Psalmowo 40
1 David ƒe ha na hɛnɔ la. Mele mɔ kpɔm na Yehowa le dzigbɔɖi blibo me; etrɔ ɖe ŋutinye, eye wòse nye ɣlidodo.
For the end, a Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication.
2 Ehem do goe tso ʋe dziŋɔ me, eye wòɖem tso ba finyafinya me, hetsɔ nye afɔ ɖo agakpe dzi, eye wòna meli ke ɖe afi si metɔ ɖo.
And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright.
3 Etsɔ ha yeye de nunye si nye kafukafuha na míaƒe Mawu la. Ame geɖewo akpɔe, woavɔ̃e, eye woaɖo dzi ɖe Yehowa ŋu.
And he put a new song into my mouth, [even] a hymn to our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall hope in the Lord.
4 Woayra ame si ɖoa dzi ɖe Yehowa ŋu, ame si mekpɔa dadalawo ƒe asinu, alo kplɔa ame siwo dze alakpalegbawo yome o.
Blessed [is] the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and [who] has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.
5 O! Yehowa, nye Mawu, wò nukunu siwo nèwɔ la sɔ gbɔ loo! Ɖoɖo geɖe siwo nèwɔ ɖe mía ŋu la, ame aɖeke mate ŋu axlẽ wo afia wò o. Ne ɖe wòanye be maƒo nu le wo ŋu, eye maxlẽ wo afia la, nyemate ŋui o, elabena wosɔ gbɔ akpa.
O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke [of them]: they exceeded number.
6 Mèdi vɔsa kple nunana, alo bia numevɔsa kple akpedavɔsa o, ke boŋ èʋu nye towo be mase wò gbe,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and [sacrifice] for sin thou didst not require.
7 eya ta meɖo ŋu be, “Nyee nye si meva; agbalẽ mee woŋlɔe ɖo tso ŋutinye.
Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,
8 Medi be mawɔ wò lɔlɔ̃nu, O! Nye Mawu, woŋlɔ wò se la ɖe nye dzi me.”
I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart.
9 O! Yehowa, meɖe gbeƒã wò dzɔdzɔenyenye le ameha gã la dome, eye abe ale si nènya ene la, nyememia nye nu o.
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness.
10 Nyemeɣla wò dzɔdzɔenyenye ɖe nye dzi me o, ke boŋ meƒo nu le wò nuteƒewɔwɔ kple ɖeɖe ŋuti. Nyemeɣla wò lɔlɔ̃ kple wò nyateƒe la ɖe ameha gã la o.
I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.
11 O! Yehowa, mègate wo nublanuikpɔkpɔ o, ke boŋ na be wò lɔlɔ̃ kple wò nyateƒe nakpɔ tanye ɖaa,
But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.
12 elabena fukpekpe siwo mele xexlẽ o la ɖe to ɖem, nye nu vɔ̃wo wu tsɔtsɔ nam eye nyemegate ŋu le nu kpɔm o. Wosɔ gbɔ wu nye taɖa, eye dzi ɖe le ƒonye.
For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.
13 O! Yehowa, nedze ŋuwò be nàɖem; O! Yehowa, va kaba nàɖem.
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me.
14 Ŋu nekpe ame siwo katã le nye agbe dim ne woaɖe ɖa la; woƒe mo netsi dãa, eye ame siwo katã le nye gbegblẽ dim la negbugbɔ ɖe megbe kple ŋukpe.
Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.
15 Ame siwo le gbɔgblɔm ɖe ŋunye be, “Ehɛ̃! Ehɛ̃!” la ƒe ŋukpe newɔ moya na wo.
Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.
16 Ke ame siwo katã dia wò la akpɔ dzidzɔ, eye woatso aseye akpɔ dzidzɔ le mewò. Ame siwo lɔ̃a wò ɖeɖe la negblɔ ɖaa be, “Mido Yehowa ɖe dzi!”
Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
17 Ke nye la, meda ahe, eye hiã le tu yem, O! Aƒetɔ, ɖo ŋku dzinye. O! Nye Mawu, wòe nye nye kpeɖeŋutɔ kple nye xɔname, mègahe ɖe megbe o.
But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.
