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.
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. An Instructive Psalm. O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us, —The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime:
2 Ètsɔ wò asi nya dukɔwo, eye nètsɔ mía fofowo ɖo wo teƒe. Ègbã dukɔwo gudugudu, ke èna mía fofowo ya dzi ɖe edzi.
Thou thyself, with thine own hand—Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread 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, not by their own sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them, —But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.
4 Wòe nye nye Fia kple nye Mawu, wòe he dziɖuɖuwo vɛ na Yakob.
Thou thyself, art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of Jacob.
5 To dziwò míetutu míaƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye to wò ŋkɔ me míenya avuzi le míaƒe futɔwo dzi.
By thee, will we thrust at, our adversaries, In thy Name, will we 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, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;
7 ke boŋ èna míeɖu míaƒe ketɔwo dzi, eye nèna ŋukpe lé míaƒe adikatɔwo.
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.
8 Míetsɔ Mawu ƒo adegbe ŋkeke blibo la, eye míakafu wò ŋkɔ tegbetegbe. (Sela)
In God, have we boasted all the day, And, thy Name—unto times age-abiding, will we praise. (Selah)
9 Ke azɔ la, ègbe mí, eye nèbɔbɔ mí ɖe anyi; azɔ la, mègadona kple míaƒe aʋakɔwo o.
But nay thou hast rejected, and confounded us, And wilt not go forth with our hosts;
10 Èna míegbugbɔ ɖe megbe le míaƒe futɔwo ŋgɔ, eye míaƒe ketɔwo ha mí.
Thou sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:
11 Ètsɔ mí na be woavuvu mí abe alẽwo ene, eye nèkaka mí ɖe dukɔwo dome.
Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.
12 Ètsɔ wò dukɔ la dzra ho kpɔtsɔe eye mèkpɔ naneke le wo dzadzra me o.
Thou dost sell thy people for, no-value, And hast not made increase by their price.
13 Ètsɔ mí wɔ vlodonu na míaƒe aƒelikawo, eye míezu alɔmeɖenu kple nu ɖikokoe na ame siwo ƒo xlã mí.
Thou dost make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:
14 Ètsɔ mí wɔ lodonu le dukɔwo dome, eye amewo ʋuʋua ta ɖe mía ŋu ne wokpɔ mí.
Thou dost make us, A by-word among the nations, —A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Nye vlododo le ŋkunye me ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋukpe tsyɔa mo nam,
All the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame 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 who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and avenger.
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, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;
18 Míaƒe dziwo metrɔ le yowòme o, eye míaƒe afɔwo hã metra le wò mɔ dzi o.
Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
19 Gake ègbã mí gudugudu hegble mí ɖe amegaxiwo dome, eye nètsɔ viviti tsiɖitsiɖi tsyɔ mía dzi.
That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
20 Nenye ɖe míeŋlɔ míaƒe Mawu ŋkɔ be, alo ke míaƒe abɔwo na dzromawu aɖe la,
If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
21 ɖe Mawu manya esi wònya dzimenu ɣaɣlawo katã oa?
Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, 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.
Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Nyɔ, O Aƒetɔ! Nu ka ta nèle alɔ̃ dɔm ɖo? Fɔ! Mègagbe mí ɖikaa o.
Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!
24 Nu ka ta nèɣla wò mo, eye nèŋlɔ míaƒe hiãkame kple teteɖeanyi be ɖo?
Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
25 Wohe mí ƒu ke me, eye míaƒe ŋutilã lé ɖe anyigba.
For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth.
26 Tso, nàxɔ na mí, ɖe mí le wò lɔlɔ̃ si meʋãna o la ta.
Arise to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.
