Psalms 34
1 I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him [MTY].
Dawid dwom a ɔtoo bere a ɔboapa dan ɔbɔdamfo wɔ Abimelek anim no na ɔpanyin no gyaa no ma ɔkɔe no akyi. Mede aseda bɛma Awurade bere nyinaa; nʼayeyi wɔ mʼanom daa.
2 I will boast about what Yahweh [has done]. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.
Me kra bɛhoahoa ne ho wɔ Awurade mu; ma amanehunufo nte na wonni ahurusi.
3 Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!
Mo ne me nkamfo Awurade; momma yɛmmɔ mu nkamfo ne din!
4 I prayed to Yahweh, and he (answered my prayer/did what I asked him to do); he rescued me from [all those who caused me] to be afraid.
Mefrɛɛ Awurade na ogyee me so; na ogyee me wɔ nea misuro nyinaa mu.
5 Those who trust [IDM] that he [will help them] will be joyful; (they will never be disappointed/he will always do for them the things that he promises) [LIT].
Wɔn a wɔhwɛ nʼanim no hyerɛn na wɔn anim rengu ase da.
6 I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.
Ohiani yi frɛe, na Awurade tiee no; na ogyee no fii nʼahohia nyinaa mu.
7 An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.
Awurade bɔfo wɛn wɔn a wosuro no, na ogye wɔn.
8 Find out for yourself, and you will experience that Yahweh is good to you! He is very pleased with those who ask him to protect them.
Monka nhwɛ na munhu sɛ Awurade ye. Nhyira ne onipa a oguan toa no.
9 All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need [LIT].
Munsuro Awurade, mo a moyɛ nʼahotefo, na wɔn a wosuro no no nhia hwee.
10 Lions [are usually] very strong, [but sometimes] even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will (have everything/not lack any good thing) [LIT] [that they need].
Gyata yɛ mmerɛw na ɔkɔm de wɔn, nanso wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ Awurade no, ade pa biara remmɔ wɔn.
11 You (who are my students/whom I teach), come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.
Mommra, me mma, monyɛ aso mma me; mɛkyerɛkyerɛ mo Awurade ho suro.
12 If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life,
Mo mu hena na ɔpɛ nkwa na ɔpɛ sɛ ohu nna pa bebree?
13 do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies!
Ɛne ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔka kasa bɔne, na ɛsɛ sɛ ogyae atorotwa.
14 Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully [with each other.]
Twe wo ho fi bɔne ho, na yɛ papa; hwehwɛ asomdwoe na tiw no.
15 Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who [act] righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call [to him for help].
Awurade ani wɔ atreneefo so na otie wɔn mpaebɔ;
16 But Yahweh [SYN] (is opposed to/turns away from) those who do what is evil. [And after they die], people will forget them completely.
Awurade ani sa wɔn a wɔyɛ bɔne, sɛ obeyi wɔn nkae afi asase yi so.
17 Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles.
Atreneefo teɛ mu su, na Awurade tie wɔn; oyi wɔn fi wɔn haw nyinaa mu.
18 Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for.
Awurade bɛn wɔn a wɔn koma abotow na ogye wɔn a wɔadwerɛw wɔn wɔ honhom mu no nkwa.
19 Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles.
Onipa trenee behu amane bebree nanso Awurade gye no fi ne nyinaa mu;
20 Yahweh protects them from being harmed; [when their enemies attack them], they will not break any bones of those righteous people.
ɔbɔ ne nnompe nyinaa ho ban, sɛnea mu baako mpo mu remmu.
21 Wicked people will be killed by their own evil deeds (OR, by [people doing to them] the same evil things [that the wicked do to others]) [PRS], and Yahweh will punish those who oppose righteous people.
Bɔne bekum ɔdebɔneyɛni; ɔtreneeni atamfo benya afɔbu.
22 Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will (not condemn/forgive) [LIT] those who trust in him.
Awurade gye nʼasomfo nkwa; wɔn a woguan toa no no mu biara renkɔ afɔbu mu.
