Psalmowo 37
1 David ƒe ha. Mègadzo nyanyanya le ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ta, alo aʋã ŋu nu tovo wɔlawo o
A Psalme of David. Fret not thy selfe because of the wicked men, neither be enuious for the euill doers.
2 elabena esusɔ vie woayrɔ abe gbe ene, eye abe gbe mumu ene la, woaku wo atsɔ aƒu gbe.
For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.
3 Ɖo dzi ɖe Yehowa ŋu, eye nàwɔ nyui; nɔ anyigba la dzi, eye nàɖu eƒe nu nyuiwo le dziɖeɖi me.
Trust thou in the Lord and do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.
4 Yehowa ƒe nu nenyo ŋuwò ekema ana nu siwo wò dzi di la wò.
And delite thy selfe in the Lord, and hee shall giue thee thine hearts desire.
5 Tsɔ wò mɔwo gblẽ ɖe Yehowa ƒe asi me; ɖo dzi ɖe eŋu, eye awɔ esia na wò.
Commit thy way vnto the Lord, and trust in him, and he shall bring it to passe.
6 Ana wò dzɔdzɔenyenye nàdze abe ŋdikekeli ene, eye wò dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe mɔ abe ŋdɔkutsuɣe ene.
And he shall bring foorth thy righteousnes as the light, and thy iudgement as the noone day.
7 Zi kpoo le Yehowa ŋkume, eye nànɔ eƒe asinu kpɔm le dzigbɔɖi me. Ne amewo ƒe mɔwo dze edzi na wo, eye wote ŋu wɔ nu vɔ̃ɖi siwo woɖo la, mègavɔ̃ nàdzo nyanyanya o.
Waite patiently vpon the Lord and hope in him: fret not thy selfe for him which prospereth in his way: nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to passe.
8 Ɖe asi le dziku ŋu, eye nàtrɔ megbe de wò dɔmedzoe, ŋɔ megadzi wò o, elabena nu vɔ̃ɖi me ko wòakplɔ wò ayii.
Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.
9 Woatsrɔ̃ ame vlowo gake ame siwo tsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ de Yehowa me la, anyi anyigba la ƒe dome.
For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.
10 Esusɔ vie ko ame vɔ̃ɖi la maganɔ anyi o, togbɔ be àdi wo hã la, màkpɔ wo o.
Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.
11 Ke ame fafawo anyi anyigba la ƒe dome, eye dzi adzɔ wo le ŋutifafa gbogbo la ta.
But meeke men shall possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.
12 Ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ɖo nugbe ɖe ame dzɔdzɔewo ŋu heɖu aɖukli ɖe wo ŋuti.
The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
13 Ke Aƒetɔ la le ame vɔ̃ɖiwo kom, elabena enya be woƒe ŋkeke la gbɔna.
But the Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth, that his day is comming.
14 Ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ɖe woƒe yi, eye wohe woƒe dati me be woada hiãtɔ kple ame dahe aƒu anyi, eye woawu ame siwo ƒe zɔzɔme to mɔ ɖeka.
The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.
15 Gake woƒe yiwo aŋɔ woawo ŋutɔ ƒe dziwo, eye woƒe datiwo aŋe.
But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.
16 Nu ʋɛ si le ame dzɔdzɔewo si la nyo wu kesinɔnu gbogbo siwo le ame vɔ̃ɖiwo si,
A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.
17 elabena woaŋe ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe ŋusẽ, ke Yehowa alé ame dzɔdzɔewo ɖe te.
For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.
18 Ame siwo ŋuti fɔɖiɖi mele o la ƒe ŋkekewo le nyanya na Yehowa, eye woƒe domenyinu anɔ anyi tegbetegbe.
The Lord knoweth the dayes of vpright men, and their inheritance shall bee perpetuall.
19 Le ŋkeke vɔ̃wo dzi la, womalũ xɛ o; le dɔŋɔli la, nuɖuɖu ado agbogbo na woawo ya.
They shall not be confounded in the perilous time, and in the daies of famine they shall haue ynough.
20 Ke ame vɔ̃ɖi ya atsrɔ̃. Yehowa ƒe futɔwo anɔ abe gbe ƒe seƒoƒo ene, woanya kpɔ nyuie, gake wo nu ava yi, woabu abe dzudzɔ ene.
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be consumed as the fatte of lambes: euen with the smoke shall they consume away.
