Psalmowo 78
1 Asaf ƒe nufiameha. O! Nye dukɔ, mise nye nufiame, eye miɖo to nye numenyawo.
The understanding of Asaph. O my people, attend to my law. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 Make nye nu, aƒo nu le lododowo me. Magblɔ nu siwo le ɣaɣla, nu siwo li tso blema ke.
I will open my mouth in parables. I will speak about concepts that are from the beginning.
3 Nu siwo míese, eye míenya, nu siwo mía fofowo tsɔ tu xoe na mí.
We have heard and known such great things, as our fathers have described to us.
4 Míawo míaɣlae ɖe mía viwo o, ke boŋ míagblɔ Yehowa ƒe dɔwɔwɔ siwo dze na kafukafu, eƒe ŋusẽ kple nukudɔ siwo wòwɔ la na megbeviwo.
These things have not been hidden from their sons in any generation: declaring the praises of the Lord, and his virtues, and the wonders that he has done.
5 Ewɔ ɖoɖowo na Yakob, eye wòɖo se anyi ɖe Israel, se siwo ŋu wòde se na mía fofowo be woafia wo viwo,
And he has received testimony with Jacob, and he has set a law within Israel. Such great things, he has commanded our fathers, so as to make these things known to their sons,
6 ale be dzidzime megbetɔwo hã nanya wo, eye vi siwo womedzi haɖe o hã nanya wo, ne woawo hã nafia wo viwo.
so that another generation might know them, and so that the sons, who will be born and who will grow up, shall describe them to their sons.
7 Ekema woatsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ ada ɖe Mawu dzi, eye womaŋlɔ eƒe nuwɔwɔwo be o, ke boŋ woalé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi.
So then, may they put their hope in God, and may they not forget the works of God, and may they seek his commandments.
8 Ke womanɔ abe wo fofo kɔlialiatɔwo, dzidzime dzeaglã, ame siwo ƒe dzi meku ɖe Mawu ŋu o, eye woƒe gbɔgbɔ meto nyateƒe nɛ o la ene o.
May they not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation: a generation that does not straighten their heart and whose spirit is not trustworthy with God.
9 Togbɔ be aŋutrɔwo le Efraimtɔwo si hã la, wotrɔ megbe si dzo le aʋakpegbe.
The sons of Ephraim, who bend and shoot the bow, have been turned back in the day of battle.
10 Womelé Mawu ƒe nubabla me ɖe asi o, eye wogbe be yewomanɔ agbe ɖe eƒe se la nu o.
They have not kept the covenant of God. And they were not willing to walk in his law.
11 Woŋlɔ nu si wòwɔ la be, esiwo nye nukunu siwo wòɖe fia wo.
And they have been forgetful of his benefits, and of his miracle, which he revealed to them.
12 Ewɔ nukunu le wo fofowo ŋkume le Egiptenyigba dzi, le Zoan nuto me.
He performed miracles in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.
13 Ema atsiaƒu, hekplɔ wo to emee, eye wòna tsi la tɔ dzɔ kã abe glikpɔ ene.
He broke the sea and he led them through. And he stationed the waters, as if in a vessel.
14 Etsɔ lilikpo kplɔ woe le ŋkeke me, eye wòtsɔ dzo keklẽ kplɔ woe le zã me.
And he led them with a cloud by day, and with illumination by fire throughout the night.
15 Efe agakpe me le gbegbe, eye wòna tsi wo wòsɔ gbɔ abe atsiaƒumetsiwo ene.
He broke through the rock in the wasteland, and he gave them to drink, as if from the great abyss.
16 Ena tsi do tso agakpe me eye tsi la si bababa abe tɔsisiwo ene.
He brought forth water from the rock, and he conducted the waters, as if they were rivers.
17 Ke woyi edzi gawɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu, eye wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu le gbedzi.
And yet, they continued to sin against him. In a waterless place, they provoked the Most High with resentment.
18 Wotsɔ woƒe lɔlɔ̃nu te Mawu kpɔ, esi wobia nuɖuɖu si le wo dzrom vevie.
And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking for food according to their desires.
