Psalmowo 74
1 Asaf ƒe nufiameha. O! Mawu, nu ka ŋuti nègble mí ɖi ɖikaa? Nu ka ta wò dɔmedzoe bi ɖe wò alẽ siwo le wò lãnyiƒe ŋuti?
A maskil of Asaph. Why, O God, have you spurned us forever? Why smokes your wrath against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Ɖo ŋku ame siwo nèƒle le blema, dukɔ si nye wò domenyinu, ame siwo nèɖe kple Zion, to afi si nènɔ la dzi.
Remember the community you purchased of old to become by redemption the tribe of your heritage, Zion, the mountain you made your home.
3 Trɔ ɖe gli siwo gbã ɖikaɖika la ŋu, gbegblẽ siawoe futɔ la he va wò teƒe kɔkɔe lae.
Rouse yourself, visit its ruins complete. In the temple the foe has made havoc of all things.
4 Wò futɔwo le gbe ɖem le afi si nèdo go mí le; wova tsi woƒe aflaga ɖe teƒe la be wòanye dzesi anɔ afi ma.
Like lions your enemies roared through your house, replacing our symbols by signs of their own,
5 Wole nu wɔm abe ŋutsu siwo lé fia ɖe asi le ave dodowo me be woalã atiwo ene.
hacking, like woodsmen who lift axes on thickets of trees,
6 Wotsɔ woƒe fiawo kple yiwo dza aɖaŋu siwo wowɔ ɖe gliawo ŋu.
smashing with hatchets and hammers all of its carved work together.
7 Wotɔ dzo wò kɔkɔeƒe la wòbi va anyigba, eye wodo gu teƒe si wò Ŋkɔ nɔna.
They have set your temple on fire, to the very ground they have outraged the place where lives your name.
8 Wogblɔ le woƒe dzi me be, “Míagbã wo gudugudu!” Wotɔ dzo teƒe sia teƒe si wosubɔa Mawu le, le anyigba dzi.
They have said in their heart, “Let us utterly crush them.” They have burned all the houses of God in the land.
9 Womegawɔa nukunu aɖeke na mí o; womegblẽ nyagblɔɖila aɖeke ɖi o eye mía dometɔ aɖeke menya ɣeyiɣi si nu sia nu ava yi o.
No symbol of ours do we see any more: no prophet is there any more, none is with us who knows how long.
10 O! Mawu, ɣe ka ɣi futɔ la aɖu fewu le ŋuwò ase ɖo? Ɖe ketɔ la ado vlo wò ŋkɔ tegbeea?
How long, O God, is the foe to insult? Shall the enemy spurn your name forever?
11 Nu ka ta nèhe wò asi, wò nuɖusi ɖe megbe ɖo? Ɖe wò asi doe le wò awu te, eye nàtsrɔ̃ wo!
Why, O Lord, do you hold back your hand, why keep your right hand in the folds of your robe?
12 Ke wò la, O Mawu, wòe nye fianye tso blema ke; wòe tsɔ ɖeɖe va anyigba la dzi.
Yet God is our king from the ancient days, in the midst of the earth working deeds of salvation.
13 Wòe tsɔ wò ŋusẽ ma atsiaƒu, eye nègbã tɔmelã dziŋɔwo ƒe ta le tsiwo me.
It was you who did cleave the sea by your might, and shatter the heads of the ocean monsters.
14 Wòe gbã Leviatan ƒe ta, eye nètsɔe wɔ nuɖuɖui na gbemelãwo.
It was you who did crush many-headed Leviathan, and give him as food to the beasts of the wilderness.
15 Wòe ʋu nu le tsitsetsewo kple tɔʋuwo nu wosi bababa, eye wòe na tɔ siwo sina ɖaa la mie.
It was you who did cleave the fountains and torrents; it was you who did dry the perennial streams.
16 Ŋkeke nye tɔwò, eye zã hã tɔwòe; wòe wɔ ɣe kple ɣleti.
Yours is the day; yours, too, is the night, it was you who did establish the sun and the star.
17 Wòe ɖo liƒo na anyigba, eye wòe wɔ vuvɔŋɔli kple dzomeŋɔli.
It was you who did fix all the borders of earth: summer and winter it’s you who have made them.
18 O! Yehowa, ɖo ŋku ale si futɔ la do vlo wò kple ale si bometsilawo ɖe alɔme le wò ŋkɔ ŋuti la dzi.
Yet, for all this, the foe has insulted you, Lord, and a nation of fools has reviled your name.
19 Mègatsɔ wò akpakpa ƒe agbe de asi na lãwɔadãwo o, eye mègaŋlɔ wò hiãtɔwo ƒe gbe be ɖikaa o.
Do not give your dove to the beasts, do not forget your afflicted forever.
20 Tsɔ ɖe le wò nubabla la me, elabena ŋutasesẽ ƒe wɔnawo yɔ anyigba la ƒe ɣaɣlɛƒewo fũu.
Look to the sleek ones – how full they are: the dark places of earth are the dwellings of violence.
21 Mègana ame siwo wote ɖe anyi la nate gbugbɔɖemegbe kple ŋukpe o; ke boŋ ame dahewo kple hiãtɔwo nekafu wò ŋkɔ.
O let not the downtrodden turn back ashamed: let the poor and the needy sing praise to your name.
22 O! Mawu, tso eye nàʋli wò bubu ta; ɖo ŋku ale si bometsilawo le alɔme ɖem le ŋuwò ŋkeke blibo lae dzi.
Arise, God, and defend your cause: remember how fools all the day insult you.
23 Mègado toku wò futɔwo ƒe ʋunyaʋunyawɔwɔ, kple wò ketɔwo ƒe howɔwɔ si le dzi dem ɖaa la o.
Do not forget the uproar of your enemies, the din of your foes that ascends evermore.
