Psalms 44
1 Fún adarí orin. Ti àwọn ọmọ Kora. Maskili. À ti fi etí wa gbọ́, Ọlọ́run; àwọn baba wa tí sọ fún wa ohun tí ìwọ ṣe ní ọjọ́ wọn, ní ọjọ́ pípẹ́ sẹ́yìn.
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. An Instructive Psalm. O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us, —The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime:
2 Ìwọ fi ọwọ́ rẹ lé orílẹ̀-èdè jáde, Ìwọ sì gbin àwọn baba wa; ìwọ run àwọn ènìyàn náà Ìwọ sì mú àwọn baba wa gbilẹ̀.
Thou thyself, with thine own hand—Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out:
3 Kì í ṣe nípa idà wọn ni wọ́n gba ilẹ̀ náà, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì í ṣe apá wọn ní ó gbà wọ́n bí kò ṣe; ọwọ́ ọ̀tún rẹ̀ àti, apá rẹ; àti ìmọ́lẹ̀ ojú rẹ̀, nítorí ìwọ fẹ́ wọn.
For, not by their own sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them, —But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.
4 Ìwọ ni ọba àti Ọlọ́run mi, ẹni tí ó pàṣẹ ìṣẹ́gun fún Jakọbu.
Thou thyself, art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of Jacob.
5 Nípasẹ̀ rẹ ni àwa ó bi àwọn ọ̀tá wa ṣubú; nípasẹ̀ orúkọ rẹ ni àwa ó tẹ àwọn ọ̀tá tí ó dìde sí wa mọ́lẹ̀,
By thee, will we thrust at, our adversaries, In thy Name, will we tread down our assailants;
6 èmi kì yóò gbẹ́kẹ̀lé ọrun mi, idà mi kì yóò mú ìṣẹ́gun lórí àwọn ọ̀tá wá,
For, not in my bow, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;
7 ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ fún wa ní ìṣẹ́gun lórí àwọn ọ̀tá wa, ìwọ sì ti dójúti àwọn tí ó kórìíra wa.
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.
8 Nínú Ọlọ́run àwa ń ṣògo ní gbogbo ọjọ́, àwa ó sì yin orúkọ rẹ títí láé. (Sela)
In God, have we boasted all the day, And, thy Name—unto times age-abiding, will we praise. (Selah)
9 Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, ìwọ ti kọ̀ wá, ìwọ sì ti dójútì wá, Ìwọ kò sì bá àwọn ọmọ-ogun wa jáde mọ́.
But nay thou hast rejected, and confounded us, And wilt not go forth with our hosts;
10 Ìwọ ti bá wa jà, ìwọ sì ti ṣẹ́gun wa níwájú àwọn ọ̀tá wa, àwọn ọ̀tá wa ti gba ilẹ̀ wa, wọ́n sì fi ipá gba oko wa.
Thou sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:
11 Ìwọ fi wá fún jíjẹ bí ẹran àgùntàn, Ìwọ sì ti tú wa ká sí àárín àwọn kèfèrí.
Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.
12 Ìwọ ta àwọn ènìyàn rẹ fún owó kékeré, Ìwọ kò sì jẹ èrè kankan lórí iye tí ìwọ tà wọ́n.
Thou dost sell thy people for, no-value, And hast not made increase by their price.
13 Ìwọ sọ wá di ẹni ẹ̀sín ní ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn aládùúgbò wa, ẹlẹ́yà àti ẹni àbùkù sí àwọn tí ó yí wa ká.
Thou dost make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:
14 Ìwọ ti sọ wá di ẹni ìfisọ̀rọ̀ láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè; àwọn ènìyàn ń mi orí wọn sí wa.
Thou dost make us, A by-word among the nations, —A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Ìdójútì mi ń bẹ pẹ̀lú mi ní gbogbo ọjọ́, ìtìjú sì bojú mi mọ́lẹ̀,
All the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame of my face, hath covered me:
16 nítorí ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀gàn àti ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀tàn ní ojú àwọn ọ̀tá àti olùgbẹ̀san.
At the voice of him who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and avenger.
17 Gbogbo àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí ń ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wa, síbẹ̀ àwa kò gbàgbé rẹ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò ṣèké sí májẹ̀mú rẹ̀.
All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;
18 Ọkàn wa kò padà sẹ́yìn; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹsẹ̀ wa kò yẹ̀ kúrò ní ọ̀nà rẹ̀.
Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
19 Ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n kọlù wá, ìwọ sì sọ wá di ẹran ọdẹ fún àwọn ẹranko búburú, tí wọn sì fi òkùnkùn biribiri bò wá mọ́lẹ̀.
That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
20 Bí àwa bá ti gbàgbé orúkọ Ọlọ́run wa tàbí tí a na ọwọ́ wa sí ọlọ́run àjèjì.
If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
21 Ǹjẹ́ Ọlọ́run kì yóò rí ìdí rẹ̀, níwọ̀n ìgbà tí ó mọ ohun ìkọ̀kọ̀ inú ọkàn?
Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?
22 Síbẹ̀, nítorí rẹ̀ àwa da àyà kọ ikú, ní ojoojúmọ́ a ń kà wá sí bí àgùntàn fún pípa.
Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Jí, Olúwa! Èéṣe tí ìwọ ń sùn? Dìde fúnra rẹ̀! Má ṣe kọ̀ wá sílẹ̀ láéláé.
Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!
24 Èéṣe tí ìwọ ń pa ojú rẹ mọ́ tí ìwọ sì gbàgbé ìpọ́njú àti ìnira wa?
Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
25 Nítorí a tẹrí ọkàn wa ba sínú eruku; ara wa sì dì mọ́ erùpẹ̀ ilẹ̀.
For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth.
26 Dìde kí o sì ràn wá lọ́wọ́; rà wá padà nítorí ìfẹ́ rẹ tí ó dúró ṣinṣin.
Arise to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.
