Psalms 78
1 A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
Asaf ƒe nufiameha. O! Nye dukɔ, mise nye nufiame, eye miɖo to nye numenyawo.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
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 known, and our fathers have told us.
Nu siwo míese, eye míenya, nu siwo mía fofowo tsɔ tu xoe na mí.
4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that 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 For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
Ewɔ ɖoɖowo na Yakob, eye wòɖo se anyi ɖe Israel, se siwo ŋu wòde se na mía fofowo be woafia wo viwo,
6 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
ale be dzidzime megbetɔwo hã nanya wo, eye vi siwo womedzi haɖe o hã nanya wo, ne woawo hã nafia wo viwo.
7 that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
Ekema woatsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ ada ɖe Mawu dzi, eye womaŋlɔ eƒe nuwɔwɔwo be o, ke boŋ woalé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi.
8 and might not be as their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
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 children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Togbɔ be aŋutrɔwo le Efraimtɔwo si hã la, wotrɔ megbe si dzo le aʋakpegbe.
10 They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk by his Torah.
Womelé Mawu ƒe nubabla me ɖe asi o, eye wogbe be yewomanɔ agbe ɖe eƒe se la nu o.
11 They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
Woŋlɔ nu si wòwɔ la be, esiwo nye nukunu siwo wòɖe fia wo.
12 He did marvellous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Ewɔ nukunu le wo fofowo ŋkume le Egiptenyigba dzi, le Zoan nuto me.
13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
Ema atsiaƒu, hekplɔ wo to emee, eye wòna tsi la tɔ dzɔ kã abe glikpɔ ene.
14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
Etsɔ lilikpo kplɔ woe le ŋkeke me, eye wòtsɔ dzo keklẽ kplɔ woe le zã me.
15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
Efe agakpe me le gbegbe, eye wòna tsi wo wòsɔ gbɔ abe atsiaƒumetsiwo ene.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Ena tsi do tso agakpe me eye tsi la si bababa abe tɔsisiwo ene.
17 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
Ke woyi edzi gawɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu, eye wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu le gbedzi.
18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
Wotsɔ woƒe lɔlɔ̃nu te Mawu kpɔ, esi wobia nuɖuɖu si le wo dzrom vevie.
19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Woƒo nu tsi tsitre ɖe Mawu ŋu be, “Ɖe Mawu ate ŋu aɖo kplɔ̃ na mí le gbedzia?
20 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”
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 the LORD heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against 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 because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation [yeshuat].
elabena womexɔ Mawu dzi se, alo ka ɖe eƒe xɔname dzi o.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
Ke hã la, eɖe gbe na lilikpowo le dzi, eye wòʋu dziƒo ƒe ʋɔtruwo,
24 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
ena mana dza tso dziƒo na dukɔ la be woaɖu, eye wòna bli wo tso dziƒo.
25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
Amegbetɔ ɖu mawudɔlawo ƒe nuɖuɖu, eye wòɖo nuɖuɖu si sinu wohiã la ɖe wo.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
Etu ka ɣedzeƒeya tso dziƒo, eye wòkplɔ dzigbeya kple eƒe ŋusẽ.
27 He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
Ena lã dza ɖe wo dzi abe ʋuʋudedi ene, eye xe dzodzoewo abe ƒutake ene.
28 He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.
Ena woge dze woƒe asaɖa me, eye woƒo xlã woƒe agbadɔwo.
29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
Ale woɖui ʋuu heɖi ƒo taŋ, elabena ewɔ nu si dzrom wole la dzi na wo.
30 They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
Ke hafi nuɖuɖu si wodzro la navɔ, eye esi wògale nu me na wo ko la,
31 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoe bi ɖe wo ŋu; ewu ame sesẽwo le wo dome, eye wòlã Israel ɖekakpuiwo ƒu anyi.
32 For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
To nu siawo katã gbɔ hã la, wogayi nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi, eye togbɔ be ewɔ nukunuwo hã la, womexɔe se o.
33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
Ale wòna woƒe ŋkekewo wu nu nanekemakpɔkpɔe, eye woƒe ƒewo wu nu le ŋɔdzi me.
34 When he killed them, then they enquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
Ɣe sia ɣi si ke Mawu wu wo ko la, wodinɛ, eye wogatrɔna ɖe eŋu kple vevidodo.
35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
Woɖoa ŋku edzi be Mawue nye woƒe Agakpe, eye Mawu Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae nye woƒe Ɖela.
36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
Ke emegbe la, wotsɔa woƒe nu flunɛ, eye wotsɔa woƒe aɖe daa alakpa nɛ.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Woƒe dziwo meku ɖe eŋu vavã o, eye womewɔ eƒe nubabla dzi le nyateƒe me o.
