Psalms 78
1 A poem of Asaph give ear to! O people my instruction my incline ear your to [the] words of mouth my.
Asaf ƒe nufiameha. O! Nye dukɔ, mise nye nufiame, eye miɖo to nye numenyawo.
2 I will open in a parable mouth my I will pour forth riddles from antiquity.
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 we have known them and ancestors our they have recounted to us.
Nu siwo míese, eye míenya, nu siwo mía fofowo tsɔ tu xoe na mí.
4 Not we will hide - from descendants their to a generation later recounting [the] praises of Yahweh and might his and wonders his which he has 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 And he established a testimony - in Jacob and a law he appointed in Israel which he commanded ancestors our to make known them to children their.
Ewɔ ɖoɖowo na Yakob, eye wòɖo se anyi ɖe Israel, se siwo ŋu wòde se na mía fofowo be woafia wo viwo,
6 So that they may know - a generation later children [who] they will be born they will arise and may they recount [them] to children their.
ale be dzidzime megbetɔwo hã nanya wo, eye vi siwo womedzi haɖe o hã nanya wo, ne woawo hã nafia wo viwo.
7 So they may put in God confidence their and not they will forget [the] deeds of God and commandments his they will observe.
Ekema woatsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ ada ɖe Mawu dzi, eye womaŋlɔ eƒe nuwɔwɔwo be o, ke boŋ woalé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi.
8 And not they will be - like ancestors their a generation stubborn and rebellious a generation [which] not it directed heart its and [which] not it was faithful with God spirit its.
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] people of Ephraim [were] equipped of shooters of a bow they turned back on [the] day of battle.
Togbɔ be aŋutrɔwo le Efraimtɔwo si hã la, wotrɔ megbe si dzo le aʋakpegbe.
10 Not they kept [the] covenant of God and in law his 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 deeds his and wonders his which he had shown them.
Woŋlɔ nu si wòwɔ la be, esiwo nye nukunu siwo wòɖe fia wo.
12 Before ancestors their he did wonder[s] in [the] land of Egypt [the] region of Zoan.
Ewɔ nukunu le wo fofowo ŋkume le Egiptenyigba dzi, le Zoan nuto me.
13 He split open [the] sea and he brought through them and he made to stand up [the] waters like a heap.
Ema atsiaƒu, hekplɔ wo to emee, eye wòna tsi la tɔ dzɔ kã abe glikpɔ ene.
14 And he guided them by the cloud by day and all the night by [the] light of a fire.
Etsɔ lilikpo kplɔ woe le ŋkeke me, eye wòtsɔ dzo keklẽ kplɔ woe le zã me.
15 He split open rocks in the wilderness and he gave [them] to drink like deeps much.
Efe agakpe me le gbegbe, eye wòna tsi wo wòsɔ gbɔ abe atsiaƒumetsiwo ene.
16 And he brought out streams from a rock and he made to flow down like rivers water.
Ena tsi do tso agakpe me eye tsi la si bababa abe tɔsisiwo ene.
17 And they repeated again to sin to him by rebelling against [the] Most High in the dry region.
Ke woyi edzi gawɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu, eye wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu le gbedzi.
18 And they put to [the] test God in heart their by requesting food for selves their.
Wotsɔ woƒe lɔlɔ̃nu te Mawu kpɔ, esi wobia nuɖuɖu si le wo dzrom vevie.
19 And they spoke against God they said ¿ is he able God to arrange a table in the wilderness.
Woƒo nu tsi tsitre ɖe Mawu ŋu be, “Ɖe Mawu ate ŋu aɖo kplɔ̃ na mí le gbedzia?
20 There! he struck a rock - and they flowed out waters and torrents they overflowed ¿ also food is he able to give or? will he prepare meat for people his.
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 - he heard Yahweh and he was furious and fire it was kindled in Jacob and also anger it went up in 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 For not they trusted in God and not they trusted in salvation his.
elabena womexɔ Mawu dzi se, alo ka ɖe eƒe xɔname dzi o.
23 And he commanded clouds 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 rained down on them manna to eat and [the] grain of heaven he gave to them.
ena mana dza tso dziƒo na dukɔ la be woaɖu, eye wòna bli wo tso dziƒo.
25 Bread of mighty [ones] he ate everyone food he sent to them to satiety.
Amegbetɔ ɖu mawudɔlawo ƒe nuɖuɖu, eye wòɖo nuɖuɖu si sinu wohiã la ɖe wo.
