Psalms 58

1 For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial. If ye do indeed speak righteousness, [then] do ye judge rightly, ye sons of men.

Dawid “miktam” dwom. So mo asodifo, ampa ara sɛ, moka asɛm a ɛteɛ ana? Mubu atɛntrenee wɔ nnipa mu ana?

2 For ye work iniquities in [your] hearts in the earth: your hands plot unrighteousness.

Dabi da! Modwene ntɛnkyew wɔ mo koma mu na mo nsa de akakabensɛm ba asase so.

3 Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.

Amumɔyɛfo fom kwan fi awo mu; wɔyɛ mmaratofo fi awotwaa mu na wodi atoro.

4 Their venom is like [that] of a serpent; as [that] of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;

Wɔn ano bɔre te sɛ ɔwɔ de, ɛte sɛ ɔprammiri a wawɛn nʼaso,

5 which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor [heed] the charm prepared skillfully by the wise.

a ɔnte ntafowayifo dwom, na ne dwom dɛdɛ no mpo mfa ne ho.

6 God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions.

Ao Onyankopɔn, bubu ɛse a egu wɔn anom, Awurade, tutu gyata no sebɔmmɔfo no gu!

7 They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail.

Ma wontwa mu nkɔ sɛ sunsuan; sɛ wɔtwe wɔn agyan a, ma wɔn bɛmma no ano nwu.

8 They shall be destroyed as melted wax: the fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun.

Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ nwaw horɔdɔhorɔdɔ bi a ɔrenan agu wɔ bere a ɔretene no. Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ ɔba a owu wɔ awoe a onhu owia koraa.

9 Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.

Ansa na mo nkuku bɛte nsɔe ano yaw, sɛ ɛyɛ amono anaa awo no, wɔbɛpra amumɔyɛfo akɔ.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

Sɛ wɔtɔ were ma atreneefo a wɔn ani begye, na wɔbɛhohoro wɔn anan ho wɔ amumɔyɛfo mogya mu.

11 And a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judges them in the earth.

Afei nnipa bɛka se, “Ampa ara atreneefo kɔ so nya wɔn akatua; na ampa ara Onyankopɔn bi wɔ hɔ a obu wiase atɛn.” Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo.