Psalms 78
1 An instruction. Of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Asaf dwom. Me nkurɔfo, muntie me nkyerɛkyerɛ; monyɛ aso mma mʼanom nsɛm.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,
Mɛkasa wɔ abebu mu, mɛka ahintasɛm, teteete nneɛma no,
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:
nneɛma a yɛate na yɛahu; nneɛma a yɛn agyanom aka ho asɛm akyerɛ yɛn.
4 We will not hide [them] from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.
Yɛremfa nkame wɔn mma; yɛbɛka akyerɛ nkyirimma Awurade nneyɛe a ɛfata nkamfo no, ne tumi ne anwonwade a wayɛ no.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
Ɔyɛɛ ahyɛde maa Yakob na ɔyɛɛ mmara wɔ Israel, nea ɔhyɛɛ yɛn nenanom sɛ wɔnkyerɛ wɔn mma,
6 That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,
sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a nkyirimma besua, mpo mmofra a wonnya nwoo wɔn, na wɔn nso akyerɛkyerɛ wɔn mma.
7 And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but observe his commandments;
Afei wɔde wɔn ho bɛto Onyankopɔn so, na wɔn werɛ remfi ne nneyɛe, na wobedi nʼahyɛde so.
8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Wɔrenyɛ sɛ wɔn nenanom, a na wɔyɛ asoɔdenfo ne atuatewfo, wɔn a wonni Onyankopɔn nokware wɔ wɔn koma mu na woyɛ honhom mu atorofo ma no no.
9 The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
Ɛwɔ mu sɛ na Efraim mmarima kurakura agyan, nanso ɔko da no woguanee;
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Wɔanni Onyankopɔn apam no so, wɔampɛ sɛ wodi ne mmara no so.
11 And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.
Wɔn werɛ fii nea wayɛ, anwonwade a wayɛ akyerɛ wɔn no.
12 In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.
Ɔyɛɛ anwonwade wɔ wɔn nenanom anim, wɔ Soan mantam a ɛwɔ Misraim asase so.
13 He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and made the waters to stand as a heap;
Ɔkyɛɛ po mu na ɔde wɔn faa mu. Ɔmaa nsu no gyinaa sɛ afasu.
14 And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.
Ɔde omununkum dii wɔn anim awia na ɔde ogyatɛn dii wɔn anim anadwo nyinaa.
15 He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as out of the depths, abundantly;
Ɔpaee ɔbotan mu wɔ sare so, na ɔmaa wɔn nsu a ɛdɔɔso sɛ po;
16 And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Ɔmaa asuti fii abotan mu na ɔmaa nsu sen sɛ nsubɔnten.
17 Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;
Nanso wɔkɔɔ so yɛɛ bɔne tiaa no, wɔsɔre tiaa Ɔsorosoroni no wɔ sare no so.
18 And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
Wɔhyɛɛ da kaa aduan a wɔpɛ, de sɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛe.
19 And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
Wɔkasa tiaa Onyankopɔn se, “Onyankopɔn betumi ato pon wɔ sare so ana?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?
Ɔde ade bɔɔ ɔbotan mu no, nsu tue fii mu, na nsuwa sen buu so. Na obetumi ama yɛn aduan nso? Obetumi ama ne nkurɔfo nam ana?”
21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:
Bere a Awurade tee nea wɔreka no, ne bo fuw yiye; ne gya beguu Yakob so, na nʼabufuwhyew sɔre tiaa Israel,
22 Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;
efisɛ na wonni Onyankopɔn mu gyidi anaasɛ ne nkwagye mu ahotoso.
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,
Nanso ɔkasa kyerɛɛ ɔsoro wɔ ɔhyɛ so; na obuee ɔsorosoro apon.
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.
Ɔtɔɔ mana guu fam maa nnipa no sɛ wunni, ɔmaa wɔn ɔsoro aduan.
25 Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.
Nnipa dii abɔfo aduan; ɔmaa wɔn aduan a wobetumi adi nyinaa.
26 He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;
Ogyaa apuei mframa fi ɔsoro, na ofi ne tumi mu bɔɔ atɔe mframa.
27 And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,
Ɔtɔɔ nam sɛ mfutuma guu wɔn so, nnomaa a wotu bebree sɛ mpoano nwea.
28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:
Ɔma wɔbaa fam kɔɔ wɔn atenae, ne wɔn ntamadan ho nyinaa.
29 And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.
Wodidi maa aduan no boroo wɔn so efisɛ ɔmaa wɔn nea wɔhwehwɛ.
30 They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,
Nanso ansa na wobefi aduan a wɔhwehwɛ no ho, bere a ɛhyehyɛ wɔn anom mpo no,
31 When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
Onyankopɔn abufuw sɔree wɔn so; okum ahoɔdenfo a wɔwɔ wɔn mu twitwaa Israel mmerante gui.
32 For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;
Eyinom nyinaa akyi, wɔkɔɔ so yɛɛ bɔne; nʼanwonwade akyi no, wɔannye anni.
33 And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
Enti otwaa wɔn nna so te sɛ ahuru yɛɛ wɔn mfe awiei huhuuhu.
34 When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;
Bere biara a Onyankopɔn bekum wɔn no, wɔhwehwɛ no na wɔpere wɔn ho san ba ne nkyɛn.
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and God, the Most High, their redeemer.
Wɔkaee sɛ Onyankopɔn yɛ wɔn botan, sɛ Ɔsorosoro Nyankopɔn no yɛ wɔn Gyefo.
36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;
Nanso wɔde wɔn ano bɛdaadaa no, na wɔde wɔn tɛkrɛma atwa atoro akyerɛ no;
37 For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
wɔn koma nni no nokware, na wonni nʼapam no so.
