Psalms 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. Only — good to Israel [is] God, to the clean of heart. And I — as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
Asaf dwom. Ampa ara Onyankopɔn yɛ ma Israel, ɔyɛ ma wɔn a wɔn akoma mu teɛ.
2 As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
Nanso me deɛ, anka me nan reyɛ awatiri; anka merehwere me nnyinasoɔ,
3 The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
ɛfiri sɛ, mʼani beree ahantanfoɔ ɛberɛ a mehunuu amumuyɛfoɔ yiedie no.
4 And their might [is] firm.
Wɔnhunuu ahokyere da; na wɔwɔ ahoɔden ne apɔmuden.
5 In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
Dadwene a ɛtaa ba nnipa soɔ biara nna wɔn so; ɔdasani haw biara nna wɔn so.
6 Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
Enti, ahantan yɛ wɔn kɔnmuadeɛ, na wɔde akakabensɛm afira.
7 Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
Wɔn akoma a apirim no mu na nnebɔne firie; na wɔn amumuyɛ adwene nni mma ɔka.
8 They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
Wɔsere afoforɔ na wɔka wɔn ho nsɛm a ɛnyɛ; wɔde nhyɛsoɔ hunahuna afoforɔ wɔ ahomasoɔ mu.
9 They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
Wɔn ano ka ɔsoro nsɛm, na wɔn tɛkrɛma agye asase afa.
10 Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.
Ɛno enti wɔn nkurɔfoɔ kɔ wɔn nkyɛn na wonya nsuo bebree nom.
11 And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
Wɔbisa sɛ, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na Onyankopɔn ahunu? Na Ɔsorosoroni no wɔ nhunumu anaa?”
12 Lo, these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
Sei na amumuyɛfoɔ no teɛ, hwee mfa wɔn ho, na wɔkɔ so pɛ ahonyadeɛ.
13 Only — a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
Ampa ara, mʼakoma a ɛho teɛ no, mannya hwee amfiri mu; me nsa a ɛnni fɔ no ayɛ kwa.
14 And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof [is] every morning.
Ɛda mu nyinaa mehunu amane; anɔpa biara wɔtwe mʼaso.
15 If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.
Sɛ mekaa sɛ, “Mɛkasa saa” a, anka medii wo mma no hwammɔ.
16 And I think to know this, Perverseness it [is] in mine eyes,
Mebɔɔ mmɔden sɛ mɛte yeinom nyinaa ase, nanso na ɛhyɛ me so
17 Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
kɔsii sɛ mekɔɔ Onyankopɔn kronkronbea hɔ; ɛhɔ na metee deɛ ɛbɛba wɔn so awieeɛ no ase.
18 Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
Ampa ara wode wɔn gu baabi a ɛhɔ yɛ toro. Wode wɔn hwe fam sɛe wɔn pasaa.
19 How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended — consumed from terrors.
Sɛdeɛ wɔsɛe prɛko pɛ, na ehu hwim wɔn kɔ no,
20 As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.
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 For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
Ɛberɛ a awerɛhoɔ hyɛɛ mʼakoma mu na me sunsum dii yea no,
22 And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
meyɛɛ sɛ obi a ɔnnim hwee na ɔnni adwene; meyɛɛ sɛ aboa gyimifoɔ wɔ wʼanim.
23 And I [am] continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.
Nanso, na mene wowɔ hɔ ɛberɛ biara; na wode wo nsa nifa asɔ me mu.
24 With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.
Wode wʼafotuo kyerɛ me ɛkwan; na akyire no, wode me bɛkɔ animuonyam mu.
25 Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.
Hwan na mewɔ wɔ soro ka wo ho? Na biribiara nni asase so a mepɛ ka wo ho.
26 Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age.
Me honam, ne mʼakoma bɛdi me hwammɔ, nanso Onyankopɔn ne mʼakoma ahoɔden ne me kyɛfa daa nyinaa.
27 For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.
Wɔn a wɔmmɛn wo no bɛyera. Wosɛe wɔn a wɔnni wo nokorɛ nyinaa.
28 And I — nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!
Nanso, me deɛ, menim sɛ ɛyɛ sɛ wɔbɛbɛn Onyankopɔn. Mede Otumfoɔ Awurade ayɛ me hintabea; mɛka wo nneyɛɛ nyinaa akyerɛ.
