Psalmowo 69
1 David ƒe ha na hɛnɔ la. Woadzii ɖe “Dzogbenya” ƒe gbeɖiɖi nu. Mawu, ɖem, elabena tsi ɖɔ ɖe ŋunye va se ɖe nye kɔgbɔ ke.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
2 Meɖo ba yi ɖe tome ke, afi si afɔɖoƒe mele o. Meɖo tɔ goglowo me; tsi ɖɔ to tanye.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 Medo ɣli be woaxɔ nam, ale nu ti kɔ nam, eye nye ve me hã ƒu kplakplakpla. Mekpɔ mɔ na Mawu ʋuu, eye ɖeɖi te nye ŋkuwo ŋu.
I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
4 Ame siwo lé fum ɖe nanekemawɔmawɔ ta la sɔ gbɔ wu nye taɖa. Amewo lé fum yakatsyɔ, eye woti yonyeme be woatsrɔ̃m. Ale meɖo nu si nyemefi o la eteƒe dzizizitɔe.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
5 O! Mawu, ènya nye bometsitsi, eye nye fɔɖiɖi mele ɣaɣla ɖe wò o.
God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
6 O! Aƒetɔ, Yehowa Ŋusẽkatãtɔ, mègana ame siwo ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ le mewò la naɖu ŋukpe le tanye o. O! Israel ƒe Mawu, ame siwo le diwòm la, mègana ŋu nakpe wo le tanye o.
Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Hosts. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonour through me, God of Israel.
7 Tawòe wodo vlom ɖo, eye ŋukpe tsyɔ mo nam.
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
8 Menye amedzro na nye ŋutɔ nɔvinye ŋutsuwo kple ame manyamanya na danyevi ŋutsuwo.
I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
9 Elabena lɔlɔ̃ na wò aƒe zu dzo ge ɖe menye, eye ame siwo dzu wò la ƒe dzudzu va dzinye.
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 Esi mefa avi, tsi nu dɔ la, vlododo boŋ wozu nam;
When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
11 esi meta akpanya la, mezu nu ɖikokoe na amewo.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
12 Ame siwo nɔ anyi ɖe agbo nu la ɖe alɔme le ŋunye, eye ahamulawo kekeake hã kpa ha dem.
Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
13 O! Yehowa, medo gbe ɖa na wò le wò amenuveɣi; O! Mawu, le wò lɔlɔ̃ gã la ta, tɔ nam kple wò xɔname si medana le edzi o.
But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
14 Ɖem tso agbi me, mègana mayi to o, ɖem le ame siwo lé fum la ƒe asi me, tso tɔ goglowo me.
Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Mègana tsi naɖɔ to tanye, alo gogloƒe namim, eye ʋe globo natu eƒe nu ɖe dzinye o.
Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
16 O! Yehowa, tɔ nam, le wò lɔlɔ̃ deto la ta, eye trɔ ɖe ŋutinye le wò nublanuikpɔkpɔ gã la ta.
Answer me, LORD, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
17 Mègaɣla wò mo ɖe wò dɔla o; ke boŋ tɔ nam kaba, elabena meɖo xaxa me.
Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
18 Te ɖe ŋunye, eye nàxɔ nam, ɖem le nye ketɔwo ta.
Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
19 Ènya ale si wodo vlom, ɖi gbɔ̃m, eye wodo ŋu kpem; nye futɔwo katã le ŋkuwò me.
You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonour. My adversaries are all before you.
20 Vlododo na nye dzi gbã, eye mezu xɔnamemanɔsitɔ; mekpɔ mɔ na babadoname, gake ɖeke meli o. Mekpɔ mɔ na akɔfalawo, gake nyemekpɔ ɖeke o.
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
21 Wotsɔ veve de nye nuɖuɖu me, eye esi tsikɔ wum la, wotsɔ aha tsitsi nam be mano.
They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Woƒe kplɔ̃ si woɖo na wo la nezu mɔ na wo; nezu teƒeɖoɖo kple mɔ na wo.
Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
23 Woƒe ŋkuwo dzi nedo viviti be, womagate ŋu akpɔ nu o, eye na woƒe dzi me naɖo kpo tegbee.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.
24 Trɔ wò dziku kɔ ɖe wo dzi, eye nàna wò dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ nalé wo.
Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
25 Woƒe nɔƒe neɖi gbɔlo; mègana be ame aɖeke neganɔ woƒe agbadɔwo me o.
Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
26 Elabena woti ame siwo ŋu nède abii la yome, eye wole nu ƒom le ame siwo nèwɔ nuvevii la ƒe vevesese ŋu.
For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
27 Bu fɔ wo, eye nàgabu fɔ wo ɖe edzi; mègana woakpɔ gome le wò xɔname me o.
Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
28 Tutu woƒe ŋkɔwo ɖa le agbegbalẽ la me, eye mègana woaŋlɔ woƒe ŋkɔ ɖe ame dzɔdzɔewo dome o.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
29 Mele vevesese kple nuxaxa me; O! Mawu, na wò xɔname natɔ kpɔ ƒo xlãm.
But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
30 Matsɔ hadzidzi akafu Mawu ƒe ŋkɔ, eye madoe ɖe dzi kple akpedada.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 Esia adze Yehowa ŋu wu nyi, eye wòado dzidzɔ nɛ wu nyitsu kple eƒe dzowo kpakple eƒe afɔkliwo.
It will please the LORD better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
32 Hiãtɔwo akpɔe ahatso aseye, eye mi ame siwo dia Mawu la, míaƒe dziwo nenɔ agbe ɖaa!
The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
33 Yehowa ɖoa to hiãtɔwo, eye medoa vlo eƒe ame siwo le aboyome o.
For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.
34 Dziƒo kple anyigba nekafui, atsiaƒuwo kple nu siwo katã ʋãna le wo me,
Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
35 elabena Mawu aɖe Zion, eye wòagbugbɔ Yuda ƒe duwo atso. Ekema amewo aɖanɔ afi ma, axɔe wòazu wo tɔ;
For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
36 eƒe dɔlawo ƒe viwo atsɔe anyi domee, eye ame siwo lɔ̃ eƒe ŋkɔ la anɔ afi ma.
The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
