Nnwom 106
1 Monkamfo Awurade! Monna Awurade ase na oye; na nʼadɔe wɔ hɔ daa.
Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever.
2 Hena na obetumi aka nneɛma akɛse a Awurade ayɛ? Anaasɛ obetumi aka ne nkamfo awie?
Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord? [who] shall cause all his praises to be heard?
3 Nhyira nka wɔn a wɔkɔ so bu atɛntrenee, na daa wɔyɛ nea eye.
Blessed are they that keep judgement, and do righteousness at all times.
4 Awurade, sɛ wuhu wo nkurɔfo mmɔbɔ a kae me, sɛ wugye wɔn nkwa a, boa me,
Remember us, O Lord, with the favour [you have] to your people: visit us with your salvation;
5 na manya wɔn a wapaw wɔn no yiyedi mu kyɛfa, na manya wo manfo anigye no mu kyɛfa, na me ne wʼagyapade no abɔ mu de nkamfo ama wo.
that we may behold the good of your elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that we may glory with your inheritance.
6 Yɛayɛ bɔne sɛnea yɛn nenanom yɛe no; yɛayɛ mfomso na yɛadi atirimɔdensɛm.
We have sinned with our fathers, we have transgressed, we have done unrighteously.
7 Bere a yɛn nenanom wɔ Misraim no, wɔannwene wo nsɛnkyerɛnne ho; wɔankae wʼadɔe bebrebe no, na wɔtew atua wɔ Po Kɔkɔɔ no ho.
Our fathers in Egypt understood not your wonders, and remembered not the multitude of your mercy; but provoked [him] as they went up by the Red Sea.
8 Nanso ne din nti ogyee wɔn nkwa, sɛnea ɔbɛda ne tumi kɛse no adi.
Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known.
9 Ɔteɛɛ Po Kɔkɔɔ no ma ɛyowee; ɔde wɔn faa bun mu te sɛ sare so.
And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep as through the wilderness.
10 Ogyee wɔn fii ɔtamfo no nsam; nea ɔtan wɔn no nsam na oyii wɔn fii.
And he saved them out of the hand of them that hated [them], and redeemed them out of the hand of the enemy.
11 Nsu kataa wɔn atamfo so; na ɔbaako mpo annya nkwa.
The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left.
12 Afei wogyee ne bɔhyɛ no dii na wɔtoo nʼayeyi nnwom.
Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise.
13 Nanso ntɛm so, wɔn werɛ fii nea wayɛ na wɔantwɛn nʼagyinatu.
They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel.
14 Akɔnnɔ bɛhyɛɛ wɔn mu wɔ sare so hɔ, asase paradada no so na wɔsɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛe,
And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry [land].
15 enti ɔmaa wɔn nea wobisae, nanso ɔde ɔfɔn yare baa wɔn so.
And he gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls.
16 Na nsraban mu hɔ wɔn ani beree Mose ne Aaron a Awurade atew ne ho no.
They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
17 Asase mu bue ma ɛmenee Datan na esiee Abiram asafo no.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.
18 Ogya tɔɔ wɔn akyidifo no mu; ogyatannaa hyew amumɔyɛfo no.
And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.
19 Wɔyɛɛ nantwi ba wɔ Horeb na wɔkotow ohoni a wɔde fagude ayɛ.
And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image,
20 Wɔsesaa wɔn Anuonyam wɔde nantwinini, a ɔwe sare nsɛsode.
and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.
21 Wɔn werɛ fii Onyankopɔn a ogyee wɔn nkwa, nea ɔyɛɛ nneɛma akɛse wɔ Misraim no,
They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt;
22 nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɔyɛɛ wɔ Ham asase so ne nneɛma a ɛyɛ hu wɔ Po Kɔkɔɔ ho no.
wondrous [works] in the land of Cham, and terrible things at the Red Sea.
23 Enti ɔkae se ɔbɛsɛe wɔn, nanso Mose a ɔyɛ nea wapaw no no, sɔre gyinaa Onyankopɔn ne nnipa no ntam; ɔsrɛ de dwudwoo nʼabufuwhyew no ano sɛnea ɔrensɛe wɔn.
