Psalmowo 42
1 Korah ƒe viwo ƒe ha na hɛnɔ la. Ale si zinɔ ƒe ve me ƒunae ɖe tɔʋuwo ŋu la, O! Mawu, nenemae nye luʋɔ le diwòm.
[For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah.] As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
2 Tsikɔ le nye luʋɔ wum ɖe Mawu ŋu, ɖe Mawu gbagbe la ŋu. Ɣe ka ɣi mayi aɖado go Mawu?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
3 Nye aɖatsiwo zu nuɖuɖu nam zã kple keli, evɔ amewo le gbɔgblɔm nam ŋkeke blibo la be, “Afi ka wò Mawu la le?”
My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
4 Nu siawo dzi meɖo ŋkue esi meyi ɖokuinye me. Tsã la, nyee kplɔa amehawo; menɔa ŋgɔ kplɔa wo yina ɖe gbedoxɔ me, eye dzidzɔɣli kple kafukafuhawo dea dzi le ŋkekenyuiɖulawo dome kɔtɔɔ.
These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go in the tent of the Majestic One, to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
5 O! Nye luʋɔ, nu ka ŋuti nèle nu xam? Nu ka ta nètsi dzodzodzoe le menye ɖo? Tsɔ wò mɔkpɔkpɔ da ɖe Mawu dzi, elabena magakafui, eya ame si nye nye Ɖela kple nye Mawu.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God. For I will again give him thanks, my saving presence and my God.
6 Nye luʋɔ le nu xam le menye, eya ta maɖo ŋku dziwò le Yɔdanyigba dzi, le Hermon tame ke kple Mizar to dzi.
My soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
7 Tɔ goglo yɔa tɔ goglo le wò tsitsetsewo ƒe howɔwɔ me; wò tsitsotsoewo kple tsi kpakawo ŋe tsyiɔ dzinye.
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your breakers and waves have swept over me.
8 Le ŋkeke me la, Yehowa ɖoa eƒe lɔlɔ̃ ɖem, le zã me la eƒe ha nɔa nunyeme, eye wònyea gbedodoɖa na nye agbe ƒe Mawu la.
YHWH will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
9 Megblɔ na Mawu, nye Agakpe la be, “Nu ka ta nèŋlɔm be ɖo? Nu ka ta manɔ yiyim, anɔ nu xam le nye futɔwo ƒe teteɖeanyi ta ɖo?”
I will ask God, my Rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
10 Nye ƒuwo le veve sem, eye nye ketɔwo le alɔme ɖem le ŋunye, le gbɔgblɔm nam ŋkeke blibo la be, “Afi ka wò Mawu la le?”
As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
11 O! Nye luʋɔ, nu ka ta nèle nu xam ɖo? Nu ka ta nètsi dzodzodzoe le menye ɖo? Tsɔ wò mɔkpɔkpɔ da ɖe Mawu dzi, elabena magakafui, eya ame si nye nye Ɖela kple nye Mawu.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God. For I will again give him thanks, my saving presence and my God.
