Psalmowo 78
1 Asaf ƒe nufiameha. O! Nye dukɔ, mise nye nufiame, eye miɖo to nye numenyawo.
A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn 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 a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 Nu siwo míese, eye míenya, nu siwo mía fofowo tsɔ tu xoe na mí.
which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told 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.
We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds 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,
For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
6 ale be dzidzime megbetɔwo hã nanya wo, eye vi siwo womedzi haɖe o hã nanya wo, ne woawo hã nafia wo viwo.
that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
7 Ekema woatsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ ada ɖe Mawu dzi, eye womaŋlɔ eƒe nuwɔwɔwo be o, ke boŋ woalé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi.
that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep 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.
and might not be as their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
9 Togbɔ be aŋutrɔwo le Efraimtɔwo si hã la, wotrɔ megbe si dzo le aʋakpegbe.
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, 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 didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
11 Woŋlɔ nu si wòwɔ la be, esiwo nye nukunu siwo wòɖe fia wo.
They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
12 Ewɔ nukunu le wo fofowo ŋkume le Egiptenyigba dzi, le Zoan nuto me.
He did marvellous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 Ema atsiaƒu, hekplɔ wo to emee, eye wòna tsi la tɔ dzɔ kã abe glikpɔ ene.
He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14 Etsɔ lilikpo kplɔ woe le ŋkeke me, eye wòtsɔ dzo keklẽ kplɔ woe le zã me.
In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
15 Efe agakpe me le gbegbe, eye wòna tsi wo wòsɔ gbɔ abe atsiaƒumetsiwo ene.
He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
16 Ena tsi do tso agakpe me eye tsi la si bababa abe tɔsisiwo ene.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 Ke woyi edzi gawɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu, eye wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu le gbedzi.
Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 Wotsɔ woƒe lɔlɔ̃nu te Mawu kpɔ, esi wobia nuɖuɖu si le wo dzrom vevie.
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
19 Woƒo nu tsi tsitre ɖe Mawu ŋu be, “Ɖe Mawu ate ŋu aɖo kplɔ̃ na mí le gbedzia?
Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
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?”
Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat 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 was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
22 elabena womexɔ Mawu dzi se, alo ka ɖe eƒe xɔname dzi o.
because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
23 Ke hã la, eɖe gbe na lilikpowo le dzi, eye wòʋu dziƒo ƒe ʋɔtruwo,
Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
24 ena mana dza tso dziƒo na dukɔ la be woaɖu, eye wòna bli wo tso dziƒo.
He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
25 Amegbetɔ ɖu mawudɔlawo ƒe nuɖuɖu, eye wòɖo nuɖuɖu si sinu wohiã la ɖe wo.
Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
26 Etu ka ɣedzeƒeya tso dziƒo, eye wòkplɔ dzigbeya kple eƒe ŋusẽ.
He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
27 Ena lã dza ɖe wo dzi abe ʋuʋudedi ene, eye xe dzodzoewo abe ƒutake ene.
He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
28 Ena woge dze woƒe asaɖa me, eye woƒo xlã woƒe agbadɔwo.
He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.
29 Ale woɖui ʋuu heɖi ƒo taŋ, elabena ewɔ nu si dzrom wole la dzi na wo.
So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
30 Ke hafi nuɖuɖu si wodzro la navɔ, eye esi wògale nu me na wo ko la,
They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
31 Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoe bi ɖe wo ŋu; ewu ame sesẽwo le wo dome, eye wòlã Israel ɖekakpuiwo ƒu anyi.
when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men 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.
For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
33 Ale wòna woƒe ŋkekewo wu nu nanekemakpɔkpɔe, eye woƒe ƒewo wu nu le ŋɔdzi me.
Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34 Ɣe sia ɣi si ke Mawu wu wo ko la, wodinɛ, eye wogatrɔna ɖe eŋu kple vevidodo.
When he killed them, then they enquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
35 Woɖoa ŋku edzi be Mawue nye woƒe Agakpe, eye Mawu Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae nye woƒe Ɖela.
They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
36 Ke emegbe la, wotsɔa woƒe nu flunɛ, eye wotsɔa woƒe aɖe daa alakpa nɛ.
But they flattered him with their mouth, and 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 right with him, neither were they faithful 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.
But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.
