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. Ao me nkurɔfoɔ, montie me nkyerɛkyerɛ; monyɛ aso mma mʼanomu nsɛm.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,
Mɛkasa wɔ abɛbuo mu, mɛka ahintasɛm, teteete nneɛma no,
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:
nneɛma a yɛate na yɛahunu; 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 nneyɛɛ a ɛfata nkamfo no, ne tumi ne anwanwadeɛ 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 ahyɛdeɛ maa Yakob na ɔyɛɛ mmara wɔ Israel, deɛ ɔhyɛɛ yɛn nananom 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,
sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, nkyirimma bɛsua mpo mmɔfra a wɔnnya 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 remfiri ne nneyɛɛ, na wɔbɛdi nʼahyɛdeɛ 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 nananom, a na wɔyɛ asoɔdenfoɔ ne atuatefoɔ, wɔn a wɔn akoma mu wɔnni Onyankopɔn nokorɛ na woyɛ honhom mu atorofoɔ ma noɔ no.
9 The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
Ɛwom sɛ na Efraim mmarima kurakura agyan, nanso ɔko da no, wɔdwaneeɛ;
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Wɔanni Onyankopɔn apam no so wɔampɛ sɛ wɔdi ne mmara no so.
11 And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.
Wɔn werɛ firii deɛ wayɛ, anwanwadeɛ 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 anwanwadeɛ wɔ wɔn nananom 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 ɛpo mu na ɔde wɔn faa mu. Ɔmaa nsuo no gyinaa sɛ afasuo.
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 ogyadum 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 ɛserɛ so, na ɔmaa wɔn nsuo a ɛdɔɔso sɛ ɛpo;
16 And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Ɔmaa asutire firii abotan mu na ɔmaa nsuo tenee sɛ nsubɔntene.
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 ɛserɛ no so.
18 And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
Wɔboapa sɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛeɛ; wɔbisaa aduane a wɔpɛ.
19 And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
Wɔkasa tiaa Onyankopɔn sɛ, “Onyankopɔn bɛtumi ato ɛpono wɔ ɛserɛ so anaa?
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 adeɛ bɔɔ ɔbotan mu no, nsuo to firi mu baeɛ, na nsuwa bebree tenee hɔ. Na ɔbɛtumi ama yɛn aduane nso? Ɔbɛtumi ama ne nkurɔfoɔ ɛnam anaa?”
21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:
Ɛberɛ a Awurade tee deɛ wɔreka no, ne bo fuu yie; ne ogya bɛguu Yakob so, na nʼabufuhyeɛ sɔre tiaa Israel,
22 Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;
ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔnni Onyankopɔn mu gyidie anaasɛ ne nkwagyeɛ mu ahotosoɔ.
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,
Nanso, ɔkasa kyerɛɛ ɔsoro ɔhyɛ so; na ɔbuee ɔsorosoro apono.
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.
Ɔtɔɔ mana firi soro maa nnipa no sɛ wonni, ɔmaa wɔn ɔsoro aduane.
25 Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.
Nnipa dii abɔfoɔ aduane; ɔmaa wɔn aduane a wɔbɛtumi adi nyinaa.
26 He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;
Ɔmaa apueeɛ mframa bɔ firii sorosoro, na ɔde ne tumi bɔɔ atɔeɛ mframa.
27 And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,
Ɔtoo ɛnam sɛ mfuturo guu wɔn so, nnomaa a wɔtu bebree sɛ mpoano anwea.
28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:
Ɔma wɔbaa fam kɔɔ wɔn atenaeɛ, ne wɔn ntomadan ho nyinaa.
29 And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.
Wɔdidi maa aduane no boroo wɔn so ɛfiri sɛ ɔmaa wɔn deɛ wɔhwehwɛ.
30 They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,
Nanso ansa na wɔbɛfiri aduane a wɔhwehwɛeɛ no ho, ɛberɛ a ɛhyehyɛ wɔn anomu 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 abufuo sɔree wɔn so; ɔkum ahoɔdenfoɔ a wɔwɔ wɔn mu twitwaa Israel mmeranteɛ guiɛ.
32 For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;
Yeinom nyinaa akyi, wɔkɔɔ so yɛɛ bɔne; nʼanwanwadeɛ akyi no, wɔannye anni.
33 And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
Enti, ɔtwaa wɔn nna so te sɛ ahuro yɛɛ wɔn mfeɛ awieeɛ huhuuhu.
34 When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;
Ɛberɛ biara a Onyankopɔn bɛkum wɔn no, wɔhwehwɛɛ no, na wɔpere wɔn ho sane baa 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 Onyankopɔn no yɛ wɔn Gyefoɔ.
