Psalms 22
1 For the chief musician; set to “The rhythm of the deer.” A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish?
Dawid dwom. Me Nyankopɔn, me Nyankopɔn, adɛn nti na woagyaw me? Adɛn nti na me nkwagye ne wo ntam aware, adɛn na mʼapinisi nsɛm ne wo ntam aware?
2 My God, I cry out in the daytime, but you do not answer, and at night I am not silent!
Me Nyankopɔn, misu frɛ wo awia, nanso wunnye me so, mefrɛ wo anadwo, nanso minnya ɔhome.
3 Yet you are holy; you sit as king with the praises of Israel.
Nanso wɔasi wo hene sɛ Ɔkronkronni; wo na Israel kamfo wo.
4 Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted in you, and you rescued them.
Wo mu na yɛn agyanom de wɔn werɛ hyɛe; wogyee wo dii, na wugyee wɔn.
5 They cried to you and they were rescued. They trusted in you and were not disappointed.
Wosu frɛɛ wo na wugyee wɔn, wɔde wɔn ho too wo so na woanni wɔn nhuammɔ.
6 But I am a worm and not a man, a disgrace to humanity and despised by the people.
Nanso meyɛ osunson, na menyɛ onipa nnipa bɔ me ahohora na wobu me animtiaa.
7 All those who see me taunt me; they mock me; they shake their heads at me.
Obiara a ohu me di me ho fɛw; wotwa me adapaa, wosow wɔn ti ka se:
8 They say, “He trusts in Yahweh; let Yahweh rescue him. Let him rescue him, for he delights in him.”
“Ɔde ne ho to Awurade so; ma Awurade mmegye no. Ma ɔmmɛboa no, efisɛ ɔwɔ no mu anigye.”
9 For you brought me from the womb; you made me trust you when I was on my mother's breasts.
Wo na wuyii me fii awotwaa mu bae na womaa me de me ho too wo so bere a mitua me na nufu ano mpo.
10 I have been thrown on you from the womb; you are my God since I was in my mother's womb!
Efi mʼawo mu na wɔde me too wo so; efi me na yafunu mu, woayɛ me Nyankopɔn.
11 Do not be far away from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to help.
Ntwe wo ho mfi me ho! Efisɛ amane abɛn na ɔboafo nni baabi.
12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
Anantwinini bebree atwa me ho ahyia; Basan anantwinini a wɔn ho yɛ den atwa me ho ahyia.
13 They open their mouths wide against me like a roaring lion ripping its victim.
Gyata a wɔbobɔ mu na wɔtetew wɔn hanam mu abuebue wɔn anom tɛtrɛɛ de kyerɛ me.
14 I am being poured out like water, and all my bones are dislocated. My heart is like wax; it melts away within my inner parts.
Wɔahwie me agu sɛ nsu, na me nnompe nyinaa ahodwow. Me koma adan amane; anan wɔ me mu.
15 My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust of death.
Mʼanom ayow te sɛ kyɛmfɛre mu. Na me tɛkrɛma atare mʼanom. Wode me to owu mfutuma mu.
16 For dogs have surrounded me; a company of evildoers has encircled me; they have pierced my hands and my feet.
Akraman atwa me ho ahyia, nnebɔneyɛfo kuw atwa me ahyia, wɔahwirew me nsa ne mʼanan mu.
17 I can count all my bones. They look and stare at me.
Me nnompe nyinaa gu petee mu; Mʼatamfo hwɛ me haa na wɔserew me.
18 They divide my garments among themselves, they cast lots for my clothes.
Wɔkyɛ me atade mu fa, na wɔbɔ me ntama so ntonto.
19 Do not be far away, Yahweh; please hurry to help me, my strength!
Na wo, Awurade, ntwe wo ho; wone mʼahoɔden, bra ntɛm bɛboa me.
20 Rescue my soul from the sword, my only life from the claws of wild dogs.
Gye me kra fi afoa ano; gye me nkwa a ɛsom bo no fi akraman tumi ase.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth; rescue me from the horns of the wild oxen.
Gye me nkwa fi gyata anom; gye me fi ɛko mmɛn so.
22 I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
Mɛbɔ wo din akyerɛ me nuanom; mɛkamfo wo wɔ wɔn a wɔahyia hɔ no nyinaa anim.
23 You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
Monkamfo Awurade, mo a musuro no no! Mo a moyɛ Yakob asefo, monhyɛ no anuonyam! Mo Israel asefo nyinaa, munni no ni!
24 For he has not despised or abhorred the suffering of the afflicted one; Yahweh has not hidden his face from him; when the afflicted one cried to him, he heard.
Ommuu nʼani nguu ɔmanehunufo ateetee so ɛ, ɔmfaa nʼanim nhintaw no; na mmom watie ne sufrɛ a ɔde rehwehwɛ mmoa no.
25 My praise will be because of you in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
Me botae a mede yi wo ayɛ wɔ bagua mu no fi wo; medi me bɔhyɛ so wɔ wɔn a wosuro wo no anim.
26 The oppressed will eat and be satisfied; those who seek Yahweh will praise him. May your hearts live forever.
Ahiafo bedidi na wɔamee; wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ Awurade beyi no ayɛ, mo koma nnya nkwa daa.
27 All the peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh; all the families of the nations will bow down before you.
Asase ano nyinaa bɛkae akɔ Awurade nkyɛn, na amanaman no mmusua nyinaa bɛkotow nʼanim,
28 For the kingdom is Yahweh's; he is the ruler over the nations.
efisɛ tumi wɔ Awurade na odi amanaman so hene.
29 All the prosperous people of the earth will feast and will worship; all those who are descending into the dust will bow before him, those who cannot preserve their own lives.
Asase so adefo nyinaa bedidi na wɔasɔre no; wɔn a wɔkɔ dɔte mu nyinaa bebu nkotodwe nʼanim, wɔn a wɔrentumi mma nkwa mu.
30 A generation to come will serve him; they will tell the next generation of the Lord.
Nkyirimma nyinaa bɛsom no; wɔbɛka Awurade ho asɛm akyerɛ awo ntoatoaso a edidi so.
31 They will come and tell of his righteousness; they will tell to a people not yet born what he has done!
Wɔbɛka ne trenee akyerɛ nnipa a wonnya nwoo wɔn efisɛ ɔno na wayɛ.
