Psalmowo 109
1 David ƒe ha na hɛnɔ la. O! Mawu, wò ame si mekafu, mègazi ɖoɖoe o,
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” 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 mouths of the wicked and the deceitful are opened against me; They speak against me with a lying tongue.
3 Wotsɔ fulényawo ƒo xlãm; wotso ɖe ŋunye nanekemawɔmawɔe.
They assault me on every side with words of hatred; 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 my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.
5 Wotsɔ vɔ̃ ɖo nyui teƒe nam, eye wotsɔ fuléle ɖo nye lɔlɔ̃ teƒe.
They repay me evil for good, And hatred for love.
6 Tia ame vɔ̃ɖi aɖe wòatso ɖe eŋu; eye na amenutsola natsi tsitre ɖe eƒe nuɖusime.
Set thou a wicked man over him, And let an adversary stand at his right hand!
7 Ne wodrɔ̃ ʋɔnui la, woneɖe agɔdzedze nɛ, eye eƒe gbedodoɖawo nebu fɔe.
When he is judged, may he be condemned, And may his prayer be a crime!
8 Eƒe ŋkekewo nenɔ ʋɛ eye ame bubu naxɔ eƒe amekplɔdɔ awɔ.
May his days be few, And another take his office!
9 Viawo nezu tsyɔ̃eviwo, eye srɔ̃a nezu ahosi.
May his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow!
10 Viawo nenɔ tsaglãla tsam, anɔ nu biam; wonenya wo do goe le woƒe aƒe gbagbãwo me.
May his children be vagabonds and beggars, And from their ruined dwellings seek their bread!
11 Fetɔ aɖe nexɔ eƒe nunɔmesiwo katã, eye amedzrowo neha nu siwo wòwɔ dɔ kpɔ.
May a creditor seize on all that he hath, And a stranger plunder his substance!
12 Ame aɖeke megave enu loo, alo akpɔ nublanui na eƒe tsyɔ̃eviwo o.
May there be none to show him compassion, And none to pity his fatherless children!
13 Eƒe dzidzimeviwo netsrɔ̃, eye woaɖe woƒe ŋkɔwo ɖa le dzidzime si gbɔna la me.
May his posterity be cut off; In the next generation may his name be blotted out!
14 Woneɖo ŋku fofoawo ƒe vodadawo dzi le Yehowa ŋkume, eye womegatutu dadaa ƒe nu vɔ̃ ɖa akpɔ gbeɖe o.
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD, And may the sin of his mother never be blotted out!
15 Woƒe nu vɔ̃wo nenɔ Yehowa ŋkume ɖaa, ale be wòaɖe woƒe ŋkɔ ɖa le anyigba dzi,
May they be before the LORD continually; And may he cut off their memory 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 show pity, But persecuted the afflicted and the poor man, And sought the death of the broken-hearted.
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.
As he loved cursing, let it come upon him; As he delighted not in blessing, 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,
May he be clothed with cursing as with a garment; May it enter like water into his bowels, And like oil into his bones!
19 eya ta netae abe avɔ ene, eye nebla ali dzi nɛ abe alidziblaka ene tegbetegbe.
May it be to him like the robe that covereth him, Like the girdle with which he is constantly girded!
20 Esia nenye fe si Yehowa axe na nunyetsolawo kple ame siwo gblɔa nya vɔ̃ ɖe ŋutinye.
May this be the wages of mine adversaries from the LORD, And of them that speak evil against me!
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, O LORD, my God! take part with me, For thine own name's sake! Because great is thy mercy, O 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 going like a shadow; I am driven away as the locust.
24 Le nutsitsidɔ ta la, nye klowo zu belie, eye meɖi ku glaglaglã.
My knees totter from fasting, And my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 Mezu alɔmeɖenu na nunyetsolawo, eye woʋuʋua ta ne wokpɔm.
I am a reproach to my enemies; They gaze at me; they shake their heads.
26 O! Yehowa, nye Mawu, kpe ɖe ŋunye, ɖem le wò lɔlɔ̃ la ta.
Help me, O LORD, my God! O save me, according to thy mercy!
27 O! Yehowa, wonenya be to wò asi dzie nèwɔ esia.
That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, O Lord! 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 do thou bless! When they arise, let them be put to shame; But let thy servant rejoice!
29 Nunyetsolawo ado vlododo abe awu ene, eye wòata ŋukpe abe avɔ ene.
May my enemies be clothed with ignominy; May they be covered with their shame, as with a mantle!
30 Matsɔ nye nu ado Yehowa ɖe dzi, eye le ameha gã la dome, makafui,
I will earnestly praise the LORD with my lips; In the midst of the multitude I will praise him.
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 poor, To save him from those who would condemn him.