19 Woƒo nu tsi tsitre ɖe Mawu ŋu be, “Ɖe Mawu ate ŋu aɖo kplɔ̃ na mí le gbedzia?
And they spoke badly about God. They said, “Would God be able to prepare a table in the desert?
20 Esi wòtsɔ nu ƒo agakpe la, tsi do bababa, eye tɔʋuwo si kplakplakpla. Gake ɖe wòate ŋu ana nuɖuɖu mía? Ate ŋu ana lã eƒe dukɔa?”
He struck the rock, and so waters flowed and the torrents flooded, but would even he be able to provide bread, or provide a table, for his people?”
21 Esi Yehowa se wo ŋkɔ la, dzi kui vevie; eƒe dzo bi ɖe Yakob ŋu, eye eƒe dɔmedzoe de dzi ɖe Israel ŋu,
Therefore, the Lord heard, and he was dismayed, and a fire was kindled within Jacob, and an anger ascended into Israel.
22 elabena womexɔ Mawu dzi se, alo ka ɖe eƒe xɔname dzi o.
For they neither put their trust in God, nor did they hope in his salvation.
23 Ke hã la, eɖe gbe na lilikpowo le dzi, eye wòʋu dziƒo ƒe ʋɔtruwo,
And he commanded the clouds from above, and he opened the doors of heaven.
24 ena mana dza tso dziƒo na dukɔ la be woaɖu, eye wòna bli wo tso dziƒo.
And he rained down manna upon them to eat, and he gave them the bread of heaven.
25 Amegbetɔ ɖu mawudɔlawo ƒe nuɖuɖu, eye wòɖo nuɖuɖu si sinu wohiã la ɖe wo.
Man ate the bread of Angels. He sent them provisions in abundance.
26 Etu ka ɣedzeƒeya tso dziƒo, eye wòkplɔ dzigbeya kple eƒe ŋusẽ.
He transferred the south wind from heaven, and, in his virtue, he brought in the Southwest wind.
27 Ena lã dza ɖe wo dzi abe ʋuʋudedi ene, eye xe dzodzoewo abe ƒutake ene.
And he rained down flesh upon them, as if it were dust, and feathered birds, as if they were the sand of the sea.
28 Ena woge dze woƒe asaɖa me, eye woƒo xlã woƒe agbadɔwo.
And they fell down in the midst of their camp, encircling their tabernacles.
29 Ale woɖui ʋuu heɖi ƒo taŋ, elabena ewɔ nu si dzrom wole la dzi na wo.
And they ate until they were greatly satisfied, and he brought to them according to their desires.
30 Ke hafi nuɖuɖu si wodzro la navɔ, eye esi wògale nu me na wo ko la,
They were not cheated out of what they wanted. Their food was still in their mouth,
31 Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoe bi ɖe wo ŋu; ewu ame sesẽwo le wo dome, eye wòlã Israel ɖekakpuiwo ƒu anyi.
and then the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones among them, and he impeded the elect of Israel.
32 To nu siawo katã gbɔ hã la, wogayi nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi, eye togbɔ be ewɔ nukunuwo hã la, womexɔe se o.
In all these things, they continued to sin, and they were not trustworthy with his miracles.
33 Ale wòna woƒe ŋkekewo wu nu nanekemakpɔkpɔe, eye woƒe ƒewo wu nu le ŋɔdzi me.
And their days faded away into vanity, and their years with haste.
34 Ɣe sia ɣi si ke Mawu wu wo ko la, wodinɛ, eye wogatrɔna ɖe eŋu kple vevidodo.
When he slew them, then they sought him. And they returned, and they drew near to him in the early morning.
35 Woɖoa ŋku edzi be Mawue nye woƒe Agakpe, eye Mawu Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae nye woƒe Ɖela.
And they were mindful that God is their helper and that the Most High God is their redeemer.
36 Ke emegbe la, wotsɔa woƒe nu flunɛ, eye wotsɔa woƒe aɖe daa alakpa nɛ.
And they chose him with their mouth, and then they lied to him with their tongue.
