Psalmowo 73
1 Asaf ƒe ha. Vavã, Mawu wɔ nyui na Israel kple ame siwo dza le woƒe dzi me.
A Psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!
2 Ke nye la, nye afɔ ɖiɖi kloe, eye esusɔ vie ko medze anyi.
But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.
3 Elabena mebiã ŋu ɖokuiŋudzela esi mekpɔ ale si nu le edzi dzem na ame vɔ̃ɖiwoe.
For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquillity of sinners.
4 Hiãkame aɖeke mele wo dzi o, eye wole lãmesẽ kple dedinɔnɔ me.
For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and [they have] firmness under their affliction.
5 Wovo tso agba siwo tena ɖe amewo dzi la me, eye amegbetɔwo ƒe hiãtuame aɖeke mele wo dzi o.
They are not in the troubles of [other] men; and they shall not be scourged with [other] men.
6 Eya ta dada nye woƒe kɔga, eye wodo nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ abe awu ene.
Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
7 Dzidada dona tso woƒe dzi si ku atri la me, eye seɖoƒe meli na woƒe susu ƒe nu vɔ̃ɖiwo ɖoɖo o.
Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.
8 Woɖua fewu, ƒoa nu vlodoametɔe, eye le woƒe dada me la, woklẽa ŋku ɖe amewo be woabɔbɔ na wo.
They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
9 Woƒe nuwo xɔ dziƒo wɔ wo tɔe, eye woƒe aɖewo xɔ anyigba wòzu wo tɔ.
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
10 Eya ta woƒe amewo trɔ ɖe wo gbɔ, eye wono tsi fũu.
Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them.
11 Wogblɔ be, “Aleke Mawu awɔ anya? Ɖe nunya le Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la sia?”
And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Aleae ame vɔ̃ɖiwo le, wole ablɔɖe me ɣe sia ɣi, eye wodzia woƒe kesinɔnuwo ɖe edzi.
Behold, these [are] the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth.
13 Nyateƒee, dzodzro ko wònye be mewɔ nye dzi dzadzɛ, eye dzodzroe meklɔ nye asi ɖe fɔmaɖimaɖi me.
And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 Mekpea fu ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋdi sia ŋdi wohea to nam.
For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof [was] every morning.
15 Ɖe megblɔ be, “Ale maƒo nui nye si” la, anye ne mede viwòwo asi.
If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of your children.
16 Enye teteɖeanyi gã aɖe te menɔ esi medze agbagba be mase nu siawo gɔme,
And I undertook to understand this, [but] it is too hard for me,
17 va se ɖe esime mege ɖe Mawu ƒe Kɔkɔeƒe la, tete mese afi si woawu nu ɖo la gɔme.
until I go into the sanctuary of God; [and so] understand the latter end.
18 Vavã, ètsɔ wo ɖo didiƒe, eye nètsɔ wo xlã ɖe anyi wogblẽ keŋkeŋ.
Surely you have appointed [judgements] to them because of their crafty dealings: you have cast them down when they were lifted up.
19 Aleke wohetsrɔ̃ kpata ale, ŋɔdzi kplɔ wo dzoe kaba ŋutɔ!
How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
20 O! Aƒetɔ, abe ale si drɔ̃e nɔna ne ame nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me ene la, do vlo wo abe drɔ̃e manyatalenu ene.
As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in your city you will despise their image.
21 Esi nye dzi bi ɖe dɔ me nam, eye nye gbɔgbɔ se veve la,
For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.
22 mezu bometsila kple numanyala, eye mele abe lã tagbɔkukutɔ ene le ŋkuwò me.
But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before you.
23 Ke mele gbɔwò ɣe sia ɣi, eye nèlé nye ɖusibɔ ɖe asi.
Yet I am continually with you: you have holden my right hand.
24 Èkplɔm le wò aɖaŋudede nu, eye àkplɔm emegbe ayi wò ŋutikɔkɔe mee.
You have guided me by your counsel, and you have taken me to yourself with glory.
25 Ame kae le dziƒo nam, negbe wò ko? Naneke mele anyigba si medi kpe ɖe ŋuwò o.
For what have I in heaven [but you]? and what have I desired upon the earth beside you?
26 Nye ŋutilã kple nye dzi nu ava yi, gake Mawue nye nye dzi ƒe ŋusẽ kple nye gomekpɔkpɔ tegbetegbe.
My heart and my flesh have failed: [but] God [is the strength] of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.
27 Ame siwo le adzɔge tso gbɔwò la atsrɔ̃, elabena ètsrɔ̃ ame siwo katã meto nyateƒe na wo o.
For, behold, they that remove themselves far from you shall perish: you have destroyed every one that goes a whoring from you.
28 Ke nye ya la, enyo be mate ɖe Mawu ŋu. Aƒetɔ Yehowae mewɔ nye sitsoƒee, maxlẽ wò nuwɔwɔwo katã afia.
But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
