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la sia?”
12 Look, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
Aleae ame vɔ̃ɖiwo le, wole ablɔɖe me ɣe sia ɣi, eye wodzia woƒe kesinɔnuwo ɖe edzi.
13 Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
Nyateƒee, dzodzro ko wònye be mewɔ nye dzi dzadzɛ, eye dzodzroe meklɔ nye asi ɖe fɔmaɖimaɖi me.
14 For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.
Mekpea fu ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋdi sia ŋdi wohea to nam.
15 If I had said, "I will speak thus;" look, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
Ɖe megblɔ be, “Ale maƒo nui nye si” la, anye ne mede viwòwo asi.
16 When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;
Enye teteɖeanyi gã aɖe te menɔ esi medze agbagba be mase nu siawo gɔme,
17 Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
va se ɖe esime mege ɖe Mawu ƒe Kɔkɔeƒe la, tete mese afi si woawu nu ɖo la gɔme.
18 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
Vavã, ètsɔ wo ɖo didiƒe, eye nètsɔ wo xlã ɖe anyi wogblẽ keŋkeŋ.
19 How they are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away with terrors.
Aleke wohetsrɔ̃ kpata ale, ŋɔdzi kplɔ wo dzoe kaba ŋutɔ!
20 As a dream when one wakes up, so, YHWH, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
O! Aƒetɔ, abe ale si drɔ̃e nɔna ne ame nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me ene la, do vlo wo abe drɔ̃e manyatalenu ene.
21 For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
Esi nye dzi bi ɖe dɔ me nam, eye nye gbɔgbɔ se veve la,
22 I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
mezu bometsila kple numanyala, eye mele abe lã tagbɔkukutɔ ene le ŋkuwò me.
23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
Ke mele gbɔwò ɣe sia ɣi, eye nèlé nye ɖusibɔ ɖe asi.
24 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Èkplɔm le wò aɖaŋudede nu, eye àkplɔm emegbe ayi wò ŋutikɔkɔe mee.
25 Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you.
Ame kae le dziƒo nam, negbe wò ko? Naneke mele anyigba si medi kpe ɖe ŋuwò o.
26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Nye ŋutilã kple nye dzi nu ava yi, gake Mawue nye nye dzi ƒe ŋusẽ kple nye gomekpɔkpɔ tegbetegbe.
27 For, look, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
Ame siwo le adzɔge tso gbɔwò la atsrɔ̃, elabena ètsrɔ̃ ame siwo katã meto nyateƒe na wo o.
28 But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made YHWH my refuge, that I may tell of all your works in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
Ke nye ya la, enyo be mate ɖe Mawu ŋu. Aƒetɔ Yehowae mewɔ nye sitsoƒee, maxlẽ wò nuwɔwɔwo katã afia.