37 Woƒe dziwo meku ɖe eŋu vavã o, eye womewɔ eƒe nubabla dzi le nyateƒe me o.
For their heart was not upright with him, nor have they been living faithfully in his covenant.
38 Gake ekpɔ nublanui na wo; etsɔ woƒe vodadawo ke wo, eye metsrɔ̃ wo o. Zi geɖe la, eɖoa asi eƒe dziku dzi, eye menaa eƒe dɔmedzoe katã bina o.
Yet he is merciful, and he will pardon their sins. And he will not destroy them. And he has abundantly turned aside his own wrath. And he did not enflame his wrath entirely.
39 Eɖo ŋku edzi be ŋutilã ko wonye, eye wonye ya si ƒona yina gake megatrɔna gbɔna o.
And he remembered that they are flesh: with a spirit that goes forth and does not return.
40 Zi nenie womedze aglã ɖe eŋu le gbedzi, eye womedo vevesese nɛ le kuɖiɖinyigba dzi o!
How often did they provoke him in the desert and stir him to wrath in a waterless place?
41 Enuenu wotea Mawu kpɔna, eye wodoa dziku na Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la.
And they turned back and tempted God, and they exasperated the Holy One of Israel.
42 Womeɖo ŋku eƒe ŋusẽ dzi, gbe si gbe wòɖe wo tso ŋutasẽla ƒe asi me,
They did not remember his hand, in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of the one troubling them.
43 gbe si gbe wòɖe eƒe nukudzesiwo fia le Egipte kple eƒe nukudɔwo fia le Zoan nuto me o.
Thus, he positioned his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Tanis.
44 Etrɔ woƒe tɔsisiwo wozu ʋu, eye womete ŋu no woƒe tɔʋumetsi o.
And he turned their rivers into blood, along with their rain showers, so that they could not drink.
45 Eɖo togbato ƒe ha gã aɖe ɖe wo dome, woɖu wo kple akpɔkplɔwo wogblẽ woƒe nuwo.
He sent among them the common fly, and it devoured them, and the frog, and it scattered them.
46 Etsɔ woƒe nukuwo na ʋetrawo kple woƒe kutsetsewo na ʋetsuviwo.
And he gave up their fruits to mold and their labors to the locust.
47 Egblẽ woƒe waingblewo kple kpetsi, eye woƒe gbotiwo kple tsidzadza sesẽ.
And he slew their vineyards with hail and their mulberry trees with severe frost.
48 Etsɔ woƒe nyihawo na kpetsi, eye wòtsɔ woƒe lãhawo na dzikedzo.
And he delivered their cattle to the hail and their possessions to fire.
49 Eɖo eƒe dɔmedzoe nyanyra, dziku helĩhelĩ, xaxa kple fuwɔame, siwo nye mawudɔla siwo gblẽa nu la ɖe wo.
And he sent the wrath of his indignation among them: indignation and wrath and tribulation, sent forth by evil angels.
50 Eɖe mɔ ɖi na eƒe dɔmedzoe; meɖe woƒe agbe tso ku me o, ke boŋ etsɔ wo de asi na dɔvɔ̃.
He made way for the path of his anger. He did not spare their souls from death. And he enclosed their beasts of burden in death.
51 Ewu Egiptetɔwo ƒe ŋgɔgbevi siwo nye woƒe ŋutsunyenye ƒe kutsetse gbãtɔwo le Ham gbadɔwo te.
And he struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt: the first-fruits of all their labor in the tabernacles of Ham.
52 Gake ekplɔ eƒe dukɔ la abe lãhawo ene, eye wòkplɔ wo abe alẽwo ene to gbedzi.
And he took away his own people like sheep, and he led them through the wilderness like a flock.
53 Ekplɔ wo le dedinɔnɔ me, ale be womevɔ̃ o, gake ƒu la tsyɔ woƒe futɔwo dzi.
And he led them out in hope, and they did not fear. And the sea covered their enemies.