38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.
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 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
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, and grieved him in the desert!
Zi nenie womedze aglã ɖe eŋu le gbedzi, eye womedo vevesese nɛ le kuɖiɖinyigba dzi o!
41 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Enuenu wotea Mawu kpɔna, eye wodoa dziku na Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la.
42 They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
Womeɖo ŋku eƒe ŋusẽ dzi, gbe si gbe wòɖe wo tso ŋutasẽla ƒe asi me,
43 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
gbe si gbe wòɖe eƒe nukudzesiwo fia le Egipte kple eƒe nukudɔwo fia le Zoan nuto me o.
44 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
Etrɔ woƒe tɔsisiwo wozu ʋu, eye womete ŋu no woƒe tɔʋumetsi o.
45 He sent amongst them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Eɖo togbato ƒe ha gã aɖe ɖe wo dome, woɖu wo kple akpɔkplɔwo wogblẽ woƒe nuwo.
46 He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labour to the locust.
Etsɔ woƒe nukuwo na ʋetrawo kple woƒe kutsetsewo na ʋetsuviwo.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
Egblẽ woƒe waingblewo kple kpetsi, eye woƒe gbotiwo kple tsidzadza sesẽ.
48 He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Etsɔ woƒe nyihawo na kpetsi, eye wòtsɔ woƒe lãhawo na dzikedzo.
49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
Eɖo eƒe dɔmedzoe nyanyra, dziku helĩhelĩ, xaxa kple fuwɔame, siwo nye mawudɔla siwo gblẽa nu la ɖe wo.
50 He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
Eɖe mɔ ɖi na eƒe dɔmedzoe; meɖe woƒe agbe tso ku me o, ke boŋ etsɔ wo de asi na dɔvɔ̃.
51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Ewu Egiptetɔwo ƒe ŋgɔgbevi siwo nye woƒe ŋutsunyenye ƒe kutsetse gbãtɔwo le Ham gbadɔwo te.
52 But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Gake ekplɔ eƒe dukɔ la abe lãhawo ene, eye wòkplɔ wo abe alẽwo ene to gbedzi.
53 He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Ekplɔ wo le dedinɔnɔ me, ale be womevɔ̃ o, gake ƒu la tsyɔ woƒe futɔwo dzi.
54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
Ale wòkplɔ wo va eƒe anyigba kɔkɔe la ƒe liƒo dzi, va tonyigba si eƒe nuɖusi xɔ la gbɔ.
55 He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
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 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,
Ke wote Mawu kpɔ, wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu, eye womelé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi o.
57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
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 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
Wotsɔ woƒe nuxeƒewo do dɔmedzoe nɛ, eye woƒe legbawo na ŋuʋaʋã tso le eya amea me.
59 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
Esi Mawu se wo ŋkɔ la, dzi kui vevie ŋutɔ, eye wògbe Israel keŋkeŋ.
60 so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed amongst men,
Ale wògblẽ agbadɔ si le Silo la ɖi, agbadɔ si wòtu ɖe amegbetɔwo dome.
61 and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
Eɖo nubablaɖaka si nye eƒe ŋusẽ la ɖe aboyome, eye wòtsɔ eƒe atsyɔ̃nu de asi na futɔ la.
62 He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
Etsɔ eƒe dukɔ de asi na yi, eye wòdo dɔmedzoe vevie ɖe eƒe domenyinu la ŋu.
63 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
Ena dzo fia eƒe ɖekakpuiwo, eye womedzi srɔ̃ɖeha na eƒe ɖetugbiwo o.
64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
Wotsɔ woƒe nunɔlawo de asi na yi, eye avi bu ɖe woƒe ahosiwo.
65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
Tete Aƒetɔ la nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me abe ale si aha kɔna le mo na ame si no wain mu la ene.
66 He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
Enya eƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye wòdo ŋukpe mavɔ wo.
67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
Emegbe la, wògbe nu le Yosef ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ, eye metia Efraim ƒe to la o.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
Ke boŋ etia Yuda ƒe to la, esi nye Zion to si wòlɔ̃na vevie.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
Etu eƒe kɔkɔeƒe la abe kɔkɔƒe ene, eye abe anyigba si wòli kee tegbetegbe ene.
70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
Etia David dɔla, eye wòɖee le alẽkpo me;
71 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
tso alẽkplɔdɔ me, eye wòkplɔe vɛ be wòakplɔ eƒe dukɔ, Yakob kple eƒe domenyinu, Israel.
72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
David kpɔ wo dzi le dzi dzɔdzɔe me, eye wòkplɔ wo le aɖaŋu me.
