Psalmowo 109

1 David ƒe ha na hɛnɔ la. O! Mawu, wò ame si mekafu, mègazi ɖoɖoe o,

To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, be not silent:

2 elabena ame vɔ̃ɖiwo kple alakpatɔwo, ke woƒe nuwo ɖe ŋutinye, eye wogblɔ nya ɖe ŋunye kple alakpaɖewo.

For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

3 Wotsɔ fulényawo ƒo xlãm; wotso ɖe ŋunye nanekemawɔmawɔe.

And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

4 Wotsɔ fɔbubu nam ɖe nye lɔlɔ̃ teƒe, ke nye la, ame si doa gbe ɖa vevie lae menye.

For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.

5 Wotsɔ vɔ̃ ɖo nyui teƒe nam, eye wotsɔ fuléle ɖo nye lɔlɔ̃ teƒe.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Tia ame vɔ̃ɖi aɖe wòatso ɖe eŋu; eye na amenutsola natsi tsitre ɖe eƒe nuɖusime.

Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;

7 Ne wodrɔ̃ ʋɔnui la, woneɖe agɔdzedze nɛ, eye eƒe gbedodoɖawo nebu fɔe.

When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

8 Eƒe ŋkekewo nenɔ ʋɛ eye ame bubu naxɔ eƒe amekplɔdɔ awɔ.

Let his days be few, let another take his office;

9 Viawo nezu tsyɔ̃eviwo, eye srɔ̃a nezu ahosi.

Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;

10 Viawo nenɔ tsaglãla tsam, anɔ nu biam; wonenya wo do goe le woƒe aƒe gbagbãwo me.

Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek [their bread] far from their desolate places;

11 Fetɔ aɖe nexɔ eƒe nunɔmesiwo katã, eye amedzrowo neha nu siwo wòwɔ dɔ kpɔ.

Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

12 Ame aɖeke megave enu loo, alo akpɔ nublanui na eƒe tsyɔ̃eviwo o.

Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

13 Eƒe dzidzimeviwo netsrɔ̃, eye woaɖe woƒe ŋkɔwo ɖa le dzidzime si gbɔna la me.

Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:

14 Woneɖo ŋku fofoawo ƒe vodadawo dzi le Yehowa ŋkume, eye womegatutu dadaa ƒe nu vɔ̃ ɖa akpɔ gbeɖe o.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;

15 Woƒe nu vɔ̃wo nenɔ Yehowa ŋkume ɖaa, ale be wòaɖe woƒe ŋkɔ ɖa le anyigba dzi,

Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:

16 elabena mebu dɔmenyowɔwɔ ŋuti kpɔ o, ke boŋ eƒo hiãtɔ, ame dahe kple ame si ƒe dzi gbã la ƒu anyi woku.

Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

17 Elɔ̃a ɖiŋudodo, eya ta ɖiŋudodo neva eya ŋutɔ ƒe ta dzi; amewo yayra medoa dzidzɔ nɛ o, eya ta yayra nete ɖa xaa tso eya ŋutɔ gbɔ.

And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

18 Etsɔ ɖiŋudodo do abe awu ene, wòge ɖe eƒe lãme abe tsi ene, eye wòɖo eƒe ƒuwo me abe ami ene,

And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;

19 eya ta netae abe avɔ ene, eye nebla ali dzi nɛ abe alidziblaka ene tegbetegbe.

Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

20 Esia nenye fe si Yehowa axe na nunyetsolawo kple ame siwo gblɔa nya vɔ̃ ɖe ŋutinye.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21 Ke wò la, o Aƒetɔ Yehowa, wɔ nyui nam le wò ŋkɔ la ta, ɖem le wò lɔlɔ̃ si wɔa nyui la ta,

But do thou for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:

22 elabena hiãtɔ kple ame dahe menye, eye nye dzi xɔ abi le menye.

For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

23 Nunye yi abe vɔvɔli le fiẽ me ene eye woʋuʋum abe ʋetsuvi ene.

I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

24 Le nutsitsidɔ ta la, nye klowo zu belie, eye meɖi ku glaglaglã.

My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

25 Mezu alɔmeɖenu na nunyetsolawo, eye woʋuʋua ta ne wokpɔm.

And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.

26 O! Yehowa, nye Mawu, kpe ɖe ŋunye, ɖem le wò lɔlɔ̃ la ta.

Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:

27 O! Yehowa, wonenya be to wò asi dzie nèwɔ esia.

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

28 Woaƒo fi ade ame, ke wò la àyra ame, ne wotso ɖe ŋunye la, ŋu akpe wo, ke wò dɔla ya atso aseye.

Let them curse, but bless thou; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

29 Nunyetsolawo ado vlododo abe awu ene, eye wòata ŋukpe abe avɔ ene.

Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

30 Matsɔ nye nu ado Yehowa ɖe dzi, eye le ameha gã la dome, makafui,

I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

31 elabena etsi tsitre ɖe hiãtɔ la ƒe nuɖusime, be yeaɖe eƒe agbe tso ame siwo bu fɔ̃e la ƒe asi me.

For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.