Psalmowo 44
1 Korah ƒe viwo ƒe nufiameha na hɛnɔ la. O! Mawu, míawo ŋutɔ míesee kple míaƒe towo, nu siwo mía fofowo gblɔ na mí tso nu siwo nèwɔ na wo le woƒe ɣeyiɣiwo me le blema.
Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.
2 Ètsɔ wò asi nya dukɔwo, eye nètsɔ mía fofowo ɖo wo teƒe. Ègbã dukɔwo gudugudu, ke èna mía fofowo ya dzi ɖe edzi.
Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.
3 Anyigba mesu wo si to woawo ŋutɔ ƒe yi dzi loo, alo woawo ŋutɔ ƒe alɔe ɖu dzi na wo o, ke boŋ wò nuɖusi, wò alɔ kple wò mo ƒe kekelie xɔ na wo, elabena èlɔ̃ wo.
For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.
4 Wòe nye nye Fia kple nye Mawu, wòe he dziɖuɖuwo vɛ na Yakob.
You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.
5 To dziwò míetutu míaƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye to wò ŋkɔ me míenya avuzi le míaƒe futɔwo dzi.
With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.
6 Nyemeɖo ŋu ɖe nye aŋutrɔ ŋu o, eye nye yi mehe dziɖuɖu vɛ nam o,
For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.
7 ke boŋ èna míeɖu míaƒe ketɔwo dzi, eye nèna ŋukpe lé míaƒe adikatɔwo.
For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.
8 Míetsɔ Mawu ƒo adegbe ŋkeke blibo la, eye míakafu wò ŋkɔ tegbetegbe. (Sela)
In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.
9 Ke azɔ la, ègbe mí, eye nèbɔbɔ mí ɖe anyi; azɔ la, mègadona kple míaƒe aʋakɔwo o.
But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.
10 Èna míegbugbɔ ɖe megbe le míaƒe futɔwo ŋgɔ, eye míaƒe ketɔwo ha mí.
You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.
11 Ètsɔ mí na be woavuvu mí abe alẽwo ene, eye nèkaka mí ɖe dukɔwo dome.
You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.
12 Ètsɔ wò dukɔ la dzra ho kpɔtsɔe eye mèkpɔ naneke le wo dzadzra me o.
You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.
13 Ètsɔ mí wɔ vlodonu na míaƒe aƒelikawo, eye míezu alɔmeɖenu kple nu ɖikokoe na ame siwo ƒo xlã mí.
You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Ètsɔ mí wɔ lodonu le dukɔwo dome, eye amewo ʋuʋua ta ɖe mía ŋu ne wokpɔ mí.
You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Nye vlododo le ŋkunye me ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋukpe tsyɔa mo nam,
All day long my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
16 ne vlodolawo, fewuɖulawo le nunye ɖiam, elabena futɔ la ɖoe kplikpaa be yeabia hlɔ̃m.
before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.
17 Togbɔ be míeŋlɔ wò be, alo da alakpa le wò nubabla la me o hã la, èna nu siawo katã va mía dzi.
All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.
18 Míaƒe dziwo metrɔ le yowòme o, eye míaƒe afɔwo hã metra le wò mɔ dzi o.
And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.
19 Gake ègbã mí gudugudu hegble mí ɖe amegaxiwo dome, eye nètsɔ viviti tsiɖitsiɖi tsyɔ mía dzi.
For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
20 Nenye ɖe míeŋlɔ míaƒe Mawu ŋkɔ be, alo ke míaƒe abɔwo na dzromawu aɖe la,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have extended our hands to a foreign god,
21 ɖe Mawu manya esi wònya dzimenu ɣaɣlawo katã oa?
will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Gake le tawò la, míekpɔa ku ŋkeke blibo la, eye wobua mí abe alẽ siwo wokplɔ yina wuwu ge la ene.
For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Nyɔ, O Aƒetɔ! Nu ka ta nèle alɔ̃ dɔm ɖo? Fɔ! Mègagbe mí ɖikaa o.
Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.
24 Nu ka ta nèɣla wò mo, eye nèŋlɔ míaƒe hiãkame kple teteɖeanyi be ɖo?
Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?
25 Wohe mí ƒu ke me, eye míaƒe ŋutilã lé ɖe anyigba.
For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.
26 Tso, nàxɔ na mí, ɖe mí le wò lɔlɔ̃ si meʋãna o la ta.
Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.
