Psalmowo 38
1 David ƒe ha. Kukuɖeɖe. O! Yehowa, mègaka mo nam le wò dziku me, alo ahe to nam le wò dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ me o,
A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath. O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.
2 elabena wò aŋutrɔwo ƒo ɖem, eye wò asi sẽ ɖe dzinye.
For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.
3 Wò dziku helĩhelĩ la wɔe be ŋusẽ aɖeke megale menye o; nye ƒuwo tugu le nye nu vɔ̃ ta.
There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.
4 Nye dzidada kɔ gbɔ tanye abe agba kpekpe si nyemate ŋu atsɔ o la ene.
For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.
5 Nye abiwo ƒaƒã hele ʋeʋẽm le nye bometsitsi ƒe nu vɔ̃ ta.
My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.
6 Wobɔbɔm ɖe anyi, eye woɖi gbɔ̃m, eye ŋkeke blibo la, mele yiyim le nuxaxa me.
I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
7 Vevesese manyagblɔ aɖe xɔ nye ame blibo la me, eye ŋusẽ aɖeke megale nye ameti blibo la ŋu o.
For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.
8 Megbɔdzɔ, hegba gudugudu, eye mele ŋeŋem le nye dzi ƒe vevesese ta.
I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.
9 O! Aƒetɔ, nye dzimedidiwo katã le ŋkuwò me, eye nye hũɖeɖewo meɣla ɖe wò o.
O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
10 Nye dzi le tsotsom kpokpokpo, ŋusẽ vɔ le ŋunye, eye nyemegate ŋu le nu kpɔm o.
My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.
11 Le nye abiawo ta, xɔ̃nyewo kple nye zɔhɛwo ƒo asa nam, eye nye aƒelikawo hã le adzɔge nam.
My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence.
12 Ame siwo le nye agbe yome tim la tre mɔ nam, ame siwo di be yewoawɔ nuvevim la le nu ƒom tso nye gbegblẽ ŋuti; ŋkeke blibo la wole ɖoɖo wɔm ɖe alakpadada ŋu.
And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.
13 Mele abe tokunɔ si mate ŋu ase nu o la ene, eye mele abe aɖetututɔ si mate ŋu aƒo nu o la ene.
But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.
14 Mele abe ame si mesea nu o la ene kple ame si mate ŋu atsɔ eƒe nu aɖo nya aɖeke ŋu o la ene.
And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
15 O! Yehowa, mele asiwò nu kpɔm, O! Aƒetɔ, nye Mawu, atɔ nam godoo.
For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.
16 Elabena megblɔ be, “Mègana be woakpɔ dziɖuɖu ƒe dzidzɔ ɖe ŋutinye, alo woado wo ɖokui ɖe dzi ɖe ŋutinye ne nye afɔ ɖiɖi o.”
For I said, “Lest at any time, my enemies might rejoice over me,” and, “While my feet are being shaken, they have spoken great things against me.”
17 Esusɔ vie ko madze anyi, eye nye vevesese la le edzi ɖaa.
For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.
18 Meʋu nye dzidada me, eye nye nu vɔ̃ ɖe fu nam.
For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.
19 Ame geɖewoe nye nye futɔ gãwo, eye ame siwo lé fum susumanɔmetɔe la sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ.
But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.
20 Ame siwo tsɔ vɔ̃ ɖo nyui siwo mewɔ teƒe la ƒo ɖi nye ŋkɔ, esi meti nu si nyo la yome.
Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.
21 O! Yehowa, mègagblẽm ɖi o, O! Nye Mawu, mèganɔ adzɔge nam o.
Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.
22 Va kaba, nàɖem, O! Aƒetɔ, nye Ɖela.
Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.
