Psalms 44
1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Kora mma “maskil” dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn, yɛde yɛn aso ate; yɛn agyanom aka akyerɛ yɛn; deɛ woyɛeɛ wɔ wɔn berɛ so, wɔ tete mmerɛ no mu.
2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Wode wo nsa pamoo amanaman no na wobɔɔ yɛn agyanom atenaseɛ; wodwerɛɛ nnipa no na womaa yɛn agyanom dii yie.
3 For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
Ɛnyɛ wɔn akofena na wɔde nyaa asase no, na ɛnyɛ wɔn nsa na ɛmaa wɔn nkonimdie; ɛyɛ wo nsa nifa, wo basa, ne wʼanim hann, ɛfiri sɛ na wodɔ wɔn.
4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Woyɛ me Ɔhene ne me Onyankopɔn, deɛ ɔhyɛ nkonimdie ma Yakob.
5 Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
Ɛnam wo so na yɛpamoo yɛn Atamfoɔ; wo din mu na yɛtiatia wɔn a wɔkyiri yɛn soɔ.
6 For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
Meremfa me ho nto mʼagyan so mʼakofena remfa nkonimdie mmrɛ me;
7 For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
na wo na woma yɛdi yɛn atamfoɔ so. Wogu wɔn a wɔtane yɛn anim ase.
8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever.
Onyankopɔn mu na yɛhoahoa yɛn ho da mu nyinaa na yɛbɛkamfo wo din no daa daa.
9 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
Nanso seesei woapo yɛn abrɛ yɛn ase; wone yɛn asraafoɔ nnkɔ ɔsa bio.
10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
Woma yɛdwane firii ɛdɔm anim ma yɛn atamfoɔ fom yɛn agyapadeɛ.
11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
Woyii yɛn maa sɛ wɔnkum yɛn sɛ nnwan na woahwete yɛn wɔ amanaman no mu.
12 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
Wotɔn wo nkurɔfoɔ fofoofo, na woannya mfasoɔ biara amfiri mu.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
Woayɛ yɛn ahohoradeɛ ama yɛn afipamfoɔ, animtiabudeɛ ne aseredeɛ ama wɔn a atwa yɛn ho ahyia.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Woayɛ yɛn akasabɛbuo wɔ aman no mu na nnipa no woso wɔn ti de gu yɛn so.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
Mʼanimguaseɛ di mʼanim daa, na aniwuo akata mʼanim
16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
ɛsiane wɔn a wɔbɔ me ahohora na wɔkasa tia me de yi me ahi, ɛsiane ɔtamfoɔ a nʼani abre sɛ ɔbɛtɔ were no enti.
17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Yeinom nyinaa too yɛn deɛ, nanso yɛn werɛ mfirii wo, na yɛmmuu wʼapam no nso so.
18 Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
Yɛn akoma ntwe mfirii wo ho; na yɛn nan nso mmane mfirii wo kwan so.
19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Nanso wodwerɛɛ yɛn yɛɛ yɛn sakraman tuo na wode esum kabii kataa yɛn so.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Sɛ na yɛn werɛ afiri yɛn Onyankopɔn din anaa sɛ yɛatrɛ yɛn nsam akyerɛ ananafoɔ nyame a
21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
anka Onyankopɔn bɛhunu, ɛfiri sɛ ɔnim akoma mu ahintasɛm.
22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Nanso, wo enti, wɔkum yɛn daa nyinaa; wɔbu yɛn sɛ nnwan a wɔrekɔkum wɔn.
23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
Nyane, Ao Awurade! Adɛn enti na wada? Keka wo ho! Nnya yɛn hɔ afebɔɔ.
24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
Adɛn enti na wode wʼanim ahinta na wo werɛ firi yɛn ahohia ne nhyɛsoɔ?
25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Wɔabrɛ yɛn ase kɔ dɔteɛ mu na yɛn onipadua aka afam dɔteɛ.
26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
Sɔre bɛboa yɛn; wʼadɔeɛ a ɛnsa da no enti, gye yɛn. Wɔde “Sukooko” sankuo dwomtobea na ɛtoeɛ. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
