Psalms 44
1 For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of the sons of Korah. God, we have heard with our own ears—our forefathers have told us—all you did in their times, long ago.
Kora mma “maskil” dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn, yɛde yɛn aso ate; yɛn agyanom aka akyerɛ yɛn; deɛ woyɛeɛ wɔ wɔn berɛ so, wɔ tete mmerɛ no mu.
2 Through your power you drove out the other nations so you could settle our ancestors there; you defeated the nations and you sent our ancestors to occupy the land.
Wode wo nsa pamoo amanaman no na wobɔɔ yɛn agyanom atenaseɛ; wodwerɛɛ nnipa no na womaa yɛn agyanom dii yie.
3 They did not conquer the land using their swords; it was not through their own strength that the victory was won—it was by your strength, your power, and your presence with them, because you loved them.
Ɛnyɛ wɔn akofena na wɔde nyaa asase no, na ɛnyɛ wɔn nsa na ɛmaa wɔn nkonimdie; ɛyɛ wo nsa nifa, wo basa, ne wʼanim hann, ɛfiri sɛ na wodɔ wɔn.
4 God, you are my King; command victories for Jacob!
Woyɛ me Ɔhene ne me Onyankopɔn, deɛ ɔhyɛ nkonimdie ma Yakob.
5 Only through you can we repel our enemies; only in your name can we defeat our opponents.
Ɛnam wo so na yɛpamoo yɛn Atamfoɔ; wo din mu na yɛtiatia wɔn a wɔkyiri yɛn soɔ.
6 I do not trust my bow; I do not have confidence in my sword to save me.
Meremfa me ho nto mʼagyan so mʼakofena remfa nkonimdie mmrɛ me;
7 You are the one who saves us from our enemies; you defeat those who hate us.
na wo na woma yɛdi yɛn atamfoɔ so. Wogu wɔn a wɔtane yɛn anim ase.
8 God, we proudly thank you all day long, and praise your name forever. (Selah)
Onyankopɔn mu na yɛhoahoa yɛn ho da mu nyinaa na yɛbɛkamfo wo din no daa daa.
9 But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you no longer accompany our armies.
Nanso seesei woapo yɛn abrɛ yɛn ase; wone yɛn asraafoɔ nnkɔ ɔsa bio.
10 You made us run from our enemies, and those who hate us have taken whatever they wanted.
Woma yɛdwane firii ɛdɔm anim ma yɛn atamfoɔ fom yɛn agyapadeɛ.
11 You have handed us over like sheep to be slaughtered; you have scattered us among the other nations.
Woyii yɛn maa sɛ wɔnkum yɛn sɛ nnwan na woahwete yɛn wɔ amanaman no mu.
12 You have sold your own people for next to nothing, making no profit on the sale.
Wotɔn wo nkurɔfoɔ fofoofo, na woannya mfasoɔ biara amfiri mu.
13 You have made a mockery of us before our neighbors, we are ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.
Woayɛ yɛn ahohoradeɛ ama yɛn afipamfoɔ, animtiabudeɛ ne aseredeɛ ama wɔn a atwa yɛn ho ahyia.
14 You have made us a joke to the other nations; they scornfully shake their heads at us.
Woayɛ yɛn akasabɛbuo wɔ aman no mu na nnipa no woso wɔn ti de gu yɛn so.
15 We are humiliated all day long; we hold our heads in shame,
Mʼanimguaseɛ di mʼanim daa, na aniwuo akata mʼanim
16 because of all the insults from the people mocking us, because our vengeful enemies are right in front of us.
ɛsiane wɔn a wɔbɔ me ahohora na wɔkasa tia me de yi me ahi, ɛsiane ɔtamfoɔ a nʼani abre sɛ ɔbɛtɔ were no enti.
17 All this has happened to us even though we didn't forget you; we haven't been unfaithful to the promises we made to you.
Yeinom nyinaa too yɛn deɛ, nanso yɛn werɛ mfirii wo, na yɛmmuu wʼapam no nso so.
18 We have not turned away from you, not in thought, nor in action.
Yɛn akoma ntwe mfirii wo ho; na yɛn nan nso mmane mfirii wo kwan so.
19 Even so, you crushed us, and made us into a jackal's den. You have covered us with the darkness of death.
Nanso wodwerɛɛ yɛn yɛɛ yɛn sakraman tuo na wode esum kabii kataa yɛn so.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or worshiped other gods,
Sɛ na yɛn werɛ afiri yɛn Onyankopɔn din anaa sɛ yɛatrɛ yɛn nsam akyerɛ ananafoɔ nyame a
21 wouldn't God have been aware of this, because he knows everyone's thoughts?
anka Onyankopɔn bɛhunu, ɛfiri sɛ ɔnim akoma mu ahintasɛm.
22 But because of you we are killed all day long; we're considered just sheep to be slaughtered.
Nanso, wo enti, wɔkum yɛn daa nyinaa; wɔbu yɛn sɛ nnwan a wɔrekɔkum wɔn.
23 Lord, wake up! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't turn your back on us forever!
Nyane, Ao Awurade! Adɛn enti na wada? Keka wo ho! Nnya yɛn hɔ afebɔɔ.
24 Why do you look away from us and take no notice of our suffering and misery?
Adɛn enti na wode wʼanim ahinta na wo werɛ firi yɛn ahohia ne nhyɛsoɔ?
25 We lie ruined in the dust, our bodies face down in the dirt.
Wɔabrɛ yɛn ase kɔ dɔteɛ mu na yɛn onipadua aka afam dɔteɛ.
26 Stand up! Come and help us! Save us because of your trustworthy love!
Sɔre bɛboa yɛn; wʼadɔeɛ a ɛnsa da no enti, gye yɛn. Wɔde “Sukooko” sankuo dwomtobea na ɛtoeɛ. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
