Psalmowo 18
1 David, Yehowa ƒe dɔla, ƒe ha na hɛnɔ la. David dzi ha sia na Yehowa le esime wòɖee tso Saul kple eƒe futɔ bubuawo ƒe asi me. David gblɔ be: O! Yehowa, nye ŋusẽ, melɔ̃ wò.
Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
2 Yehowa nye nye agakpe, nye mɔ kple nye xɔnametɔ. Nye Mawu nye nye agakpe, eyae mesi tso. Eyae nye nye akpoxɔnu kple ɖeɖe ƒe ŋusẽ kple nye mɔ sesẽ.
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
3 Meyɔ Yehowa, ame si dze na kafukafu, eɖem tso nye futɔwo katã ƒe asi me.
Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
4 Ku ƒe kawo blam, eye nu siwo gblẽa ame la ƒo ɖe dzinye abe tɔʋu ene.
The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me. (Sheol h7585)
6 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.
In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.
7 Tete anyigba dzo nyanyanya, eye wòʋuʋu; towo ƒe agunuwo ke hã ʋuʋu heyeheye, eye wodzo kpekpekpe, elabena dzi kui.
The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
8 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 a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
9 Ema dziŋgɔli ɖe eve, wòto eme ɖi va anyi, eye lilikpo do blukɔ le eƒe afɔ te.
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
10 Ede kerubiwo dzi, eye wòdzo dzo. Eɖo asagba ɖe ya ƒe aʋalawo dzi.
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
11 Viviti nye avɔ si wòtsyɔ, eye lilikpo yibɔ si dzaa tsi lae nye agbadɔ si ƒo xlãe.
And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
12 Lilikpo, kpetsi kple dzikedzo do tso eƒe mo ƒe keklẽ la me.
At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
13 Yehowa ɖe gbe tso dziƒo, eye Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la na wose eƒe gbe.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
14 Eda eƒe aŋutrɔ, eye wòkaka eƒe futɔwo, eɖo dzikedzo ɖa, eye wòtɔtɔ wo.
And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
15 Atsiaƒu ƒe balimewo dze gaglã, eye anyigba ƒe gɔmeɖoɖo tsi ƒuƒlu. Le Yehowa ƒe nyaheɖeameŋu kple gbɔgbɔ si do tso eƒe ŋɔtime ta.
Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
16 Edo asi ɖa tso dziƒo lém, Heɖem tso tɔ goglowo me.
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
17 Eɖem tso nye futɔ ŋusẽtɔwo ƒe asi me, tso nye ketɔwo ƒe asi me, ame siwo sesẽ wum akpa la ƒe asi me.
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 Woƒo ɖe dzinye le nye dzɔgbevɔ̃egbe, gake Yehowa nye nye kpeɖeŋutɔ.
They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
19 Eɖem tsɔ da ɖe teƒe gbadzaa; eɖem, elabena nye nu nyo eŋu.
And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
20 Yehowa nɔ kplim le nye dzɔdzɔenyenye nu, eye wòwɔ nyui nam le esi nye asi me dza la ta.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
21 Elabena melé Yehowa ƒe mɔwo me ɖe asi; nyemewɔ vɔ̃ hetrɔ le nye Mawu yome o.
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
22 Eƒe sewo katã le ŋkunye me; eye nyemetrɔ le eƒe ɖoɖowo yome o.
For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
23 Nyemeɖi fɔ le eŋkume o, eye mete ɖokuinye ɖa tso nu vɔ̃ gbɔ.
And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
24 Yehowa wɔ nyui nam le nye dzɔdzɔenyenye kple esi nye asi me dza le eŋkume la ta.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
25 Èwɔa nuteƒe na nuteƒewɔla, eye nèfiaa ɖokuiwò fɔmaɖilae na ame si ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o.
With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
26 Ame si dza le eƒe dzi me la, èɖea ɖokuiwò fianɛ be èdza, eye nèfiaa ɖokuiwò ayetɔe ɖe ayetɔ la ŋu.
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
27 Èɖea ame siwo bɔbɔa wo ɖokui, ke ame siwo si dadaŋku le la, èɖiɖia wo ɖe anyi.
