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 poem of Asaph why? O God have you rejected [us] to perpetuity does it smoke? anger your on [the] sheep of pasture your.
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 congregation your - [which] you acquired antiquity [which] you redeemed [the] tribe of inheritance your [the] mountain of Zion which - you have dwelt on it.
3 Trɔ ɖe gli siwo gbã ɖikaɖika la ŋu, gbegblẽ siawoe futɔ la he va wò teƒe kɔkɔe lae.
Lift up! footsteps your to [the] ruins of perpetuity everything he has done harm to [the] enemy in the sanctuary.
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.
They roared opposers your in [the] midst of appointed place your they set up signs their signs.
5 Wole nu wɔm abe ŋutsu siwo lé fia ɖe asi le ave dodowo me be woalã atiwo ene.
It was known like [one who] brings upwards in a thicket of tree[s] axes.
6 Wotsɔ woƒe fiawo kple yiwo dza aɖaŋu siwo wowɔ ɖe gliawo ŋu.
(And now *Q(K)*) engravings its altogether with axe[s] and crowbars they struck!
7 Wotɔ dzo wò kɔkɔeƒe la wòbi va anyigba, eye wodo gu teƒe si wò Ŋkɔ nɔna.
They sent in fire sanctuary your to the ground they profaned [the] dwelling place of name your.
8 Wogblɔ le woƒe dzi me be, “Míagbã wo gudugudu!” Wotɔ dzo teƒe sia teƒe si wosubɔa Mawu le, le anyigba dzi.
They said in heart their let us oppress them altogether they burned all [the] appointed places 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.
Signs our not we have seen there not still [is] a prophet and not [is] with us [one who] knows until when?
10 O! Mawu, ɣe ka ɣi futɔ la aɖu fewu le ŋuwò ase ɖo? Ɖe ketɔ la ado vlo wò ŋkɔ tegbeea?
Until when? O God will he taunt [the] opponent will he spurn? [the] enemy name your to perpetuity.
11 Nu ka ta nèhe wò asi, wò nuɖusi ɖe megbe ɖo? Ɖe wò asi doe le wò awu te, eye nàtsrɔ̃ wo!
Why? do you draw back hand your and right [hand] your from [the] midst of (bosom your *Q(K)*) destroy.
12 Ke wò la, O Mawu, wòe nye fianye tso blema ke; wòe tsɔ ɖeɖe va anyigba la dzi.
And God [has been] king my from antiquity [who] does salvation in [the] midst of the earth.
13 Wòe tsɔ wò ŋusẽ ma atsiaƒu, eye nègbã tɔmelã dziŋɔwo ƒe ta le tsiwo me.
You you divided by strength your [the] sea you shattered [the] heads of sea monsters on the waters.
14 Wòe gbã Leviatan ƒe ta, eye nètsɔe wɔ nuɖuɖui na gbemelãwo.
You you crushed [the] heads of Leviathan you gave it food to a people to desert-dwellers.
15 Wòe ʋu nu le tsitsetsewo kple tɔʋuwo nu wosi bababa, eye wòe na tɔ siwo sina ɖaa la mie.
You you broke open a spring and a torrent you you dried up rivers of ever-flowing.
16 Ŋkeke nye tɔwò, eye zã hã tɔwòe; wòe wɔ ɣe kple ɣleti.
[belongs] to You day also [belongs] to you night you you prepared a luminary and [the] sun.
17 Wòe ɖo liƒo na anyigba, eye wòe wɔ vuvɔŋɔli kple dzomeŋɔli.
You you established all [the] boundaries of [the] earth summer and winter you you formed 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.
Remember this [the] enemy he taunted - O Yahweh and a people foolish they spurned name your.
19 Mègatsɔ wò akpakpa ƒe agbe de asi na lãwɔadãwo o, eye mègaŋlɔ wò hiãtɔwo ƒe gbe be ɖikaa o.
May not you give to an animal [the] life of turtle-dove your [the] life of poor [people] your may not you forget to perpetuity.
20 Tsɔ ɖe le wò nubabla la me, elabena ŋutasesẽ ƒe wɔnawo yɔ anyigba la ƒe ɣaɣlɛƒewo fũu.
Pay attention to the covenant for they are full [the] dark places of [the] land settlements of violence.
21 Mègana ame siwo wote ɖe anyi la nate gbugbɔɖemegbe kple ŋukpe o; ke boŋ ame dahewo kple hiãtɔwo nekafu wò ŋkɔ.
May not he return [the] oppressed humiliated [the] poor and [the] needy may they praise name your.
22 O! Mawu, tso eye nàʋli wò bubu ta; ɖo ŋku ale si bometsilawo le alɔme ɖem le ŋuwò ŋkeke blibo lae dzi.
Arise! O God conduct! case your remember reproach your from a fool all the day.
23 Mègado toku wò futɔwo ƒe ʋunyaʋunyawɔwɔ, kple wò ketɔwo ƒe howɔwɔ si le dzi dem ɖaa la o.
May not you forget [the] sound of opposers your [the] uproar of [those who] rise against you [which] goes up continually.
