Psalms 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
Asaf dwom. Ampa ara Onyankopɔn yɛ ma Israel, ɔyɛ ma wɔn a wɔn akoma mu teɛ.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
Nanso me deɛ, anka me nan reyɛ awatiri; anka merehwere me nnyinasoɔ,
3 For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
ɛfiri sɛ, mʼani beree ahantanfoɔ ɛberɛ a mehunuu amumuyɛfoɔ yiedie no.
4 For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
Wɔnhunuu ahokyere da; na wɔwɔ ahoɔden ne apɔmuden.
5 They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they afflicted like [other] men.
Dadwene a ɛtaa ba nnipa soɔ biara nna wɔn so; ɔdasani haw biara nna wɔn so.
6 Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
Enti, ahantan yɛ wɔn kɔnmuadeɛ, na wɔde akakabensɛm afira.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Wɔn akoma a apirim no mu na nnebɔne firie; na wɔn amumuyɛ adwene nni mma ɔka.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
Wɔsere afoforɔ na wɔka wɔn ho nsɛm a ɛnyɛ; wɔde nhyɛsoɔ hunahuna afoforɔ wɔ ahomasoɔ mu.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Wɔn ano ka ɔsoro nsɛm, na wɔn tɛkrɛma agye asase afa.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
Ɛno enti wɔn nkurɔfoɔ kɔ wɔn nkyɛn na wonya nsuo bebree nom.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
Wɔbisa sɛ, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na Onyankopɔn ahunu? Na Ɔsorosoroni no wɔ nhunumu anaa?”
12 Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
Sei na amumuyɛfoɔ no teɛ, hwee mfa wɔn ho, na wɔkɔ so pɛ ahonyadeɛ.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
Ampa ara, mʼakoma a ɛho teɛ no, mannya hwee amfiri mu; me nsa a ɛnni fɔ no ayɛ kwa.
14 For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning.
Ɛda mu nyinaa mehunu amane; anɔpa biara wɔtwe mʼaso.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
Sɛ mekaa sɛ, “Mɛkasa saa” a, anka medii wo mma no hwammɔ.
16 When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
Mebɔɔ mmɔden sɛ mɛte yeinom nyinaa ase, nanso na ɛhyɛ me so
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] I understood their end.
kɔsii sɛ mekɔɔ Onyankopɔn kronkronbea hɔ; ɛhɔ na metee deɛ ɛbɛba wɔn so awieeɛ no ase.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.
Ampa ara wode wɔn gu baabi a ɛhɔ yɛ toro. Wode wɔn hwe fam sɛe wɔn pasaa.
19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Sɛdeɛ wɔsɛe prɛko pɛ, na ehu hwim wɔn kɔ no,
20 As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O LORD, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
ɛte sɛ daeɛso, ɛberɛ a onipa anyaneɛ, Ao Awurade, sɛ wokanyane wo ho a, wobɛbu wʼani agu wɔn so sɛ biribi a ɛnni hɔ.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
Ɛberɛ a awerɛhoɔ hyɛɛ mʼakoma mu na me sunsum dii yea no,
22 So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
meyɛɛ sɛ obi a ɔnnim hwee na ɔnni adwene; meyɛɛ sɛ aboa gyimifoɔ wɔ wʼanim.
23 Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast held [me] by my right hand.
Nanso, na mene wowɔ hɔ ɛberɛ biara; na wode wo nsa nifa asɔ me mu.
24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
Wode wʼafotuo kyerɛ me ɛkwan; na akyire no, wode me bɛkɔ animuonyam mu.
25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire besides thee.
Hwan na mewɔ wɔ soro ka wo ho? Na biribiara nni asase so a mepɛ ka wo ho.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Me honam, ne mʼakoma bɛdi me hwammɔ, nanso Onyankopɔn ne mʼakoma ahoɔden ne me kyɛfa daa nyinaa.
27 For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.
Wɔn a wɔmmɛn wo no bɛyera. Wosɛe wɔn a wɔnni wo nokorɛ nyinaa.
28 But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Nanso, me deɛ, menim sɛ ɛyɛ sɛ wɔbɛbɛn Onyankopɔn. Mede Otumfoɔ Awurade ayɛ me hintabea; mɛka wo nneyɛɛ nyinaa akyerɛ.
