Psalms 58

1 To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam. Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, 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 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

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

3 The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

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

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

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

5 Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

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

6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

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

7 Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

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

8 Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see 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 pots feel the thorns, green or burning, — they shall be whirled away.

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

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

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

11 And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth 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.