Psalms 74
1 Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
Asaf dwom. Ao, Onyankopɔn, adɛn nti na woapo yɛn koraa yi? Adɛn nti na wʼabufuw hyew wʼadidibea nguan?
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
Kae nkurɔfo a wotɔɔ wɔn teteete no, abusua a ɛyɛ wʼagyapade a wugyee wɔn no, Bepɔw Sion, faako a wote hɔ.
3 Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Dan wʼanammɔntu kyerɛ saa nnwiriwii a ɛto ntwa da yi, ɔtamfo no de saa ɔsɛe yi nyinaa aba wo kronkronbea no so.
4 And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
Wʼatamfo bobɔɔ mu wɔ faako a wuhyiaa yɛn no; wɔasisi wɔn mfrankaa sɛ agyiraehyɛde wɔ hɔ.
5 And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
Wɔyɛɛ wɔn sɛ nnipa a wɔrehwim mmonnua de abubu nnua a ayɛ nkyɛkyerɛ.
6 They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
Wɔde wɔn mmonnua ne nname bubuu nnua a wɔasen adi ho adwinni no.
7 They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
Wɔhyew wo kronkronbea no dwerɛbee; woguu faako a wo Din te no ho fi.
8 They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
Wɔkaa wɔ wɔn koma mu se, “Yebetiatia wɔn so ayɛ wɔn pasaa!” Wɔhyew baabiara a wɔsom Onyankopɔn wɔ asase no so.
9 Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
Wɔmmaa yɛn nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛyɛ nwonwa biara; adiyifo no asa, na yɛn mu biara nnim nna dodow a ebedi.
10 How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
Onyankopɔn, wʼatamfo bɛserew wo akosi da bɛn? Wɔn a wokyi wo no begu wo din ho fi daa ana?
11 Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
Adɛn nti na woatwe wo nsa, wo nsa nifa no? Yi fi wʼatade mmobɔwee no mu na sɛe wɔn.
12 But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Nanso Onyankopɔn yɛ me hene fi tete; wode nkwagye ba asase so.
13 Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Ɛyɛ wo na wode wo tumi paee po mu no; wopɛtɛw nsu mu ɔwɔ no ti.
14 Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
Wopɛtɛw Lewiatan no ti na wode no maa sare so abɔde sɛ wɔn aduan.
15 Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
Wo na womaa nsuwa ne nsuti tuei; na womaa nsubɔnten a ɛsen yoyowee.
16 Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
Adekyee wɔ wo na adesae nso yɛ wo dea; wode owia ne ɔsram sisii hɔ.
17 Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
Ɛyɛ wo na wototoo asase so ahye nyinaa; wobɔɔ ahohuru ne awɔw mmere.
18 Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
Awurade, kae sɛnea ɔtamfo no aserew wo, sɛnea nkwaseafo agu wo din ho fi.
19 Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
Mmfa wʼaborɔnoma nkwa mma nkekaboa; mma wo werɛ mfi wo nkurɔfo a wɔrehu amane no nkwa afebɔɔ.
20 Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
Ma wʼapam no ho nhia wo, efisɛ akakabensɛm ahyɛ asase no so sum mu ma.
21 Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
Mma wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so no mmfa animguase nsan; ma ahiafo ne mmɔborɔfo nkamfo wo din.
22 Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
Ao, Onyankopɔn, ma wo ho so na ka wo ara wʼasɛm; kae sɛnea nkwaseafo serew wo da mu nyinaa.
23 Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
Mmu wʼani ngu wɔn a wɔsɔre tia wo no nteɛteɛmu so, wʼatamfo gyegyeegyeyɛ a ɛkɔ soro daa no. Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo no. Wɔnto no sɛnea wɔto “Nsɛe No” nne so.
