Psalmowo 41
1 David ƒe ha na hɛnɔ la. Woayra ame si tsɔ ɖe le eme na ame dahewo, Yehowa aɖee le xaxaɣi.
[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Blessed is he who considers the poor and needy. Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
2 Yehowa adzɔ eŋu, eye wòakpɔ eƒe agbe ta. Yehowa ayrae le anyigba dzi, eye matsɔe ade asi na eƒe futɔwo ƒe didi o.
Jehovah will protect him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
3 Yehowa anɔ kplii le dɔba dzi, eye wòana lãmesesẽe, afɔe tso dɔba dzi.
Jehovah will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
4 Megblɔ be, “O! Yehowa, kpɔ nublanui nam, yɔ dɔm, elabena mewɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe ŋuwò.”
I said, "Jehovah, have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you."
5 Nye futɔwo le gbɔgblɔm tso ŋunye fewuɖutɔe be, “Ɣe ka ɣi gɔ̃e wòle kuku ge ne eƒe ŋkɔ natsrɔ̃?”
My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"
6 Ne ame aɖe ɖi tsa va be yeakpɔm ɖa la, edaa alakpa, eƒe dzi ƒoa ameŋugblẽnyawo nu ƒu, eye wòdoa go yina kakanɛ.
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
7 Nye futɔwo katã le dalĩ dom le ŋutinye, eye wole nu vɔ̃ɖiwo susum tso ŋutinye le gbɔgblɔm be,
All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
8 “Dɔléle vɔ̃ɖi aɖe dze edzi, magatso le afi si wòmlɔ la akpɔ gbeɖe o.”
"A wicked thing is poured out on him; and he who lies down will not rise again."
9 Xɔ̃nye si tsi metoa nye kplii dome o, ame si dzi meka ɖo, eye wòɖua nu kplim la kɔ eƒe afɔkpodzi dzi ɖe ŋutinye.
Even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 O! Yehowa, ke wò ya kpɔ nye nublanui, kɔm ɖe dzi be maɖo teƒe na wo.
But you, Jehovah, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 Menya be èkpɔ ŋudzedze le ŋutinye, elabena nye ketɔ meɖu dzinye o.
By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.
12 Le nye nuteƒewɔwɔ ta la, èlém ɖe asi, eye nètsɔm ɖo wò ŋkume tegbetegbe.
As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
13 Woakafu Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la tso mavɔ me yi mavɔ me.
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen and amen.