39 Eɖo ŋku edzi be ŋutilã ko wonye, eye wonye ya si ƒona yina gake megatrɔna gbɔna o.
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
40 Zi nenie womedze aglã ɖe eŋu le gbedzi, eye womedo vevesese nɛ le kuɖiɖinyigba dzi o!
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
41 Enuenu wotea Mawu kpɔna, eye wodoa dziku na Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la.
They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 Womeɖo ŋku eƒe ŋusẽ dzi, gbe si gbe wòɖe wo tso ŋutasẽla ƒe asi me,
They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
43 gbe si gbe wòɖe eƒe nukudzesiwo fia le Egipte kple eƒe nukudɔwo fia le Zoan nuto me o.
how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 Etrɔ woƒe tɔsisiwo wozu ʋu, eye womete ŋu no woƒe tɔʋumetsi o.
he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, 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 amongst them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 Etsɔ woƒe nukuwo na ʋetrawo kple woƒe kutsetsewo na ʋetsuviwo.
He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labour to the locust.
47 Egblẽ woƒe waingblewo kple kpetsi, eye woƒe gbotiwo kple tsidzadza sesẽ.
He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48 Etsɔ woƒe nyihawo na kpetsi, eye wòtsɔ woƒe lãhawo na dzikedzo.
He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 Eɖo eƒe dɔmedzoe nyanyra, dziku helĩhelĩ, xaxa kple fuwɔame, siwo nye mawudɔla siwo gblẽa nu la ɖe wo.
He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
50 Eɖe mɔ ɖi na eƒe dɔmedzoe; meɖe woƒe agbe tso ku me o, ke boŋ etsɔ wo de asi na dɔvɔ̃.
He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
51 Ewu Egiptetɔwo ƒe ŋgɔgbevi siwo nye woƒe ŋutsunyenye ƒe kutsetse gbãtɔwo le Ham gbadɔwo te.
and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 Gake ekplɔ eƒe dukɔ la abe lãhawo ene, eye wòkplɔ wo abe alẽwo ene to gbedzi.
But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 Ekplɔ wo le dedinɔnɔ me, ale be womevɔ̃ o, gake ƒu la tsyɔ woƒe futɔwo dzi.
He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 Ale wòkplɔ wo va eƒe anyigba kɔkɔe la ƒe liƒo dzi, va tonyigba si eƒe nuɖusi xɔ la gbɔ.
He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
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.
He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Ke wote Mawu kpɔ, wodze aglã ɖe Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la ŋu, eye womelé eƒe sewo me ɖe asi o.
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,
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.
but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
58 Wotsɔ woƒe nuxeƒewo do dɔmedzoe nɛ, eye woƒe legbawo na ŋuʋaʋã tso le eya amea me.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
59 Esi Mawu se wo ŋkɔ la, dzi kui vevie ŋutɔ, eye wògbe Israel keŋkeŋ.
When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
60 Ale wògblẽ agbadɔ si le Silo la ɖi, agbadɔ si wòtu ɖe amegbetɔwo dome.
so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed amongst men,
61 Eɖo nubablaɖaka si nye eƒe ŋusẽ la ɖe aboyome, eye wòtsɔ eƒe atsyɔ̃nu de asi na futɔ la.
and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
62 Etsɔ eƒe dukɔ de asi na yi, eye wòdo dɔmedzoe vevie ɖe eƒe domenyinu la ŋu.
He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
63 Ena dzo fia eƒe ɖekakpuiwo, eye womedzi srɔ̃ɖeha na eƒe ɖetugbiwo o.
Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
64 Wotsɔ woƒe nunɔlawo de asi na yi, eye avi bu ɖe woƒe ahosiwo.
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
65 Tete Aƒetɔ la nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me abe ale si aha kɔna le mo na ame si no wain mu la ene.
Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
66 Enya eƒe futɔwo do ɖe megbe, eye wòdo ŋukpe mavɔ wo.
He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Emegbe la, wògbe nu le Yosef ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ, eye metia Efraim ƒe to la o.
Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 Ke boŋ etia Yuda ƒe to la, esi nye Zion to si wòlɔ̃na vevie.
But 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.
He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
70 Etia David dɔla, eye wòɖee le alẽkpo me;
He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 tso alẽkplɔdɔ me, eye wòkplɔe vɛ be wòakplɔ eƒe dukɔ, Yakob kple eƒe domenyinu, Israel.
from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
72 David kpɔ wo dzi le dzi dzɔdzɔe me, eye wòkplɔ wo le aɖaŋu me.
So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
