Psalmowo 109
1 David ƒe ha na hɛnɔ la. O! Mawu, wò ame si mekafu, mègazi ɖoɖoe o,
God, you are the one whom I praise, [So please] answer [my prayer],
2 elabena ame vɔ̃ɖiwo kple alakpatɔwo, ke woƒe nuwo ɖe ŋutinye, eye wogblɔ nya ɖe ŋunye kple alakpaɖewo.
because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
3 Wotsɔ fulényawo ƒo xlãm; wotso ɖe ŋunye nanekemawɔmawɔe.
They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason.
4 Wotsɔ fɔbubu nam ɖe nye lɔlɔ̃ teƒe, ke nye la, ame si doa gbe ɖa vevie lae menye.
I show them that I want to be their friends and I pray for them, but [instead of being kind to me], they say that I have done evil things.
5 Wotsɔ vɔ̃ ɖo nyui teƒe nam, eye wotsɔ fuléle ɖo nye lɔlɔ̃ teƒe.
In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.
6 Tia ame vɔ̃ɖi aɖe wòatso ɖe eŋu; eye na amenutsola natsi tsitre ɖe eƒe nuɖusime.
They said, “Appoint a wicked [judge] who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.
7 Ne wodrɔ̃ ʋɔnui la, woneɖe agɔdzedze nɛ, eye eƒe gbedodoɖawo nebu fɔe.
And cause that when the trial [ends], [the judge will] declare that he is guilty, and that [even] his prayer will be considered to be a sin.
8 Eƒe ŋkekewo nenɔ ʋɛ eye ame bubu naxɔ eƒe amekplɔdɔ awɔ.
[Then], cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions).
9 Viawo nezu tsyɔ̃eviwo, eye srɔ̃a nezu ahosi.
Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow.
10 Viawo nenɔ tsaglãla tsam, anɔ nu biam; wonenya wo do goe le woƒe aƒe gbagbãwo me.
Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food.
11 Fetɔ aɖe nexɔ eƒe nunɔmesiwo katã, eye amedzrowo neha nu siwo wòwɔ dɔ kpɔ.
Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property; Cause that strangers will take away everything that he worked to acquire.
12 Ame aɖeke megave enu loo, alo akpɔ nublanui na eƒe tsyɔ̃eviwo o.
Cause that [while he is still living] no one will be kind to him, and [after he dies], cause that no one will pity his children.
13 Eƒe dzidzimeviwo netsrɔ̃, eye woaɖe woƒe ŋkɔwo ɖa le dzidzime si gbɔna la me.
Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he [MTY] was.
14 Woneɖo ŋku fofoawo ƒe vodadawo dzi le Yehowa ŋkume, eye womegatutu dadaa ƒe nu vɔ̃ ɖa akpɔ gbeɖe o.
Yahweh, remember [and do not forgive] his ancestors for the evil things that they did, and do not [even] forgive the sins that his mother committed;
15 Woƒe nu vɔ̃wo nenɔ Yehowa ŋkume ɖaa, ale be wòaɖe woƒe ŋkɔ ɖa le anyigba dzi,
think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
16 elabena mebu dɔmenyowɔwɔ ŋuti kpɔ o, ke boŋ eƒo hiãtɔ, ame dahe kple ame si ƒe dzi gbã la ƒu anyi woku.
He never was kind to anyone; he (persecuted/cause problems for) poor and needy [people] and even killed helpless [people].
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.
He liked to curse [people]. [So] cause those terrible things that he requested to happen to others to happen to him! He did not want to bless [others], [so] cause that no one will bless him!
18 Etsɔ ɖiŋudodo do abe awu ene, wòge ɖe eƒe lãme abe tsi ene, eye wòɖo eƒe ƒuwo me abe ami ene,
He cursed other people [as often/easily] as he put on his clothes [SIM]; cause that the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others will [happen to him and] enter his body like water [that he drinks] [SIM], like [olive] oil soaks into a person’s bones [when it is rubbed on his skin] [SIM].
19 eya ta netae abe avɔ ene, eye nebla ali dzi nɛ abe alidziblaka ene tegbetegbe.
Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.”
20 Esia nenye fe si Yehowa axe na nunyetsolawo kple ame siwo gblɔa nya vɔ̃ ɖe ŋutinye.
Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about 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 Yahweh, my God, do good things for me in order that I may honor you; rescue me [from my enemies] because your faithfully loving me is good.
22 elabena hiãtɔ kple ame dahe menye, eye nye dzi xɔ abi le menye.
[I ask you to do this] because I am poor and needy and my inner being is (full of pain/very troubled/discouraged).
23 Nunye yi abe vɔvɔli le fiẽ me ene eye woʋuʋum abe ʋetsuvi ene.
[I think that] my time [to remain alive] is short, like an evening shadow [that will soon disappear] [SIM]. I will be blown away like a locust/grasshopper is blown [by the wind].
24 Le nutsitsidɔ ta la, nye klowo zu belie, eye meɖi ku glaglaglã.
My knees are weak because I have (fasted/abstained from eating food) very often, and my body has become very thin.
25 Mezu alɔmeɖenu na nunyetsolawo, eye woʋuʋua ta ne wokpɔm.
The people who accuse me make fun of me; when they see me, they [insult me by] shaking their heads [at me as though I were an evil man].
26 O! Yehowa, nye Mawu, kpe ɖe ŋunye, ɖem le wò lɔlɔ̃ la ta.
Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love [me], rescue me!
27 O! Yehowa, wonenya be to wò asi dzie nèwɔ esia.
[When you save me], cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has 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 may curse me, but I ask that you bless me. Cause those who (persecute/cause problems for) me [to be defeated and as a result] to be disgraced/ashamed, and cause me to be glad/happy!
29 Nunyetsolawo ado vlododo abe awu ene, eye wòata ŋukpe abe avɔ ene.
Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; cause [other people to see] that they are disgraced, as [easily as they see] the clothes that they wear [SIM]!
30 Matsɔ nye nu ado Yehowa ɖe dzi, eye le ameha gã la dome, makafui,
But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him [when I am] among the crowd [of people who are worshiping him].
31 elabena etsi tsitre ɖe hiãtɔ la ƒe nuɖusime, be yeaɖe eƒe agbe tso ame siwo bu fɔ̃e la ƒe asi me.
[I will do that] because he defends [MTY] needy [people like me], and saves us from those who have decided/declared that we must be executed.