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 twaa atorɔ kyerɛɛ no;
37 For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
wɔn akoma anni no nokorɛ, na wɔanni 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 ahummɔborɔ; ɔde wɔn amumuyɛ kyɛɛ wɔn a wansɛe wɔn. Mpɛn bebree ɔtwentwɛnee nʼabufuo so na wanhwie nʼabufuhyeɛ 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 twam na ɛnsane nʼakyi.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Mpɛn ahe na wɔansɔre antia no wɔ ɛserɛ no so hɔ, na mpɛn ahe na wɔamma ne werɛ anho wɔ asase wesee no so?
41 And they turned again and tempted God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.
Wɔsɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛeɛ ɛberɛ biara; na wɔyii Israel Ɔkronkronni no abufuo.
42 They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,
Wɔn werɛ firii ne tumi no, ɛda a ɔgyee wɔn firii wɔn nhyɛsofoɔ nsam no,
43 How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;
ɛda a ɔyɛɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ nwanwasoɔ wɔ Misraim no ne nʼanwanwadeɛ wɔ Soan mantam mu no.
44 And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;
Ɔmaa wɔn nsubɔntene danee mogya; wɔantumi annom wɔn asutene mu nsuo.
45 He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;
Ɔmaa nwansenadɔm baa wɔn so bɛhaa wɔn na mponkyerɛne nso bɛsɛee wɔn asase.
46 And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;
Ɔmaa mmɛbɛ bɛdii wɔn mfuo so aduane na ɔde wɔn mfudeɛ nso maa ntutummɛ.
47 He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;
Ɔde asukɔtweaa sɛee wɔn bobe na ɔde nsukyeneeɛ sɛee wɔn ankye nnua.
48 And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.
Ɔde sukyerɛmma kumm wɔn anantwie ɔde anyinam kumm wɔn nyɛmmoa.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, — a mission of angels of woes.
Ɔhwiee nʼabufuhyeɛ guu wɔn so, abufuo, anibereɛ ne ahohia; abɔfoɔ asɛefoɔ kuo 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 ɛkwan maa nʼabufuo; na wamfa wɔn nkwa ankyɛre 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.
Ɔkunkumm Misraimfoɔ mmakan nyinaa, Ham ntomadan 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 ɔyii ne nkurɔfoɔ firii mu sɛ nnwankuo; ɔdii wɔn anim sɛ nnwan wɔ ɛserɛ no so.
53 And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.
Ɔdii wɔn anim dwoodwoo, enti wɔansuro; nanso wɔn atamfoɔ deɛ, ɛpo asorɔkye bu faa wɔn so.
54 And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;
Sei na ɔyɛ de wɔn baa nʼasase kronkron no ahyeɛ so, bepɔ asase a ɔde ne nsa nifa gyeeɛ 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.
Ɔpamoo amanaman a wɔwɔ wɔn anim no na ɔkyekyɛɛ wɔn nsase no mu maa wɔn sɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ; ɔbɔɔ Israel mmusuakuo no atenaseɛ wɔ wɔn afie mu.
56 But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,
Nanso wɔsɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛeɛ 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 nokorɛ na wɔannya gyidie, ahotosoɔ 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 abufuo na wɔn ahoni maa ne ninkuntwe mu yɛɛ den.
59 God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Onyankopɔn tee wɔn nka no, ne bo fuiɛ; na ɔpoo Israel korakora.
60 And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,
Ɔgyaa nʼatenaeɛ a ɛwɔ Silo no hɔ ntomadan 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 nnommumfa mu, nʼanimuonyam kɔɔ atamfoɔ nsam.
62 And delivered up his people unto the sword, and was very wroth with his inheritance:
Ɔde ne nkurɔfoɔ maa akofena; ne bo fuu nʼagyapadeɛ yie.
63 The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;
Egya hyee wɔn mmeranteɛ kumm wɔn, na wɔn mmabaawa annya ayeforɔhyia dwom anto;
64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
Wɔn asɔfoɔ wuwuu akofena ano, na wɔn akunafoɔ 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 sɛdeɛ ɔfiri nna mu no, sɛdeɛ ɔbarima a waboro nsã nyane firi nnahɔɔ mu no.
66 And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.
Ɔbobɔɔ nʼatamfoɔ ma wɔdwane kɔɔ wɔn akyi; ɔhyɛɛ wɔn aniwuo afebɔɔ.
67 And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
Afei ɔpoo Yosef ntomadan no, na wamfa Efraim abusuakuo no nso;
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;
Na mmom, ɔfaa Yuda abusuakuo no, Bepɔ Sion a ɔdɔ noɔ no.
69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
Ɔsii ne kronkronbea te sɛ sorɔnsorɔmmea, te sɛ asase a ɛtim hɔ daa.
70 And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Ɔyii ne ɔsomfoɔ Dawid; ɔfrɛɛ no firii nnwammuo mu
71 From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
firii nnwan akyiridie, na ɔde no baeɛ sɛ ɔmmɛyɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ mma ne nkurɔfoɔ Yakob, mma Israel a wɔyɛ nʼagyapadeɛ.
72 And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Na Dawid de akoma pa hwɛɛ wɔn so na ɔde ne nimdeɛ dii wɔn anim.