38 But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:
Nanso na ɔyɛ ahummɔbɔ; ɔde wɔn amumɔyɛ kyɛɛ wɔn a wansɛe wɔn. Mpɛn pii, ɔtwentwɛn nʼabufuw so na wanhwie nʼabufuwhyew nyinaa.
39 And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.
Ɔkaee sɛ wɔyɛ ɔhonam ara kwa, mframa bi a ɛbɔ twa mu na ɛnsan nʼakyi.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Mpɛn ahe na wɔansɔre antia no wɔ sare no so hɔ, na mpɛn ahe na wɔamma ne werɛ anhow wɔ asase wosee no so!
41 And they turned again and tempted God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.
Wɔsɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛɛ bere biara; na woyii Israel Ɔkronkronni no abufuw.
42 They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,
Wɔn werɛ fii ne tumi no, da a ogyee wɔn fii wɔn nhyɛsofo nsam no,
43 How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;
da a ɔyɛɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne nwonwaso wɔ Misraim no ne nʼanwonwade wɔ Soan mantam mu no.
44 And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;
Ɔmaa wɔn nsubɔnten dan mogya; wɔantumi annom wɔn nsuten mu nsu.
45 He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;
Ɔmaa nwansenadɔm baa wɔn so bɛhaw wɔn na mpɔtorɔ nso bɛsɛee wɔn asase.
46 And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;
Ɔmaa tɛwtɛw bedii wɔn mfuw so aduan na ɔde wɔn nnɔbae nso maa mmoadabi.
47 He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;
Ɔde mparuwbo sɛee wɔn bobe na ɔde sukyerɛmma sɛee wɔn ankye nnua.
48 And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.
Ɔde sukyerɛmma kum wɔn anantwi ɔde anyinam kum wɔn nyɛmmoa.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, — a mission of angels of woes.
Ohwiee nʼabufuwhyew guu wɔn so, abufuw, anibere ne ɔtan; abɔfo asɛefo kuw no.
50 He made a way for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Ɔbɔɔ kwan maa nʼabufuw; na wamfa wɔn nkwa ankyɛ wɔn, mmom, ɔde wɔn maa ɔyaredɔm.
51 And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.
Okunkum Misraimfo mmakan nyinaa, Ham ntamadan mu nnipa mu abakan.
52 And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
Nanso oyii ne nkurɔfo fii mu sɛ nguankuw; odii wɔn anim sɛ nguan wɔ sare no so.
53 And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.
Odii wɔn anim dwoodwoo, enti wɔansuro; nanso wɔn atamfo de, po asorɔkye bu faa wɔn so.
54 And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;
Sɛɛ na ɔyɛ de wɔn baa nʼasase kronkron no ahye so, bepɔw asase a ɔde ne nsa nifa gyee no.
55 And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Ɔpam amanaman a wɔwɔ wɔn anim no na ɔkyekyɛɛ wɔn nsase no mu maa wɔn sɛ wɔn agyapade; ɔbɔɔ Israel mmusuakuw no atenase wɔ wɔn afi mu.
56 But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,
Nanso wɔsɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛe, na wɔsɔre tiaa Ɔsorosoroni no; na wɔanni ne mmara so.
57 And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.
Wɔyɛɛ sɛ wɔn agyanom, wɔanni nokware na wɔannya gyidi, ahotoso nni wɔn mu na wɔte sɛ agyan a asɛe.
58 And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Wɔde wɔn sorɔnsorɔmmea hyɛɛ no abufuw na wɔn ahoni maa ne ninkutwe mu yɛɛ den.
59 God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Onyankopɔn tee wɔn nka no, ne bo fuwii; na ɔpoo Israel korakora.
60 And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,
Ogyaw nʼatenae a ɛwɔ Silo no, ntamadan a wasi wɔ nnipa mu no.
61 And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;
Ɔde Apam Adaka a ɛyɛ ne tumi no kɔɔ nnommum mu, nʼanuonyam kɔɔ atamfo nsam.
62 And delivered up his people unto the sword, and was very wroth with his inheritance:
Ɔde ne nkurɔfo maa afoa; ne bo fuw nʼagyapade yiye.
63 The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;
Ogya hyew wɔn mmerante kum wɔn, na wɔn mmabaa annya ayeforohyia dwom anto;
64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
Wɔn asɔfo wuwuu afoa ano, na wɔn akunafo antumi ansu.
65 Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;
Afei Awurade sɔree sɛnea ofi nna mu no, sɛnea ɔbarima a wabow nsa nyan fi nnahɔɔ mu no.
66 And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.
Ɔbobɔɔ nʼatamfo ma woguan kɔɔ wɔn akyi; ɔhyɛɛ wɔn aniwu afebɔɔ.
67 And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
Afei ɔpoo Yosef ntamadan no, na wamfa Efraim abusuakuw no nso;
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;
Na mmom, ɔfaa Yuda abusuakuw no, Bepɔw Sion a ɔdɔ no no.
69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
Osii ne kronkronbea te sɛ sorɔnsorɔmmea, te sɛ asase a etim hɔ daa.
70 And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Oyii ne somfo Dawid, ɔfrɛɛ no fii nguannan mu;
71 From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
fii nguan akyi na ɔde no bae se ɔmmɛyɛ oguanhwɛfo mma ne nkurɔfo Yakob, mma Israel a wɔyɛ nʼagyapade.
72 And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Na Dawid de koma pa hwɛɛ wɔn so na ɔde ne nimdeɛ dii wɔn anim.
