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, for the sons of Core, to give understanding. We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old.
2 Ètsɔ wò asi nya dukɔwo, eye nètsɔ mía fofowo ɖo wo teƒe. Ègbã dukɔwo gudugudu, ke èna mía fofowo ya dzi ɖe edzi.
Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.
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 got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with them.
4 Wòe nye nye Fia kple nye Mawu, wòe he dziɖuɖuwo vɛ na Yakob.
Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
5 To dziwò míetutu míaƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye to wò ŋkɔ me míenya avuzi le míaƒe futɔwo dzi.
Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.
6 Nyemeɖo ŋu ɖe nye aŋutrɔ ŋu o, eye nye yi mehe dziɖuɖu vɛ nam o,
For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.
7 ke boŋ èna míeɖu míaƒe ketɔwo dzi, eye nèna ŋukpe lé míaƒe adikatɔwo.
But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.
8 Míetsɔ Mawu ƒo adegbe ŋkeke blibo la, eye míakafu wò ŋkɔ tegbetegbe. (Sela)
In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
9 Ke azɔ la, ègbe mí, eye nèbɔbɔ mí ɖe anyi; azɔ la, mègadona kple míaƒe aʋakɔwo o.
But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.
10 Èna míegbugbɔ ɖe megbe le míaƒe futɔwo ŋgɔ, eye míaƒe ketɔwo ha mí.
Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
11 Ètsɔ mí na be woavuvu mí abe alẽwo ene, eye nèkaka mí ɖe dukɔwo dome.
Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.
12 Ètsɔ wò dukɔ la dzra ho kpɔtsɔe eye mèkpɔ naneke le wo dzadzra me o.
Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
13 Ètsɔ mí wɔ vlodonu na míaƒe aƒelikawo, eye míezu alɔmeɖenu kple nu ɖikokoe na ame siwo ƒo xlã mí.
Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.
14 Ètsɔ mí wɔ lodonu le dukɔwo dome, eye amewo ʋuʋua ta ɖe mía ŋu ne wokpɔ mí.
Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.
15 Nye vlododo le ŋkunye me ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋukpe tsyɔa mo nam,
All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
16 ne vlodolawo, fewuɖulawo le nunye ɖiam, elabena futɔ la ɖoe kplikpaa be yeabia hlɔ̃m.
At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
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 thee: and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.
18 Míaƒe dziwo metrɔ le yowòme o, eye míaƒe afɔwo hã metra le wò mɔ dzi o.
And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
19 Gake ègbã mí gudugudu hegble mí ɖe amegaxiwo dome, eye nètsɔ viviti tsiɖitsiɖi tsyɔ mía dzi.
For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath 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 spread forth our hands to a strange god:
21 ɖe Mawu manya esi wònya dzimenu ɣaɣlawo katã oa?
Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth 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.
Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Nyɔ, O Aƒetɔ! Nu ka ta nèle alɔ̃ dɔm ɖo? Fɔ! Mègagbe mí ɖikaa o.
Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
24 Nu ka ta nèɣla wò mo, eye nèŋlɔ míaƒe hiãkame kple teteɖeanyi be ɖo?
Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
25 Wohe mí ƒu ke me, eye míaƒe ŋutilã lé ɖe anyigba.
For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
26 Tso, nàxɔ na mí, ɖe mí le wò lɔlɔ̃ si meʋãna o la ta.
Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name’s sake.
