< Psalms 16 >
1 Michtam of Dauid. Preserue mee, O God: for in thee doe I trust.
Dawid mpaebɔ. Bɔ me ho ban, me Nyankopɔn, na wo mu na minya guankɔbea.
2 O my soule, thou hast sayd vnto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my weldoing extendeth not to thee,
Meka kyerɛɛ Awurade se, “MʼAwurade ne wo; minni ade pa biara ka wo ho.”
3 But to the Saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent: all my delite is in them.
Ahotefo a wɔwɔ asase no so de, wɔne anuonyamfo a mʼanigye wɔ wɔn mu.
4 The sorowes of them, that offer to an other god, shall be multiplied: their offerings of blood will I not offer, neither make mention of their names with my lips.
Wɔn a wodi anyame afoforo akyi no, wɔn awerɛhow bɛdɔɔso. Merengu mogya nsa mma saa anyame no na meremfa mʼano mmɔ wɔn din.
5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.
Awurade, wode me kyɛfa ne me kuruwa ama me; woama me kyɛfa anya bammɔ.
6 The lines are fallen vnto me in pleasant places: yea, I haue a faire heritage.
Mʼahye akɔdeda mmeae a eye ama me; ampa ara mewɔ agyapade a ho yɛ anigye.
7 I wil prayse the Lord, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also teach me in the nightes.
Mɛkamfo Awurade a otu me fo; na anadwo mpo, me koma kyerɛkyerɛ me.
8 I haue set the Lord alwayes before me: for hee is at my right hand: therefore I shall not slide.
Mihu Awurade wɔ mʼani so daa nyinaa. Esiane sɛ ɔwɔ me nsa nifa nti, merenhinhim da.
9 Wherefore mine heart is glad and my tongue reioyceth: my flesh also doeth rest in hope.
Ɛno nti, me kra ani gye, na mede me tɛkrɛma di ahurusi; me nipadua nso bɛhome asomdwoe mu,
10 For thou wilt not leaue my soule in the graue: neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption. (Sheol )
efisɛ, worennyaw me awufo mu. Na woremma wo Kronkronni no mporɔw. (Sheol )
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy: and at thy right hand there are pleasures for euermore.
Woakyerɛ me nkwagye kwan, na wobɛma mʼani agye wɔ wʼanim, na anigye a ɛrensa da wɔ wo nifa so.