Psalms 81

1 Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm of Asaph himself. Exult before God our helper. Sing joyfully to the God of Jacob.

Asaf dwom. Monto ahurisie dwom mma Onyankopɔn yɛn ahoɔden; mommɔ ose mma Yakob Onyankopɔn no!

2 Take up a psalm, and bring forth the timbrel: a pleasing Psalter with stringed instruments.

Momma nnwom no so na monwoso akasaeɛ. Mommɔ sankuo ne bɛnta dɛɛdɛ no.

3 Sound the trumpet at the new moon, on the noteworthy day of your solemnity,

Monhyɛne mmɛntia ɔsrane foforɔ da no, ne ɔsrane korokumatwa mu, yɛn Apontoɔ da no;

4 for it is a precept in Israel and a judgment for the God of Jacob.

Yei yɛ Israelfoɔ ahyɛdeɛ, Yakob Onyankopɔn mmara.

5 He set it as a testimony with Joseph, when he went out of the land of Egypt. He heard a tongue that he did not know.

Ɔtintimiiɛ sɛ nhyehyɛeɛ maa Yosef ɛberɛ a ɔsɔre tiaa Misraim no, faako a yɛtee kasa a yɛnte aseɛ no.

6 He turned the burdens away from his back. His hands had been a slave to baskets.

Ɔka sɛ, “Meyii adesoa no firii mo mmatire so, ne mo nsa firii adwumaden ho.

7 You called upon me in tribulation, and I freed you. I heard you within the hidden tempest. I tested you with waters of contradiction.

Mo ahohiahia mu, mofrɛɛ me na megyee mo, megyee mo so wɔ aprannaa mu; me sɔɔ mo hwɛeɛ wɔ Meriba nsuo ho.

8 My people, listen and I will call you to testify. If, O Israel, you will pay heed to me,

“Ao me nkurɔfoɔ, montie me kɔkɔbɔ yi, Ao Israel, sɛ mobɛtie me a!

9 then there will be no new god among you, nor will you adore a foreign god.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ monya anyame foforɔ bi wɔ mo mu; ɛnsɛ sɛ mokoto ananafoɔ nyame.

10 For I am the Lord your God, who led you out of the land of Egypt. Widen your mouth, and I will fill it.

Mene Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn a meyii mo firii Misraim asase so no. Mommue mo anom tɛtrɛɛ na mɛhyɛ mu ma.

11 But my people did not hear my voice, and Israel was not attentive to me.

“Nanso me nkurɔfoɔ rentie me; Israel remmrɛ ne ho ase mma me.

12 And so, I sent them away, according to the desires of their heart. They will go forth according to their own inventions.

Enti megyaa wɔn maa wɔn akomaden sɛ wɔnyɛ deɛ wɔpɛ biara.

13 If my people had heard me, if Israel had walked in my ways,

“Sɛ me nkurɔfoɔ tie me, na Israel nante mʼakwan so a,

14 I would have humbled their enemies, as if it were nothing, and I would have sent my hand upon those who troubled them.

anka mɛdi wɔn atamfoɔ so ama wɔn ntɛm na mama me basa so atia wɔn a wɔkyiri wɔn!

15 The enemies of the Lord have lied to him, and their time will come, in every age.

Wɔn a wɔtane Awurade no de suro bɛkoto no, na wɔn asotwe to rentwa da.

16 And he fed them from the fat of the grain, and he saturated them with honey from the rock.

Nanso, wɔde atokoɔ mu atokoɔ papa bɛma mo adi; mede ɔbotan mu woɔ bɛma mo amee.”