Psalmowo 94
1 O! Yehowa, Mawu si biaa hlɔ̃, O! Mawu si biaa hlɔ̃, klẽ.
O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
2 Tso, o xexea me ƒe Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la, ɖo nu si dadalawo wɔ la teƒe na wo.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.
3 O! Yehowa, va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣi ame vɔ̃ɖi la atso aseye?
Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 Wole nya tovowo gblɔm, eye dada yɔ ame vɔ̃ɖiwo katã me fũu.
They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
5 O! Yehowa, wogbã wò dukɔ la nyanyanya, wote wò domenyinu la ɖe to.
They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thy heritage.
6 Wowu ahosiwo kple amedzrowo, eye wowu tsyɔ̃eviwo hã.
They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
7 Wogblɔ be, “Yehowa mele ekpɔm o, Yakob ƒe Mawu la metsɔ ɖeke le eme o.”
And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
8 Mikpɔ nyuie, mi gegeme siwo le dukɔ la me, mi bometsilawo, ɣe ka ɣi miadze nunya?
Consider, ye brutish among the people, and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 Ɖe eya ame si wɔ to la mase nu oa? Ɖe eya ame si wɔ ŋku la makpɔ nu oa?
He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 Ɖe eya ame si hea to na dukɔwo la mahe to oa? Ɖe eya ame si fiaa nu ame la, ahiã na nunya?
He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?
11 Yehowa nya amegbetɔ ƒe susu, eye wònya be tofloko ko wònye.
Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 O, Yehowa, woayra ame si nèhe to na, ame si nèfia nui tso wò se la me,
Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O Jehovah, and teach out of thy law,
13 eye nèna gbɔdzɔe tso dzɔgbevɔ̃eŋkekewo me, va se ɖe esime wòɖe ʋe na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo.
that thou may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for a wicked man.
14 Elabena Yehowa magbe eƒe dukɔ la o, eye magblẽ eƒe domenyinu ɖi o.
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.
15 Woagaɖo ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ anyi ɖe dzɔdzɔenyenye dzi, eye ame siwo katã ƒe dzi to mɔ ɖeka la adze eyome.
For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Ame ka atso ɖe ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ŋu nam? Ame ka atsi tsitre ɖe nu tovo wɔlawo ŋu ɖe nunye?
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Ɖe menye Yehowae kpe ɖe ŋunye o la, anye ne eteƒe madidi o la, manɔ ɖoɖoezizi me le tsiẽƒe.
Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.
18 Esi medo ɣli be, “Nye afɔ le ɖiɖim” la, wò lɔlɔ̃, O! Yehowa, de megbe nam.
When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 Esi dzitsitsi yɔ menye la, wò akɔfaname he dzidzɔ vɛ na nye luʋɔ.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Ɖe fiazikpui madzɔmadzɔ si hea hiãkame vɛ to eƒe sededewo me la ate ŋu ade ha kpli wòa?
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?
21 Wowɔa ɖeka ɖe ame dzɔdzɔewo ŋu, eye wotsoa kufia na ame maɖifɔ.
They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.
22 Gake Yehowae nye nye mɔ sesẽ, nye Mawu kple agakpe si nye nye sitsoƒe.
But Jehovah has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 Aɖo woƒe nu vɔ̃wo teƒe na wo, eye wòatsrɔ̃ wo le woƒe vɔ̃ɖinyenye ta, ɛ̃, Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la atsrɔ̃ wo.
And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Jehovah our God will cut them off.
