Psalms 73
1 Saamu ti Asafu. Nítòótọ́ Ọlọ́run dára fún Israẹli, fún àwọn ọlọ́kàn funfun.
A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart.
2 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ó ṣe ti èmi, ẹsẹ̀ mi ti yẹ̀ tán; ìrìn mi fẹ́rẹ̀ yọ̀ tán.
But my feet were nearly moved; my steps had nearly slipped.
3 Nítorí èmi ń ṣe ìlara àwọn tó ń ṣe féfé nígbà tí mo bá rí àlàáfíà àwọn ènìyàn búburú.
For I was zealous over the iniquitous, seeing the peacefulness of sinners.
4 Wọn kò ṣe wàhálà; ara wọn mókun wọn sì lágbára.
For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds.
5 Wọn kò ní ìpín nínú àjàgà tó ń ṣẹlẹ̀ sí ènìyàn; a kò pọ́n wọn lójú nípa ẹlòmíràn.
They are not with the hardships of men, nor will they be scourged with men.
6 Ìgbéraga ni ọ̀ṣọ́ ọrùn wọn; ìwà ipá bò wọ́n mọ́lẹ̀ bí aṣọ.
Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.
7 Láti inú ọkàn àrékérekè ni àìṣòdodo ti wá; ẹ̀rí ọkàn búburú wọn kò ní òdínwọ̀n.
Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart.
8 Wọn ń ṣẹ̀sín, wọn sì ń sọ̀rọ̀-òdì ní ti ìnilára, wọ́n ń sọ̀rọ̀ láti ibi gíga.
They have thought and spoken wickedness. They have spoken iniquity in high places.
9 Wọ́n ń gbé ẹ̀mí wọn lé ọ̀run ahọ́n wọn gba ipò ayé.
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth.
10 Nítorí náà àwọn ènìyàn wọn yípadà sí wọn wọ́n sì mu omi ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀.
Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them.
11 Wọ́n wí pé, “Báwo ni Ọlọ́run yóò ṣe mọ̀? Ọ̀gá-ògo ha ní ìmọ̀ bí?”
And they said, “How would God know?” and, “Isn’t there knowledge in high places?”
12 Bí àwọn ènìyàn búburú ṣe rí nìyí, ènìyàn asán, wọ́n ń pọ̀ ní ọrọ̀.
Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.
13 Nítòótọ́ nínú asán ni mo pa ọkàn mi mọ́; nínú asán ni mo wẹ ọwọ́ mi ní àìlẹ́ṣẹ̀.
And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent.
14 Ní gbogbo ọjọ́ ni a ń yọ mí lẹ́nu; a sì ń jẹ mí ní yà ní gbogbo òwúrọ̀.
And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings.
15 Bí mo bá wí pé, “Èmi ó wí báyìí,” èmi ó ṣẹ̀ sí ìran àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀.
If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons.
16 Nígbà tí mo gbìyànjú láti mọ èyí, Ó jẹ́ ìnilára fún mi,
I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,
17 títí mo fi wọ ibi mímọ́ Ọlọ́run; nígbà náà ni òye ìgbẹ̀yìn wọn yé mi.
until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
18 Lóòtítọ́ ìwọ gbé wọn lórí ilẹ̀ yíyọ́ ìwọ jù wọ́n sílẹ̀ sínú ìparun.
So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down.
19 Báwo ní a ti mú wọn lọ sínú ìdahoro yìí bí ẹni pé ní ìṣẹ́jú kan! Ìbẹ̀rù ni a fi ń run wọ́n pátápátá!
How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.
20 Bí àlá nígbà tí ènìyàn bá jí, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni nígbà tí ìwọ bá dìde, Olúwa, ìwọ yóò ṣe àbùkù àwòrán wọn.
As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.
21 Nígbà tí inú mi bàjẹ́ àti ọkàn mi ṣì korò,
For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed.
22 mo jẹ́ aṣiwèrè àti aláìlóye; mo jẹ́ ẹranko ní iwájú rẹ.
And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it.
23 Síbẹ̀ mo wà pẹ̀lú rẹ nígbà gbogbo; ìwọ di ọwọ́ ọ̀tún mi mú.
I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you.
24 Ìwọ fi ìmọ̀ràn rẹ tọ́ mi ní ìkẹyìn ìwọ ó mú mi lọ sí inú ògo.
You have held my right hand. And in your will, you have conducted me, and with your glory, you have taken me up.
25 Ta ni mo ní ní ọ̀run, bí kò ṣe ìwọ? Àti ní ayé kò sí ohun tí mo fẹ́ lẹ́yìn rẹ.
For what is there for me in heaven? And what do I wish for on earth before you?
26 Ara mi àti ọkàn mi le è kùnà ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run ni agbára ẹ̀mí mi àti ìpín mi títí láé.
My body has failed, and my heart: O God of my heart, and God my portion, into eternity.
27 Àwọn tí ó jìnnà sí ọ yóò ṣègbé ìwọ ti pa gbogbo wọn run; tí ń ṣe àgbèrè kiri kúrò lọ́dọ̀ rẹ.
For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish. You have perished all those who fornicate away from you.
28 Ṣùgbọ́n ní ti èmi, ó dára láti súnmọ́ Ọlọ́run. Èmi ti fi Olúwa Olódùmarè ṣe ààbò mi; kí èmi ó lè máa sọ̀rọ̀ iṣẹ́ rẹ.
But it is good for me to adhere to God, to put my hope in the Lord God, so that I may announce all your prophecies, at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
