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?
God, why have you abandoned/rejected us? Will you keep rejecting us forever [RHQ]? Why are you angry with us, since we are like sheep in your pasture [and you are like our shepherd]? [MET, RHQ]
2 Ɖo ŋku ame siwo nèƒle le blema, dukɔ si nye wò domenyinu, ame siwo nèɖe kple Zion, to afi si nènɔ la dzi.
Do not forget your people whom you chose long ago, the people whom you freed [from being slaves in Egypt] and caused to become your tribe. Do not forget Jerusalem, which was (your home/where you dwelt) [on this earth].
3 Trɔ ɖe gli siwo gbã ɖikaɖika la ŋu, gbegblẽ siawoe futɔ la he va wò teƒe kɔkɔe lae.
Walk along [and see] where everything has been totally ruined; our enemies have destroyed everything in the sacred temple.
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.
Your enemies shouted triumphantly in this sacred place; they erected their banners [to show they had defeated us].
5 Wole nu wɔm abe ŋutsu siwo lé fia ɖe asi le ave dodowo me be woalã atiwo ene.
They cut down all the [engraved objects in the temple] like woodsmen cut down trees.
6 Wotsɔ woƒe fiawo kple yiwo dza aɖaŋu siwo wowɔ ɖe gliawo ŋu.
Then they smashed all the carved wood with their axes and hammers.
7 Wotɔ dzo wò kɔkɔeƒe la wòbi va anyigba, eye wodo gu teƒe si wò Ŋkɔ nɔna.
[Then] they burned your temple to the ground; they caused that place where you were worshiped to be unfit for people to worship in.
8 Wogblɔ le woƒe dzi me be, “Míagbã wo gudugudu!” Wotɔ dzo teƒe sia teƒe si wosubɔa Mawu le, le anyigba dzi.
They said to themselves, “We will destroy the Israelis completely,” and they [also] burned down all the other places where we gathered to worship God.
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.
All our sacred symbols (OR, miracles) are gone; there are no prophets now/any more, and no one knows how long [this situation will continue].
10 O! Mawu, ɣe ka ɣi futɔ la aɖu fewu le ŋuwò ase ɖo? Ɖe ketɔ la ado vlo wò ŋkɔ tegbeea?
God, how long will our enemies make fun of you [RHQ]? Will they insult you [MTY] forever [RHQ]?
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 refuse to help [MTY, RHQ] us? Why do you keep your hand inside your cloak [instead of using it to destroy our enemies] [RHQ]?
12 Ke wò la, O Mawu, wòe nye fianye tso blema ke; wòe tsɔ ɖeɖe va anyigba la dzi.
God, you have been our king [all the time] since we came out of Egypt [HYP], and you have enabled us to defeat [our enemies] in the land [of Israel].
13 Wòe tsɔ wò ŋusẽ ma atsiaƒu, eye nègbã tɔmelã dziŋɔwo ƒe ta le tsiwo me.
By your power you caused the [Red] Sea to divide; [it was as though] you smashed the heads of the [rulers of Egypt who were like] huge sea dragons [MET].
14 Wòe gbã Leviatan ƒe ta, eye nètsɔe wɔ nuɖuɖui na gbemelãwo.
[It was as though] you crushed the head of the king of Egypt [MET] and gave his body to the animals in the desert to eat.
15 Wòe ʋu nu le tsitsetsewo kple tɔʋuwo nu wosi bababa, eye wòe na tɔ siwo sina ɖaa la mie.
You caused springs and streams to flow, and you [also] dried up rivers that had never dried up previously.
16 Ŋkeke nye tɔwò, eye zã hã tɔwòe; wòe wɔ ɣe kple ɣleti.
You created the days and the nights, and you put the sun and the moon in their places.
17 Wòe ɖo liƒo na anyigba, eye wòe wɔ vuvɔŋɔli kple dzomeŋɔli.
You determined where the oceans end and the land begins, and you created the summer/hot season and the winter/cold season.
18 O! Yehowa, ɖo ŋku ale si futɔ la do vlo wò kple ale si bometsilawo ɖe alɔme le wò ŋkɔ ŋuti la dzi.
Yahweh, do not forget that your enemies laugh at you, and that it is foolish people who despise you [MTY].
19 Mègatsɔ wò akpakpa ƒe agbe de asi na lãwɔadãwo o, eye mègaŋlɔ wò hiãtɔwo ƒe gbe be ɖikaa o.
Do not let your helpless people [MET] fall into the hands of their cruel enemies; do not forget your suffering/persecuted people.
20 Tsɔ ɖe le wò nubabla la me, elabena ŋutasesẽ ƒe wɔnawo yɔ anyigba la ƒe ɣaɣlɛƒewo fũu.
Do not forget the agreement that you made with us; remember that there are violent people in every dark place on the earth.
21 Mègana ame siwo wote ɖe anyi la nate gbugbɔɖemegbe kple ŋukpe o; ke boŋ ame dahewo kple hiãtɔwo nekafu wò ŋkɔ.
Do not allow your oppressed people to be disgraced; help those poor and needy people in order that they will [again] praise you [MTY].
22 O! Mawu, tso eye nàʋli wò bubu ta; ɖo ŋku ale si bometsilawo le alɔme ɖem le ŋuwò ŋkeke blibo lae dzi.
God, arise and defend yourself [by defending your people]! Do not forget that foolish people laugh at you (all day long/continually)!
23 Mègado toku wò futɔwo ƒe ʋunyaʋunyawɔwɔ, kple wò ketɔwo ƒe howɔwɔ si le dzi dem ɖaa la o.
Do not forget that your enemies shout angrily [at you]; the uproar that they make [while they oppose you] never stops.
