Psalms 58

1 To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

Dawid “miktam” dwom. So mo asodifo, ampa ara sɛ, moka asɛm a ɛteɛ ana? Mubu atɛntrenee wɔ nnipa mu ana?

2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

Dabi da! Modwene ntɛnkyew wɔ mo koma mu na mo nsa de akakabensɛm ba asase so.

3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

Amumɔyɛfo fom kwan fi awo mu; wɔyɛ mmaratofo fi awotwaa mu na wodi atoro.

4 Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

Wɔn ano bɔre te sɛ ɔwɔ de, ɛte sɛ ɔprammiri a wawɛn nʼaso,

5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

a ɔnte ntafowayifo dwom, na ne dwom dɛdɛ no mpo mfa ne ho.

6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.

Ao Onyankopɔn, bubu ɛse a egu wɔn anom, Awurade, tutu gyata no sebɔmmɔfo no gu!

7 They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

Ma wontwa mu nkɔ sɛ sunsuan; sɛ wɔtwe wɔn agyan a, ma wɔn bɛmma no ano nwu.

8 As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ nwaw horɔdɔhorɔdɔ bi a ɔrenan agu wɔ bere a ɔretene no. Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ ɔba a owu wɔ awoe a onhu owia koraa.

9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

Ansa na mo nkuku bɛte nsɔe ano yaw, sɛ ɛyɛ amono anaa awo no, wɔbɛpra amumɔyɛfo akɔ.

10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

Sɛ wɔtɔ were ma atreneefo a wɔn ani begye, na wɔbɛhohoro wɔn anan ho wɔ amumɔyɛfo mogya mu.

11 And man saith: 'Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'

Afei nnipa bɛka se, “Ampa ara atreneefo kɔ so nya wɔn akatua; na ampa ara Onyankopɔn bi wɔ hɔ a obu wiase atɛn.” Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo.