Psalmowo 35
1 David ƒe ha. O! Yehowa, wɔ avu kple ame siwo le avu wɔm kplim; wɔ aʋa kple ame siwo le aʋa wɔm kplim.
[A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
2 Tso, tsɔ akpoxɔnu kple wò akɔtatsyɔnu, eye nàxɔ nam.
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
3 Tsɔ akplɔ nueveetɔ kple nuɖekɛtɔ ɖe yonyemetilawo ŋuti. Gblɔ na nye luʋɔ be, “Nyee nye wò xɔname.”
Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I [am] thy salvation.
4 Ame siwo le nye agbe yome tim la, ŋukpe kple vlododo nelé wo, eye ame siwo le nugbe ɖom ɖe nye gbegblẽ ŋu la, gbegblẽ netrɔ va woawo ŋutɔ dzi.
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Wonenɔ abe bli ƒe atsa si ya lɔ ɖe nu ene, eye Yehowa ƒe dɔla nenya wo ɖe du nu;
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].
6 woƒe mɔ dzi nedo viviti, ahanɔ ɖiɖim, eye Yehowa ƒe dɔla neti wo yome.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
7 Esi nyemewɔ naneke wo o, gake woɖo ɖɔ ɖi nam, eye woɖe ʋe ɖi nam ta la,
For without cause they have hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 gbegblẽ neƒo ɖe wo dzi kpoyi, ɖɔ si woɖo nam la neɖe woawo ŋutɔ, eye woage dze ʋe si woɖe ɖi nam la me aƒaƒã ɖe afi ma.
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
9 Ekema nye luʋɔ atso aseye le Yehowa me, eye wòadzɔ dzi le eƒe xɔname ŋuti.
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 Nye ameti blibo la katã mado ɣli be, “O! Yehowa, ame kae sɔ kpli wò? Wò ame si ɖe ame beliwo tso ame siwo sesẽ wu wo la ƒe asi me, eye nèɖe hiãtɔwo kple ame dahewo tso ame siwo ha wo la ƒe asi me.”
All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, even the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11 Ɖasefo ŋutasẽlawo zɔ va ŋgɔgbe, eye wobia biabiam tso nu siwo ŋuti nyemenya naneke le o.
False witnesses arose; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not.
12 Wotsɔ vɔ̃ ɖo nyui teƒe nam, eye wogble nye luʋɔ ɖe nuxaxa me.
They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.
13 Gake ne wodze dɔ la, metaa akpanya, eye metsɔa nutsitsidɔ bɔbɔa ɖokuinyee. Ne womeɖo nye gbedodoɖa ŋuti nam o la,
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
14 menɔa yiyim kpokpokpo le nuxaxa me abe xɔ̃nye alo nɔviŋutsu fam mele ene. Medea mo to abe danye ƒe ku fam mele ene.
I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.
15 Gake ne mekli nu la, woƒoa ƒu koa nu hahaha, eye ne mele vo me la, futɔwo va ɖea to ɖem. Woɖea alɔme le ŋunye madzudzɔmadzudzɔe.
But in my adversity they rejoiced, and assembled themselves: [yes], the abjects assembled themselves against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
16 Woɖua fewu le ŋunye vevesesetɔe, eye woɖua aɖukli ɖe ŋunye abe mawumavɔ̃lawo ene.
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 O! Aƒetɔ, va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣi nànɔ te akpɔ wo ase ɖo? Ɖe nye agbe tso woƒe nu gbegblẽwo me, ɖe nye agbe xɔasi tso dzata siawo ƒe asi me.
LORD, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18 Ekema mada akpe na wò le ameha gã la dome, eye makafu wò le ame gbogbowo dome.
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among many people.
19 Mègana ame siwo nye nye futɔwo la nakpɔ dziɖuɖu ƒe dzidzɔ ɖe ŋunye yakatɔe o, eye mègana ame siwo lé fum susumanɔmetɔe la nate ŋku ɖem kple vevesese o.
Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 Womeƒoa nu ŋutifafatɔe o, ke boŋ woɖoa alakpa ƒe amenutsonyawo ɖi ɖe ame siwo le anyigba dzi kpoo la ŋuti.
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.
21 Wokea woƒe nu baa ɖe ŋutinye hegblɔna be, “Ɛhɛ̃! Ɛhɛ̃! Míawo ŋutɔ míekpɔe kple míaƒe ŋkuwo.”
Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].
22 O! Yehowa, èkpɔ esia, eya ta mègazi ɖoɖoe o. O! Aƒetɔ, mèganɔ adzɔge nam o.
[This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far from me.
23 Nyɔ, tso nàʋli tanye! Wɔ avu ɖe nunye, nye Mawu kple nye Aƒetɔ.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] to my cause, my God and my LORD.
24 Tso afia nam le wò dzɔdzɔenyenye la ta, O! Yehowa, nye Mawu, mègana woakpɔ dziɖuɖu ƒe dzidzɔ ɖe ŋutinye o.
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Mègana woabu be, “Ɛhɛ̃, esia tututu dim míele” o. Alo agblɔ be, “Míemii agbagbee” o.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Ame siwo katã le dzidzɔ kpɔm tso nye xaxa ŋuti la, ŋukpe nelé wo, eye woatɔtɔ; na be ame siwo kɔ wo ɖokuiwo dzi ɖe ŋutinye la nata ŋukpe kple vlododo abe avɔ ene.
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify [themselves] against me.
27 Ke ame siwo dzɔ dzi be nètso afia nam la nedo dzidzɔɣli kple aseyetsoɣli. Wonenɔ gbɔgblɔm ɖaa be, “Woado Yehowa, ame si dzɔa dzi le eƒe dɔla ƒe dedinɔnɔ ŋu la ɖe dzi.”
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yes, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28 Nye aɖe aƒo nu le wò dzɔdzɔenyenye ŋuti, eye wòadzi wò kafukafuha ɖaa.
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.
