Psalms 102
1 Yahweh, listen to what I am praying; hear me while I cry out to you!
Hiãtɔ aɖe ƒe gbedodoɖa, esi nu te eŋu, eye wòfa konyi le Yehowa ŋkume. O! Yehowa, se nye gbedodoɖa, eye nye kokoƒoƒo hena kpekpeɖeŋu neɖo gbɔwò.
2 Do not (turn away/hide yourself) from me when I (have troubles/am distressed)! Listen to me, and answer me quickly now, when I am calling out to you!
Mègaɣla wò ŋkume ɖem, ne mele xaxa me o. Trɔ wò to ɖe gbɔnye, eye ne meyɔ wò la, nàtɔ nam kaba.
3 My life is ending, like smoke that disappears [SIM]; I have [a high fever which] burns my body like a fire burns [SIM].
Elabena nye ŋkekewo nu va yi abe dzudzɔ ene, eye nye ƒuwo xɔ dzo hẽe abe dzokpo ene.
4 [I feel like] I am drying up like grass [SIM] that has been beaten/trampled down, and I no longer have a desire to eat food.
Nye dzi xɔ abi, eye wòyrɔ abe gbe ene. Meŋlɔ nye nuɖuɖu gɔ̃ hã be.
5 I groan loudly, and my bones can be seen under my skin [because I have become very thin].
Le nye ŋeŋe sesĩe ta la, meɖi ku zu ƒu ɖeɖe.
6 I am like a [lonely and despised] vulture in the desert, like an owl by itself in the abandoned ruins [of a building/city].
Mele abe ʋlukuku si le gbegbe ene, alo abe ʋlukuku si le gli gbagbãwo tome ene.
7 I lie awake [at night]; [because there is no one to comfort me], I am like a lonely bird [sitting] on a housetop [SIM].
Mele ŋu le aba dzi, eye mele abe xevi si tsi akogo le xɔ tame ene.
8 All during the day my enemies insult me; those who make fun of me mention my name [and say, “May you be like him”] when they curse people.
Nye futɔwo le alɔme ɖem le ŋunye ŋkeke blibo la, eye ame siwo tso ɖe ŋunye la tsɔ nye ŋkɔ wɔ ɖiŋudonui.
9 Because you are very angry [DOU] with me, now [I sit in] ashes [while I am suffering greatly]; and those ashes [fall on] the bread/food that I eat, and what I drink has my tears mixed with it. [It is as though] you have picked me up and thrown me away!
Elabena meɖu dzowɔ abe nuɖuɖu ene, eye metsɔ aɖatsi tɔtɔ nye nunonoe,
le wò dziku helĩhelĩ la ta elabena èdom ɖe dzi, eye nètsɔm ƒu gbe ɖe adzɔge.
11 My time to remain alive is like an evening shadow [that will soon be gone] [SIM]. I am withering like grass withers [in the hot sun].
Nye ŋkekewo le abe fiẽ ƒe vɔvɔli ene, eye meyrɔ abe gbe ene.
12 But Yahweh, you are our king who rules [MTY] forever; people who are not yet born will remember you.
O! Yehowa, wò la èle fia ɖum tegbetegbe, eye wò ŋkɔxɔxɔ li tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
13 You will arise and be merciful to [the people of] [MTY] Jerusalem; it is now time for you to do that; this is the time for you to be kind to them.
Ke wò la àtso, akpɔ nublanui na Zion, elabena ɣeyiɣi de be nàve enu, ɛ̃, ɣeyiɣi ɖoɖi la de.
14 Even though (the city has been destroyed/our enemies have destroyed our city), we who serve you still love the stones that [were formerly] in the city walls; because now there is rubble everywhere, we, your people, are very sad when we see it.
Elabena eƒe kpewo xɔ asi le wò dɔlawo gbɔ, eye eƒe ʋuʋudedi gɔ̃ hã ʋãa nublanuikpɔkpɔ le wo me.
15 Yahweh, [some day the people of other] nations will revere you [MTY]; all the kings on earth will see that you are very glorious/great.
Dukɔwo avɔ̃ Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ, eye anyigbadzifiawo katã ade bubu wò ŋutikɔkɔe ŋu.
16 You will rebuild Jerusalem, and you will appear there with your glory/brightness.
Elabena Yehowa agbugbɔ Zion atso, eye wòado le eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe me.
17 You will listen to the prayers of your people who are homeless, and you will (not ignore them/do what they request) [LIT] when they plead with you to help them.
Aɖo hiãtɔwo ƒe gbedodoɖa ŋu, eye mado vlo woƒe kokoƒoƒo o.
18 Yahweh, [I want to] write these words in order that people in future years [will know what] you have done, in order that people who are not born yet will praise you.
Miŋlɔ esia ɖi hena dzidzime siwo ava dzɔ, ale be ame siwo womedzi haɖe o la nakafu Yehowa be:
19 They will know that you looked down from your holy/sacred place in heaven [DOU] and saw [what was happening on] the earth.
“Yehowa kpɔ nu tso eƒe kɔkɔeƒe la, eye wòkpɔ anyigba tso dziƒo,
20 They will know that you hear prisoners groaning and that you will set free those who have been told, “You will be executed.”
be wòase gamenɔlawo ƒe ŋeŋe, eye wòaɖe ga ame siwo wotso kufia na.”
21 As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you [DOU] for what you [have done]
Ale woaɖe gbeƒã Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ le Zion kple eƒe kafukafu le Yerusalem,
22 when many people [from other people-groups] and [those who are citizens of other] kingdoms gather to worship you.
ne dukɔwo kple fiaɖuƒewo ƒo ƒu be woasubɔ Yehowa.
23 [But now] you have caused me to become weak while I am still young; [I think that] I will (not live much longer/ very long/soon die).
Eŋe nye ŋusẽ le nye agbemɔ dzi, eye wòɖe nye ŋkekewo dzi kpɔtɔ,
24 I say to you, “My God, do not cause me to die now, before I become old! You live forever!
eya ta megblɔ be, “O! Nye Mawu, mègakplɔm dzoe le nye ŋkekewo ƒe titina o, wò ame si ƒe ƒewo li tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
25 You created the world long ago, and you made (the heavens/everything in the sky) with your own hands.
Le gɔmedzedzea me la, èɖo anyigba ƒe agunu anyi, eye dziƒowo nye wò asinudɔwɔwɔ.
26 The earth and the heavens/sky will disappear, but you will remain. They will wear out like clothes wear out. You will get rid of them like [people get rid of] old clothes, and they will no longer exist,
Woatsrɔ̃, ke wò ya ànɔ anyi ɖaa; woanyunyɔ abe avɔ ene, eye àɖɔli wo abe avɔ ene ahatsɔ wo aƒu gbe.
27 but you are [not like the things that you created], [because you are] always the same; you never die.
Ke wò la, ègale ale si nènɔ, eye wò ƒewo mawu enu akpɔ o.
28 [Some day] our children will live safely [in Jerusalem], and their descendants will be protected in your presence.”
Wò dɔlawo ƒe viwo anɔ ŋkuwò me, eye woaɖo woƒe dzidzimeviwo anyi le ŋkuwò me.”
