Psalmowo 109
1 David ƒe ha na hɛnɔ la. O! Mawu, wò ame si mekafu, mègazi ɖoɖoe o,
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O God of my praise, do not be silent,
2 elabena ame vɔ̃ɖiwo kple alakpatɔwo, ke woƒe nuwo ɖe ŋutinye, eye wogblɔ nya ɖe ŋunye kple alakpaɖewo.
For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, They have opened against me, They have spoken with me—A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
3 Wotsɔ fulényawo ƒo xlãm; wotso ɖe ŋunye nanekemawɔmawɔe.
They have surrounded me about, And they fight me without cause.
4 Wotsɔ fɔbubu nam ɖe nye lɔlɔ̃ teƒe, ke nye la, ame si doa gbe ɖa vevie lae menye.
For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer!
5 Wotsɔ vɔ̃ ɖo nyui teƒe nam, eye wotsɔ fuléle ɖo nye lɔlɔ̃ teƒe.
And they set against 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.
Appoint the wicked over him, And an adversary stands at his right hand.
7 Ne wodrɔ̃ ʋɔnui la, woneɖe agɔdzedze nɛ, eye eƒe gbedodoɖawo nebu fɔe.
In his being judged, he goes forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
8 Eƒe ŋkekewo nenɔ ʋɛ eye ame bubu naxɔ eƒe amekplɔdɔ awɔ.
His days are few, another takes his oversight,
9 Viawo nezu tsyɔ̃eviwo, eye srɔ̃a nezu ahosi.
His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Viawo nenɔ tsaglãla tsam, anɔ nu biam; wonenya wo do goe le woƒe aƒe gbagbãwo me.
And his sons wander continually, Indeed, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.
11 Fetɔ aɖe nexɔ eƒe nunɔmesiwo katã, eye amedzrowo neha nu siwo wòwɔ dɔ kpɔ.
An exactor lays a snare for all that he has, And strangers spoil his labor.
12 Ame aɖeke megave enu loo, alo akpɔ nublanui na eƒe tsyɔ̃eviwo o.
He has none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favor to his orphans.
13 Eƒe dzidzimeviwo netsrɔ̃, eye woaɖe woƒe ŋkɔwo ɖa le dzidzime si gbɔna la me.
His posterity is for cutting off, Their name is blotted out in another generation.
14 Woneɖo ŋku fofoawo ƒe vodadawo dzi le Yehowa ŋkume, eye womegatutu dadaa ƒe nu vɔ̃ ɖa akpɔ gbeɖe o.
The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered to YHWH, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.
15 Woƒe nu vɔ̃wo nenɔ Yehowa ŋkume ɖaa, ale be wòaɖe woƒe ŋkɔ ɖa le anyigba dzi,
They are continually before YHWH, And He cuts off their memorial from 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 that he has not remembered to do kindness, And pursues the poor man and needy, And the struck of heart—to slay,
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 loves reviling, and it meets him, And he has not delighted in blessing, And it is 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 puts on reviling as his robe, And it comes in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.
19 eya ta netae abe avɔ ene, eye nebla ali dzi nɛ abe alidziblaka ene tegbetegbe.
It is to him as apparel—he covers himself, And he girds it on for a continual girdle.
20 Esia nenye fe si Yehowa axe na nunyetsolawo kple ame siwo gblɔa nya vɔ̃ ɖe ŋutinye.
This [is] the wage of my accusers from YHWH, And of those speaking 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,
And You, O Lord YHWH, Deal with me for Your Name’s sake, Because Your kindness [is] good, deliver me.
22 elabena hiãtɔ kple ame dahe menye, eye nye dzi xɔ abi le menye.
For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart has been pierced in my midst.
23 Nunye yi abe vɔvɔli le fiẽ me ene eye woʋuʋum abe ʋetsuvi ene.
I have gone as a shadow when it is stretched out, I have been driven away as a locust.
24 Le nutsitsidɔ ta la, nye klowo zu belie, eye meɖi ku glaglaglã.
My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh has failed of fatness.
25 Mezu alɔmeɖenu na nunyetsolawo, eye woʋuʋua ta ne wokpɔm.
And I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.
26 O! Yehowa, nye Mawu, kpe ɖe ŋunye, ɖem le wò lɔlɔ̃ la ta.
Help me, O YHWH my God, Save me, according to Your kindness.
27 O! Yehowa, wonenya be to wò asi dzie nèwɔ esia.
And they know that this [is] Your hand, You, O YHWH, You have 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.
They revile, and You bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Your servant rejoices.
29 Nunyetsolawo ado vlododo abe awu ene, eye wòata ŋukpe abe avɔ ene.
My accusers put on blushing, and are covered, Their shame [is] as an upper robe.
30 Matsɔ nye nu ado Yehowa ɖe dzi, eye le ameha gã la dome, makafui,
I thank YHWH greatly with my mouth, And I praise Him in the midst of many,
31 elabena etsi tsitre ɖe hiãtɔ la ƒe nuɖusime, be yeaɖe eƒe agbe tso ame siwo bu fɔ̃e la ƒe asi me.
For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.
