Psalmowo 73
1 Asaf ƒe ha. Vavã, Mawu wɔ nyui na Israel kple ame siwo dza le woƒe dzi me.
A PSALM OF ASAPH. Surely God [is] good to Israel, to the clean of heart. And I—as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
2 Ke nye la, nye afɔ ɖiɖi kloe, eye esusɔ vie ko medze anyi.
As nothing, my steps have slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
3 Elabena mebiã ŋu ɖokuiŋudzela esi mekpɔ ale si nu le edzi dzem na ame vɔ̃ɖiwoe.
I see the peace of the wicked, That there are no bands at their death,
4 Hiãkame aɖeke mele wo dzi o, eye wole lãmesẽ kple dedinɔnɔ me.
And their might [is] firm.
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 misery of mortals, And they are not plagued with common men.
6 Eya ta dada nye woƒe kɔga, eye wodo nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ abe awu ene.
Therefore pride has encircled them, Violence covers them as a dress.
7 Dzidada dona tso woƒe dzi si ku atri la me, eye seɖoƒe meli na woƒe susu ƒe nu vɔ̃ɖiwo ɖoɖo o.
Their eye has come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
8 Woɖua fewu, ƒoa nu vlodoametɔe, eye le woƒe dada me la, woklẽa ŋku ɖe amewo be woabɔbɔ na wo.
They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, They speak from on high.
9 Woƒe nuwo xɔ dziƒo wɔ wo tɔe, eye woƒe aɖewo xɔ anyigba wòzu wo tɔ.
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walks in the earth.
10 Eya ta woƒe amewo trɔ ɖe wo gbɔ, eye wono tsi fũu.
Therefore His people return here, And waters of fullness are wrung out to them.
11 Wogblɔ be, “Aleke Mawu awɔ anya? Ɖe nunya le Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la sia?”
And they have said, “How has God known? 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 wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
13 Nyateƒee, dzodzro ko wònye be mewɔ nye dzi dzadzɛ, eye dzodzroe meklɔ nye asi ɖe fɔmaɖimaɖi me.
Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash my hands in innocence,
14 Mekpea fu ŋkeke blibo la, eye ŋdi sia ŋdi wohea to nam.
And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof—every morning.
15 Ɖe megblɔ be, “Ale maƒo nui nye si” la, anye ne mede viwòwo asi.
If I have said, “I recount thus,” Behold, I have deceived a generation of Your sons.
16 Enye teteɖeanyi gã aɖe te menɔ esi medze agbagba be mase nu siawo gɔme,
And I think to know this, It [is] perverseness in my eyes,
17 va se ɖe esime mege ɖe Mawu ƒe Kɔkɔeƒe la, tete mese afi si woawu nu ɖo la gɔme.
Until I come into the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
18 Vavã, ètsɔ wo ɖo didiƒe, eye nètsɔ wo xlã ɖe anyi wogblẽ keŋkeŋ.
Surely You set them in slippery places, You have caused them to fall to desolations.
19 Aleke wohetsrɔ̃ kpata ale, ŋɔdzi kplɔ wo dzoe kaba ŋutɔ!
How they have become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended—consumed from terrors.
20 O! Aƒetɔ, abe ale si drɔ̃e nɔna ne ame nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me ene la, do vlo wo abe drɔ̃e manyatalenu ene.
As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, You despise their image.
21 Esi nye dzi bi ɖe dɔ me nam, eye nye gbɔgbɔ se veve la,
For my heart shows itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
22 mezu bometsila kple numanyala, eye mele abe lã tagbɔkukutɔ ene le ŋkuwò me.
And I am brutish, and do not know. I have been a beast with You.
23 Ke mele gbɔwò ɣe sia ɣi, eye nèlé nye ɖusibɔ ɖe asi.
And I [am] continually with You, You have laid hold on my right hand.
24 Èkplɔm le wò aɖaŋudede nu, eye àkplɔm emegbe ayi wò ŋutikɔkɔe mee.
You lead me with Your counsel, And after, receive me [to] glory.
25 Ame kae le dziƒo nam, negbe wò ko? Naneke mele anyigba si medi kpe ɖe ŋuwò o.
Whom do I have in the heavens? And none have I desired in earth [besides] You.
26 Nye ŋutilã kple nye dzi nu ava yi, gake Mawue nye nye dzi ƒe ŋusẽ kple nye gomekpɔkpɔ tegbetegbe.
My flesh and my heart have been consumed, God [is] the rock of my heart and my portion for all time.
27 Ame siwo le adzɔge tso gbɔwò la atsrɔ̃, elabena ètsrɔ̃ ame siwo katã meto nyateƒe na wo o.
For behold, those far from You perish, You have cut off everyone, Who is going whoring from You.
28 Ke nye ya la, enyo be mate ɖe Mawu ŋu. Aƒetɔ Yehowae mewɔ nye sitsoƒee, maxlẽ wò nuwɔwɔwo katã afia.
And [the] nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed my refuge in Lord YHWH, To recount all Your works!