26 He led out an east wind in the heavens and he led forth by strength his a south wind.
Etu ka ɣedzeƒeya tso dziƒo, eye wòkplɔ dzigbeya kple eƒe ŋusẽ.
27 And he rained down on them like dust meat and like [the] sand of [the] seas bird[s] of wing.
Ena lã dza ɖe wo dzi abe ʋuʋudedi ene, eye xe dzodzoewo abe ƒutake ene.
28 And he made [them] fall in [the] midst of camp his around dwelling his.
Ena woge dze woƒe asaɖa me, eye woƒo xlã woƒe agbadɔwo.
29 And they ate and they were satisfied exceedingly and desire their he brought to them.
Ale woɖui ʋuu heɖi ƒo taŋ, elabena ewɔ nu si dzrom wole la dzi na wo.
30 Not they had become estranged from desire their still food their [was] in mouth their.
Ke hafi nuɖuɖu si wodzro la navɔ, eye esi wògale nu me na wo ko la,
31 And [the] anger of God - it went up in them and he killed among vigorous ones their and [the] young men of Israel he made bow down.
Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoe bi ɖe wo ŋu; ewu ame sesẽwo le wo dome, eye wòlã Israel ɖekakpuiwo ƒu anyi.
32 In all this they sinned again and not they believed in wonders his.
To nu siawo katã gbɔ hã la, wogayi nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi, eye togbɔ be ewɔ nukunuwo hã la, womexɔe se o.
33 And he brought to an end in futility days their and years their in sudden terror.
Ale wòna woƒe ŋkekewo wu nu nanekemakpɔkpɔe, eye woƒe ƒewo wu nu le ŋɔdzi me.
34 If he killed them and they sought him and they returned and they sought earnestly 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] rock their and God Most High [was] redeemer their.
Woɖoa ŋku edzi be Mawue nye woƒe Agakpe, eye Mawu Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae nye woƒe Ɖela.
36 And they deceived him with mouth their and with tongue their they lied to him.
Ke emegbe la, wotsɔa woƒe nu flunɛ, eye wotsɔa woƒe aɖe daa alakpa nɛ.
37 And heart their not [was] steadfast with him and not they were faithful in covenant his.
Woƒe dziwo meku ɖe eŋu vavã o, eye womewɔ eƒe nubabla dzi le nyateƒe me o.
38 And he [was] compassionate - he atoned for iniquity and not he destroyed [them] and he increased to turn back anger his and not he stirred up all rage his.
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 [were] flesh they a wind [which] goes and not it returns.
Eɖo ŋku edzi be ŋutilã ko wonye, eye wonye ya si ƒona yina gake megatrɔna gbɔna o.
40 How often! they rebelled against him in the wilderness they grieved him in a desolate place.
Zi nenie womedze aglã ɖe eŋu le gbedzi, eye womedo vevesese nɛ le kuɖiɖinyigba dzi o!
41 And they returned and they put to [the] test God and [the] holy [one] of Israel they pained.
Enuenu wotea Mawu kpɔna, eye wodoa dziku na Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la.
42 Not they remembered hand his [the] day when he ransomed them from [the] opponent.
Womeɖo ŋku eƒe ŋusẽ dzi, gbe si gbe wòɖe wo tso ŋutasẽla ƒe asi me,
43 When he performed in Egypt signs his and wonders his in [the] region of Zoan.
gbe si gbe wòɖe eƒe nukudzesiwo fia le Egipte kple eƒe nukudɔwo fia le Zoan nuto me o.
44 And he turned into blood canals their and streams their not they drank!
Etrɔ woƒe tɔsisiwo wozu ʋu, eye womete ŋu no woƒe tɔʋumetsi o.
45 He sent among them a swarm of flies and it devoured them and frog[s] and it ruined them.
Eɖo togbato ƒe ha gã aɖe ɖe wo dome, woɖu wo kple akpɔkplɔwo wogblẽ woƒe nuwo.
46 And he gave to the locust produce their and [the] result of toil their to the locust.
Etsɔ woƒe nukuwo na ʋetrawo kple woƒe kutsetsewo na ʋetsuviwo.
47 He killed with hail vine[s] their and sycamore-fig trees their with a flood.
Egblẽ woƒe waingblewo kple kpetsi, eye woƒe gbotiwo kple tsidzadza sesẽ.
48 And he delivered up to hail cattle their and livestock their to lightning bolts.
Etsɔ woƒe nyihawo na kpetsi, eye wòtsɔ woƒe lãhawo na dzikedzo.
