Psalms 44
1 To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.
Korah ƒe viwo ƒe nufiameha na hɛnɔ la. O! Mawu, míawo ŋutɔ míesee kple míaƒe towo, nu siwo mía fofowo gblɔ na mí tso nu siwo nèwɔ na wo le woƒe ɣeyiɣiwo me le blema.
2 Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.
Ètsɔ wò asi nya dukɔwo, eye nètsɔ mía fofowo ɖo wo teƒe. Ègbã dukɔwo gudugudu, ke èna mía fofowo ya dzi ɖe edzi.
3 For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
Anyigba mesu wo si to woawo ŋutɔ ƒe yi dzi loo, alo woawo ŋutɔ ƒe alɔe ɖu dzi na wo o, ke boŋ wò nuɖusi, wò alɔ kple wò mo ƒe kekelie xɔ na wo, elabena èlɔ̃ wo.
4 Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
Wòe nye nye Fia kple nye Mawu, wòe he dziɖuɖuwo vɛ na Yakob.
5 By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
To dziwò míetutu míaƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye to wò ŋkɔ me míenya avuzi le míaƒe futɔwo dzi.
6 For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.
Nyemeɖo ŋu ɖe nye aŋutrɔ ŋu o, eye nye yi mehe dziɖuɖu vɛ nam o,
7 For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
ke boŋ èna míeɖu míaƒe ketɔwo dzi, eye nèna ŋukpe lé míaƒe adikatɔwo.
8 In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. (Selah)
Míetsɔ Mawu ƒo adegbe ŋkeke blibo la, eye míakafu wò ŋkɔ tegbetegbe. (Sela)
9 In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.
Ke azɔ la, ègbe mí, eye nèbɔbɔ mí ɖe anyi; azɔ la, mègadona kple míaƒe aʋakɔwo o.
10 Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
Èna míegbugbɔ ɖe megbe le míaƒe futɔwo ŋgɔ, eye míaƒe ketɔwo ha mí.
11 Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
Ètsɔ mí na be woavuvu mí abe alẽwo ene, eye nèkaka mí ɖe dukɔwo dome.
12 Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
Ètsɔ wò dukɔ la dzra ho kpɔtsɔe eye mèkpɔ naneke le wo dzadzra me o.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
Ètsɔ mí wɔ vlodonu na míaƒe aƒelikawo, eye míezu alɔmeɖenu kple nu ɖikokoe na ame siwo ƒo xlã mí.
14 Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Ètsɔ mí wɔ lodonu le dukɔwo dome, eye amewo ʋuʋua ta ɖe mía ŋu ne wokpɔ mí.
15 All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.
Nye vlododo le ŋkunye me ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋukpe tsyɔa mo nam,
16 Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
ne vlodolawo, fewuɖulawo le nunye ɖiam, elabena futɔ la ɖoe kplikpaa be yeabia hlɔ̃m.
17 All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
Togbɔ be míeŋlɔ wò be, alo da alakpa le wò nubabla la me o hã la, èna nu siawo katã va mía dzi.
18 We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
Míaƒe dziwo metrɔ le yowòme o, eye míaƒe afɔwo hã metra le wò mɔ dzi o.
19 But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
Gake ègbã mí gudugudu hegble mí ɖe amegaxiwo dome, eye nètsɔ viviti tsiɖitsiɖi tsyɔ mía dzi.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,
Nenye ɖe míeŋlɔ míaƒe Mawu ŋkɔ be, alo ke míaƒe abɔwo na dzromawu aɖe la,
21 Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
ɖe Mawu manya esi wònya dzimenu ɣaɣlawo katã oa?
22 Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
Gake le tawò la, míekpɔa ku ŋkeke blibo la, eye wobua mí abe alẽ siwo wokplɔ yina wuwu ge la ene.
23 Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
Nyɔ, O Aƒetɔ! Nu ka ta nèle alɔ̃ dɔm ɖo? Fɔ! Mègagbe mí ɖikaa o.
24 Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
Nu ka ta nèɣla wò mo, eye nèŋlɔ míaƒe hiãkame kple teteɖeanyi be ɖo?
25 For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
Wohe mí ƒu ke me, eye míaƒe ŋutilã lé ɖe anyigba.
26 Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.
Tso, nàxɔ na mí, ɖe mí le wò lɔlɔ̃ si meʋãna o la ta.
