Psalmowo 51
1 David ƒe ha na hɛnɔ la. Ekpa ha sia esime wòwɔ ahasi kple Batseba, eye Nyagblɔɖila Natan va egbɔ. O! Mawu, kpɔ nye nublanui le wò lɔlɔ̃ si meʋãna o la ta. Le wò dɔmenyo sɔgbɔ la nu, tutu nye dzidadawo ɖa.
Unto the end. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he went to Bathsheba. Be merciful to me, O God, according to your great mercy. And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, wipe out my iniquity.
2 Klɔ nye vodadawo katã ɖa, eye nàle tsi nam ŋunye nakɔ tso nye nu vɔ̃wo me.
Wash me once again from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 Elabena menya nye dzidadawo, eye nye nu vɔ̃wo le nye ŋkume ɖaa.
For I know my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me.
4 Ŋuwò, wò ko ŋu mewɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖo, eye nu si nye vɔ̃ le wò ŋkume la mewɔ, eya ta ne èle nu ƒom la, woaɖee afia be tɔwò dzɔ, eye ne ètso afia la, woagblɔ be ele eteƒe.
Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.
5 Vavã, wodzim ɖe nu vɔ̃ me, eye nu vɔ̃ me danye fɔ nye fu ɖo.
For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me.
6 Vavã, nyateƒe si tso dzi me ke la nèdina; èfia nunyam le ememe ke.
For behold, you have loved truth. The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me.
7 Klɔ ŋutinye kple kakle, eye ŋunye aɖi; le tsi nam, eye mafu tititi wu aklala.
You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed. You will wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow.
8 Na mase dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ kple aseyetsotso, ne nye ƒu siwo nèŋe la nakpɔ dzidzɔ.
In my hearing, you will grant gladness and rejoicing. And the bones that have been humbled will exult.
9 Ɣla wò mo ɖe nye nu vɔ̃wo, eye nàtutu nye vodadawo katã ɖa.
Turn your face away from my sins, and erase all my iniquities.
10 O! Mawu, wɔ dzi dzadzɛ aɖe nam, eye nàgbugbɔ gbɔgbɔ si li ke la de menye.
Create a clean heart in me, O God. And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being.
11 Mègatsɔm ƒu gbe le wò ŋkume, alo nàxɔ wò Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la le asinye o.
Do not cast me away from your face; and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Gbugbɔ ɖeɖekpɔkpɔ ƒe dzidzɔ de menye, eye nàna gbɔgbɔ si le klalo la be wòalém ɖe asi.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit.
13 Ekema mafia wò mɔwo dzidalawo, eye nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo atrɔ ava gbɔwò.
I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will be converted to you.
14 O! Mawu, ɖem tso ʋukɔkɔɖi ƒe nu vɔ̃ me, wò Mawu si ɖem, eye nye aɖe adzi ha le wò dzɔdzɔenyenye ŋu.
Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice.
15 O! Aƒetɔ, ke nye nuyiwo, eye nye nu aɖe gbeƒã wò kafukafu.
O Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will announce your praise.
16 Mèdia vɔsa o, anye ne metsɔe na wò; numevɔsa hã medoa dzidzɔ na wò o.
For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, but with holocausts, you will not be delighted.
17 Vɔsa siwo nye Mawu tɔe nye gbɔgbɔ si wogbã. O! Mawu, màdo vlo dzi si gbã hetugu la o.
A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn.
18 Na nu nadze edzi na Zion le wò didi nyui la nu, eye nàɖo Yerusalem ƒe gliwo te.
Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
19 Ekema dzɔdzɔenyenyevɔsawo kple numevɔsa blibowo ava gbɔwò, ado dzidzɔ na wò, eye woatsɔ nyitsuwo asa vɔe le wò vɔsamlekpui dzi.
Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.