49 He sent on them - [the] burning of anger his fury and indignation and trouble a band of angels of calamities.
Eɖo eƒe dɔmedzoe nyanyra, dziku helĩhelĩ, xaxa kple fuwɔame, siwo nye mawudɔla siwo gblẽa nu la ɖe wo.
50 He made level a path for anger his not he kept back from death life their and life their to the pestilence he delivered up.
Eɖe mɔ ɖi na eƒe dɔmedzoe; meɖe woƒe agbe tso ku me o, ke boŋ etsɔ wo de asi na dɔvɔ̃.
51 And he struck down every firstborn in Egypt [the] beginning of manly vigor in [the] tents of Ham.
Ewu Egiptetɔwo ƒe ŋgɔgbevi siwo nye woƒe ŋutsunyenye ƒe kutsetse gbãtɔwo le Ham gbadɔwo te.
52 And he led out like sheep people his and he led them like flock in the wilderness.
Gake ekplɔ eƒe dukɔ la abe lãhawo ene, eye wòkplɔ wo abe alẽwo ene to gbedzi.
53 And he guided them to security and not they were afraid and enemies their it covered the sea.
Ekplɔ wo le dedinɔnɔ me, ale be womevɔ̃ o, gake ƒu la tsyɔ woƒe futɔwo dzi.
54 And he brought them to [the] territory of holiness his [the] mountain which it had acquired right [hand] his.
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 he made fall them by a measuring-line of inheritance and he caused to dwell in tents their [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 And they put to [the] test and they rebelled against God Most High and testimonies his not they kept.
Ke wote Mawu kpɔ, wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu, eye womelé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi o.
57 And they turned back and they acted treacherously like ancestors their they changed like a bow of deceit.
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 to anger him by high places their and by idols their they made jealous him.
Wotsɔ woƒe nuxeƒewo do dɔmedzoe nɛ, eye woƒe legbawo na ŋuʋaʋã tso le eya amea me.
59 He heard God and he was furious and he rejected exceedingly Israel.
Esi Mawu se wo ŋkɔ la, dzi kui vevie ŋutɔ, eye wògbe Israel keŋkeŋ.
60 And he abandoned [the] tabernacle of Shiloh [the] tent [which] he had pitched among humankind.
Ale wògblẽ agbadɔ si le Silo la ɖi, agbadɔ si wòtu ɖe amegbetɔwo dome.
61 And he gave to captivity strength his and splendor his in [the] hand of [the] opponent.
Eɖo nubablaɖaka si nye eƒe ŋusẽ la ɖe aboyome, eye wòtsɔ eƒe atsyɔ̃nu de asi na futɔ la.
62 And he delivered up to the sword people his and with inheritance his he was furious.
Etsɔ eƒe dukɔ de asi na yi, eye wòdo dɔmedzoe vevie ɖe eƒe domenyinu la ŋu.
63 Young men its it consumed fire and young women its not they were praised.
Ena dzo fia eƒe ɖekakpuiwo, eye womedzi srɔ̃ɖeha na eƒe ɖetugbiwo o.
64 Priests its by the sword they fell and widows its not they wept.
Wotsɔ woƒe nunɔlawo de asi na yi, eye avi bu ɖe woƒe ahosiwo.
65 And he awoke like a sleeper - [the] Lord like a warrior overcome from 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 struck opponents his backwards a reproach of perpetuity he gave to them.
Enya eƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye wòdo ŋukpe mavɔ wo.
67 And he rejected [the] tent of Joseph and [the] tribe of Ephraim not he chose.
Emegbe la, wògbe nu le Yosef ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ, eye metia Efraim ƒe to la o.
68 And he chose [the] tribe of Judah [the] mountain of Zion which he loved.
Ke boŋ etia Yuda ƒe to la, esi nye Zion to si wòlɔ̃na vevie.
69 And he built like [the] high [things] sanctuary his like [the] earth [which] he founded it for ever.
Etu eƒe kɔkɔeƒe la abe kɔkɔƒe ene, eye abe anyigba si wòli kee tegbetegbe ene.
70 And he chose David servant his and he took him from [the] folds of sheep.
Etia David dɔla, eye wòɖee le alẽkpo me;
71 From after nursing [sheep] he brought him to shepherd Jacob people his and Israel inheritance his.
tso alẽkplɔdɔ me, eye wòkplɔe vɛ be wòakplɔ eƒe dukɔ, Yakob kple eƒe domenyinu, Israel.
72 And he shepherded them according to [the] integrity of heart his and with [the] skill of hands his he led them.
David kpɔ wo dzi le dzi dzɔdzɔe me, eye wòkplɔ wo le aɖaŋu me.
