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 the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued 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 the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
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.
my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: [he is] my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; you shall save me from the unjust man.
4 “Meyɔ Yehowa, ame si dze na kafukafu, eɖem tso nye futɔwo katã ƒe asi me.
I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
5 Ku ƒe ƒutsotsoewo ƒo xlãm, vɔ̃ ƒe tɔɖɔɖɔwo gbã ɖe dzinye.
For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented 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.
When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come into his ears.
8 Tete anyigba dzo nyanyanya eye wòʋuʋu; dziƒo ƒe agunuwo ke hã ʋuʋu heyeheye eye wodzo kpekpekpe elabena dzi kui.
And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was angry with them.
9 Dzudzɔ do tso eƒe ŋɔtime; dzo ƒe aɖewo do tso eƒe nu me eye dzoka xɔxɔwo kplɔe ɖo.
There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
10 Ema dziŋgɔli ɖe eve, wòto eme ɖi va anyi eye lilikpo do blukɔ le eƒe afɔ te.
And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
11 Ede Kerubiwo dzi eye wòdzo dzo. Eɖo asagba ɖe ya ƒe aʋalawo dzi.
And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and 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 his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.
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.
The Lord thundered out of 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 forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed 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.
And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.
17 “Edo asi ɖa tso dziƒo lém, heɖem tso tɔ goglowo me;
He sent from above and 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 enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
19 Woƒo ɖe dzinye le nye dzɔgbevɔ̃egbe gake Yehowa nye nye kpeɖeŋutɔ.
The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
20 Eɖem tsɔ da ɖe teƒe gbadza; eɖem elabena nye nu nyo eŋu.
And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued 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.
And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
22 Melé Yehowa ƒe mɔwo me ɖe asi. Nyemewɔ vɔ̃ hetrɔ le nye Mawu yome o;
Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
23 Eƒe sewo katã le ŋkunye me; eye nyemetrɔ le eƒe ɖoɖowo yome o.
For all his judgements and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
24 Nyemeɖi fɔ le eŋkume o eye mete ɖokuinye ɖa tso nu vɔ̃ gbɔ.
And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
25 Eya ta Yehowa wɔ nyui nam le nye dzɔdzɔenyenye kple esi nye asi me dza le eŋkume la ta.
And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
26 “Èwɔa nuteƒe na nuteƒewɔla eye nèfiaa ɖokuiwò fɔmaɖilae na ame si ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o.
With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,
27 Ame si dza le eƒe dzi me la, èɖea ɖokuiwò fianɛ be èdza eye nèfiaa ɖokuiwò ayetɔe ɖe ayetɔ la ŋu.
and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.
28 Èɖea ame siwo bɔbɔa wo ɖokui ke wò ŋku le dadalawo ŋu, be nabɔbɔ wo ɖe anyi.
And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty.
29 Wò, Yehowa, wòe nye nye akaɖi! Ènana nye viviti trɔna zua kekeli.
For you, Lord, [are] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in 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 you shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall 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 the Mighty One, his way [is] blameless: the word of the Lord [is] strong [and] tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.
32 Elabena ame kae ganye Mawu kpe ɖe Yehowa ŋu? Ame kae ganye Agakpe? Ɖe menye míaƒe Mawu la koe oa?
Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
33 Mawue nye nye mɔ sesẽ, eyae na nye mɔ zu gbadzaa.
[It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
34 Ewɔ nye afɔwo abe zi tɔwo ene eye wòna metea ŋu tsia tsitre ɖe teƒe kɔkɔwo.
He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
35 Efia aʋawɔwɔ nye asiwo eye nye asiwo ate ŋu abɔ dati si wowɔ kple akɔbli.
He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
36 Ètsɔ wò dziɖuɖu ƒe akpoxɔnu la nam. Ebɔbɔ ɖokuiwò be nàdo kɔkɔm.
And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
37 Èkeke mɔ le tenye, be nye klowo magli le tenye o.
so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
38 “Meti nye futɔwo yome eye metsrɔ̃ wo; nyemetrɔ le wo yome o, va se ɖe esime wotsrɔ̃.
I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
39 Metsrɔ̃ wo gudugudu eye ɖeke magate ŋu afɔ o. Wodze anyi ɖe nye afɔ nu
And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
40 elabena wòe na ŋusẽm hena aʋa la wɔwɔ, èna mebɔbɔ ame siwo katã tso ɖe ŋunye la ɖe anyi.
And you shall strengthen me with power for the war; you shall cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
41 Èna nye futɔwo trɔ megbe dem helé du tsɔ eye metsrɔ̃ nye futɔwo.
And you have caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them.
42 Wodo ɣli be Yehowa naxɔ na yewo gake ame aɖeke mexɔ na wo o elabena Yehowa metɔ na wo o.
They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
43 Metu wo, wozu abe ke ene. Megbã wo, wokaka abe ʋuʋudedi si le ablɔwo dzi ene.
And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
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.
And you shall deliver me from the striving of the peoples, you shall keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.
45 Ne wose ŋkɔnye ko la, woɖoa tom eye du bubu me tɔwo gɔ̃ hã dzona nyanyanya le nye ŋkume.
The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard.
46 Dzi ɖena le wo katã ƒo eye wotsɔa dzodzo nyanyanya hedoa goe le woƒe mɔ sesẽwo me.
The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
47 “Yehowa li tegbee! Woakafu nye Agakpe la! Woado Mawu, nye Xɔla la ɖe dzi bobobo!
The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
48 Eyae nye Mawu, ame si bia hlɔ̃ nam. Etsɔ dukɔwo de nye afɔ te.
The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
49 Èɖeam tso nye futɔwo ƒe asi me, ɛ̃, èkɔm gbɔ nye futɔwo ta eye nèɖem tso ŋutasẽlawo ƒe asi me,
and bringing me out from my enemies: and you shall set me on high from amongst those that rise up against me: you shall 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 will I confess to you, O Lord, amongst the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
51 “Ena dziɖuɖu geɖe eƒe fia la, eye wòvea eƒe amesiamina David kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo nu tegbee.”
He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
