Psalms 44
1 For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us; a work Thou didst in their days, in the days of old.
Dwom a wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ. 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 Thou with Thy hand didst drive out the nations, and didst plant them in; Thou didst break the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
Wode wo nsa pamoo amanaman no na wobɔɔ yɛn agyanom atenaseɛ; wodwerɛɛ nnipa no na womaa yɛn agyanom dii yie.
3 For not by their own sword did they get the land in possession, neither did their own arm save them; but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou wast favourable unto 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 Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.
Woyɛ me Ɔhene ne me Onyankopɔn, deɛ ɔhyɛ nkonimdie ma Yakob.
5 Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.
Ɛnam wo so na yɛpamoo yɛn Atamfoɔ; wo din mu na yɛtiatia wɔn a wɔkyiri yɛn soɔ.
6 For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.
Meremfa me ho nto mʼagyan so mʼakofena remfa nkonimdie mmrɛ me;
7 But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
na wo na woma yɛdi yɛn atamfoɔ so. Wogu wɔn a wɔtane yɛn anim ase.
8 In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. (Selah)
Onyankopɔn mu na yɛhoahoa yɛn ho da mu nyinaa na yɛbɛkamfo wo din no daa daa.
9 Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.
Nanso seesei woapo yɛn abrɛ yɛn ase; wone yɛn asraafoɔ nnkɔ ɔsa bio.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us spoil at their will.
Woma yɛdwane firii ɛdɔm anim ma yɛn atamfoɔ fom yɛn agyapadeɛ.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations.
Woyii yɛn maa sɛ wɔnkum yɛn sɛ nnwan na woahwete yɛn wɔ amanaman no mu.
12 Thou sellest Thy people for small gain, and hast not set their prices high.
Wotɔn wo nkurɔfoɔ fofoofo, na woannya mfasoɔ biara amfiri mu.
13 Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Woayɛ yɛn ahohoradeɛ ama yɛn afipamfoɔ, animtiabudeɛ ne aseredeɛ ama wɔn a atwa yɛn ho ahyia.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Woayɛ yɛn akasabɛbuo wɔ aman no mu na nnipa no woso wɔn ti de gu yɛn so.
15 All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Mʼanimguaseɛ di mʼanim daa, na aniwuo akata mʼanim
16 For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.
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 is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
Yeinom nyinaa too yɛn deɛ, nanso yɛn werɛ mfirii wo, na yɛmmuu wʼapam no nso so.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;
Yɛn akoma ntwe mfirii wo ho; na yɛn nan nso mmane mfirii wo kwan so.
19 Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow 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 spread forth our hands to a strange god;
Sɛ na yɛn werɛ afiri yɛn Onyankopɔn din anaa sɛ yɛatrɛ yɛn nsam akyerɛ ananafoɔ nyame a
21 Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
anka Onyankopɔn bɛhunu, ɛfiri sɛ ɔnim akoma mu ahintasɛm.
22 Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nanso, wo enti, wɔkum yɛn daa nyinaa; wɔbu yɛn sɛ nnwan a wɔrekɔkum wɔn.
23 Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
Nyane, Ao Awurade! Adɛn enti na wada? Keka wo ho! Nnya yɛn hɔ afebɔɔ.
24 Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Adɛn enti na wode wʼanim ahinta na wo werɛ firi yɛn ahohia ne nhyɛsoɔ?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Wɔabrɛ yɛn ase kɔ dɔteɛ mu na yɛn onipadua aka afam dɔteɛ.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.
Sɔre bɛboa yɛn; wʼadɔeɛ a ɛnsa da no enti, gye yɛn.
