Samuel 2 22
1 David dzi ha sia na Yehowa le esime wòɖee tso Saul kple eƒe futɔ bubuawo ƒe asi me.
And David spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 Egblɔ be: “Yehowae nye nye agakpe, nye mɔ kple nye xɔnametɔ.
And he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine.
3 Nye Mawu nye nye agakpe, eyae mesi tso, nye akpoxɔnu kple ɖeɖe ƒe ŋusẽ. Nye mɔ sesẽ, nye sitsoƒe kple nye ɖela èɖem le nye futɔwo katã ƒe asi me.
God, my rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou save me from violence.
4 “Meyɔ Yehowa, ame si dze na kafukafu, eɖem tso nye futɔwo katã ƒe asi me.
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised. So I shall be saved from my enemies.
5 Ku ƒe ƒutsotsoewo ƒo xlãm, vɔ̃ ƒe tɔɖɔɖɔwo gbã ɖe dzinye.
For the waves of death encompassed me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
The cords of Sheol were round about me. The snares of death came upon me. (Sheol h7585)
7 “Ke meyɔ Yehowa le nye xaxa me, medo ɣli na nye Mawu be wòaɖem. Ese nye gbe tso eƒe gbedoxɔ me ke eye nye ɣlidodo ɖo egbɔ, ge ɖe eƒe to me.
In my distress I called upon Jehovah. Yea, I called to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came into his ears.
8 Tete anyigba dzo nyanyanya eye wòʋuʋu; dziƒo ƒe agunuwo ke hã ʋuʋu heyeheye eye wodzo kpekpekpe elabena dzi kui.
Then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
9 Dzudzɔ do tso eƒe ŋɔtime; dzo ƒe aɖewo do tso eƒe nu me eye dzoka xɔxɔwo kplɔe ɖo.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
10 Ema dziŋgɔli ɖe eve, wòto eme ɖi va anyi eye lilikpo do blukɔ le eƒe afɔ te.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
11 Ede Kerubiwo dzi eye wòdzo dzo. Eɖo asagba ɖe ya ƒe aʋalawo dzi.
And he rode upon a cherub, and flew. Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 Ewɔ viviti nɔ eme abe agbadɔ ene eye lilikpo yibɔ si dzaa tsi lae ƒo xlãe
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13 dzoka xɔxɔwo do tso eƒe keklẽ me le eŋgɔ.
At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
14 Yehowa ɖe gbe tso dziƒo; eye Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la na wose eƒe gbe.
Jehovah thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 Eda eƒe aŋutrɔ eye wòkaka eƒe futɔwo, eɖo dzikedzo ɖa eye wòtɔtɔ wo.
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them, lightning, and discomfited them.
16 Atsiaƒu ƒe balimewo dze gaglãa eye anyigba ƒe gɔmeɖoɖo tsi ƒuƒlu le Yehowa ƒe nyaheɖeameŋu kple gbɔgbɔ si do tso eƒe ŋɔtime ta.
Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 “Edo asi ɖa tso dziƒo lém, heɖem tso tɔ goglowo me;
He sent from on high, he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
18 tso nye futɔ ŋusẽtɔwo ƒe asi me, tso nye ketɔwo ƒe asi me, ame siwo sẽ wum akpa la ƒe asi me.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 Woƒo ɖe dzinye le nye dzɔgbevɔ̃egbe gake Yehowa nye nye kpeɖeŋutɔ.
They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my support.
20 Eɖem tsɔ da ɖe teƒe gbadza; eɖem elabena nye nu nyo eŋu.
He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21 “Yehowa nɔ kplim le nye dzɔdzɔenyenye nu eye wòwɔ nyui nam le esi nye asi me dza ta.
Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
22 Melé Yehowa ƒe mɔwo me ɖe asi. Nyemewɔ vɔ̃ hetrɔ le nye Mawu yome o;
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 Eƒe sewo katã le ŋkunye me; eye nyemetrɔ le eƒe ɖoɖowo yome o.
For all his ordinances were before me. And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 Nyemeɖi fɔ le eŋkume o eye mete ɖokuinye ɖa tso nu vɔ̃ gbɔ.
I was also perfect toward him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Eya ta Yehowa wɔ nyui nam le nye dzɔdzɔenyenye kple esi nye asi me dza le eŋkume la ta.
Therefore Jehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his eyesight.
26 “Èwɔa nuteƒe na nuteƒewɔla eye nèfiaa ɖokuiwò fɔmaɖilae na ame si ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o.
With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect.
27 Ame si dza le eƒe dzi me la, èɖea ɖokuiwò fianɛ be èdza eye nèfiaa ɖokuiwò ayetɔe ɖe ayetɔ la ŋu.
With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary.
