Psalms 22
1 To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou] far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?
Dawid dwom. Me Nyankopɔn, me Nyankopɔn, adɛn nti na woagyaw me? Adɛn nti na me nkwagye ne wo ntam aware, adɛn na mʼapinisi nsɛm ne wo ntam aware?
2 My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
Me Nyankopɔn, misu frɛ wo awia, nanso wunnye me so, mefrɛ wo anadwo, nanso minnya ɔhome.
3 And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.
Nanso wɔasi wo hene sɛ Ɔkronkronni; wo na Israel kamfo wo.
4 Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.
Wo mu na yɛn agyanom de wɔn werɛ hyɛe; wogyee wo dii, na wugyee wɔn.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.
Wosu frɛɛ wo na wugyee wɔn, wɔde wɔn ho too wo so na woanni wɔn nhuammɔ.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
Nanso meyɛ osunson, na menyɛ onipa nnipa bɔ me ahohora na wobu me animtiaa.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying: ]
Obiara a ohu me di me ho fɛw; wotwa me adapaa, wosow wɔn ti ka se:
8 Commit it to Jehovah — let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!
“Ɔde ne ho to Awurade so; ma Awurade mmegye no. Ma ɔmmɛboa no, efisɛ ɔwɔ no mu anigye.”
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.
Wo na wuyii me fii awotwaa mu bae na womaa me de me ho too wo so bere a mitua me na nufu ano mpo.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly.
Efi mʼawo mu na wɔde me too wo so; efi me na yafunu mu, woayɛ me Nyankopɔn.
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Ntwe wo ho mfi me ho! Efisɛ amane abɛn na ɔboafo nni baabi.
12 Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
Anantwinini bebree atwa me ho ahyia; Basan anantwinini a wɔn ho yɛ den atwa me ho ahyia.
13 They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
Gyata a wɔbobɔ mu na wɔtetew wɔn hanam mu abuebue wɔn anom tɛtrɛɛ de kyerɛ me.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Wɔahwie me agu sɛ nsu, na me nnompe nyinaa ahodwow. Me koma adan amane; anan wɔ me mu.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.
Mʼanom ayow te sɛ kyɛmfɛre mu. Na me tɛkrɛma atare mʼanom. Wode me to owu mfutuma mu.
16 For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Akraman atwa me ho ahyia, nnebɔneyɛfo kuw atwa me ahyia, wɔahwirew me nsa ne mʼanan mu.
17 I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;
Me nnompe nyinaa gu petee mu; Mʼatamfo hwɛ me haa na wɔserew me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Wɔkyɛ me atade mu fa, na wɔbɔ me ntama so ntonto.
19 But thou, Jehovah, be not far [from me]; O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Na wo, Awurade, ntwe wo ho; wone mʼahoɔden, bra ntɛm bɛboa me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;
Gye me kra fi afoa ano; gye me nkwa a ɛsom bo no fi akraman tumi ase.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.
Gye me nkwa fi gyata anom; gye me fi ɛko mmɛn so.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Mɛbɔ wo din akyerɛ me nuanom; mɛkamfo wo wɔ wɔn a wɔahyia hɔ no nyinaa anim.
23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Monkamfo Awurade, mo a musuro no no! Mo a moyɛ Yakob asefo, monhyɛ no anuonyam! Mo Israel asefo nyinaa, munni no ni!
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Ommuu nʼani nguu ɔmanehunufo ateetee so ɛ, ɔmfaa nʼanim nhintaw no; na mmom watie ne sufrɛ a ɔde rehwehwɛ mmoa no.
25 My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Me botae a mede yi wo ayɛ wɔ bagua mu no fi wo; medi me bɔhyɛ so wɔ wɔn a wosuro wo no anim.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Ahiafo bedidi na wɔamee; wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ Awurade beyi no ayɛ, mo koma nnya nkwa daa.
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:
Asase ano nyinaa bɛkae akɔ Awurade nkyɛn, na amanaman no mmusua nyinaa bɛkotow nʼanim,
28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
efisɛ tumi wɔ Awurade na odi amanaman so hene.
29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.
Asase so adefo nyinaa bedidi na wɔasɔre no; wɔn a wɔkɔ dɔte mu nyinaa bebu nkotodwe nʼanim, wɔn a wɔrentumi mma nkwa mu.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Nkyirimma nyinaa bɛsom no; wɔbɛka Awurade ho asɛm akyerɛ awo ntoatoaso a edidi so.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [it].
Wɔbɛka ne trenee akyerɛ nnipa a wonnya nwoo wɔn efisɛ ɔno na wayɛ.