21 Ame vɔ̃ɖi doa nugbana, eye mexea fea o, ke ame dzɔdzɔe ya naa nu faa.
The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.
22 Ame siwo Yehowa yra la anyi anyigba la ƒe dome, ke ame siwo wòƒo fi de la, woaɖe wo ɖa.
For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.
23 Ŋutsu si ƒe mɔwo dze Yehowa ŋu la, elia ke eƒe afɔɖeɖewo;
The pathes of man are directed by the Lord: for he loueth his way.
24 ne ekli nu hã la, madze anyi o elabena Yehowa tsɔ eƒe asi lée ɖe te.
Though he fall, hee shall not be cast off: for the Lord putteth vnder his hand.
25 Tsã la, menye ɖevi, ke azɔ la metsi, gake womegble ame dzɔdzɔe aɖeke ɖi mekpɔ kpɔ loo, alo wo viwo nabia abolo hafi aɖu o.
I haue beene yong, and am olde: yet I sawe neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begging bread.
26 Woawo boŋ vea ame nu ɣe sia ɣi, eye wodoa nugbana na amewo faa; eya ta wo viwo axɔ yayra.
But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.
27 Tsri nu vɔ̃ɖi, eye nàwɔ nyui ekema ànɔ anyigba dzi tegbetegbe.
Flee from euill and doe good, and dwell for euer.
28 Elabena Yehowa lɔ̃a nu dzɔdzɔe wɔlawo, eye magblẽ eƒe nuteƒewɔlawo ɖi o. Akpɔ wo ta tegbee, ke ame vɔ̃ɖi ƒe dzidzimeviwo ya woatsrɔ̃ wo.
For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 Ame dzɔdzɔe anyi anyigba la ƒe dome, eye wòanɔ edzi tegbee.
The righteous men shall inherit the lande, and dwell therein for euer.
30 Nunyanya doa go tso ame dzɔdzɔe ƒe nu me, eye eƒe aɖe gblɔa nu si le eteƒe.
The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.
31 Eƒe Mawu ƒe se le eƒe dzi me, eya ta eƒe afɔ meɖiɖina o.
For the Lawe of his God is in his heart, and his steppes shall not slide.
32 Ame vɔ̃ɖiwo de xa ɖi na ame dzɔdzɔewo, eye wole woƒe ku dim;
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
33 gake Yehowa matsɔ wo agblẽ ɖe woƒe ŋusẽ te, alo wòaɖe mɔ be, woabu fɔ wo ne wokplɔ wo va ʋɔnui o.
But the Lord wil not leaue him in his hand, nor condemne him, when he is iudged.
34 Lala nàkpɔ Yehowa ƒe asinu, eye nàlé eƒe mɔ ɖe asi. Ado wò ɖe dzi be nànyi anyigba la ƒe dome. Ne woatsrɔ̃ ame vɔ̃ɖiwo la, àkpɔ eteƒe.
Waite thou on the Lord, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.
35 Mekpɔ ame vɔ̃ɖi, ŋutasẽla aɖe wòda ama nyuie abe ati dama si dzɔ kple anyigba la ene.
I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
36 Gake eteƒe medidi o ko, enu va yi, eye megali o; togbɔ be medii hã la, nyemeke ɖe eŋuti o.
Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.
37 Bu ame maɖifɔ la ŋu, eye nàlé ŋku ɖe ame dzɔdzɔewo ŋu, elabena ŋgɔgbe li na ŋutifafamewo katã.
Marke the vpright man, and beholde the iust: for the end of that man is peace.
38 Ke woatsrɔ̃ nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo katã, eye woaɖe ame vɔ̃ɖi la ɖa.
But the transgressours shall be destroyed together, and the ende of the wicked shall bee cut off.
39 Ame dzɔdzɔewo ƒe xɔxɔ atso Yehowa gbɔ, eye eyae nye woƒe mɔ sesẽ le xaxaɣeyiɣiwo me.
But the saluation of the righteous men shalbe of the Lord: he shalbe their strength in the time of trouble.
40 Ke Yehowa kpena ɖe wo ŋu, eye wòɖea wo tso dzɔgbevɔ̃e me; eɖea wo tso ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe asi me, eye wòkpena ɖe wo ŋu, elabena eyae wosi tso.
For the Lord shall helpe them, and deliuer them: he shall deliuer them from the wicked, and shall saue them, because they trust in him.
