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.
For the leader. Of the Korahites. A maskil. O God, we have heard with our ears, all our ancestors have told us of the work that you wrought in their day, your wonders in 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.
uprooting and crushing the nations, then planting and settling them. For it wasn’t their own sword that won them the land,
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.
it was not their own arm that brought them the victory. Yours was the hand and the arm, yours was the face that shone on them with favour.
4 Wòe nye nye Fia kple nye Mawu, wòe he dziɖuɖuwo vɛ na Yakob.
It was you, my king and my God, that ordained the victories of Jacob.
5 To dziwò míetutu míaƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye to wò ŋkɔ me míenya avuzi le míaƒe futɔwo dzi.
Through you we can thrust back our foes, and by your name tread down our assailants:
6 Nyemeɖo ŋu ɖe nye aŋutrɔ ŋu o, eye nye yi mehe dziɖuɖu vɛ nam o,
for not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword win me the victory.
7 ke boŋ èna míeɖu míaƒe ketɔwo dzi, eye nèna ŋukpe lé míaƒe adikatɔwo.
Our victory comes from you, and confusion to those who hate us.
8 Míetsɔ Mawu ƒo adegbe ŋkeke blibo la, eye míakafu wò ŋkɔ tegbetegbe. (Sela)
In God we boast all the day long, and your name will we praise forever. (Selah)
9 Ke azɔ la, ègbe mí, eye nèbɔbɔ mí ɖe anyi; azɔ la, mègadona kple míaƒe aʋakɔwo o.
Yet you have spurned and disgraced us, in not going forth with our armies,
10 Èna míegbugbɔ ɖe megbe le míaƒe futɔwo ŋgɔ, eye míaƒe ketɔwo ha mí.
and in making us flee from the foe, so that those who hated us plundered us.
11 Ètsɔ mí na be woavuvu mí abe alẽwo ene, eye nèkaka mí ɖe dukɔwo dome.
You have let us be eaten like sheep, you have scattered us over the world,
12 Ètsɔ wò dukɔ la dzra ho kpɔtsɔe eye mèkpɔ naneke le wo dzadzra me o.
sold your people for a pittance, and getting no gain from their price.
13 Ètsɔ mí wɔ vlodonu na míaƒe aƒelikawo, eye míezu alɔmeɖenu kple nu ɖikokoe na ame siwo ƒo xlã mí.
You have made us the butt of our neighbours, the derision and scorn of all round us.
14 Ètsɔ mí wɔ lodonu le dukɔwo dome, eye amewo ʋuʋua ta ɖe mía ŋu ne wokpɔ mí.
O’er the world you have made us a byword, the nations at us shake their heads.
15 Nye vlododo le ŋkunye me ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋukpe tsyɔa mo nam,
My disgrace is forever before me, my face is covered with shame,
16 ne vlodolawo, fewuɖulawo le nunye ɖiam, elabena futɔ la ɖoe kplikpaa be yeabia hlɔ̃m.
at the words of blasphemer and scoffer, at the sight of the foe and the vengeful.
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 this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you nor falsely dealt with your covenant.
18 Míaƒe dziwo metrɔ le yowòme o, eye míaƒe afɔwo hã metra le wò mɔ dzi o.
Our heart has not turned back, nor our steps declined from your way,
19 Gake ègbã mí gudugudu hegble mí ɖe amegaxiwo dome, eye nètsɔ viviti tsiɖitsiɖi tsyɔ mía dzi.
that you thus should have crushed us down, and covered us over with gloom, in the place where the jackals roam.
20 Nenye ɖe míeŋlɔ míaƒe Mawu ŋkɔ be, alo ke míaƒe abɔwo na dzromawu aɖe la,
Had we forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a god that was strange,
21 ɖe Mawu manya esi wònya dzimenu ɣaɣlawo katã oa?
would God not have searched this out? For he knows the heart and its secrets.
22 Gake le tawò la, míekpɔa ku ŋkeke blibo la, eye wobua mí abe alẽ siwo wokplɔ yina wuwu ge la ene.
But in your cause it is we are killed all the day, and counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Nyɔ, O Aƒetɔ! Nu ka ta nèle alɔ̃ dɔm ɖo? Fɔ! Mègagbe mí ɖikaa o.
Rouse yourself, why do you sleep Lord? Awake, cast us not off forever.
24 Nu ka ta nèɣla wò mo, eye nèŋlɔ míaƒe hiãkame kple teteɖeanyi be ɖo?
Why do you hide your face, forgetting our stress and our misery?
25 Wohe mí ƒu ke me, eye míaƒe ŋutilã lé ɖe anyigba.
For we have sunk down to the dust, our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Tso, nàxɔ na mí, ɖe mí le wò lɔlɔ̃ si meʋãna o la ta.
Arise, come to our help: for your love’s sake, ransom us.