28 Èɖea ame siwo bɔbɔa wo ɖokui ke wò ŋku le dadalawo ŋu, be nabɔbɔ wo ɖe anyi.
And the afflicted people thou will save, but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou may bring them down.
29 Wò, Yehowa, wòe nye nye akaɖi! Ènana nye viviti trɔna zua kekeli.
For thou are my lamp, O Jehovah. And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.
30 Mate ŋu alũ ɖe aʋakɔ dzi to wò kpekpeɖeŋu me eye le nye Mawu ta mate ŋu ati kpo aflɔ gli.
For by thee I run upon a troop. By my God do I leap over a wall.
31 “Mawu ya ƒe mɔwo de blibo, Yehowa ƒe nya nye nyateƒe sɔŋ. Enye akpoxɔnu na ame siwo tsɔe wɔ sitsoƒee.
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Jehovah is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
32 Elabena ame kae ganye Mawu kpe ɖe Yehowa ŋu? Ame kae ganye Agakpe? Ɖe menye míaƒe Mawu la koe oa?
For who is God, except Jehovah? And who is a rock, except our God?
33 Mawue nye nye mɔ sesẽ, eyae na nye mɔ zu gbadzaa.
God is my strong fortress, and he guides the perfect in his way.
34 Ewɔ nye afɔwo abe zi tɔwo ene eye wòna metea ŋu tsia tsitre ɖe teƒe kɔkɔwo.
He makes his feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places.
35 Efia aʋawɔwɔ nye asiwo eye nye asiwo ate ŋu abɔ dati si wowɔ kple akɔbli.
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
36 Ètsɔ wò dziɖuɖu ƒe akpoxɔnu la nam. Ebɔbɔ ɖokuiwò be nàdo kɔkɔm.
Thou have also given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy gentleness has made me great.
37 Èkeke mɔ le tenye, be nye klowo magli le tenye o.
Thou have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
38 “Meti nye futɔwo yome eye metsrɔ̃ wo; nyemetrɔ le wo yome o, va se ɖe esime wotsrɔ̃.
I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them, neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
39 Metsrɔ̃ wo gudugudu eye ɖeke magate ŋu afɔ o. Wodze anyi ɖe nye afɔ nu
And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise. Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40 elabena wòe na ŋusẽm hena aʋa la wɔwɔ, èna mebɔbɔ ame siwo katã tso ɖe ŋunye la ɖe anyi.
For thou have girded me with strength to the battle. Thou have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41 Èna nye futɔwo trɔ megbe dem helé du tsɔ eye metsrɔ̃ nye futɔwo.
Thou have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
42 Wodo ɣli be Yehowa naxɔ na yewo gake ame aɖeke mexɔ na wo o elabena Yehowa metɔ na wo o.
They looked, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but he did not answer them.
43 Metu wo, wozu abe ke ene. Megbã wo, wokaka abe ʋuʋudedi si le ablɔwo dzi ene.
Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
44 “Èɖem tso ame siwo va dze dzinye la si me, èkpɔ tanye abe dukɔwo ƒe fia ene; eye ame siwo nyemenya o la dzie meɖu fia ɖo.
Thou have also delivered me from the strivings of my people. Thou have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
45 Ne wose ŋkɔnye ko la, woɖoa tom eye du bubu me tɔwo gɔ̃ hã dzona nyanyanya le nye ŋkume.
The foreigners shall submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
46 Dzi ɖena le wo katã ƒo eye wotsɔa dzodzo nyanyanya hedoa goe le woƒe mɔ sesẽwo me.
The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their hiding places.
47 “Yehowa li tegbee! Woakafu nye Agakpe la! Woado Mawu, nye Xɔla la ɖe dzi bobobo!
Jehovah lives. And blessed be my rock. And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48 Eyae nye Mawu, ame si bia hlɔ̃ nam. Etsɔ dukɔwo de nye afɔ te.
Even the God who executes vengeance for me, and who brings down peoples under me,
49 Èɖeam tso nye futɔwo ƒe asi me, ɛ̃, èkɔm gbɔ nye futɔwo ta eye nèɖem tso ŋutasẽlawo ƒe asi me,
and who brings me forth from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.
50 eya ta ele be makafu wò, Oo Yehowa, le dukɔwo katã dome eye madzi kafukafuha na wò ŋkɔ.
Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O Jehovah, among gentiles, and will sing praises to thy name.
51 “Ena dziɖuɖu geɖe eƒe fia la, eye wòvea eƒe amesiamina David kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo nu tegbee.”
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
