Psalms 38
1 Yahweh, when you are angry [with me], do not rebuke/scold me and punish me!
David ƒe ha. Kukuɖeɖe. O! Yehowa, mègaka mo nam le wò dziku me, alo ahe to nam le wò dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ me o,
2 [Now it is as though] you have shot your arrows at me and wounded me; you have struck me and knocked me down.
elabena wò aŋutrɔwo ƒo ɖem, eye wò asi sẽ ɖe dzinye.
3 Because you have been angry with me, I am suffering great pain. Because of my sin, my whole body is diseased.
Wò dziku helĩhelĩ la wɔe be ŋusẽ aɖeke megale menye o; nye ƒuwo tugu le nye nu vɔ̃ ta.
4 All my sins are [like a flood] that covers my head; they are like a load that is very heavy, with the result that I cannot carry it.
Nye dzidada kɔ gbɔ tanye abe agba kpekpe si nyemate ŋu atsɔ o la ene.
5 Because I have done foolish things, I have sores that have become worse, and they stink.
Nye abiwo ƒaƒã hele ʋeʋẽm le nye bometsitsi ƒe nu vɔ̃ ta.
6 [Sometimes] I am bent over, and [sometimes] I lie prostrate; I am sad/cry all day.
Wobɔbɔm ɖe anyi, eye woɖi gbɔ̃m, eye ŋkeke blibo la, mele yiyim le nuxaxa me.
7 My body is burning with fever, and I am very ill.
Vevesese manyagblɔ aɖe xɔ nye ame blibo la me, eye ŋusẽ aɖeke megale nye ameti blibo la ŋu o.
8 I am completely exhausted, and I have no strength. I am very distressed, and I groan with pain.
Megbɔdzɔ, hegba gudugudu, eye mele ŋeŋem le nye dzi ƒe vevesese ta.
9 Yahweh, you know that I desire [to be healed]; you hear me while I am groaning.
O! Aƒetɔ, nye dzimedidiwo katã le ŋkuwò me, eye nye hũɖeɖewo meɣla ɖe wò o.
10 My heat is pounding heavily, and all my strength is gone. I am no longer able to see well.
Nye dzi le tsotsom kpokpokpo, ŋusẽ vɔ le ŋunye, eye nyemegate ŋu le nu kpɔm o.
11 My friends and neighbors stay away from me because of my sores; even my own family stays away from me.
Le nye abiawo ta, xɔ̃nyewo kple nye zɔhɛwo ƒo asa nam, eye nye aƒelikawo hã le adzɔge nam.
12 And those who want to kill me set traps to catch me; those who want to harm me discuss ways to get rid of me; they plot against me all day.
Ame siwo le nye agbe yome tim la tre mɔ nam, ame siwo di be yewoawɔ nuvevim la le nu ƒom tso nye gbegblẽ ŋuti; ŋkeke blibo la wole ɖoɖo wɔm ɖe alakpadada ŋu.
13 Now I act like I’m deaf, and do not listen [to what they say]. I act like I cannot talk, so I say nothing [to reply to them].
Mele abe tokunɔ si mate ŋu ase nu o la ene, eye mele abe aɖetututɔ si mate ŋu aƒo nu o la ene.
14 I act like a man who does not answer [when people talk to him], because he cannot hear anything.
Mele abe ame si mesea nu o la ene kple ame si mate ŋu atsɔ eƒe nu aɖo nya aɖeke ŋu o la ene.
15 But Yahweh, I trust in you. My Lord God, you will answer me.
O! Yehowa, mele asiwò nu kpɔm, O! Aƒetɔ, nye Mawu, atɔ nam godoo.
16 I said to you, “Do not cause [me to die, with the result that] my enemies will rejoice! Do not cause me to stumble, with the result that they will be very happy!”
Elabena megblɔ be, “Mègana be woakpɔ dziɖuɖu ƒe dzidzɔ ɖe ŋutinye, alo woado wo ɖokui ɖe dzi ɖe ŋutinye ne nye afɔ ɖiɖi o.”
17 I say that because I am about to fall down, and I constantly have pain.
Esusɔ vie ko madze anyi, eye nye vevesese la le edzi ɖaa.
18 I confess the wrong things that I have done; I am [very] sorry for the sins that I have committed.
Meʋu nye dzidada me, eye nye nu vɔ̃ ɖe fu nam.
19 My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many people who hate me for no reason.
Ame geɖewoe nye nye futɔ gãwo, eye ame siwo lé fum susumanɔmetɔe la sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ.
20 Those who do evil things to me in return for my doing good things to them oppose me because I try to do what is right.
Ame siwo tsɔ vɔ̃ ɖo nyui siwo mewɔ teƒe la ƒo ɖi nye ŋkɔ, esi meti nu si nyo la yome.
21 Yahweh, do not abandon me! My God, do not stay far from me!
O! Yehowa, mègagblẽm ɖi o, O! Nye Mawu, mèganɔ adzɔge nam o.
22 Lord, you are the one who saves/rescues me; Quickly [come and] help me!
Va kaba, nàɖem, O! Aƒetɔ, nye Ɖela.
