Psalms 44
1 God, we ourselves have heard what our parents and grandparents told us. They told us about the miracles that you performed long ago.
Pou direktè koral la; Yon Sòm refleksyon pa fis a Koré yo O Bondye, nou te tande avèk zòrèy nou. Zansèt nou yo te pale nou travay ke Ou te fè nan jou pa yo, nan jou ansyen yo.
2 [They told us] how you expelled the ungodly people and enabled us to live in their land. [They told us] that you punished those ungodly people and enabled your own people to prosper [IDM].
Ou menm, avèk pwòp men Ou, Ou te chase mete nasyon yo deyò, men Ou te plante yo. Ou te foule yo anba. Ou te aflije yo, Ou te gaye yo toupatou.
3 It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land, and it was not by their own power that they were victorious; it was only by your power [MTY, DOU] [that they did those things]; and they were sure that you were with them, and that showed that you were pleased with them.
Konsa, se pa ak pwòp nepe pa yo ke yo te posede peyi a, ni se pa pwòp bra yo ki te sove yo, men se men dwat Ou avèk bra Ou, ak limyè prezans Ou an, akoz Ou te bay yo favè.
4 You are my King and my God; it is you who enable us, your people [MTY], to defeat our enemies.
Se Ou menm ki Wa m, O Bondye. Òdone viktwa pou Jacob.
5 It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them.
Ak pouvwa Ou menm, nou va pouse fè advèsè nou fè bak; Nan non Ou, nou va pile fè desann (sila) ki leve kont nou yo.
6 I do not trust that I will be saved by using my bow [and arrows] and my sword.
Paske mwen p ap mete konfyans nan banza mwen, ni se pa nepe m k ap sove mwen.
7 No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies, it is you who have caused those who hate us to become ashamed [because they were defeated].
Men Ou te sove nou kont advèsè nou yo, Epi Ou te fè tout (sila) ki rayi nou yo wont.
8 We have continually boasted about what God [has done for us], and we will thank him [MTY] forever.
Nan Bondye, nou te louwe tout lajounen. Nou va bay remèsiman a non Ou jis pou tout tan.
9 But [now] you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced; when our armies march out [to fight a battle], you no [longer] go with them.
Alò, koulye a, Ou rejte nou, e mennen nou nan gwo wont. Ou pa sòti ankò avèk lame nou yo.
10 You have caused us to run away from our enemies, with the result that they captured the things that belonged to us.
Ou fè nou vire fè bak devan advèsè a, epi (sila) ki rayi nou yo fè piyaj pou kont yo.
11 You have allowed us to become like [MET] sheep that were ready to be slaughtered; you scattered us [far away] among [other].
Ou te fè nou kon mouton, tankou mouton ki te livre pou manje, epi te gaye nou pami nasyon yo.
12 [It is as though] [MET] you sold us, your people, [to our enemies] for a very small price, and you did not gain much profit from selling us!
Ou vann pèp Ou bon mache e Ou pa fè pwofi nan vant lan.
13 People who live in nations near us make fun of us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
Ou fè nou repwòche devan vwazen nou yo, yon objè ki moke e giyonnen pa (sila) ki antoure nou yo.
14 They make jokes using the name of [our country], they shake their heads [to indicate that they despise us].
Ou fè nou tounen yon vye mò pami nasyon yo, Yon rizib ki fè moun ri pami pèp yo.
15 All day I feel disgraced; from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed.
Tout lajounen dezonè sa a rete la devan m, epi imilyasyon mwen kraze m nèt.
16 I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me.
Akoz vwa a (sila) ki fè m repwòch e ki meprize mwen, akoz prezans lènmi an avèk vanjè a.
17 All these things have happened to us [even] though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with [our ancestors].
Tout sa gen tan rive sou nou, men nou pa te bliye Ou, ni nou pa t aji nan manti selon akò Ou a.
18 We have not stopped being loyal to you, and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do [IDM].
Kè nou pa t vire fè bak, ni pa nou yo pa t varye soti nan chemen Ou.
19 But [it is as though] you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark [ravine].
Malgre, Ou te kraze nou nan landwa chen mawon yo, e te kouvri nou avèk lonbraj lanmò a.
20 If we had forgotten to worship [MTY] our God, or if we had spread out our hands to [worship] a foreign god,
Si nou te bliye non a Bondye nou an, oswa lonje men nou vè yon lòt dye etranje,
21 you certainly would have known that, because you know [even] what we secretly think.
èske Bondye pa ta dekouvri sa a? Paske Li konnen tout sekrè a kè yo.
22 But it is because we belong to you, [that our enemies] are constantly killing us. They act toward us as though we were only sheep to be slaughtered.
Men pou lakoz a Ou menm, nou vin touye tout lajounen. Nou konsidere tankou mouton k ap rive labatwa.
23 [So], Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]? Get up! Do not reject us forever!
Leve Ou menm! Poukisa Ou ap dòmi, O SENYÈ? Leve nan dòmi! Pa rejte nou nèt.
24 Why are you not looking at us? Why are you forgetting that we are suffering and being oppressed [by our enemies]?
Poukisa Ou kache figi Ou e bliye ke n ap soufri e oprime?
25 We are pushed down to the ground and we cannot get up.
Paske nanm nou te neye jis rive nan pousyè. Kò nou kole jis rive atè.
26 Arise, and come and help us! Rescue us because you faithfully love us!
Leve monte! Bay nou sekou! Rachte nou pou koz lanmou dous Ou a.