For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
28 Wò, O! Yehowae na nye akaɖi le bibim, eye nye Mawu trɔ nye viviti wòzu kekeli.
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
29 Mate ŋu alũ ɖe aʋakɔ dzi to wò kpekpeɖeŋu me, eye le nye Mawu ta mate ŋu ati kpo aflɔ gli.
For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
30 Mawu ya ƒe mɔwo de blibo, Yehowa ƒe nya nye nyateƒe sɔŋ. Enye akpoxɔnu na ame siwo tsɔe wɔ sitsoƒee.
As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.
31 Elabena ame kae ganye Mawu kpe ɖe Yehowa ŋu? Ame kae ganye Agakpe, ɖe menye míaƒe Mawu la koe oa?
For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
32 Mawue nye nye mɔ sesẽ, Eyae na nye mɔ zu gbadzaa.
God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
33 Ewɔ nye afɔwo abe zi tɔwo ene, eye wòna metea ŋu tsia tsitre ɖe teƒe kɔkɔwo.
Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
34 Efia aʋawɔwɔ nye asiwo, eye nye asiwo ate ŋu abɔ dati si wowɔ kple akɔbli.
Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
35 Ètsɔ wò dziɖuɖu ƒe akpoxɔnu la nam, eye wò nuɖusi lém ɖe te. Èbɔbɔ ɖokuiwò be nàdo kɔkɔm.
And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
36 Èkeke mɔ le tenye, be nye klowo magli le tenye o.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
37 Meti nye futɔwo yome, eye metu wo. Nyemetrɔ le wo yome o, va se ɖe esime wotsrɔ̃.
I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
38 Metsrɔ̃ wo be womagate ŋu afɔ gbeɖe o, ale wodze anyi ɖe nye afɔ nu.
I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
39 Wòe na ŋusẽm hena aʋa la wɔwɔ, Èna mebɔbɔ ame siwo katã tso ɖe ŋunye la ɖe anyi.
And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
40 Èna nye futɔwo trɔ megbe dem helé du tsɔ, eye metsrɔ̃ nye futɔwo.
And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
41 Wodo ɣli be Yehowa naxɔ na yewo, gake ame aɖeke mexɔ na wo o, elabena Yehowa metɔ na wo o.
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
42 Metu wo memie abe ʋuʋudedi si ya lɔ ɖe nu la ene, eye metrɔ wo ɖe mɔtata dzi abe anyi ene.
And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
43 Èɖem tso ame siwo va dze dzinye la ƒe asi me, ètsɔm ɖo dukɔwo nu, eye ame siwo nyemenya o la dzie meɖu fia ɖo.
Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
44 Ne wose ŋkɔnye ko la, woɖoa tom, eye du bubu me tɔwo gɔ̃ hã dzona nyanyanya le nye ŋkume.
A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
45 Dzi ɖena le wo katã ƒo, eye wotsɔa dzodzo nyanyanya hedoa goe le woƒe mɔ sesẽwo me.
The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
46 Yehowa li tegbee! Woakafu nye Agakpe la! Woado Mawu, nye Xɔla la, ɖe dzi bobobo!
The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:
47 Eyae nye Mawu si biaa hlɔ̃ nam, eye wòbɔbɔa dukɔwo ɖe nye afɔ te,
O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
48 ame si ɖeam tso nye futɔwo ƒe asi me. Èkɔm ɖe dzi gbɔ nye futɔwo ta, eye nèɖem tso ŋutasẽlawo ƒe asi me.
And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
49 O! Yehowa, makafu wò le dukɔwo dome le esia ta, eye madzi kafukafuha na wò ŋkɔ.
Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
50 Ena dziɖuɖu gãwo eƒe fia la; eɖe amenuveve si nu meyi o la fia David, eƒe amesiamina la kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo tegbee.
Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.