54 Ale wòkplɔ wo va eƒe anyigba kɔkɔe la ƒe liƒo dzi, va tonyigba si eƒe nuɖusi xɔ la gbɔ.
And he led them to the mountain of his sanctification: the mountain that his right hand had acquired. And he cast out the Gentiles before their face. And he divided their land by lot to them, with a line of distribution.
55 Enya dukɔwo le wo ŋgɔ, eye wòma woƒe anyigba na wo be wòanye woƒe domenyinu, eye wòna Israel ƒe toawo nɔ woƒe aƒewo me.
And he caused the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.
56 Ke wote Mawu kpɔ, wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu, eye womelé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi o.
Yet they tempted and aggravated God Most High, and they did not keep his testaments.
57 Abe wo fofowo ene la, womeɖo to o, wowɔ nu dzimaxɔsetɔe, eye wole abe dati doagblɔ ene, elabena womate ŋu aka ɖe wo dzi o.
And they turned themselves aside, and they did not serve the covenant. In the same manner as their fathers, they were turned backwards, like a crooked bow.
58 Wotsɔ woƒe nuxeƒewo do dɔmedzoe nɛ, eye woƒe legbawo na ŋuʋaʋã tso le eya amea me.
They impelled him to anger on their hills, and they provoked him to rivalry with their graven images.
59 Esi Mawu se wo ŋkɔ la, dzi kui vevie ŋutɔ, eye wògbe Israel keŋkeŋ.
God listened, and he spurned them, and he reduced Israel greatly, almost to nothing.
60 Ale wògblẽ agbadɔ si le Silo la ɖi, agbadɔ si wòtu ɖe amegbetɔwo dome.
And he rejected the tabernacle of Shiloh, his tabernacle where he had dwelt among men.
61 Eɖo nubablaɖaka si nye eƒe ŋusẽ la ɖe aboyome, eye wòtsɔ eƒe atsyɔ̃nu de asi na futɔ la.
And he delivered their virtue into captivity, and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.
62 Etsɔ eƒe dukɔ de asi na yi, eye wòdo dɔmedzoe vevie ɖe eƒe domenyinu la ŋu.
And he enclosed his people with the sword, and he spurned his inheritance.
63 Ena dzo fia eƒe ɖekakpuiwo, eye womedzi srɔ̃ɖeha na eƒe ɖetugbiwo o.
Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins were not lamented.
64 Wotsɔ woƒe nunɔlawo de asi na yi, eye avi bu ɖe woƒe ahosiwo.
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows did not weep.
65 Tete Aƒetɔ la nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me abe ale si aha kɔna le mo na ame si no wain mu la ene.
And the Lord was awakened, as if out of sleep, and like a powerful man impaired by wine.
66 Enya eƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye wòdo ŋukpe mavɔ wo.
And he struck his enemies on the back. He gave them over to everlasting disgrace.
67 Emegbe la, wògbe nu le Yosef ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ, eye metia Efraim ƒe to la o.
And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph, and he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68 Ke boŋ etia Yuda ƒe to la, esi nye Zion to si wòlɔ̃na vevie.
But he chose the tribe of Judah: mount Zion, which he loved.
69 Etu eƒe kɔkɔeƒe la abe kɔkɔƒe ene, eye abe anyigba si wòli kee tegbetegbe ene.
And he built up his sanctuary, like a single-horned beast, in the land that he founded for all ages.
70 Etia David dɔla, eye wòɖee le alẽkpo me;
And he chose his servant David, and he took him from the flocks of the sheep: he received him from following the ewes with their young,
71 tso alẽkplɔdɔ me, eye wòkplɔe vɛ be wòakplɔ eƒe dukɔ, Yakob kple eƒe domenyinu, Israel.
in order to pasture Jacob his servant and Israel his inheritance.
72 David kpɔ wo dzi le dzi dzɔdzɔe me, eye wòkplɔ wo le aɖaŋu me.
And he fed them with the innocence of his heart. And he led them with the understanding of his hands.