So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn [him] away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.
24 Afei wɔn ani ansɔ asase fɛfɛ no; na wɔannye ne bɔhyɛ no anni.
Moreover they set at nothing the desirable land, and believed not his word.
25 Wonwiinwii wɔ wɔn ntamadan mu na wɔanyɛ osetie amma Awurade.
And they murmured in their tents: they listened not to the voice of the Lord.
26 Enti ɔmaa ne nsa so kaa ntam kyerɛɛ wɔn se ɔbɛma wɔatotɔ wɔ sare no so,
So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness;
27 ɔbɛma wɔn asefo atotɔ wɔ amanaman mu na wabɔ wɔn ahwete nsase nyinaa so.
and to cast down their seed amongst the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.
28 Wɔde wɔn ho bɔɔ Baal-Peor ho na wodii afɔrebɔde a wɔde ama anyame a wonni nkwa;
They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices;
29 wɔde wɔn atirimɔdensɛm hyɛɛ Awurade abufuw na ɔyaredɔm sii wɔn mu.
and destruction, was multiplied amongst them.
30 Na Pinehas sɔre dii akagyinamu, na wosiw ɔyaredɔm no ano.
Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased.
31 Wɔde eyi yɛɛ trenee maa no wɔ awo ntoatoaso a enni awiei a ɛbɛba no mu.
And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.
32 Meriba nsu ho nso, wɔhyɛɛ Awurade abufuw, na wɔn nti, ɔhaw baa Mose so,
They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes;
33 efisɛ wɔtew Onyankopɔn Honhom anim atua, na asɛm a wannwene ho fii Mose anom.
for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke [unadvisedly] with his lips.
34 Wɔansɛe nnipa no sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ wɔn no,
They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them [to destroy];
35 nanso wɔde wɔn ho frafraa amanaman no yɛɛ nneɛma a wɔyɛ no bi.
but were mingled with the heathen, and learnt their works.
36 Wɔsom wɔn ahoni, na ɛbɛyɛɛ afide maa wɔn.
And they served their graven images; and it became an offence to them.
37 Wɔde wɔn mmabarima ne wɔn mmabea bɔɔ afɔre maa abosom.
And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,
38 Wɔkaa mogya a edi bem gui, wɔn mmabarima ne wɔn mmabea mogya a wɔde bɔɔ afɔre maa Kanaan ahoni no maa asase no ho guu fi.
and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled with blood.
39 Wɔde nea wɔyɛɛ no guu wɔn ankasa ho fi; wɔnam nea wɔyɛɛ no so bɔɔ aguaman.
and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.
40 Enti Awurade bo fuw ne nkurɔfo; na okyii nʼagyapade.
So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.
41 Ɔdan wɔn maa amanaman no, na wɔn atamfo dii wɔn so.
And he delivered them into the hands of [their] enemies; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Wɔn atamfo hyɛɛ wɔn so na wɔkaa wɔn hyɛɛ wɔn tumi ase.
Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands.
43 Mpɛn bebree, Awurade gyee wɔn, nanso wɔkɔɔ so tew atua na wɔsɛe wɔ wɔn bɔne mu.
Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.
44 Nanso ohuu wɔn ahohiahia bere a wosu frɛɛ no no.
You the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition.
45 Wɔn nti ɔkaee nʼapam no, na ofii nʼadɔe kɛse no mu huu wɔn mmɔbɔ.
And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy.
46 Ɔmaa asodifo a wɔafa wɔn nnommum no nyaa ahummɔbɔ maa wɔn.
And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.
47 Gye yɛn, Awurade yɛn nkwagye Nyankopɔn, na boaboa yɛn ano fi amanaman so, na yɛada wo din kronkron no ase, na yɛde nkamfo ahyɛ wo anuonyam.
Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from amongst the heathen, that we may give thanks to your holy name, that we may glory in your praise.
48 Ayeyi nka Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, emfi mmeresanten nkosi nnasanten. Momma nnipa no nyinaa nka se, “Amen!” Monkamfo Awurade.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.
