Psalms 81

1 To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;

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

2 Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.

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

3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:

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

4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob;

Yei yɛ Israelfoɔ ahyɛdeɛ, Yakob Onyankopɔn mmara.

5 He ordained it in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language that I knew not.

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

6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

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

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

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

8 Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

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

9 There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

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

10 I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, 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 hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.

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

12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.

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

13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!

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

14 I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

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

15 The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

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

16 And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.

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